Category Archives: Sports

Nurse credits Leonard with revving up teammates after Game 2 loss
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors were feeling low following a Game 2 loss to Golden State on their home court last week in the NBA Finals. Then Kawhi Leonard, the team's usually quiet leader, spoke up. I...
Jun 10, 2019

Drake, Wayne Gretzky among the celebrities taking in Game 5 of the NBA Finals
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors left O Canada duties to their fans ahead of Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Drake - and the rest of the boisterous, red-clad crowd inside a rabid Scotiabank Aren...
Jun 10, 2019

The latest from the Toronto Raptors Game 5 in the NBA Finals
TORONTO - 9:25 p.m. Hockey icon Wayne Gretzky is among the celebrities at Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors. Other big Canadian names among the 20,000 ...
Jun 10, 2019

Lions roar back for 38-36 win over Stampeders in pre-season action
VANCOUVER - Less than two weeks after signing his first CFL contract, quarterback Grant Kraemer stepped into the starring role Friday night to help the B.C. Lions to a 38-36 comeback win over the...
Jun 09, 2019

In big trouble: Warriors trail Raptors 3-1 in NBA Finals
OAKLAND, Calif. - The biggest challenge of this five-year run for the Golden State Warriors has arrived. Win three in a row, two of them on the road - or else. It is quite the predicament, and one tha...
Jun 09, 2019

Raptors just one win away from title with 105-92 victory over Warriors
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Toronto Raptors took a pair of games off the two-time defending champion Warriors in Golden State's storied building. And when they walked off the Oracle Arena floor after Friday...
Jun 09, 2019

Bruins force Stanley Cup Game 7 with 5-1 win over Blues
ST. LOUIS - Facing elimination in a quite hostile environment, Brad Marchand and Tuukka Rask stepped up for the Boston Bruins once again. The Stanley Cup Final is heading to Game 7 because two of Bost...
Jun 09, 2019

Hughes believes an RBC Canadian Open win on the horizon for a homegrown player
ANCASTER, Ont. - Mackenzie Hughes believes it's going to happen. He thinks Canada's 65-year drought at its own men's golf championship is almost at an end. It's one of the most reliable storylines of ...
Jun 09, 2019

Canadian show jumping star Eric Lamaze rides on despite brain tumour
CALGARY - Eric Lamaze vows to continue riding competitively in the face of a frightening diagnosis. Lamaze added to his totals as the all-time money winner at Spruce Meadows, now just n...
Jun 09, 2019

Sabres re-sign Jeff Skinner to 8-year, $72 million contract
BUFFALO, N.Y. - After first hiring a new coach, Sabres general manager Jason Botterill addressed his next most pressing off-season need by re-signing leading scorer Jeff Skinner. And it came at a heft...
Jun 09, 2019