Category Archives: Sports

Veteran defender Drew Moor looks forward to welcoming Toronto FC to Colorado
Toronto FC's game in Colorado on Saturday will be part reunion, albeit with three points on the line. The Rapids are full of TFC connections starting with head coach Robin Fraser, a former TFC assista...
Sep 24, 2021

NHL players in Canada eager to see fans return: 'We missed them so much'
Nick Suzuki doesn't think he's ever skated faster. The Montreal Canadiens centre had played 61 consecutive regular-season and playoff contests inside cavernous arenas devoid of spectators. Then things...
Sep 24, 2021

Ontario increases capacity for sporting events, ahead baseball playoffs, NHL season
TORONTO - Ontario is opening the door wider for fans at sporting events, just in time for the NHL season and baseball's stretch drive. Attendance for Maple Leaf and Raptors games at Scotiabank Arena w...
Sep 24, 2021

Joshua weighs in much heavier than Usyk ahead of title fight
LONDON (AP) - Oleksandr Usyk is giving up 19 pounds (9 kilograms) on world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for their fight on Saturday. Usyk, the challenger from Ukraine, tipped the scales at 221 ...
Sep 24, 2021

Olympian Phil Berna leads new-look Canadian men's rugby sevens team
Phil Berna took close to a month off after the Tokyo Olympics and then the competitive juices started flowing again. "I called myself back into training," said the 25-year-old from Vancouver. "The tim...
Sep 24, 2021

Source: Blue Jays' stadium capacity to rise to 30,000 starting next week
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will get a home-field advantage boost when they return to Rogers Centre next week. Seating capacity at the downtown stadium will be doubled to 30,000 starting with Tues...
Sep 24, 2021

New additions face tough test on first day of Vancouver Canucks training camp
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Jason Dickinson was warned about the dreaded bag skate he'd face on the first day of Vancouver Canucks training camp. He kept the gruelling sprints in mind as he worked out over the...
Sep 23, 2021

Twins bump Blue Jays back in wild card race, as Gurriel hurt
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Nick Gordon drove in four runs and Michael Pineda won his third straight start as the Minnesota Twins beat Toronto 7-2 on Thursday night to bump the Blue Jays back in the AL wild-ca...
Sep 23, 2021

Blue Jays' Borucki suspended 3 games for plunking Kiermaier
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Toronto Blue Jays reliever Ryan Borucki has been suspended for three games by Major League Baseball for intentionally hitting Tampa Bay's Kevin Kiermaier with a pitch in the latest ...
Sep 23, 2021

Captaincy, Gaudreau's contract status the plot lines of Calgary Flames training camp
CALGARY - Replacing the leadership and minutes of departed captain Mark Giordano is a burning issue at Calgary Flames training camp. After eight years wearing the 'C ' and leading the team in ice time...
Sep 23, 2021