Category Archives: Sports
Spurs uses improved mentality to chase Chelsea for PL title
LONDON - Unlike last season’s title race, Tottenham knows it isn’t on the wrong side of a popularity contest in its pursuit of Chelsea. Leicester was the undoubted pick of the neutrals as ...
Apr 15, 2017
Anthony Jackson-Hamel scores winner as Impact edge Atlanta United for first win
MONTREAL - When Impact substitute Anthony Jackson-Hamel scored the stoppage-time winner, a weight was lifted off the team’s shoulders. Montreal waited until the dying seconds to notch its first ...
Apr 15, 2017
Blue Jackets' Calvert suspended 1 game for hit on Kuhnhackl
NEW YORK - Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert was suspended one game for his cross-check to Pittsburgh’s Tom Kuhnhackl late in the third period of a Game 2 loss to the Penguins. Calvert ...
Apr 15, 2017
Video game simulation has Warriors as champions, Raptors exiting in second round
TORONTO - A video game simulation of the NBA playoffs has the Toronto Raptors exiting once again in six games at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The NBA 2K17 simulation has Toronto sweeping the ...
Apr 15, 2017
Sharks regrouping as power play goes from lacklustre to liability versus Oilers
EDMONTON - San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer says he won’t be taking a wrecking ball to a power play that has gone from lacklustre to downright liability in the NHL playoffs. Through two games,...
Apr 15, 2017
Canadian men to face All Blacks in Singapore rugby sevens quarter-finals
SINGAPORE - Captain John Moonlight scored his 98th career try on the rugby sevens circuit as Canada advanced to the Cup quarter-finals at the Singapore Sevens on Saturday. The Canadian men defeated Ru...
Apr 15, 2017
Cristie Kerr wins LPGA Lotte in Hawaii for 19th tour title
KAPOLEI, Hawaii - Cristie Kerr won the LPGA Lotte Championship on Saturday for her 19th tour title, closing with a 6-under 66 for a three-stroke victory. The 39-year-old Kerr broke the tournament reco...
Apr 15, 2017
Morgan Rielly tries to hit new level for Leafs in first post-season
WASHINGTON - Morgan Rielly’s right eye was tinged with yellow and purple with a scrape underneath and there was more damage on the bridge of his nose. These were the last remaining signs of a tr...
Apr 15, 2017
UK police looking into 'hate crime' claim about Sun column
LONDON - A complaint from Liverpool’s mayor has sparked police to investigate whether a column in The Sun newspaper constituted a hate crime. Mayor Joe Anderson called for Kelvin MacKenzie to be...
Apr 15, 2017
Sharks power play gives up two short-handed goals against Oilers in Game 2 loss
EDMONTON - The power play was more of a disadvantage for the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. The Sharks went 0 for 6 on the power play while allowing two short-handed goals against in a 2-0 loss to t...
Apr 15, 2017