Category Archives: Sports
Demar DeRozan has 37 points, Raptors beat Suns 115-109
PHOENIX - DeMar DeRozan had already matched his season high with 37 points. With his team up four in the closing seconds, he was needed on the defensive end. DeRozan forced T.J. Warren to take a diffi...
Dec 13, 2017
Canadian freestyle skiing team loses equipment between Helsinki and Beijing
MONTREAL - The Canadian freestyle skiing team had a nightmarish couple of days trying to get from one competition site to another. And the news was even worse when they arrived in China to see their b...
Dec 13, 2017
FaceTime: JD Martinez meets and greets, Ozuna to Cards
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - J.D. Martinez has a chance to see in person what his monster year is worth. The free agent star who hit .303 with 45 home runs was ready for a meet-and-greet session with team...
Dec 13, 2017
Early third-period goal lifts Senators over Rangers, snapping five-game skid
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are happy to be home. Coming off a disastrous seven-game, 15-day road trip, the Senators made the most of home ice as they snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday nigh...
Dec 13, 2017
Point, Hart combine for shutout as U Sports all-stars blank Canada juniors 3-0
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - You could do a lot worse than Colton Point and Carter Hart as rent-a-goalies. The pair combined for a 32-save shutout as a U Sport all-star team beat Canada 3-0 on Wednesday in ...
Dec 13, 2017
AP Sportlight
1920 - Jack Dempsey knocks out Bill Brennan in the 12th round at Madison Square Garden to retain his world heavyweight title. 1965 - Rookie Rick Barry of the San Francisco Warriors scores 57 points in...
Dec 13, 2017
A timeline look at the Argos' sometimes messy, sometimes amusing ownership saga
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts’ ownership situation has gone from eight decades of stability under the Argonaut Rowing Club following the team’s founding in 1873 to a circus that required...
Dec 13, 2017
Canadian international Jessie Fleming a finalist for Honda soccer award
TORONTO - Canadian international midfielder Jessie Fleming has been chosen as one of four nominees for the Honda Sport Award for Soccer. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., a sophomore from UCLA, is up...
Dec 13, 2017
With 2018 lost to knee injury, Skier Gagnon focused on 2022 Beijing Games
When Marie-Michele Gagnon caught an edge and crashed at Lake Louise, any hope of competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was lost. But the 28-year-old alpine skier, who suffered a season-ending torn ant...
Dec 13, 2017
Turris believes Sens owner Eugene Melnyk is the reason he's no longer in Ottawa
VANCOUVER - Kyle Turris believes Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is the reason he’s no longer in the nation’s capital. Speaking before Nashville’s 7-1 victory over the Vancouver ...
Dec 13, 2017