Category Archives: Sports

Leon Draisaitl scores twice, leads Oilers over Canucks 3-2
VANCOUVER - Leon Draisaitl scored two power-play goals as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Sunday night to snap a two-game losing skid. Josh Archibald also scored for the Oi...
Dec 01, 2019

Bruins win 7th straight, rally to beat Canadiens 3-1
BOSTON - David Backes scored the deciding goal in his first game in nearly a month, David Pastrnak added his league-leading 25th goal, and the Boston Bruins won their seventh straight game, beating th...
Dec 01, 2019

Siakam scores 35 points and Raptors rout Utah 130-110 with historic first half
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam had 35 points as the Toronto Raptors crushed the Utah Jazz 130-110 on Sunday in a game that was all but over before the second half even started. The Raptors (15-4) stretched t...
Dec 01, 2019

Nurse expected Serge Ibaka back in the lineup Sunday after missing 10 games
TORONTO - Serge Ibaka was expected to play Sunday night when the Toronto Raptors hosted the Utah Jazz. The Raptors forward missed 10 games after suffering an ankle strain against New Orleans on Nov. 8...
Dec 01, 2019

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur underwent additional surgery last week
Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur has undergone an additional surgery, just two months removed from a quadruple bypass heart surgery in late September. At the request of the Lafleur family, th...
Dec 01, 2019

Austria's Mayer takes season-opening Super G race, Italy's Paris second
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Matthias Mayer of Austria won the season-opening World Cup Super-G on Sunday. The reigning Olympic champion in the discipline posted a time of one minute 31.40 seconds o...
Dec 01, 2019

Canada's MacLennan wins bronze in trampoline world championships
TOKYO - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Rosie MacLennan of King City, Ont., captured bronze in the women's individual trampoline event on Sunday to wrap-up the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Ch...
Dec 01, 2019

Canada's Boutin claims gold medal in women's 500 at short-track World Cup
NAGOYA, Japan - Kim Boutin was one of three medallists for Canada on Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup, claiming gold in the women's 500 metres. Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., won sil...
Dec 01, 2019

Oilers captain McDavid named first star of the month for November
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid is the NHL's first star for the month of November. Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon was named second star while Chicago B...
Dec 01, 2019

Arsenal extends winless run in Ljungberg’s first game
NORWICH, England - Freddie Ljungberg's tenure as interim Arsenal manager got off to a rocky start Sunday as a double from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang salvaged a 2-2 draw at Norwich. Arsenal's first game...
Dec 01, 2019