Category Archives: Sports
Manitoba offensive lineman Geoff Gray to have visit with Green Bay Packers
WINNIPEG - Geoff Gray will have another sitdown with the Green Bay Packers. Two CFL sources said Friday the Manitoba Bisons offensive lineman will visit with the Packers in the next week or two. Green...
Apr 07, 2017
Hair today, hard to forget tomorrow. Canada teams offer plenty of style options
TORONTO - It’s early days in the MLS season, with on-field trends still developing. So six weeks in, let’s ignore the standings and instead offer up some style points on the three Canadian...
Apr 07, 2017
Bernier finds new life with Ducks, thrusts himself into playoff goalie conversation
People keep asking Jonathan Bernier if this is the best he’s ever played, as though his re-emergence in Anaheim is some big surprise. It’s not a shock to the 28-year-old, who recently wrap...
Apr 07, 2017
Big day for Canada's Nathan Hirayama at Hong Kong rugby sevens event
HONG KONG - Nathan Hirayama, celebrating his 50th World Series event, engineered a 17-14 win over Kenya in Canada’s opening game Friday at the Hong Kong Sevens. The 29-year-old from Richmond, B....
Apr 07, 2017
Chinese GP practices wiped out by rain, fog
SHANGHAI - When Lewis Hamilton finally emerged from the garages on a rainy, foggy Friday at the Chinese Grand Prix, it wasn’t to take his Mercedes out for a practice lap, it was to sign hats to ...
Apr 07, 2017
Dryden says finding innovators for CBC's 'We Are Canada' was like hockey scouting
Finding the next generation of innovators who are shaping Canada’s future is not that different than discovering hockey talent, says former NHL goaltender Ken Dryden. They are out there, you jus...
Apr 07, 2017
Lucic's hat trick leads Oilers past Sharks 4-2
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Facing a third-period deficit in a game crucial for Edmonton’s playoff positioning was just the kind of situation the Oilers were thinking about when they acquired Milan Lucic...
Apr 06, 2017
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games World Women’s Hockey Championship Semifinals Canada 4 Finland 0 United States 11 Germany 0 Relegation Round Switzerland 3 Czech Republic 2 Placement Game Russia 4 Sweden 3...
Apr 06, 2017
Flames flatten Kings 4-1 as Gillies wins in first start
LOS ANGELES - The equipment bag he was stuffing his gear into still said Stockton Heat on it, but Jon Gillies was now an NHL goalie. A victorious one, at that. Gillies made 27 saves in his first caree...
Apr 06, 2017
Vrbata scores 2 to lead Coyotes past Canucks
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Arizona Coyotes are finally out of last place. Radim Vrbata scored two goals against his former team, and the Arizona Coyotes jumped out of the cellar in the Pacific Division wit...
Apr 06, 2017