Category Archives: Sports

CHICAGO - Pirates closer Felipe Rivero has changed his name to Felipe Vazquez. Vazquez told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday that he legally changed his surname to match that of his sister, Presc...

BALTIMORE - With one swing of the bat, Josh Donaldson turned a tight duel into a blowout and sent the historically meagre crowd at Camden Yards scurrying toward the exits. Donaldson hit his fourth car...

DETROIT - On the second night of a back-to-back - with first place in the Eastern Conference already wrapped up - the Toronto Raptors easily could have packed it in after falling behind by 17 points. ...

GOLD COAST, Australia - As expected, Canada won a decathlon medal at the Commonwealth Games. But it was Pierce LePage of Whitby, Ont., who climbed the podium to collect a silver behind Grenada’s...

American professional tennis player Madison Brengle sued the WTA and International Tennis Federation in Florida state court on Monday, seeking unspecified damages for “physical and emotional con...

RENNES, France - Eugenie Le Sommer scored on a penalty kick in the 10th minute and France beat Canada 1-0 on Monday in an international friendly. Le Sommer’s goal was one of two penalties in the...

DETROIT - Andre Drummond is out for Monday night’s game between the Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors with a sore Achilles tendon. With the Pistons out of playoff contention and Toronto having...

WINNIPEG - Connor Hellebuyck is going to try to make sure his golfing buddy Devan Dubnyk hits the links before he does this spring. The goaltenders became friends while training and playing golf toget...

CALGARY - Bill Peters has been named head coach of Canada’s entry at next month’s world hockey championships in Denmark. It’s the second time the head coach of the Carolina Hurricane...

CALGARY - Adding veterans Mike Smith and Travis Hamonic to a young Flames team coming off a playoff appearance the season prior was supposed to set Calgary up for greater success in 2017-18. That didn...