Category Archives: Sports

PHILADELPHIA - Matt Read ended a long scoring drought with a strategy that sounded easy: He just shot the puck hard. Read netted the tiebreaking goal early in the third period to lead the Philadelphia...

PHILADELPHIA - Justin Bieber’s biggest smash hit may have been the one Chris Pronger gave him during All-Star weekend. Is it too late for Pronger to say sorry? Well, Pronger, one of the NHL̵...

SOLDIER HOLLOW, Utah - Dahria Beatty finished as the top Canadian at the Nordic under-23 world ski championships on Thursday after placing 16th in the women’s 10-kilometre skate-ski race in Sold...

LANGFORD, B.C. - Scrum half Gordon McRorie will captain a young Canada side in its opening match Saturday against Argentina ‘A’ at the Americas Rugby Championship. The Scottish-born McRori...

NEW YORK - The Calgary Flames will have the New York City skyline as a backdrop for their Saturday practice. The Flames are scheduled to skate outside on Lasker Rink in Central Park’s north end....

COBOURG, Ont. - Canadian skip Allison Flaxey achieved a big goal with her first career Grand Slam title this season. She has her sights set even higher as she looks at the year ahead. “I think w...

Caroline Ouellette’s teammates are ready. They want her to have a memento of the women’s hockey history she’s about to make. Ouellette is a goal away from becoming the all-time leadi...

OTTAWA - Calling him a rising tennis star with “nerves of steel,” Canada’s Davis Cup captain says 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov is ready for centre stage. Shapovalov will be in the sp...

GRETNA, La. - The Louisiana man accused of killing former CFL running back Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute was indicted Thursday on a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence. A grand jur...

TORONTO - The North American Soccer League has joined the United Soccer League in counting Canadian players as domestics south of the border, leaving Major League Soccer as the lone holdout. “Ca...