Category Archives: Sports
Saunders retains WBO middleweight title with one-sided win over Lemieux
LAVAL, Que. - Billy Joe Saunders of Britain toyed with frustrated David Lemieux in his hometown for a one-sided victory to retain his World Boxing Organization middleweight title on Saturday night. Sa...
Dec 16, 2017
Don Cherry says he can see Senators leaving Ottawa if attendance doesn't change
Hockey commentator Don Cherry says the Senators will leave Ottawa if the club doesn’t find a way to draw more fans to their games. The “Hockey Night in Canada” personality was speaki...
Dec 16, 2017
Caldwell-Pope missed game because of travel restrictions
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope missed the team’s loss Thursday night in Cleveland because of travel restrictions from his drunken driving arrest last seas...
Dec 16, 2017
Milan Lucic has goal, assist; Oilers hold off Wild 3-2
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Edmonton Oilers hope Cam Talbot’s return can help stop their roller-coaster December. Talbot made 29 saves after missing seven games with an undisclosed injury, Milan Lucic...
Dec 16, 2017
De Bruyne inspires Man City to record-extending win vs Spurs
MANCHESTER, England - Arms wrapped around his head, Kevin De Bruyne was writhing in agony on the turf. A stamp by Dele Alli, the Tottenham dynamo prone to hot-headed eruptions, typified the rough trea...
Dec 16, 2017
Gough wins silver, McRae takes bronze in good day for Canada at luge World Cup
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canadians Alex Gough and Kimberley McRae both picked up medals at a luge World Cup on Saturday. Alex Gough of Calgary finished second while Kimberley McRae, also of Calgary, was th...
Dec 16, 2017
Canadian snowboarders Parrot, O'Brien win slopestyle event at Dew Tour
Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot waited at the bottom of the Dew Tour slopestyle course on Saturday as seven other riders took their turns down the track. One by one, they failed to best his 97 points,...
Dec 16, 2017
Canada's Irving finishes third for first career World Cup podium
Canada’s Lewis Irving finished third at an aerials World Cup in Secret Garden, China on Saturday for his first career World Cup medal. Irving, returning to the sport after a back injury sideline...
Dec 16, 2017
Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey fourth at World Cup
TOBLACH, Italy - Canada’s Alex Harvey finished two seconds short of his first World Cup podium of the season on Saturday, taking fourth place in the men’s 15-kilometre race Harvey put toge...
Dec 16, 2017
Desbiens with 25 saves, Canada downs United States in pre-Olympic exhibition
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Ann-Renee Desbiens made 25 saves as the Canadian women’s national team downed the United States 3-1 on Friday in pre-Olympic exhibition action. Haley Irwin and Sarah Nurse sco...
Dec 15, 2017