Category Archives: Sports
Back on top: Japan beats Lufkin, Texas, 12-2 for LLWS title
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The crack of the bat, the gasp from the crowd, a fist pump on the trip around the bases and then a happy hop to waiting teammates at home plate. Japan went through the routin...
Aug 27, 2017
AP source: Alabama lineman Raekwon Davis shot at bar
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama defensive lineman Raekwon Davis shot at a Tuscaloosa bar, according to a person with knowledge of the incident. Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s spokesman Jason Powell said...
Aug 27, 2017
Canada's Brittany Crew captures shot put gold at Summer Universiade
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Brittany Crew won the shot put on Sunday for Canada’s fourth gold medal at the Summer Universiade. The 23-year-old from York University threw 18.34 metres, just shy of her own C...
Aug 27, 2017
Buxton homers three times to power Twins to 7-2 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Byron Buxton had just about everything go his way on Sunday. The Twins centre-fielder finished 4 for 5 with a career-high three home runs and five runs batted in to lead Minnesota in a 7-2 v...
Aug 27, 2017
Appendicitis forces American Michelle Wie out of CP Women's Open in Ottawa
OTTAWA - American star Michelle Wie was forced to withdraw from the CP Women’s Open with appendicitis on Sunday. The 27-year-old was scheduled to have her appendix removed at Ottawa Hospital lat...
Aug 27, 2017
Canada's Alysha Newman betters her own national pole vault record
BECKHUM, Germany - Alysha Newman of London, Ont., broke her own Canadian record in the pole vault on Sunday. The 23-year-old cleared 4.75 metres, topping her previous mark of 4.71. Newman did a back f...
Aug 27, 2017
North London woes: Arsenal routed at Liverpool as Spurs draw
LIVERPOOL, England - Humiliation for Arsenal at Liverpool. More Wembley frustration for Tottenham. The north London clubs had an afternoon to forget in the Premier League on Sunday before the two-week...
Aug 27, 2017
WNBA to let players continue with unity during anthem
NEW YORK - The WNBA is going to let teams choose how they stand for the national anthem for the remainder of the season. The league confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday that it has extended t...
Aug 27, 2017
Conor's choices: Defend UFC belt, box again, or Diaz III?
LAS VEGAS - Conor McGregor was exhausted and hurt by the 10th round, his audacious venture undone by every logical problem with a mixed martial artist entering a professional boxing ring for the first...
Aug 27, 2017
Hamilton holds off Vettel's late move to win Belgian GP
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium - For a brief moment, Lewis Hamilton feared he had lost the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. Sebastian Vettel, on quicker tires with about 10 laps to go, drove up right alongsi...
Aug 27, 2017