Category Archives: Sports
St. Pierre set for comeback fight vs. Bisping at UFC 217
NEW YORK - Georges St. Pierre waved his hands as a conductor would to a chorus of “G-S-P” chanted by fans wrapped in Rising Sun headbands inside Madison Square Garden. “These are you...
Nov 03, 2017
Next year in Jerusalem: Giro riders face political hurdles
JERUSALEM - When the world’s cycling elite converge on Israel next year for the storied Giro d’Italia race, they will grapple with the rugged hills of Jerusalem, speed by the shimmering Me...
Nov 03, 2017
Roughriders want to complete return to respectability with win Saturday
Returning to the CFL playoffs for the first time since 2014 has been a slow, uphill climb for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team went 3-15 two years ago and made only marginal gains last season to...
Nov 03, 2017
French charge IOC member Fredericks in Rio corruption probe
PARIS - IOC member Frankie Fredericks was handed preliminary charges on Friday in a French investigation into vote-buying around the decision to award the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro. An official ...
Nov 03, 2017
NYC circles the wagons around marathon after truck attack
NEW YORK - In a city shaken by its deadliest terrorist attack since 9-11, police are promising an unprecedented security effort to try to secure a soft target spanning five boroughs and 26.2 miles: th...
Nov 03, 2017
Canada Soccer's John Herdman wins Jack Donohue Coach of the Year Award
CALGARY - Canadian women’s soccer coach John Herdman has been awarded the Jack Donohue Coach of the Year Award by the Coaching Association of Canada. The award recognizes a coach’s dedicat...
Nov 03, 2017
Cineplex to bring 'Sunday Night Football,' Super Bowl to movie theatres
TORONTO - Cineplex has scored a deal to bring “Sunday Night Football” and the Super Bowl to its movie theatres. The company said Friday that a three-year sponsorship agreement with the Nat...
Nov 03, 2017
It's down to final eight as gamers go after Canada's Madden NFL 18 crown
TORONTO - Rob Gambino takes his video gaming seriously. And when he plays, there’s always something on the line. “I don’t really play for fun. I only play money games on third-party ...
Nov 03, 2017
Dempsey scores twice as Sounders top Whitecaps 2-0 to advance to MLS West final
SEATTLE - After his team failed to direct a single shot on target in a scoreless first leg of their Western Conference semifinal, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson rolled the dice with an a...
Nov 03, 2017
Jets damage Bills' AFC East standing, 34-21
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - There was one team that looked like a playoff contender Thursday night. It wasn’t the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo’s pursuit of AFC East kingpin New England was stymied b...
Nov 03, 2017