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Kelowna fighter Sarah Moras back in action after lengthy injury layoff from UFC
When Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras steps into the cage Saturday night at UFC 215, it will be 785 days since her last fight. Injuries have sidelined the 29-year-old from Kelowna, B.C. ...
Sep 08, 2017

Top Canadiens prospect Reway excited to be back after missing a full season
BROSSARD, Que. - Martin Reway was happy just to be on the ice with other prospects when the Montreal Canadiens rookie camp opened Thursday. The 22-year-old Slovak had missed a full season recovering f...
Sep 08, 2017

Former Ticats coach Jeff Reinebold steps up to help Chick after trade
Football coaches routinely preach to their players the importance of loyalty and covering each other’s back. But veteran CFL coach Jeff Reinebold lives by those words. When the Hamilton Tiger-Ca...
Sep 08, 2017

Ottawa Senators ruduce capcity at Canadian Tire Centre by 1,500 seats
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk believes less could mean more. Tired of seeing too many empty seats, the NHL club has made the decision to reduce capacity at Canadian Tire Centre by 1,500 to about...
Sep 08, 2017

Lions host Alouettes with both clubs desperate to snap three-game losing streaks
VANCOUVER - Wally Buono relaxed on British Columbia’s picturesque Sunshine Coast for a couple days before taking a trip up to Whistler. Solomon Elimimian visited friends south of the border and ...
Sep 08, 2017
Science Says: How repeated head blows affect the brain
CHICAGO - Researchers are tackling fresh questions about a degenerative brain disease now that it has been detected in the brains of nearly 200 football players after death. The suspected cause is rep...
Sep 08, 2017

Jets sign coach Paul Maurice, GM Kevin Cheveldayoff to contract extensions
WINNIPEG - Jets co-owner Mark Chipman had no doubt general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and head coach Paul Maurice deserved their multi-year contract extensions that were announced Thursday. The team h...
Sep 08, 2017

Canada's Patrick Jarvis runs for president of International Paralympic Committee
CALGARY - Patrick Jarvis believed he’d met all the criteria at the national championship to run the 1,500 and 800 metres for Canada at the 1988 Paralympic Games. He was told, however, that Canad...
Sep 08, 2017

Red Sox star Pedroia says why such a fuss over sign stealing
BOSTON - Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia says he doesn’t think he did anything wrong when he tried to steal signs from the New York Yankees. The 34-year-old Pedroia said Wednesday that he&...
Sep 08, 2017
Former Brazil boss Barros takes over from Trepanier as national boxing coach
MONTREAL - Boxing Canada named Joao Carlos Soares Gomes de Barros as coach of the national team on Wednesday. The search began a year ago when the Keegan Report - an independent analysis of the federa...
Sep 08, 2017