Category Archives: Sports
CFL issues maximum fine against B.C. Lions linebacker Micah Awe for hits
TORONTO - B.C. Lions linebacker Micah Awe was fined the maximum amount by the CFL on Wednesday for his hits on Calgary Stampeders running backs Jerome Messam and Roy Finch. Messam, the CFL rushing lea...
Sep 20, 2017
Collar helps prevent microdamage in brain due to head hits in sports, maker says
TORONTO - Sports equipment maker Bauer unveiled a collar-like device Wednesday that it says can protect against microscopic brain damage in athletes playing contact sports like hockey, football and so...
Sep 20, 2017
Saskatchewan Roughriders face tough task playing Calgary Stampeders at McMahon
On Friday, the focus turns to football for Duron Carter and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Carter was at the centre of some drama this week when he and Sam Williams, a defensive back on Saskatchewan...
Sep 20, 2017
Blue Jays sign righty Marco Estrada to 1-year extension worth $13 million
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays locked up a key piece of the starting rotation for the 2018 season on Wednesday. The one-year extension for Marco Estrada also indicates the team intends to contend nex...
Sep 20, 2017
Roughriders sign Canadian defensive back Bouka among host of roster moves
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian defensive back Elie Bouka on Wednesday. The Riders drafted Bouka in the third round, 24th overall, out of the University of Calgary in the 2016 CF...
Sep 20, 2017
Loui Eriksson eager to atone for forgettable first season with Canucks
Loui Eriksson’s first season with the Vancouver Canucks can pretty much be summed up by an unfortunate sequence in the first period of his first game. The effort was there. The results? Not so m...
Sep 20, 2017
While home runs surge across Major League Baseball, Jays' power numbers stagnate
TORONTO - When the ball cleared the fence at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night to set a Major League Baseball record for home runs in a season, it didn’t come off the bat of Toronto sluggers Jose B...
Sep 20, 2017
Alex Bazzie needed a 'clear mind' before CFL return following NFL disappointment
SURREY, B.C. - Alex Bazzie wanted to make sure he had shaken his NFL hangover. The defensive lineman signed a contract with the B.C. Lions through the rest of the season earlier this week, rejoining t...
Sep 20, 2017
New mom Serena Williams thanks mother for being a role model
New mom Serena Williams is thanking her own mother for being the role model she says she needed. In an open letter to her mother posted to Reddit , Williams calls mom Oracene Price “one of the s...
Sep 20, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 5 Kansas City 2 Boston 1 Baltimore 0 (11 innings) Oakland 9 Detroit 8 Houston 3 Chicago White Sox 1 N.Y. Yankees 5 Minnesota 2 Cleveland 6 L.A. Angels...
Sep 19, 2017