Category Archives: Sports

Ryan Ellis scores twice as Predators hold off late rally for win over Flames
CALGARY - A four-goal lead with less than four minutes to go in the third period should be safe. But for the Nashville Predators, it nearly wasn’t. Ryan Ellis had his first career two-goal game ...
Jan 19, 2017

Michael Grabner burns former team as Rangers cool red-hot Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Michael Grabner observed a different-looking Toronto Maple Leafs squad than the last-place group he left behind last season, one with plenty more speed and skill. “Obviously the young ...
Jan 19, 2017
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard falls to Vandeweghe in third round of Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Eugenie Bouchard wasn’t ready to focus on the positives after failing to reach the fourth round at another Grand Slam tournament. Bouchard, who was ranked as high as No. 5...
Jan 19, 2017
Senators beat inconsistent Blue Jackets 2-0
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets, trailing 2-0 with the clock winding down Thursday night, got a full minute of a 5-on-3 power-play chance. But the NHL’s best power-play unit couldn...
Jan 19, 2017

'Crazy' good: Federer into 4th round at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer relaxed into the chair, his arms folded across his chest in a casual, confident way, and just savored a vintage Australian Open performance. The 17-time Grand Slam...
Jan 19, 2017
Patrick Chan poised to claim a record-tying ninth Canadian figure skating title
OTTAWA - Patrick Chan was just 16 years old the last time he skated on the TD Place Arena Ice, finishing seventh at the Canadian figure skating championship. He won gold two years later, the first of ...
Jan 19, 2017
DeRozan, Curry, Durant, LeBron, Irving to start NBA All-Star Game
NEW YORK - Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan won a tiebreaker to join Cleveland’s LeBron James among the East’s starters for the NBA All-Star Game. DeRozan beat out Boston’s Isaiah Thoma...
Jan 19, 2017
Canucks captain Henrik Sedin on the cusp of joining NHL's 1,000-point club
VANCOUVER - Troy Stecher watched most of Henrik Sedin’s points in the NHL from afar. Growing up a fan of the Vancouver Canucks, he would marvel as the talented Swede and his twin brother Daniel ...
Jan 19, 2017
Canada Sevens rugby event posts record ticket sales, with more likely to come
VANCOUVER - The HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament is headed for another record, with 66,000 tickets sold already. That surpasses the 60,418 tickets sold over the two-day event last year, when Vancou...
Jan 19, 2017
Former IndyCar ace Carpentier high on future of Formula E electric racing
MONTREAL - Patrick Carpentier admits it took a while to get used to the idea of electric car racing. Now that he’s seen it, he likes it. The former IndyCar ace from Joliette, Que., who has been ...
Jan 19, 2017