Category Archives: Sports
Parker named defensive assistant but Stewart, Sweet dropped from Als' Staff
MONTREAL - Jacques Chapdelaine will stay on in the dual role of head coach and offensive co-ordinator and Noel Thorpe will be back for a fourth year as defensive co-ordinator, the Montreal Alouettes a...
Jan 31, 2017
Shapovalov getting comfortable with daunting decision to turn professional
Denis Shapovalov’s transition to professional tennis hasn’t come without its struggles. An ankle injury suffered last fall while training made the 17-year-old Canadian prospect wonder whet...
Jan 31, 2017
Assistant GM Zimmerman makes splash with signing of veteran Van Zeyl
TORONTO - Spencer Zimmerman made a big splash Tuesday in his first move at the Toronto Argonauts’ acting GM. Toronto signed veteran offensive lineman Chris Van Zeyl to a three-year contract exte...
Jan 31, 2017
IAAF: Ex-Coe aide lied over payment, can still work in sport
LONDON - IAAF President Sebastian Coe’s former right-hand man was expelled from athletics’ governing body on Tuesday after admitting to concealing cash payments during the scandal-plagued ...
Jan 31, 2017
Slotback Adarius Bowman signs one-year contract extension with Edmonton Eskimos
EDMONTON - Adarius Bowman chose the comforts of home over potential free agency. The veteran receiver signed a one-year contract extension Tuesday that will keep him with the Edmonton Eskimos through ...
Jan 31, 2017
Toronto FC signs Chris Mavinga, a defender with history good and bad
Toronto FC has signed French-born Congolese international Chris Mavinga, a defender whose resume includes some big-name clubs but also a few missteps. Mavinga is the first major off-season signing for...
Jan 31, 2017
Canadian Ray Arsenault wins major handicapping competition in Las Vegas
Canadian Ray Arsenault finds himself in the same lofty company as California Chrome. The heralded thoroughbred captured a 2016 Eclipse Award as American racing’s horse of the year. Arsenault, of...
Jan 31, 2017
"That's a different fast:" NHL stars in awe of Oilers captain Connor McDavid
Slowing down Connor McDavid may seem like a hopeless pursuit, but foes across the NHL are certainly trying. The captain of the Edmonton Oilers has picked up on at least one tactic. “I don’...
Jan 31, 2017
Ghana goalkeeper fined for expletive-laden tirade at fans
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Ghana goalkeeper Razak Brimah has been fined $2,500 for an expletive-laden tirade in a video posted on social media during the African Cup of Nations that was aimed at fans who had...
Jan 31, 2017
Trade deadline acquisitions have Knights primed for memorial cup repeat
OSHAWA, Ont. - Mitch Vande Sompel knows what a winning atmosphere feels like. The defenceman was with the Generals two years ago when Oshawa won its fifth Memorial Cup. Now a member of the Knights fol...
Jan 31, 2017