Category Archives: Sports
Edmonton Eskimos receiver Rory Kohlert calls it a career after six CFL seasons
EDMONTON - Canadian receiver Rory Kohlert is calling it a career. The Edmonton Eskimos announced Friday the 30-year-old Regina native has retired. The six-foot-two, 204-pound Kohlert had seven catches...
May 04, 2018
Luis Contreras, Mark Casse to carry Canadian hopes at Kentucky Derby
It’s been some time between Kentucky Derby mounts for Luis Contreras, but the veteran Woodbine jockey says any past experience at the big race is an advantage. Contreras will make just his secon...
May 04, 2018
New Wolfpack players enjoying Toronto as rugby league team makes short visit home
TORONTO - Twelve games into their season, the Toronto Wolfpack are finally home - if only for five days with a match at a stopgap venue. After hosting Swinton Lions (0-10-1) at Fletcher’s Fields...
May 04, 2018
Raptors unfazed by jokes at their expense as series with Cavs heads to Cleveland
Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey told his players to stay off social media before the NBA post-season even began. If they ignored him, he’s hoping they will use Friday’s onslaught of...
May 04, 2018
Atkinson's shootout winner leads United States to 5-4 win over Canada at worlds
HERNING, Denmark - With Connor McDavid forced to watch a shootout from the bench, Canada opened the 2018 world hockey championship by coming up short against the archrival Americans. Cam Atkinson scor...
May 04, 2018
Simonise thankful to get second chance at pro football career with Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are giving Rashaun Simonise a second lease on his pro football life. Winnipeg took the six-foot-four, 202-pound receiver in the second round, No. 12 overall, in the CFL draft...
May 04, 2018
Jets 'here to battle' as series with Predators shifts back to Nashville tied 2-2
Jets captain Blake Wheeler has seen his team battle through adversity time and again this season. He doesn’t expect anything different ahead of what could be Winnipeg’s toughest test to da...
May 04, 2018
Internet data suggests Blue Jays are Canada's team over Jets, Leafs, Raptors
Are Canadian sports fans uniting behind the Toronto Raptors for their second round NBA post-season series against the Cleveland Cavaliers? Are they putting aside NHL rivalries to support the Winnipeg ...
May 04, 2018
Kevin Hart's jet blows tire landing in Boston, no one hurt
BOSTON - It was a rough landing during a rough week for actor and comedian Kevin Hart. Hart’s private jet blew a tire landing at Boston’s Logan Airport on Thursday. In a Snapchat video, Ha...
May 04, 2018
Whitecaps hope teenager Alphonso Davies can sweeten their trip to Minnesota
VANCOUVER - He was still feeling a little sour from a case of food poisoning, but Alphonso Davies offered up some sweet relief for the Vancouver Whitecaps last week. The teenager with the long stride ...
May 04, 2018