Category Archives: Sports
Med school beckons, Calgary Stampeders quarterback Andrew Buckley retires
CALGARY - Playing football and following his parents into medicine were Andrew Buckley’s childhood passions. Two years into his pro football career with the Calgary Stampeders, the 24-year-old q...
May 07, 2018
WORLD CUP: Sun never sets in a St. Petersburg summer
MOSCOW - Known as Russia’s “Window on Europe,” St. Petersburg is a city like no other. Imperial palaces line its network of canals, its stadium looks like a spaceship and some days t...
May 07, 2018
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games NHL Playoffs Second Round Tampa Bay 3 Boston 1 (Tampa Bay wins series 4-1) Vegas 3 San Jose 0 (Vegas wins series 4-2) — IIHF World Championships At Herning, Denmark Canada 1...
May 07, 2018
Expansion Golden Knights top Sharks to make conference final
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Shortly after the San Jose Sharks were denied by the iron for the fourth time of the night, Marc-Andre Fleury rubbed the goal post to thank it for his good fortune. There’s so...
May 06, 2018
Lightning eliminate Bruins with 3-1 win in Game 5
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning, with a primary assist from a team that handled them during the regular season, are back in the Eastern Conference final for the third time in four years. Thank y...
May 06, 2018
Durant's scores 38, Warriors down Pelicans for 3-1 lead
NEW ORLEANS - Kevin Durant made his approach to taking over a pivotal NBA playoff game sound so simple - and look that way, too. “I just try to tell myself that I’m at my best when I don&#...
May 06, 2018
Their backs to the wall, Raptors say they will come out fighting Monday
CLEVELAND - As the Raptors’ practice wound down Sunday, star guard DeMar DeRozan sat alone with his back to the wall and headphones clamped on his hoodie-clad head. One could only imagine the to...
May 06, 2018
Raptors president Masai Ujiri fined $25,000 for berating officials in Game 3
CLEVELAND - The NBA has slapped Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri with a $25,000 fine for walking onto the playing court at halftime to “verbally confront” game officials. The incident...
May 06, 2018
Blue Jays beat Rays 2-1 on Colome's wild pitch in 9th
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Toronto’s record against Tampa Bay since 2008 is its poorest against any AL team. The Blue Jays last year won the season series for only the second time in a decade. After...
May 06, 2018
Winnipeg Jets head home looking to clinch series with Nashville Predators
The Winnipeg Jets are hoping to avoid the distractions that come with being one win away from making the first conference final in the city’s history. “I’m not going to do much groce...
May 06, 2018