Sports

Super Bowl win still sinking in with Montreal's Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

MONTREAL - The enormity of winning the Super Bowl only sunk in for Laurent Duvernay-Tardif when he saw his mother crying on the field. The Chiefs guard became the first Quebec-born player and ninth Ca...

Feb 09, 2020

Probe: Bryant helicopter was 100 feet from clear skies

LOS ANGELES - A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside and wreckage examined by experts at the sc...

Feb 09, 2020

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford criticizes Athletics Canada's handling of former coach

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is just one track and field athlete angry with Athletics Canada's handling of allegations surrounding former national coach Dave Scott-Thomas. DeBues-Stafford spoke out a...

Feb 09, 2020

Former Maple Leaf and Canada's Sports Hall of Famer Brian Glennie dies at 73

TORONTO - Brian Glennie, a hard-hitting defenceman who spent most of his 10-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. Glennie, who was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of F...

Feb 09, 2020

Canada's Bloemen, Blondin, Fish reach speedskating podium in Calgary World Cup

CALGARY - Striving for the perfect speedskating stride motivates Ted-Jan Bloemen after achieving the pinnacle of his sport. Winner of Olympic gold in the 10,000 metres and silver in the 5,000 at ...

Feb 09, 2020

Ticats re-sign CFL's most outstanding special-teams player of the year Williams

Defensive back/kick returner Frankie Williams re-signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday. The CFL's most outstanding special-teams player in 2019, Williams started at defensive back in 16 of his...

Feb 09, 2020

'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse

WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...

Feb 09, 2020

Canada's Vasek Pospisil loses to Gael Monfils in Open Sud de France final

MONTPELLIER, France - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil lost to top-seeded Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Open Sud de France on Sunday. Pospisil had hoped to win his first ATP Tour trophy in his s...

Feb 09, 2020

DeBues-Stafford breaks her own women's indoor mile record at Millrose Games

NEW YORK - Gabriela DeBues-Stafford continued her attack on the Canadian record books on Saturday. The 24-year-old from Toronto sliced more than five seconds off her own Canadian indoor mile record to...

Feb 09, 2020

Mendoza has new roles with ESPN, resigns as Mets adviser

LOS ANGELES - Jessica Mendoza will no longer be on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" or work for the New York Mets front office after signing a contract extension with the network. ESPN announced Friday ...

Feb 09, 2020