Category Archives: Sports
NHL crackdown on faceoffs cheats, slashing sees parade to penalty box
MONTREAL - Faceoffs were a group effort and penalty boxes were full as the NHL opened it’s pre-season schedule this week. Centres were repeatedly tossed out of the faceoff circles, while disbeli...
Sep 19, 2017
Late Bob Wolff, a prolific voice, to receive Scully award
NEW YORK - The late Bob Wolff, one of the most prolific and recognizable voices in sports, will be honoured with the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting from Fordham Universit...
Sep 19, 2017
Ex-tennis star James Blake testifies about his mistaken arrest in New York
NEW YORK - Former pro tennis star James Blake testified on Tuesday that a plainclothes police officer never identified himself before throwing him to the ground and handcuffing him outside in 2015 out...
Sep 19, 2017
Toronto FC looks to continue its winning ways while adding to Impact woes
TORONTO - As league-leading Toronto FC continues its impressive march towards the Supporters Shield, it looks to take time out Wednesday to kick rival Montreal when it’s down. The slumping Impac...
Sep 19, 2017
Tiger-Cats receiver Mike Jones suspended two games for positive drug test
TORONTO - Hamilton wide receiver Mike Jones says he doesn’t know how a banned substance showed up in a doping test, costing him two games with the Tiger-Cats. The CFL announced Tuesday that Jone...
Sep 19, 2017
Wilder, Singleton, Spencer named CFL top performers for Week 13
Toronto running back James Wilder Jr., Calgary linebacker Alex Singleton and Ottawa receiver Diontae Spencer are the CFL’s top performers for Week 13. Wilder scored his first CFL touchdown and r...
Sep 19, 2017
Prosecutors to argue Pistorius should get more jail time
JOHANNESBURG - Oscar Pistorius faces another legal challenge when South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal convenes Nov. 3 to hear arguments by state prosecutors that the former track star and con...
Sep 19, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NHL Pre-season New Jersey 4 Washington 1 Carolina 3 Buffalo 2 (OT) Boston 3 Montreal 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 N.Y. Islanders 0 (OT) Ottawa 6 Toronto 2 Minnesota 3 Winnipeg 2 (SO) Edmonton...
Sep 18, 2017
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Pre-season New Jersey 4 Washington 1 Carolina 3 Buffalo 2 (OT) Boston 3 Montreal 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 N.Y. Islanders 0 (OT) Ottawa 6 Toronto 2 Minnesota 3 Winnipeg 2 (SO) Edmonton...
Sep 18, 2017
Stafford throws for 2 TDs as Lions beat Beckham, Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - So far, so good for Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions. Eli Manning and the New York Giants are heading in the opposite direction. Stafford threw for two touchdowns, rookie...
Sep 18, 2017