Category Archives: Sports

Sedins eager to get to work with Canucks rookie head coach Travis Green
VANCOUVER - When the Vancouver Canucks hired Travis Green as their new head coach this spring, a video of his fight with Dan Cloutier from their playing days was widely circulating online. Henrik Sedi...
Jun 02, 2017
Canada downs Belgium 3-2 to open World League volleyball season
NOVI SAD, Serbia - Canada’s men’s volleyball team won its FIVB World League Group 1 opener on Friday, defeating Belgium 3-2. Set scores were 25-22, 19-25, 26-24, 23-25 and 15-13. “As...
Jun 02, 2017

Contrast in Styles: Vancouver Whitecaps set to host high-flying Atlanta United
VANCOUVER - Jordan Harvey was still shaking his head Sunday morning. The Vancouver Whitecaps had thoroughly dominated D.C. United the previous afternoon in almost every facet, but were stunned to walk...
Jun 02, 2017
3 Ex-Penn St officials get jail terms in Sandusky abuse case
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A former president of Penn State and two other former university administrators were each sentenced Friday to at least two months in jail for failing to alert authorities to a 2001 a...
Jun 02, 2017
Impact, Red Bulls both needing wins in first meeting since conference semifinal
MONTREAL - For most of their first five seasons in Major League Soccer the Montreal Impact were dominated by the New York Red Bulls, but that all changed with a playoff upset in an Eastern Conference ...
Jun 02, 2017

Pens trying to scratch their way to Cup without injured two-time all star Kris Letang
PITTSBURGH - Chasing a second straight Stanley Cup without Kris Letang hasn’t been easy for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The defending champs have been trying to scratch their way to the top without...
Jun 02, 2017
Defensive lineman Linden Gaydosh making yet another comeback with Roughriders
SASKATOON - Linden Gaydosh is making yet another football comeback. The six-foot-three, 310-pound defensive tackle has battled injuries throughout his four-year pro football career. And while former N...
Jun 02, 2017
Former NY Knick Charles Oakley heading to trial in August
NEW YORK - Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley has chosen to go to trial in August on charges he struck a security guard at Madison Square Garden. Oakley appeared briefly before a Manhattan j...
Jun 02, 2017
Source: Edmonton Eskimos to host 2018 Grey Cup championship
TORONTO - The 2018 Grey Cup will be played in Edmonton. A league source says the Alberta capital has been awarded the CFL championship game. An official announcement will be made Monday at Commonwealt...
Jun 02, 2017
American Joe Eichner blazing rugby league trail with the Toronto Wolfpack
TORONTO - Having beaten the No. 2 team in their division by 68 points last time out, the unbeaten Toronto Wolfpack look to make short work of the 14th-ranked side when the 1-7-0 Coventry Bears visit S...
Jun 02, 2017