Category Archives: Sports
Chiefs' playoff loss bitter pill for Canadian Duvernay-Tardif to swallow
Once again, Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif begins his NFL off-season earlier than anticipated. The Kansas City Chiefs right guard was back in Montreal on Thursday, less than a week after the club...
Jan 11, 2018
A month from Olympics, Duhamel and Radford going back to "Hometown Glory"
VANCOUVER - Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford have gone back to their comfort zone in their quest for Olympic gold. The Canadian pairs skaters decided three weeks ago to scrap their free program to musi...
Jan 11, 2018
Author Patterson to tell Aaron Hernandez story in TV special
BOSTON - Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s life and death will be the subject of a one-hour special episode of “48 Hours” to be broadcast on Jan. 20. The CBS pr...
Jan 11, 2018
A look at Canada's men's Olympic hockey roster heading to South Korea
With the NHL not taking part in next month’s Pyeongchang Olympics, Canada had to dig deep to fill out its roster for the 2018 Games. The Canadian Press takes a look the 25 players heading to Sou...
Jan 11, 2018
Curling minnow Brazil to face Glenn Howard in Americas Zone Challenge
The Brazilian curling team is aiming high in its effort to help grow the sport in the South American country. Skip Marcelo Mello will take on Canada’s Glenn Howard - a four-time world champion -...
Jan 11, 2018
Saskatchewan hockey assistant remembered for quiet ways, pursuit of excellence
ESTEVAN, Sask. - A community in southeastern Saskatchewan is mourning the death of an assistant hockey coach described as a soft-spoken person who could find hidden skills in players and with a passio...
Jan 11, 2018
After 18 seasons in Edmonton, Hervey settling in as B.C. Lions general manager
It hasn’t taken Ed Hervey long to get used to his new colours. Hervey became the B.C. Lions general manager Nov. 30, less than eight months after being fired by the Edmonton Eskimos. That ended ...
Jan 11, 2018
Welsh international prop Dan Fleming leaves Toronto Wolfpack for Halifax
TORONTO - Welsh international prop Dan Fleming has left the Toronto Wolfpack for fellow Championship side Halifax RLFC. Toronto coach Paul Rowley said Fleming requested the move for family reasons. &#...
Jan 11, 2018
Cindy Crawford recreates iconic Super Bowl ad 26 years later
NEW YORK - Cindy Crawford is heading back to the Super Bowl: The model has recreated her iconic 1992 Super Bowl ad for Pepsi, now featuring her 18-year-old son. Crawford recently filmed the commercial...
Jan 11, 2018
Canada's Crawford claims first ever Biathlon World Cup podium place
RUHPOLDING, Germany - Canadian biathlete Rosanna Crawford claimed her first ever World Cup podium place after finishing third in a women’s 15-kilometre individual race on Thursday. “Not so...
Jan 11, 2018