Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - The morning after the Toronto Raptors’ ugly overtime loss to Cleveland, Kyle Lowry was decidedly upbeat as he strode to the press conference podium with a jaunty “What’s up...

MINNEAPOLIS - Fernando Romero’s major league debut for Minnesota carried the extra weight of a Twins team that won only once in its previous 12 games. No pressure, kid. Well, he sure didn’...

TORONTO - Tired of playing on a “cow pasture,” Toronto FC plans to lay a new grass surface at BMO Field later this month. The existing pitch has suffered through a long, severe winter. Its...

TORONTO - If there’s one member of the Toronto Raptors who might be bothered by Drake’s noisy presence courtside, it would be Dwane Casey. But the Raptors coach, who stands directly beside...

Last month’s tragic crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team struck a chord with Brad Grant. The 63-year-old trucking magnate spent plenty of time riding a team bus during his 16-year te...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins will square off in a pair of NHL pre-season games in China in September. The Flames and Bruins will clash Sept. 15 in Shenzhen and Sept. 19 in Beijing. &...

CANMORE, Alta. - Cross-country skier Devon Kershaw has retired after producing Canadian breakthroughs in the sport. Kershaw, from Sudbury, Ont., and Alex Harvey became the first Canadian men to win wo...

Gavin Broadhead was training hard, but he didn’t know what for. The former centre with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers turned to crossfit and weightlifting after hockey bef...

TORONTO - Canada has been drawn with Australia, Spain and Ireland for the HSBC Canada Women’s Sevens in Langford, B.C., on May 12-13. Defending champion New Zealand is in Pool A with Fiji, 2016 ...

WINNIPEG - When he looks down the bench, Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler sees a lot of things. There’s the relentlessness of Mark Scheifele, Patrik Laine’s deadly shot, and the playmak...