Category Archives: Sports

Lions fire head coach Claybrooks after 5-13 season, no word on replacement
SURREY, B.C. - A failure to deliver on high expectations led to the B.C. Lions' decision to dismiss head coach DeVone Claybrooks on Wednesday, a few days after the team completed a disappointing 5-13 ...
Nov 08, 2019

Olympic champ's heartfelt speech marks end of an era at WADA
KATOWICE, Poland - The only reason Beckie Scott's going-away speech to the World Anti-Doping Agency wasn't her finest moment was because of all that led up to it. Bruised, berated and criticized by so...
Nov 08, 2019

Canada loses to Australia, eliminated at Premier 12 baseball tournament
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Logan Wade broke a tie with a two-run triple in the bottom of the eighth and Australia beat Canada's men's baseball team 3-1 on Friday to eliminate the Canadians ...
Nov 08, 2019

Ottawa Fury pro soccer team suspends operations
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Fury are suspending operations, taking professional soccer out of the nation's capital. The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), the United Soccer League team's owner, ann...
Nov 08, 2019

The Seattle-Toronto rubber match -- a capsule look at Sunday's MLS Cup final
SEATTLE - A look at Sunday's MLS Cup final between Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders: WHERE: CenturyLink Field. WHEN: 3 p.m. ET. ATTENDANCE: Game is a sellout, with more than 69,000 expected. REFERE...
Nov 08, 2019

Russia, US go toe-to-toe at anti-doping meeting
KATOWICE, Poland - The fight was about doping. The United States delivered haymakers. Russia came back with jabs. The proverbial blows were delivered Wednesday in a vast conference room in Poland duri...
Nov 08, 2019

Olympic champ's heartfelt speech marks end of an era at WADA
KATOWICE, Poland - The only reason Beckie Scott's going-away speech to the World Anti-Doping Agency wasn't her finest moment was because of all that led up to it. Bruised, berated and criticized by so...
Nov 07, 2019

Jaden Schwartz finishes off 3-on-0 to lift Blues over Canucks in OT
VANCOUVER - It was something he had never seen before, but Jaden Schwartz made the most of the situation. Schwartz scored on a 3-on-0 breakaway at 3:28 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 2...
Nov 07, 2019

Matthew Tkachuk nets OT winner for Flames in 4-3 victory over Coyotes
CALGARY - It wasn't an acrobatic between-the-legs overtime winner, but Matthew Tkachuk's second OT goal in as many weeks lifted the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tu...
Nov 07, 2019

Hanifin scores, tacks on two assists to lead Flames over Devils 5-2
CALGARY - Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists on Thursday, and the Calgary Flames scored four times in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. It's Hanifi...
Nov 07, 2019