Category Archives: Sports

Senators urge USA Hockey to end dispute with women's team
WASHINGTON - Pressure is mounting on USA Hockey in its wage dispute with the women’s national team. On Monday, 16 U.S. senators wrote a letter to executive director Dave Ogrean, urging him to re...
Mar 27, 2017
Coaches: Carolina Final Four advantage to fade after tipoff
Coaches for Oregon, South Carolina and Gonzaga concede Roy Williams and his North Carolina players have an advantage when it comes to knowing how to deal with the spotlight during Final Four week. The...
Mar 27, 2017
Carroll misses second game in a row with sore back as Raptors host Magic
TORONTO - Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll will miss his second consecutive game tonight as Toronto hosts the Orlando Magic. Carroll has a sore back from a bad fall he took in Thursday’s 101-84 w...
Mar 27, 2017

Anderson's quiet perseverance as wife Nicholle battles cancer inspires Senators
OTTAWA - Craig Anderson’s quiet perseverance has spoken volumes for the Ottawa Senators. The Senators’ No. 1 goaltender has missed parts of the season to be with his wife Nicholle as she b...
Mar 27, 2017
Experienced Canada women's rugby side to face U.S. in Can-Am Series
SAN DIEGO - Captain Kelly Russell leads an experienced squad as the Canadian women’s rugby squad opens its 2017 campaign against the U.S. in their Can-Am Series opener Tuesday. Coach Francois Ra...
Mar 27, 2017

Back injury didn't dull Whitecaps goalkeeper coach Stewart Kerr's soccer passion
VANCOUVER - Stewart Kerr had no idea what do with himself. A goalkeeper with Scottish giant Celtic for a decade, he had just been forced to retire at age 26 because of a crippling back injury that res...
Mar 27, 2017

'Only have 15 or 20 minutes:' Backcountry enthusiasts can't count on fast rescue
CALGARY - Experts say the growing number of skiers and snowboarders enticed by pristine powder in the backcountry shouldn’t assume help will arrive quickly if something goes wrong. Snowboard sta...
Mar 27, 2017

Brothers Jamie, Jordie Benn to play against each for first time when Stars visit Habs
MONTREAL - Jordie and Jamie Benn are about to live something neither has experienced before - playing against each other in an organized hockey game. The brothers clashed plenty of times in road hocke...
Mar 27, 2017
Octavio Zambrano visits Qatar, already planning strategy to get back for World Cup
Just days into his job as head coach of Canadian men’s national team program, Octavio Zambrano finds himself in Qatar - site of the 2022 World Cup and hopefully his team’s ultimate destina...
Mar 27, 2017
Speedy receiver Chris Williams progressing from season-ending knee injury
Chris Williams experienced two very different firsts in his 2016 CFL season. The veteran receiver celebrated his first championship in November when Ottawa captured the Grey Cup with a stunning 39-33 ...
Mar 27, 2017