Category Archives: Sports
Garber praised TFC and Seattle in state of league address for setting standard
TORONTO - It might have taken Toronto FC nine seasons to win a playoff game in Major League Soccer. But off the field, MLS commissioner Don Garber says, the franchise set the league standard with its ...
Dec 09, 2016
Impact hope dropping reserve team, deal with Ottawa, will add homegrown talent
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact squad that reached the MLS Eastern Conference final should look much the same next season - a veteran unit with only two North American players in the starting 11. And t...
Dec 09, 2016
B.C. Lions release star LB Adam Bighill so he can pursue NFL opportunities
SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. Lions announced Friday they have released star linebacker Adam Bighill so that he can pursue NFL opportunities. The CFL team says the move is part of a contractual agreement wi...
Dec 09, 2016
Sounders reserve forward Oalex Anderson injured in training on eve of MLS Cup
TORONTO - Seattle reserve forward Oalex Anderson was carried off Friday after suffering an injury in practice. Two Sounders staff members carried the 21-year-old Saint Vincent and the Grenadines inter...
Dec 09, 2016
MLS Cup players layer up for chilly night, but say BMO Field pitch looks good
Toronto FC ‘keeper Clint Irwin donned two layers under his jersey, shorts, two sets of leggings, two pairs of socks, a tuque and surgical gloves under his goalie gloves for practice Friday. It s...
Dec 09, 2016
Pettis misses weight, will still fight at UFC 206 but can't win interim title
TORONTO - Anthony (Showtime) Pettis missed weight Friday ahead of UFC 206, a move that will cost him money and opportunity. While the main event fight with Max (Blessed) Holloway will go on Saturday n...
Dec 09, 2016
Little battles between Toronto and Seattle will decide who wins MLS Cup
TORONTO - A series of small battles will likely decide the MLS Cup final Saturday night between Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders and which loyal legion of fans will watch their team hoist the Phili...
Dec 09, 2016
Board of governors meeting ends with no clear next step for NHL and 2018 Olympics
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Wayne Gretzky remembered, with incredible precision, what it was like to fly back to North America from the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. Part of the Team Canada squad that missed out on...
Dec 09, 2016
Gretzky defends McDavid's fiery outburst; says Manning targeting come with superstar territory
PALM BEACH, Fla. - As the primary target of opponents over his Hall of Fame career, Wayne Gretzky could certainly empathize with the frustration Connor McDavid was feeling Thursday night. McDavid and ...
Dec 09, 2016
Peter Eriksson fired as head coach of Athletics Canada after internal review
Peter Eriksson has been fired as head coach and chief technical officer at Athletics Canada just months after the track and field team had one of its most successful Olympics in decades. Canada captur...
Dec 09, 2016