Category Archives: Sports
Wrestling, basketball in the spotlight as nominees for BLG awards announced
TORONTO - Hec Crighton Trophy winner Ed Ilnicki and two-sport athlete Temitope Ogunjimi are among the eight nominees for the 2018 BLG Awards, given annually to the top male and female U Sports athlete...
May 15, 2018
AP sources: Tepper to buy Panthers for record $2.2 billion
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - People familiar with the situation say hedge fund manager David Tepper has agreed to buy the Carolina Panthers from team founder Jerry Richardson for a record $2.2 billion. The peopl...
May 15, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Playoffs Vegas 3 Winnipeg 1 (Series tied 1-1) — NBA Playoffs Golden State 119 Houston 106 (Golden State leads series 1-0) — IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen C...
May 15, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL Playoffs Tampa Bay 4 Washington 2 (Washington leads series 2-1) — NBA Playoffs Boston 107 Cleveland 94 (Boston leads series 2-0) — IIHF World Championship At Cope...
May 15, 2018
Wheeler likes all but three minutes of Jets' Game 2 loss to Golden Knights
WINNIPEG - Blake Wheeler liked 57 minutes of Monday’s game between Winnipeg and Vegas. The other three minutes, not so much. Tomas Tatar and Jonathan Marchessault scored twice for the Golden Kni...
May 14, 2018
Durant's 37 lead Warriors over Rockets 119-106
HOUSTON - Kevin Durant continues to deliver in the post-season for the Golden State Warriors. He scored 37 points on Monday night to lead the Warriors to a 119-106 win in the long-awaited showdown wit...
May 14, 2018
Marchessault backs up strong words as Knights down Jets to even series 1-1
WINNIPEG - Jonathan Marchessault gave a blunt assessment of the Vegas Golden Knights’ pedestrian effort in Game 1 of the Western Conference final. The winger backed up his strong words in impres...
May 14, 2018
Color war: Zobrist defies MLB again with black spikes
CHICAGO - Ben Zobrist was joined by Chicago Cubs teammates Kyle Schwarber and Steve Cishek in wearing black spikes on Monday despite a warning from Major League Baseball that he was in violation of th...
May 14, 2018
Hitchcock says legendary University of Alberta coach Clare Drake changed hockey
Ken Hitchcock says much of the way hockey is played today comes from legendary University of Alberta coach Clare Drake. Hall of Famer Drake, who died Sunday in his sleep at 89, drew accolades from acr...
May 14, 2018
Some disappointments and a few pleasant surprises as Jays hit the quarter mark
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays enjoyed a strong opening month before slipping in May. A road loss to the New York Mets on Tuesday will leave the Blue Jays at the .500 mark. Here’s a look at som...
May 14, 2018