Category Archives: Sports
Bad first period start hurts Ducks in loss to Oilers to force Game 7
EDMONTON - Ryan Getzlaf pointed out exactly to when things started to go wrong in the Anaheim Ducks’ 7-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday in Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinal ser...
May 07, 2017
Wizards use 26-0 run to rout Celtics in Game 4, tie series
WASHINGTON - It wasn’t enough for the Washington Wizards to force turnover after another and make baskets every time down the floor to take a lead over the Boston Celtics. They wanted to blow th...
May 07, 2017
Edmonton Oilers force Anaheim Ducks to a Game 7 with a 7-1 victory
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers are forcing the Anaheim Ducks to face their Game 7 playoff demons. Their Western Conference semifinal is going the distance after Edmonton’s decisive 7-1 victory S...
May 07, 2017
Grudge match: Sharapova to play Bouchard in Madrid
MADRID - Maria Sharapova’s reward for advancing to the second round of the Madrid Open on Sunday is a match against Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard, one of the most outspoken players against the...
May 07, 2017
Raptors feel the pain of a Cleveland sweep, wonder what might have been
TORONTO - Dressing at his locker-room stall Sunday, Toronto centre Jonas Valanciunas politely asked a scrum of waiting media to clear a space. Once they moved aside, he fired his towel into the no-lon...
May 07, 2017
Coroner: Cause of bobsledder Steven Holcomb's death unclear
The cause of U.S. Olympic bobsledder Steven Holcomb’s death will remain unclear until more tests are completed. An autopsy performed at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, New York, showe...
May 07, 2017
Winnipeg Blue Bombers take DL Ekakitie first overall in CFL Canadian draft
TORONTO - Faith Ekakitie wants to live up to the expectations of a first overall pick. Winnipeg selected the six-foot-two, 304-pound Iowa defensive lineman No. 1 in the CFL draft Sunday. The move wasn...
May 07, 2017
Raptors' season ends with 109-102 loss to LeBron James, Cavaliers
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors’ season has come to an end - but they didn’t go down without a fight. Serge Ibaka scored 23 points, while DeMar DeRozan added 22 and the Raptors took Clevelan...
May 07, 2017
Raptors' season ends with 109-102 loss to LeBron James, Cavaliers
TORONTO - Dwane Casey asked his team to play with pride. Facing an ugly ending to a season that had held so much promise, the coach didn’t want them to go down without a fight. They responded. B...
May 07, 2017
Preds reach 1st Western final in team history, ousting Blues
NASHVILLE - Ryan Johansen celebrated his game-winning goal with a windmill fist pump, and the Nashville Predators finished off the rest of a thrilling third period with the standing-room only crowd on...
May 07, 2017