Category Archives: Sports
Mookie Monster: Betts homers twice as Boston Red Sox top Toronto Blue Jays 4-3
TORONTO - Mookie Betts set the early tone for the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night and delivered the final blow too. He hit a leadoff homer off Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez and later burned reliever...
Apr 25, 2018
Toronto Raptors take 3-2 series lead with 108-98 victory over Washington
TORONTO - With just under nine minutes to play, and Game 5 threatening to slip away, coach Dwane Casey went with a lineup that had played less than 10 minutes together all season. DeMar DeRozan, Kyle ...
Apr 25, 2018
Bednar, Cassidy, Gallant nominated for Jack Adams Award as NHL's best coach
TORONTO - Colorado’s Jared Bednar, Boston’s Bruce Cassidy and Vegas’s Gerard Gallant were named the finalists for the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday, given annually to the coach voted...
Apr 25, 2018
Little says Jets are slight underdogs in anticipated series with Predators
WINNIPEG - Bryan Little believes the Winnipeg Jets are hungry underdogs heading into their highly anticipated second-round playoff series with the Nashville Predators. The veteran forward agrees the t...
Apr 25, 2018
Sore shoulder keeps backup guard VanVleet out of Raptors playoff game again
TORONTO - Raptors backup guard Fred VanVleet sat out for a third straight game Wednesday due to a right shoulder injury. The six-footer from Wichita State has played just two minutes 49 seconds of Tor...
Apr 25, 2018
Quebec Remparts expected to bring back former coach and GM Patrick Roy
QUEBEC - The Quebec Remparts have called a news conference on Thursday amid speculation that goaltending great Patrick Roy will return to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club. Roy acted as part-...
Apr 25, 2018
Redblacks QB Trevor Harris prepares for 2018 with new mindset and regime
OTTAWA - While most of the Ottawa Redblacks’ veterans skipped this week’s rookie camp, Trevor Harris was taking reps. The Redblacks quarterback was in town for the three-day mini-camp beca...
Apr 25, 2018
Grey Cup returns to Calgary a decade after Roughrider nightmare at McMahon
CALGARY - A decade after the 13th man trashed the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Grey Cup hopes, the CFL’s championship game will return to Calgary. Calgary was unveiled as the host city of the...
Apr 25, 2018
Shepherd, Knevel among Canadians eligible for selection in 2018 NFL draft
David Knevel might be a longtime Philadelphia Eagles fan, but he doesn’t have a burning desire to start his NFL career with his favourite team. The Nebraska Cornhuskers’ offensive lineman ...
Apr 25, 2018
Grandyman Can: Veteran outfielder Curtis Granderson delivering for Blue Jays
TORONTO - When the Toronto Blue Jays signed Curtis Granderson last winter, they were hoping the veteran outfielder could serve as a sparkplug for a club hoping to contend in the American League East. ...
Apr 25, 2018