Category Archives: Sports

B.C.'s Grandy recruits Olympic champ Niklas Edin to coach in Hearts
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Canadians coaching curling teams from other countries is a common sight at tournaments, but Clancy Grandy recruited a Swedish heavyweight for the national women's championships. Six-t...
Feb 17, 2023

Lafreniere nets SO winner, Rangers top Oilers 5-4 to extend win streak to seven games
EDMONTON - Alexis Lafreniere scored the shootout winner and added a goal in regulation as the red-hot New York Rangers earned a 5-4 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Chris Kre...
Feb 17, 2023

Maple Leafs acquire O'Reilly, Acciari in three-team trade with Blues, Wild
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired forwards Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari in a three-team trade, the club announced Friday night. Toronto sent forwards Mikhail Abramov and Adam Gaudette ...
Feb 17, 2023

Toronto Arrows score 10 late points but lose 17-10 to Rugby ATL in MLR season opener
ATLANTA - Trailing 17-0, the Toronto Arrows scored 10 late points but could not catch Rugby ATL and lost their Major League Rugby season opener 17-10 Friday. Atlanta led 12-0 at the break on tries by ...
Feb 17, 2023

Athanasiou, Kane lead Blackhawks to 4-3 OT win over Senators
OTTAWA - Andreas Athanasiou scored the game-winning goal 2:52 into overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over Ottawa on a celebratory Friday night for the Senators. Patrick Kane sco...
Feb 17, 2023

Homa feeling at home and leads at Riviera as Tiger makes cut
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Max Homa in the lead at his hometown PGA Tour event used to give him chills. Now he's playing so well it almost feels normal. Homa, a winner last month down the coast at Torrey Pine...
Feb 17, 2023

Canadian rookie Cooper Gallant showing well at first Elite Series event
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. - It's becoming quite an Elite Series debut for Canadian Cooper Gallant. The 25-year-old from Bowmanville, Ont., will advance to the second round of his first-ever Elite Series event ...
Feb 17, 2023

Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fights to gold at Tel Aviv Grand Slam
TEL AVIV, Israel - Montreal judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard fought to a gold medal in the under-63-kilogram category on Friday at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam. Beauchemin-Pinard won her third career gol...
Feb 17, 2023

Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva finishes third on World Cup skeleton circuit
SIGULDA, Latvia - Ottawa's Mirela Rahneva locked up third place overall on the World Cup women's skeleton standings with a sixth-place finish Friday in the final event of the season. Rahneva finished ...
Feb 17, 2023

Speedskaters Johnson, Dubreuil and Gélinas-Beaulieu help Canada win team sprint gold
TOMASZW MAZOWIECKI, Poland - Canada won its first men's team sprint gold medal in five seasons on Friday to kick off the final World Cup speedskating event of the 2022-23 campaign. Anders Johnson of C...
Feb 17, 2023