Category Archives: Sports
Through hoops: Combined Koreas set tone for Asian Games
JAKARTA, Indonesia - One win into the Asian Games and the bigger picture is already clear for the combined Koreas basketball team. Three North Korean players, including top-scorer Ro Suk Yong, and nin...
Aug 16, 2018
Progress slow for USA Gymnastics in wake of Nassar scandal
BOSTON - Simone Biles is not here to save gymnastics. Or at least USA Gymnastics. The reigning Olympic champion understands how bumpy of a ride it has been for her sport’s national governing bod...
Aug 16, 2018
70 years after Babe Ruth's death, fans still flock to grave
HAWTHORNE, N.Y. - Amid the serene graves at Gate of Heaven Cemetery sits the one where visitors leave baseballs and bats instead of bouquets, tributes to a baseball superstar who still outshines other...
Aug 16, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 6 Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 5 Seattle 2 Oakland 0 (12 innings) Tampa Bay 6 N.Y. Yankees 1 National League Chicago Cubs 8 Milwaukee 4...
Aug 16, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 6 Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 5 Seattle 2 Oakland 0 (12 innings) Tampa Bay 6 N.Y. Yankees 1 National League Chicago Cubs 8 Milwaukee 4...
Aug 16, 2018
Granderson's grand slam leads Jays past Royals 6-5
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Curtis Granderson held up both hands, showing 10 fingers, one for each grand slam. Granderson ran his career grand slam total into the double digits, Marco Estrada pitched effective...
Aug 15, 2018
Altidore scores 3 as Toronto FC thumps Vancouver to win Canadian Championship
TORONTO - In a season that has gone south since losing the CONCACAF Champions League final in a penalty shootout, Toronto FC finally had something to celebrate Wednesday. With a rampant Jozy Altidore ...
Aug 15, 2018
Canada's Barrett leads Duke to pre-season win over Ryerson in Duke debut
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Late in the first quarter of his college coming-out party, Canadian basketball phenom R.J. Barrett veered around a Ryerson defender to throw down an emphatic dunk. He and teammate ...
Aug 15, 2018
Tale of the tape: Milos Raonic vs. Denis Shapovalov in Cincinnati
A head-to-head comparison of Canadians Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov, who square off in the third round of the Western and Southern Open on Thursday. MILOS RAONIC AGE: 27 HEIGHT: Six-foot-five WEI...
Aug 15, 2018
Canuck Cincy Clash: Raonic wins to set up third-round showdown with Shapovalov
Denis Shapovalov was victorious the first time he played fellow Canadian Milos Raonic on the ATP World Tour. The veteran will soon get a chance to avenge that loss. The top two players in the Canadian...
Aug 15, 2018