Category Archives: Sports
Sluggers Morneau and Freeman headline Canadian roster for World Baseball Classic
OTTAWA - Sluggers Freddie Freeman and Justin Morneau headline the Canadian roster for the 2017 edition of the World Baseball Classic. Freeman hit 34 homers and drove in 91 runs for the Atlanta Braves ...
Feb 08, 2017
NHL's Western Conference not quite the powerhouse it once was
After finishing with the usual game-day questions, Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise was intrigued by one more query. Could he point to why, after so many years as the NHL’s dominant force, the...
Feb 08, 2017
Toronto all-sports radio station Sportsnet 590 The Fan cancels Blundell show
TORONTO - The Dean Blundell experiment is over at Toronto radio station Sportsnet 590 The Fan. His morning show was cancelled Wednesday, less than two years after his debut on the all-sports station a...
Feb 08, 2017
Super Bowl win comforts family of fan who died during game
BOSTON - The family of a Massachusetts woman who died halfway through the Super Bowl said the Patriots’ stunning come-from-behind win helped ease their grief. The Boston Globe reports that Maril...
Feb 08, 2017

Redblacks GM Desjardins figures he'll have holes to fill with CFL free agency
Marcel Desjardins expects he’ll have some work to do when the CFL free agency period begins. The general manager of the Grey Cup-champion Ottawa Redblacks hopes to sign two of his pending free a...
Feb 08, 2017
Shoeless Dunfee: Race walker without shoe deal on heels of Rio Olympics
TORONTO - The orange soles of Evan Dunfee’s shoes were worn through at the toes. They looked like the running shoe version of a tattered ballet slipper. And they were barely two weeks old. The C...
Feb 08, 2017
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney sees pluses in pre-season loss to college team
A 2-1 pre-season loss to Cal State Fullerton didn’t faze Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney. He saw it as serving a purpose for the MLS Cup runners-up. Sunday’s setback came on the eighth straig...
Feb 08, 2017
One year later: Senators pleased with returns from Dion Phaneuf trade
When long-time Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf first joined the Ottawa Senators, his new teammates didn’t really know what to think. Someone they grew to hate was now suddenly clad in t...
Feb 08, 2017
Impact see midfielders Ballou, Choiniere as potential homegrown stars
MONTREAL - If there are younger players ready to earn playing time on the veteran Montreal Impact squad, it would be teenage midfielders Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla and David Choiniere. Asked about the pai...
Feb 08, 2017

Legendary coach Scotty Bowman headlines Order of Hockey in Canada class of 2017
Scotty Bowman had coached nine NHL seasons and won two titles by the time he was tasked with leading his country at the 1976 Canada Cup. The teams set to face Canada that September, including the Sovi...
Feb 08, 2017