Category Archives: Sports
Jury hears from tattoo artist in ex-NFL star's murder trial
BOSTON - A California tattoo artist detailed to jurors Friday the violent artwork he inked on Aaron Hernandez that prosecutors say memorialize the former New England Patriots star’s killing of t...
Mar 17, 2017

Women players dispute USA Hockey numbers on wages
Women players are calling USA Hockey’s characterization of their wage demands “patently false” after the organization stated it would exceed $8 million in an Olympic year and $5.7 mi...
Mar 17, 2017
Wolfpack advance to fifth round of rugby league's Ladbrokes Challenge Cup
LONDON - The Toronto Wolfpack weathered a late charge from the London Broncos and held on for a 30-26 victory Friday in the fourth round of rugby league’s Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. Captain Craig ...
Mar 17, 2017
Huskies advance to semifinals with 1-0 overtime win over York
FREDERICTON - It’s down to the final four at the U Sports men’s hockey championship. Levi Cable scored at 1:01 of overtime to lift the Saskatchewan Huskies to a 1-0 quarter-final win over ...
Mar 17, 2017
Top-seeded Spartans beat Waterloo at U Sports men's volleyball tournament
EDMONTON, B.C. - The top-seeded Trinity Western Spartans shut down the No. 8 Waterloo Warriors 3-0 on Friday in quarter-final action at the U Sports men’s volleyball championship. The defending ...
Mar 17, 2017
After loss of star Boucher, Oregon shows it has NCAA depth
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Star big man Chris Boucher carefully stood with his bulky knee brace to pump his arms and cheer his teammates at every chance. He shimmied his shoulders in delight to celebrate th...
Mar 17, 2017

Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC set to renew heated rivalry
VANCOUVER - It was a finish that will never sit quite right with Carl Robinson. The Vancouver Whitecaps were moments away from their second consecutive Canadian Championship last June when rivals Toro...
Mar 17, 2017
Brad Jacobs, John Morris advance straight to semifinals at Elite 10
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and John Morris of Vernon, B.C., will bypass the quarter-finals and head right to the semis at the Elite 10, the fifth stop on the Grand ...
Mar 17, 2017
Michigan delivers 3-point punch to knock out Oklahoma St.
INDIANAPOLIS - Derrick Walton Jr. stuck to the plan Friday. He kept running the Michigan Wolverines offence against an aggressive Oklahoma State defence and eventually things fell into place. Again. W...
Mar 17, 2017

Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey wins sprint gold at World Cup finals
QUEBEC - Alex Harvey is the new king of the Plains of Abraham. Canada’s cross-country skiing star drew a huge ovation from his home fans as he passed Norway’s Finn Haagen Krogh on the fina...
Mar 17, 2017