Category Archives: Sports
Albers picks up 2nd win, Mariners hold off Braves 6-5
ATLANTA - Canada’s Andrew Albers worked into the sixth inning for his second straight win since coming up from the minors, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 6-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves o...
Aug 21, 2017

Boldin turns focus from NFL to bridging racial divisions
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Anquan Boldin didn’t decide overnight he was going to quit football in order to speak out against longstanding concerns over inequality in America. The recent deadly and rac...
Aug 21, 2017

Browns players kneel in prayer during national anthem
CLEVELAND - Kneeling and bowing their heads, the Cleveland Browns bonded over something bigger than football. More than a dozen players formed a circle on the team’s sideline Monday night and pr...
Aug 21, 2017
New lawsuit alleges Baylor failures under new rape policies
WACO, Texas - A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted is suing Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university shifted blame away from her attacker toward her...
Aug 21, 2017

King of the chuckwagon: Driver Kelly Sutherland retires after 50 years
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Champion chuckwagon driver Kelly Sutherland has retired after more than 50 years controlling the reins of horses as they thundered around the track. Sutherland, who turns 66 th...
Aug 21, 2017
Baseball fans flock to minor league stadiums to see eclipse
LINCOLN, Neb. - Baseball fans in more than a half-dozen cities from Oregon to South Carolina crowded into minor league ballparks Monday to watch the solar eclipse at game-day viewing parties. The Linc...
Aug 21, 2017
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard beats American Lauren Davis at Connecticut Open
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard defeated American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-3 in first-round play Monday at the Connecticut Open. Bouchard, the world No. 74 from Westmount, Que., will pla...
Aug 21, 2017
Azarenka withdraws from US Open amid child custody dispute
NEW YORK - Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the U.S. Open on Monday because she was unable to resolve a custody dispute with her infant son’s father. The 28-year...
Aug 21, 2017
Veteran receiver Nik Lewis closing in on all-time receptions record
TORONTO - Two down, one more to go for Nik Lewis. The veteran receiver began the season fourth on the CFL’s all-time reception list behind Hall of Famers Terry Vaughn (1,006), Ben Cahoon (1,017)...
Aug 21, 2017

Norman Rockwell baseball painting sells for $1.6M at auction
DALLAS - A rendering by Norman Rockwell of one of his best known baseball-themed paintings has sold at auction for $1.6 million. The work was a study, or a preliminary work, for Rockwell’s ̶...
Aug 21, 2017