Category Archives: Sports

Raiders beat Broncos 24-16 in 1st game after Brown's release
OAKLAND, Calif. - Derek Carr threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive of the season, rookie Josh Jacobs ran for two scores and the Oakland Raiders responded to a tumultuous week surrounding former ...
Sep 09, 2019

Canada sees improvement in 20-15 loss to United States in rugby
VANCOUVER - Playing better still wasn't good enough for Canada's senior men's rugby team as they saw an early 12-point lead slowly whittled away in a 20-15 loss to the United States Saturday night in ...
Sep 09, 2019

Lutz's 58-yard field goal lifts Saints over Texans, 30-28
NEW ORLEANS - Wil Lutz made a 58-yard field goal as time expired, and the New Orleans Saints beat the Houston Texans 30-28 on Monday night in a game that had three scoring plays in the final minute. "...
Sep 09, 2019

Stampeders beat Eskimos for second straight week, 33-17
EDMONTON - Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell's return to the fold has sparked the Calgary Stampeders. Mitchell completed a pair of touchdown passes and jumped Henry Burris for most wins in team histor...
Sep 09, 2019

Canadian men batter Cuba in CONCACAF Nations League play at BMO Field
TORONTO - In a 6-0 thumping of an outgunned Cuba, Canadian teenager Jonathan David somehow managed to outshine hat-trick hero Junior Hoilett with a strike that put him in the record books. Mark-Anthon...
Sep 09, 2019

Rays beat Blue Jays 5-3, win for 9th time in 10 games
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Daniel Robertson came up with the big hits for the Tampa Bay Rays in the team's 144th game of the season. Robertson drove in runs with a double in the seventh inning and a singl...
Sep 09, 2019

Devils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHL
BUFFALO, N.Y. - New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign centre Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey L...
Sep 09, 2019

QB Chris Streveler leads Blue Bombers over Roughriders to maintain first in West
WINNIPEG - Willie Jefferson didn't want to break a promise to his mother. When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive lineman sacked Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo on Saturday and forc...
Sep 09, 2019

19 Slams: Nadal stops Medvedev comeback bid to win US Open
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal's 19th Grand Slam trophy went from inevitable to suddenly in doubt in a thrill-a-minute U.S. Open final. What had all the makings of a casual crowning morphed into a grueling c...
Sep 09, 2019

Bianca Andreescu's historic win celebrated across Canada
Canadians cheered Bianca Andreescu at viewing parties, sports bars and even at the Toronto International Film Festival as she made sports history on Saturday. Fans were rapt as the 19-year-old from Mi...
Sep 09, 2019