Category Archives: Sports
PGA Tour Champions tournament to be played in Calgary until 2020
CALGARY - The PGA Tour Champions circuit will include Calgary until at least 2020. Shaw Communications has extended its sponsorship of the Shaw Charity Classic for three more years, the company announ...
May 15, 2017
Donaldson nears return for Blue Jays, Pearce goes to disabled list
TORONTO - Josh Donaldson could return to the Blue Jays lineup as soon as this weekend when Toronto visits Baltimore for a three-game series. The third baseman has been out of the lineup since April 13...
May 15, 2017
Ticats sign star defensive end John Chick to extension through 2018
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed international defensive end John Chick to a contract extension through the 2018 CFL season. The 24-year-old started all 18 regular season games and the E...
May 15, 2017
'Hidden gems' of the Nashville Predators emerge in 2017 post-season
The Nashville Predators were named after the sabre-toothed tiger bones discovered underneath their future arena in 1971. The creature had been extinct for at least 10,000 years. It took 20 years, ages...
May 15, 2017
Pyeongchang urges NHL to reconsider its position on Olympics
PARIS - The president of the Pyeongchang Olympic organizing committee is still hoping for an NHL U-turn. “I don’t think they made the final decision so far,” committee president Lee ...
May 15, 2017
Colton Parayko scores twice as Canada downs Norway 5-0 at hockey worlds
PARIS - A dynamite power play, and a little bit of attitude, got Canada back on the winning track at the world hockey championship. Colton Parayko scored twice as Canada clinched first place in its pr...
May 15, 2017
Toronto FC depth to be tested some more in wake of Giovinco, Hagglund injuries
Toronto FC’s depth, which has helped Greg Vanney’s team to a franchise-record six wins in a row, is about to get tested some more. After a hectic stretch of five games in 15 days, Toronto ...
May 15, 2017
Pens, Sens, Preds, Ducks traded their way to NHL's final 4
Draft and develop is the most common way to win in the salary-cap NHL, and with eight of the past 11 playoff MVPs being homegrown, that hasn’t changed. But the four teams left vying for the Stan...
May 15, 2017
Fiancee says Aaron Hernandez denied rumours he was gay
BOSTON - Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez said rumours that he was gay or bisexual were not true, his former fiancee said in an interview on the “Dr. Phil” show that aired Tuesday. Shayan...
May 15, 2017
ESPN's Shelley Smith having tests after scare at Warriors
OAKLAND, Calif. - ESPN reporter Shelley Smith said Sunday night she was doing well and undergoing tests at an East Bay hospital for stroke symptoms after a scare in the Golden State locker room follow...
May 15, 2017