Category Archives: Sports

Hernandez single in 9th lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 3-2
LOS ANGELES - Kik Hernandez capped a three-run ninth inning by blooping a single to score Corey Seager and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Thursday night after being one-hit thr...
Aug 22, 2019

CPL squad Forge FC takes opening leg against Honduran club C.D. Olimpia 1-0
Hamilton-based soccer club Forge FC downed Club Deportivo Olimpia 1-0 on Thursday in the first leg of their CONCACAF League Round of 16 matchup. The Canadian Premier League team got a goal from Chris ...
Aug 22, 2019

NFL pre-season game at IG Field changed to 80-yard field due to conditions
WINNIPEG - Concerns over the condition of IG Field in Winnipeg prompted the NFL to shorten the field for Thursday's pre-season game between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers. The regular 100-y...
Aug 22, 2019

Quebec City's Anne-Catherine Tanguay comes out flying at CP Women's Open
AURORA, Ont. - A busy week of media commitments, two pro-ams and an intensive practice session with her coach had taken a toll on Anne-Catherine Tanguay. When the Quebec City native woke up on Th...
Aug 22, 2019

Best in the West: Eskimos host Bombers in shocase of top CFL teams
EDMONTON - From the moment they broke training camp facing a season of significant change after missing the 2018 playoffs, the Edmonton Eskimos have insisted that if they focus on the process, the res...
Aug 22, 2019

Canadian Brooke Henderson goes low in opening round of CP Women's Open
AURORA, Ont. - Canada's Brooke Henderson is quite comfortable in the role of defending champion. She showed why during a strong opening round Thursday morning at Magna Golf Club. H...
Aug 22, 2019

Head coach Stefan Ptaszek on his second go-around with McMaster Marauders
Stefan Ptaszek has a tough act to follow. His own. The 48-year-old Burlington, Ont., native is back for his second stint as the head football coach at McMaster University. He served as the M...
Aug 22, 2019

Court of Appeal reduces sentence handed down to ski coach Bertrand Charest
MONTREAL - Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest has seen his sentence for sexually abusing young female skiers under his care reduced by 21 months on appeal. Quebec's Court of Appeal ruled Thurs...
Aug 22, 2019

Promoters enthusiastic about Winnipeg NFL game despite fumbles
WINNIPEG - The promoters of an NFL pre-season game in Winnipeg are enthusiastic that there won't be any fumbles despite a rocky road to tonight's kickoff. Terry Dale, operations manager with On Ice En...
Aug 22, 2019

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov to meet again in U.S. Open first round
NEW YORK - Felix Auger-Aliassime will take on fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the first round of the U.S. Open for the second year in a row. The draw for the final Grand Slam of the season was hel...
Aug 22, 2019