Category Archives: Sports
Grotheer earns first skeleton World Cup win with track records; Martineau eighth
ALTENBERG, Germany - Canada’s Barrett Martineau slid to eighth place for his best career finish on a European track at the Skeleton World Cup on Saturday. The 25-year-old former ski jumper from ...
Jan 07, 2017
Francesco Friedrich sets track record in 2-man bobsled World Cup win
ALTENBERG, Germany - Three-time world champion Francesco Friedrich set a track record to win his second two-man bobsled World Cup of the season on Saturday. The German, along with brakeman Martin Grot...
Jan 07, 2017
Canadian Alex Harvey 19th at Tour de Ski; Russia's Ustiugov retains overall lead
TESERO, Italy - Alex Harvey struggled to a 19th-place finish in the 15-kilometre classic ski mass start on Saturday, dropping him to sixth place overall at the Tour de Ski with one race remaining. Har...
Jan 07, 2017
Canadiens winger Nikita Scherbak to make NHL debut with Brendan Gallagher out
TORONTO - Brendan Gallagher’s broken hand has opened up the first NHL opportunity for Montreal Canadiens rookie Nikita Scherbak. The 21-year-old Russian winger, picked 26th overall at the 2014 d...
Jan 07, 2017
Maschmeyer makes 17 saves as Canada's development team earns Nations Cup silver
FUSSEN, Germany - Canada’s women’s development team will come home with a silver medal from the 2017 Nations Cup after a 1-0 loss to Finland in Saturday’s gold-medal game. Emerance M...
Jan 07, 2017
Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock says bye week 'wrong for player safety'
TORONTO - Mike Babcock is no fan of the NHL’s newly created bye week. Speaking a day before his Maple Leafs get their first taste of the mandated five-day break, Toronto’s head coach said ...
Jan 07, 2017
Canada's Raonic loses in Brisbane semifinal; Pliskova wins women's title
BRISBANE, Australia - Canadian Milos Raonic came up short in the defence of his Brisbane International title on Saturday in a 7-6 (7), 6-2 semifinal loss to Grigor Dimitrov, who will play third-seeded...
Jan 07, 2017
From Tie to Max Domi: NHL enforcers dwindle in 1 generation
TORONTO - Tie Domi is no different than any proud hockey father when it comes to worrying about his son. Having spent 16 seasons establishing a reputation for being one of the NHL’s fiercest enf...
Jan 07, 2017
Rooney equals record as United beats Reading 4-0 in FA Cup
LONDON - Wayne Rooney stands one goal away from becoming Manchester United’s outright record goal-scorer after equaling club great Bobby Charlton’s mark of 249 on Saturday. With the 79-yea...
Jan 07, 2017
Watched by Charlton, Rooney ties record as United top scorer
MANCHESTER, England - Wayne Rooney became Manchester United’s joint leading scorer of all time when he scored his 249th goal for the club on Saturday in the FA Cup third-round 4-0 win over Readi...
Jan 07, 2017