Category Archives: Sports

HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets were the best team in the NBA in the regular season. They played like it Wednesday night, using a balanced scoring attack to rout the Golden State Warriors 127-105 and ev...

NEW YORK - Dwane Casey has been named one of three finalists for the NBA’s coach of the year award. Too bad the nomination came five days after he was fired by the Toronto Raptors. Casey was nam...

NEW YORK - Houston’s James Harden, Cleveland’s LeBron James and Anthony Davis of New Orleans are the finalists for the NBA’s MVP award. Harden, who led the league in scoring, has twi...

BOSTON - Oakland catcher Bruce Maxwell will miss a four-game series at Toronto that starts Thursday because he cannot enter Canada while awaiting sentencing in Arizona on a gun-related charge. Athleti...

LAS VEGAS - As a former Winnipeg Jet who had a hand in a current Jet’s success, Dale Hawerchuk is doubly interested in this year’s NHL Western Conference final. Hawerchuk, a Jets centre fr...

NEW YORK - Steady rain at Citi Field should have made pitching, hitting and fielding challenging for everybody. Instead, Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ had a blast doing all three. Happ reached three...

ROME - Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov’s breakout season on clay is about to face the ultimate test. Shapovalov reached the third round of the Italian Open on Wednesday with a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5...

Saying his comments came from an “absolutely silly, short-sighted, selfish place,” Cincinnati Reds slugger Joey Votto apologized Wednesday for saying that he doesn’t care about Canad...

Rugby Canada’s CEO says major traumatic injuries like one that killed a P.E.I. teenager are rare despite the lack of protective gear because players are trained to safely tackle opponents and re...

LANSING, Mich. - The Latest on a settlement between Michigan State University and victims of sports doctor Larry Nassar (all times local): 4:20 p.m. Larry Nassar’s victims will receive the Arthu...