Category Archives: Sports

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

Joan Jett, Underwood to perform 'Sunday Night Football' open
Fred Gaudelli knew NBC would have to come up with something grand for this season's "Sunday Night Football" opener since the NFL is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It didn't take long for the show'...
Aug 22, 2019

Patriots safety Chung indicted on cocaine possession charge
LACONIA, N.H. - New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been indicted in New Hampshire on a charge of cocaine possession, according to court paperwork released Thursday. A Belknap County grand j...
Aug 22, 2019

Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. Lawrence, the first fresh...
Aug 22, 2019

Canoeist says contaminated supplement may have caused positive doping test
MONTREAL - Top Canadian Olympic medal contender Laurence Vincent Lapointe is about to start the most important race of her life. The multiple-time world canoeing champion needs to figure out how ...
Aug 22, 2019

Canada travelling to Japan to face former Women's World Cup champs in friendly
OTTAWA - Canada's women's soccer team will face host Japan in its first match since being eliminated in the round of 16 at the World Cup. The friendly against the 2011 Women's World Cup cham...
Aug 22, 2019

Keep On Truckin': NASCAR Trucks driver Friesen ready for Mosport playoff race
Stewart Friesen was in uncharted territory last year when he raced through the twists and turns of Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in his NASCAR Truck Series playoff debut. Now with another ye...
Aug 22, 2019

Aaron Best scores 20 points in Canada's 122-88 basketball rout of New Zealand
SYDNEY, Australia - Aaron Best scored 20 points while Andrew Nembhard added 17 as Canada's men's basketball team trounced the New Zealand Tall Blacks 122-88 in a pre-FIBA World Cup exhibition game Tue...
Aug 22, 2019

Raiders' Cole arrive for NFL pre-season game with shirt emblazoned "Winnipeg, Alberta"
Oakland Raiders rookie AJ Cole III is learning about Canadian geography the hard way. The Raiders tweeted out various photos on Wednesday of the team arriving in Winnipeg, which is...
Aug 21, 2019