Category Archives: Sports

MONTREAL - The Florida Panthers are inching closer to a playoff spot. Roberto Luongo’s 28-save shutout lifted the Panthers to a 2-0 victory over the injury-riddled Montreal Canadiens on Monday n...

STORRS, Conn. - UConn’s opponents in this NCAA Tournament have tried to speed up the Huskies and they’ve tried to slow them down. Neither approach has worked. Two days after running up and...

TORONTO - The CFL will use a slightly different football this season. The new ball will be made of slightly harder leather and upon inflation could be up to an eighth of an inch larger. But it will sp...

NORTH BAY, Ont. - Skip Jennifer Jones and her Canadian team fought through a few uncharacteristic mistakes Monday before pulling out a 9-5 win over China at the world women’s curling championshi...

OTTAWA - Disgruntled Ottawa Senators fans want team owner Eugene Melnyk to know exactly how they feel, and their message is hard to miss. Four billboards with the message #MelnykOut went up at four di...

Larry Kwong, the first player of Asian heritage to appear in an NHL game, has died at age 94. Kwong, who played a shift with the New York Rangers in a March 13, 1948 game against the Montreal Canadien...

WINNIPEG - There was an unexpected twist to the Winnipeg Jets’ injury update after Monday’s practice. Coach Paul Maurice said defenceman Dmitry Kulikov decided not to have back surgery pla...

NORTH BAY, Ont. - Brent Laing joined Kevin Koe’s rink four years ago to form a superteam that achieved its goal of reaching the Winter Games. Less than a month after missing the podium in Pyeong...

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Much like the varying opinions that bubble to the surface after controversial goalie interference rulings, there’s a divide among NHL general managers about how to move forwar...

WINNIPEG - Patrik Laine wants to hoist the Stanley Cup, but drinking champagne out of the hallowed trophy is another matter. The Winnipeg Jets star sniper doesn’t drink alcohol. Never has. So wh...