Category Archives: Sports
'Kind of insulting': B.C. Lions part ways with Phillips after contract impasse
VANCOUVER - Ryan Phillips would always tell his younger B.C. Lions teammates that if Geroy Simon was expendable, they all were. Simon, the CFL’s all-time leading receiver, couldn’t agree o...
Feb 10, 2017
Canadian men face Chile in ARC in bid for 100th all-time test win
Canada and Chile have both revamped their lineups ahead of Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship match in Langford, B.C. Canada coach Mark Anscombe has made five changes to the team that lost 2...
Feb 10, 2017
NBA urges its teams to avoid Twitter wars
NEW YORK - The NBA wants its teams to avoid Twitter wars. The reminder was issued in a memo from the league to all 30 teams on Tuesday. It comes about two weeks after Portland’s Twitter account ...
Feb 10, 2017
Busy workload hasn't come without hitch for Leafs' goalie Andersen
TORONTO - Frederik Andersen is headed for one of the busiest seasons in NHL history. The 27-year-old is on pace to face 2,173 shots in his first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs in what would be th...
Feb 10, 2017
Woods pulls out of next 2 tournaments with back issues
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Tiger Woods is pulling out of his next two tournaments because of ongoing back problems. Woods said on his website Friday that his doctors have advised him not to play so he can...
Feb 10, 2017
New York man who completed 744 marathons dies at age 96
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Don McNelly, known worldwide for powering through marathon runs and running up record totals into his 70s and 80s, has died. A retired paper company executive from upstate New York, ...
Feb 10, 2017
Smeekens, Kodaira win 500-metre speedskating titles; Canada fourth in pursuit
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - The Canadian men’s pursuit team just missed the podium at the world single distance speedskating championships on Friday, finishing less than one-10th of a seco...
Feb 10, 2017
Diego Maradona to get ambassador role with FIFA
ZURICH - Diego Maradona is getting an ambassador’s role with FIFA. It wants to ensure the Argentina great “has a major role in FIFA’s activities to promote the game across the globe,...
Feb 10, 2017
Russian Olympic champion Savinova stripped of gold, banned
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian runner Maria Savinova was stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal for doping on Friday, putting Caster Semenya in line to become a two-time champion. Savinova, who won ...
Feb 10, 2017
Holdener leads Swiss 1-2 in combined at worlds; Vonn 5th
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - On a bitter-sweet day for the home team at the world championships, Wendy Holdener led a 1-2 finish for Switzerland in the combined event and Lara Gut was airlifted from the ...
Feb 10, 2017