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Report: Roy Halladay was doing stunts when plane crashed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into Ta...

Apr 15, 2020

Raptors guard Norm Powell studying sign language, Spanish during hiatus

Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been using this forced down time to brush up on his sign language. The 26-year-old, whose mom was a special needs educator, studied sign language as a...

Apr 15, 2020

Scottish clubs vote to end season below top-tier Premiership

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Scottish clubs have voted to end the season for leagues below the top-flight Premiership with immediate effect amid the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Wednesday. A resolut...

Apr 15, 2020

Former Jays infielder Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star, dead at 63

TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star and a big part of the club's rise to prominence in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63. Garcia, who had ...

Apr 15, 2020

Woodbine CEO Lawson postpones 2020 Pepsi North America Cup harness event

TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson says the 2020 Pespi North America Cup has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson made the announcement Wednesday during a question-and...

Apr 15, 2020

Wolfpack player James Cunningham likely laid low by virus after hamstring surgery

James Cunningham just wasn't feeling right, as if he was about to come down with something. So the Toronto Wolfpack hooker/scrum half, recovering from earlier hamstring surgery, was sent home some fiv...

Apr 15, 2020

Barker feels COVID-19 pandemic robbed XFL of time to establish a following

TORONTO - Jim Barker remains a member of a rare pro football fraternity. In 2001, Barker was the offensive co-ordinator with the Los Angeles Xtreme team that captured the first - and on...

Apr 15, 2020

Canadian Elite Basketball League postponing start date until at least June

COVID-19 has forced another Canadian sports league to push back its start date. The Canadian Elite Basketball League had been scheduled to tip off its second season on May 7 with the expansion Ottawa ...

Apr 15, 2020

Bill Peters moves to Russia in 1st job since leaving Calgary

MOSCOW - Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames las...

Apr 15, 2020

Alberta golf industry lobbies to open courses amid COVID-19 pandemic

CALGARY - Some golf courses in British Columbia are open or about to open and Alberta golf clubs want to do the same despite the reluctance of provincial health officials to give the gr...

Apr 15, 2020