Category Archives: Sports
Coach Mike Babcock says Leafs have to get better in home opener against Rangers
TORONTO - Despite watching his team win 7-2 in Winnipeg to kick off the season, Mike Babcock wants improvements in Saturday’s home opener against the New York Rangers. The Maple Leafs coach reel...
Oct 06, 2017
Whitecaps looking to build on lead atop MLS West against Red Bulls
With a playoff berth already secured, the Vancouver Whitecaps now have their sights set on a couple of bigger prizes. The club sits first in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference heading into...
Oct 06, 2017
With B.C. in desperate need of a win, Lions set to host Ottawa Redblacks
VANCOUVER - There was a palpable anger in the B.C. Lions’ locker-room following a last-second loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats two weeks ago. Wally Buono would like to see a little more of that e...
Oct 06, 2017
Coach Octavio Zambrano says there is much more Canadian soccer talent out there
Octavio Zambrano looks across Canada and wonders about the soccer talent that has fallen through the cracks. Zambrano, head coach of the Canadian men’s national team program, says it’s his...
Oct 06, 2017
IOC suspends Olympic official Nuzman in vote-buying case
ZURICH - After being arrested in Rio de Janeiro and accused of storing gold bars in Switzerland, Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman was suspended by the IOC on Friday. The decision ca...
Oct 06, 2017
At the Turn: Once snow falls, indoor golf offers chance to hone game for spring
OTTAWA - The secret, golfer Ben Hogan famously declared, is in the dirt. But on Dave Druken’s high-tech practice range, there’s not a speck of the stuff. In truth, Golftec’s indoor t...
Oct 06, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games MLB Post-season American League Division Series Houston 8 Boston 2 (Astros lead series 1-0) Cleveland 4 New York 0 (Indians lead series 1-0) — NHL Montreal 3 Buffalo 2 (SO...
Oct 05, 2017
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games MLB Post-season American League Division Series Houston 8 Boston 2 (Astros lead series 1-0) Cleveland 4 New York 0 (Indians lead series 1-0) — NHL Montreal 3 Buffalo 2 (SO...
Oct 05, 2017
Damian Lillard leads Trail Blazers past Raptors in pre-season play
PORTLAND, Ore. - Damian Lillard led Portland with 16 points and eight assists in 26 minutes as the Trail Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors 106-101 on Thursday night in pre-season action. CJ McCollum ad...
Oct 05, 2017
Brady throws for 303 yards, Patriots hold off Bucs 19-14
TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady tied the NFL record for regular season wins with some timely help from a porous New England defence showing signs of improvement. Brady threw for 303 yards and one touchdown, a...
Oct 05, 2017