Category Archives: Sports
Titans hire Mike Vrabel as new coach after quick search
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans hired Houston defensive co-ordinator Mike Vrabel as their new coach in a fast search that wrapped up after three interviews and just five days after firing Mike Mulark...
Jan 20, 2018
Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler score in shootout as Jets edge Flames
CALGARY - A potent display in the shootout and a critical coach’s challenge by Paul Maurice helped Winnipeg pick up two big points on Saturday afternoon. Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler scored in...
Jan 20, 2018
Former Stampeders quarterback Jerry Keeling dies at 78
Former Calgary Stampeder Jerry Keeling, who quarterbacked the team to the 1971 Grey Cup title, has died. He was 78. The Stampeders announced his death Saturday in a press release. Keeling - known as &...
Jan 20, 2018
Drury, Serwa fourth in World Cup races; Simmerling's Olympic dream over
KANANASKIS, Alta. - A series of crashes left Canada off the podium in the last ski cross World Cup before the Pyeongchang Games, and one ended one athlete’s Olympic dreams completely. After winn...
Jan 20, 2018
Englot beats Jones, will face Carey in Canadian Open women's final
CAMROSE, Alta. - The finals are set at the Canadian Open. Winnipeg’s Michelle Englot toppled Sochi Olympic gold medallist Jennifer Jones 10-4 in the semifinals on Saturday to grab her spot in th...
Jan 20, 2018
Kingsbury's streak of 13 straight moguls wins ends; finishes second to Horishima
MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. - Mikael Kingsbury’s winning streak had to end some time. It came on Saturday when Kingsbury’s finished second to Ikuma Horishima of Japan at a World Cup freestyle ski...
Jan 20, 2018
Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen wins bronze in 5,000 metres at speedskating World Cup
ERFURT, Germany - Calgary’s Ted-Jan Bloemen won the bronze medal in the men’s 5,000 metres at a long-track speedskating World Cup on Saturday for his fourth podium finish in as many races ...
Jan 20, 2018
Aguero lifts Man City as Chelsea, Arsenal turn on goal power
LONDON - Who needs Alexis Sanchez? That may have been the message Sergio Aguero was trying to deliver as he inspired runaway leader Manchester City to a 3-1 home victory over Newcastle on Saturday. Ci...
Jan 20, 2018
Kripps, Humphries win bobsled World Cup titles
KOENIGSSEE, Germany - Canada’s Justin Kripps won his first overall World Cup title after placing third in the last two-man bobsled race of the season, while compatriot Kaillie Humphries claimed ...
Jan 20, 2018
Medals unlikely as 22 North Koreans head to Winter Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The 22 North Korean athletes now invited to compete at the Winter Olympics next month are unlikely to bring home any medals across the border from South Korea. Of all the athle...
Jan 20, 2018