Category Archives: Sports
CFL's muddled playoff picture is slowly starting to clear up in both divisions
The CFL’s muddled playoff picture is finally starting to clear up. The Ottawa Redblacks (7-9-1) and Toronto Argonauts (7-9) have both cemented East Division home playoff games. The Calgary Stamp...
Oct 17, 2017
NHL Oilers regroup after poor play, injuries stun them out of starting blocks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers hit the practice ice Monday looking to regroup from a rocky start aggravated by the weight of great expectations. “It might be a matter of guys maybe gripping thei...
Oct 17, 2017
Dodgeball a wild sport mixing power, speed and agility - and Canada is very good
MARKHAM, Ont. - If the bright red balls whizzing around the gym at 120 kilometres per hour don’t get your attention, the jarring sounds of them thumping competitors will. Forget about the playgr...
Oct 17, 2017
Raptors pick up team options on centre Poeltl, forward Siakam, guard Wright
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have picked up the third-year team options on the contracts of centre Jakob Poeltl and forward Pascal Siakam and the fourth-year team option on the contract of guard Delo...
Oct 17, 2017
Woods cleared for golf activities with no restrictions
Tiger Woods is swinging a driver without pain, and his agent says doctors have cleared him to practice without limitations. Still to be determined is when Woods can play in a tournament. “We hav...
Oct 17, 2017
CFL player Campbell looking forward to rejoining Canadian rugby sevens squad
Tevaughn Campbell won’t have long to dwell upon the Montreal Alouettes’ disappointing 2017 season. Montreal (3-12) will miss the CFL playoffs for a third straight year. But not long after ...
Oct 17, 2017
New York consortium wants to follow rugby league footsteps of Toronto Wolfpack
Following the footsteps of the Toronto Wolfpack, a consortium has announced plans for a rugby league team in the New York area. Tom Scott and Ricky Wilby, speaking for the group, hope to become rugby&...
Oct 17, 2017
Lawmaker: Mascot wrong to rally for kneeling cheerleaders
KENNESAW, Ga. - The student who wears the owl mascot costume at a Georgia public university where five cheerleaders knelt during the national anthem had no business leading a cross-campus march in sup...
Oct 17, 2017
Canadian women's team defenceman Tara Watchorn announces retirement
CALGARY - Defenceman Tara Watchorn, who won an Olympic gold medal with Canada’s women’s hockey team at the Sochi Olympics, announced her retirement from international competition on Monday...
Oct 17, 2017
Rick Pitino out at Louisville as expected amid federal probe
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Rick Pitino has been able to roam the sidelines as Louisville’s iconic men’s basketball coach, even defiantly at times, holding onto his job amid a series of highly embar...
Oct 17, 2017