Category Archives: Sports

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

Canadian Denis Shapovalov advances to quarters at Winston-Salem Open
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Canadian Denis Shapovalov is moving on to the quarterfinals at the Winston-Salem Open. The 20-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., toppled Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic ...
Aug 21, 2019

Blue Bombers boss expects around 20,000 fans for first NFL game in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Wade Miller wants to make sure football fans enjoy Thursday's NFL pre-season game in Winnipeg between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers, even if they can't afford to be in the stand...
Aug 21, 2019

Christine Sinclair has her eyes fixed on leading Canada into 2020 Summer Games
TORONTO - The sting of Canada's World Cup disappointment has been replaced by the allure of another Olympic women's soccer medal for Christine Sinclair. Sinclair said Wednesda...
Aug 21, 2019

Bombers quarterback Nichols on 6-game injured list with upper body injury
WINNIPEG - Matt Nichols was at Blue Bombers practice on Monday, but the starting quarterback was wearing a tank top and only watched his teammates go through their paces. Head coach Mike O'Shea said a...
Aug 21, 2019

Rodgers: If LaFleur wants me to play Thursday, I'll play
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Aaron Rodgers practiced on Monday after sitting out the Packers' second preseason game in Baltimore and being sidelined during practice Sunday with back tightness. But the verdict is...
Aug 21, 2019

CP Women's Open like a family reunion for Tanguay and other Canadian golfers
AURORA, Ont. - The CP Women's Open is more like a family reunion than an LPGA Tour event for Anne-Catherine Tanguay. Tanguay, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Brittany Marchand and Jaclyn Lee have forge...
Aug 21, 2019

Christine Sinclair has her eyes fixed on leading Canada into 2020 Summer Games
TORONTO - With the sting of Canada's World Cup disappointment diminishing, veteran captain Christine Sinclair is intent on leading the Canadian women's soccer team into the 2020 Summer Games in T...
Aug 21, 2019

Forward Colin White signs six-year deal with Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Colin White to a six-year contract with an average annual value of US$4.75 million. A first-round pick (21st overall) by the Senators in the 2015 NHL d...
Aug 21, 2019

Not a 'tattooed guy': Larry Bird mural will be changed
INDIANAPOLIS - Larry Bird likes the mural but not the tats. An artist says she'll remove most tattoos from a large painting of the former NBA star on an Indianapolis multi-family residence. The tattoo...
Aug 21, 2019