Category Archives: Sports
NBA 2K League ready to start talent search, with 17 teams watching closely
TORONTO - The search for the world’s best NBA video gamers is officially on. With the NBA 2K League set to tip off next May with the Raptors and 16 other teams taking part, the first stage of ga...
Dec 15, 2017
Fabbro returns as Canada beats Denmark 5-2 at world junior selection camp
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Dante Fabbro has enjoyed welcoming new players to Canada’s junior team and keeping it loose in the locker room. But he was more than ready to actually play a game, finally...
Dec 15, 2017
Canadian skier Cassie Sharpe wins gold in halfpipe at Dew Tour
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. - Canada’s Cassie Sharpe won gold in women’s halfpipe skiing at the Dew Tour on Friday after amassing a big score on her second run that her competitors couldn’t ...
Dec 15, 2017
Mounting Injuries: Canucks' Tanev out two to three weeks with a groin strain
VANCOUVER - Christopher Tanev has been added to the Vancouver Canucks’ mounting injury list. Head coach Travis Green said after today’s morning skate that the defenceman will be out two to...
Dec 15, 2017
Canadian Rose LaBreche to referee Six Nations women's match in Italy
TORONTO - Canadian Rose LaBreche will referee the England-Italy Six Nations Women’s rugby game in February. The match is scheduled for Feb. 4 at the Stadio Mirabello in Reggio Emilia, Italy. LaB...
Dec 15, 2017
Former on-air personality says ESPN was hostile workplace
BRISTOL, Conn. - A former ESPN personality is accusing the network of trying to silence her and other women who assert they were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment. Adrienne Lawrence mad...
Dec 15, 2017
Canada's Walker, Snith earn bronze in doubles luge at World Cup stop
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canadian lugers Tristan Walker and Justin Snith earned their first medals of the World Cup season after finishing third in doubles competition Friday. Calgary’s Snith and Wal...
Dec 15, 2017
Vathje rakes silver, Rahneva earns bronze in skeleton World Cup race
IGLS, Austria - Elisabeth Vathje earned silver and Canadian teammate Mirela Rahneva took bronze in a women’s skeleton World Cup race on Friday. Vathje, from Calgary, finished with a combined tim...
Dec 15, 2017
MLS Cup champion Toronto FC wastes little time locking up veteran Drew Moor
TORONTO - With his two boys born in Canada, Drew Moor feels right at home in Toronto. So despite free agency looming, it didn’t take the veteran defender long to sign a new deal with Toronto FC....
Dec 15, 2017
Manitoba hopes to attract curlers from around world to training centre
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to set up a training centre for curling that could hold international events and attract athletes from outside the province. Premier Brian Pallister has announ...
Dec 15, 2017