Category Archives: Sports
Brandon Tanev lifts Jets past Red Wings, 5-3
DETROIT - Normally a bit player, Brandon Tanev played a starring role Friday night. Tanev scored his second goal of the game and his NHL career with 1:16 left to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the Detroi...
Nov 04, 2016
Canada takes bronze in men's team pursuit, first ever World Cup medal
GLASGOW, United Kingdom - Canada claimed its first ever World Cup medal in the men’s team pursuit on Friday with a bronze-medal performance. The team of Vancouver’s Aidan Caves, Adam Jamie...
Nov 04, 2016
Medlock kicks four field goals to set single-season record in win over Redblacks
OTTAWA - Justin Medlock has certainly put his best foot forward this season. The Winnipeg kicker nailed four field goals to set a single-season record Friday as the Blue Bombers closed out the regular...
Nov 04, 2016
Blue Jackets rout NHL-leading Canadiens 10-0
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Montreal Canadiens were the last team in the NHL to lose a game in regulation this season - and they did it in historic fashion Friday night. And the Columbus Blue Jackets made a ...
Nov 04, 2016
Another hot night for DeMar DeRozan, who lifts Raptors 96-87 over Heat
TORONTO - Moments after yet another sizzling performance, someone asked DeMar DeRozan in the post-game locker-room if he’s getting sick of talking about himself. “Yes. I hate it,” he...
Nov 04, 2016
Raptors 905 hire Nicki Gross, only female coach in NBA Development League
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Raptors 905 have the only female coach in the NBA Development League with the hiring of Nicki Gross on Friday. Gross, who spent last season as an assistant with the Iowa Energy, jo...
Nov 04, 2016
Djokovic loses in Paris quarters, Murray has shot at No 1
PARIS - Novak Djokovic’s reign over men’s tennis could be about to end in the City of Lights, and Canada’s Milos Raonic stands in the way of Andy Murray’s possible rise to that...
Nov 04, 2016
Olympian Marie-Eve Drolet's short-track career a series of comebacks
CALGARY - Marie-Eve Drolet’s short-track speedskating career has been anything but straightforward. After helping Canada’s women earn Olympic relay bronze in 2002, it was a dozen years bef...
Nov 04, 2016
Impact look to defence, counterattacks to topple favoured Red Bulls
MONTREAL - If contrasting styles make the best fights then the Montreal Impact’s playoff showdown with the New York Red Bulls should be a treat. The Impact know they will be on the defensive aga...
Nov 04, 2016
Calgary Stampeders seek bounce-back win against rested Saskatchewan Roughriders
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders haven’t lost back-to-back games since 2012 for a span of 91 regular-season games without two losses in a row. They intend to preserve that stat Saturday when the...
Nov 04, 2016