Category Archives: Sports

Wins by Manitoba, Saskatchewan create three-way tie atop Pool B at Scotties
CALGARY - Manitoba's Jennifer Jones and Saskatchewan's Sherry Anderson picked up victories in Thursday's early draw at the Canadian women's curling championship to create a three-team logjam atop the ...
Feb 25, 2021

Bujold, Canadian teammates in isolation after camp cut short due to COVID-19 case
Eleven-time national boxing champion Mandy Bujold is in isolation in Kitchener, Ont., after the Canadian team training camp in Montreal was cut short due to a positive COVID-19 case. In a post on her ...
Feb 25, 2021

Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar charged
LANSING, Mich. - Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday against a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Details about the charges against Joh...
Feb 25, 2021

No-size-fits-all residence approach a reality for Canadian Hockey League teams
The Red Deer Rebels' official Twitter bio is a taut four-word entry that sums up the team's current situation. "Livin' at the rink" is usually reserved for hockey cliche. For players on the Western Ho...
Feb 25, 2021

Citing family reasons, Thierry Henry steps down as CF Montreal head coach
MONTREAL - Head coach Thierry Henry is leaving CF Montreal.The MLS team said the 43-year-old Henry is leaving for family reasons. The former French international had been linked to England's Bournemou...
Feb 25, 2021

Butler leads Heat to 4th straight win, 116-108 over Raptors
MIAMI - Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are continuing to claw their way back from a brutal start to the season. Butler scored 27 points, 14 of them in the final quarter, and the Heat won their fourth...
Feb 24, 2021

William Nylander ties game late, scores winner as Leafs beat Flames in OT
TORONTO - William Nylander scored his second goal of the night 1:06 into overtime as the North Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Wednesday. Michael Hutchinson sto...
Feb 24, 2021

'The Tiger I know is a survivor and a fighter,' Bill Paul weighs in on Tiger Woods
Longtime Canadian Open tournament director Bill Paul remembers the summer of 2000 well. He learned in early July of that year that Tiger Woods - already a phenom just a few years into his pro career -...
Feb 24, 2021

Canadian women exit SheBelieves Cup on losing note, blanked 2-0 by Brazil
ORLANDO - Canada paid for some slack defending in the first half Wednesday, beaten 2-0 by Brazil in the SheBelieves Cup. The Canadian women were second-best for much of the game at Exploria Stadium. D...
Feb 24, 2021

Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin's wolf kill target
MADISON, Wis. - Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin's wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn't supposed to happen for another nine months an...
Feb 24, 2021