Category Archives: Sports

Canadian athletes to receive financial reward for medals won at Paralympic Games
GATINEAU, Que. - Canadian Paralympians will receive financial rewards for winning medals starting at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris this summer. The Canadian Paralympic Committee says the new performan...
Jan 24, 2024

Majority of Proline bettors picked Mahomes earning first NFL playoff road win
He's twice been named the NFL's top player and led the Kansas City Chiefs to a pair of Super Bowl titles but Patrick Mahomes earned another career first Sunday night. Mahomes threw two touchdown passe...
Jan 24, 2024

Ottawa Redblacks sign quarterback Dru Brown to two-year extension
OTTAWA - Dru Brown won't be hitting CFL free agency. The Ottawa Redblacks signed the American quarterback to a two-year deal Wednesday. The CFL club acquired Brown's rights last week from the Winnipeg...
Jan 24, 2024

William Nylander, fellow NHLers eager for Olympic chance
William Nylander remembers the goal sailing into Finland's net early in the third period. A few months short of his 10th birthday, he was watching the 2006 Olympic final with his family. Sweden's Pete...
Jan 24, 2024

Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic gives 'assist' to children's hospitals
TORONTO - Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic and his wife Gaga have pledged to help three children's hospitals. Rajakovic says he will donate to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, St. Jude Children...
Jan 24, 2024

Medvedev, Yastremska advance to Australian Open semifinals
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Daniil Medvedev outlasted ninth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the third time in four years...
Jan 24, 2024

NHL roundup: Oilers beat Blue Jackets 4-1 for 14th straight win
EDMONTON, Alta. (AP) - Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers extended their win streak to 14 games with a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on...
Jan 23, 2024

Saad makes Blues happy with late goal in 4-3 win over Flames
CALGARY - Brandon Saad's second goal of the night with 50 seconds left in the third period was the winner as the St. Louis Blues rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Tuesday ni...
Jan 23, 2024

Oilers win 14th in a row with 4-1 decision over Blue Jackets
EDMONTON - Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers kept their spectacular win streak going with a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. Co...
Jan 23, 2024

Ottawa finally wins PWHL game at home, beats Toronto 3-1
Ottawa's Lexie Adzija scored an empty-net goal with 42.5 seconds remaining to give Ottawa's Professional Women's Hockey League team a 3-1 victory over Toronto on Tuesday night for its first home ice v...
Jan 23, 2024