Category Archives: Sports
Enberg remembered for long career and 'Oh, my!' catchphrase
SAN DIEGO - Screenwriter Bobby Herbeck was watching the Golf Channel recently when some highlights from some late 1990s broadcasts came on, including a few punctuated by the trademark catchphrase of h...
Mar 10, 2018
Robert Wickens to make IndyCar debut on pole at St. Pete
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Robert Wickens has zero IndyCar experience and has never raced through St. Petersburg. To figure out what he needed to do, the Canadian turned to YouTube and binge-watched over ...
Mar 10, 2018
Miho Takagi wins speedskating allround world championships
AMSTERDAM - Miho Takagi became the first Japanese woman to win the speedskating allround world championships after beating defending champion Ireen Wust in a thrilling 1,500-metre race on Saturday. Th...
Mar 10, 2018
Canada to host fifth-ranked Scotland in June rugby international in Edmonton
TORONTO - Canada will host Scotland on June 9 in an international rugby test match at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium. The Scots are currently ranked fifth in the world after a run of good form ...
Mar 10, 2018
Brad Gushue advances to final at Canadian men's curling championship
REGINA - Brad Gushue is a win away from repeating as Canadian men’s curling champion. Gushue advanced to Sunday’s final by beating Ontario’s John Epping 6-2 in Saturday’s playo...
Mar 10, 2018
Woods closes to within 1 shot of Canadian rookie Conners
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Tiger Woods chipped in from behind the ninth green and the roar was unmistakable, the tree-rattling variety that belongs to only one player in golf. Moments later, Woods raised the...
Mar 10, 2018
Kucherov leads Lightning past Canadiens 3-2 in shootout
TAMPA, Fla. - With their latest run, the NHL-best Tampa Bay Lightning have reached a new milestone: first in the league to 100 points. Nikita Kucherov scored the tying goal in the third period and con...
Mar 10, 2018
Patrik Laine's 40th goal not enough, Flyers top Jets 2-1
PHILADELPHIA - While the Philadelphia Flyers couldn’t prevent Patrik Laine from scoring his 40th goal, they were able to stop everyone else and end their slide. Claude Giroux and Andrew MacDonal...
Mar 10, 2018
Canada beats Uruguay but ousted from Cup competition at Rugby Sevens
VANCOUVER - A convincing 47-5 win over Uruguay wasn’t enough to move Canada into Cup competition at the HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby Saturday. Canada finished the opening day of competition with a 1...
Mar 10, 2018
Daly: 2022 China Games possible for NHL, but long way off
AUSTIN, Texas - NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says participation in the 2022 Olympics in China is possible but not essential to the league’s efforts to grow the sport in the world’s la...
Mar 10, 2018