Category Archives: Sports

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...

NEW YORK - Former pro tennis star James Blake testified on Tuesday that a plainclothes police officer wearing a T-shirt and jeans didn’t identify himself before throwing him to the ground and ha...

CALGARY - New Flames starting goaltender Mike Smith won’t be losing sleep over his less than ideal start to the pre-season. In just under 29 minutes of action, Smith was beaten four times on 13 ...

EDMONTON - Mark Letestu is hoping his pre-season start is a sign of things to come. Letestu scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-2 in a split-squad pre-season ga...

WINNIPEG - Ryan Malone found a good way to get noticed in his come-back attempt with the Minnesota Wild. The 37-year-old forward, who has almost 650 NHL games on his resume, scored the lone goal in th...

Detroit Tigers pitcher Jeff Ferrell was alert and responsive after being hit in the head by a line drive Monday night. Ferrell was struck in the right side of the head by a drive off the bat off Oakla...

TORONTO - Walking through a tunnel alongside Billie Jean King at the grounds of the U.S. Open, Emma Stone gasped at the size of its main court. King, of course, was more familiar with the sprawling te...

QUEBEC - Tim Schaller’s short-handed goal in the second period lifted the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens in NHL pre-season action on Monday night. The Canadi...

OTTAWA - Pre-season game or not, Mike Babcock was less than impressed after the Ottawa Senators beat his Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 Monday night. “Any way you look at it we got slapped,” said...

The Toronto Wolfpack and captain Craig Hall were honoured Monday night with English rugby league awards. The first-year Wolfpack were named club of the year in the Kingstone Press League 1 while Hall ...