Category Archives: Sports
Flames centre Monahan rebounds from back strain that kept him out of World Cup
Calgary Flames top centre Sean Monahan is rounding back into form after a back strain sidelined him from the World Cup of Hockey. The 21-year-old from Brampton, Ont., participated in his first full-co...
Oct 04, 2016
FIFA VP Montagliani: English-speaking soccer officials pompous on ethics
LONDON - Corruption will never be eradicated from soccer and officials in the English-speaking world should try to be humble rather than pompous when they talk about ethics, a FIFA vice-president said...
Oct 04, 2016
Managers say wild-card game is a tough ask but have no complaints being here
TORONTO - For most of the year, baseball is the slow cooker of sports. It takes six months and 162 ingredients per team. The wild-card game throws that recipe out the window. It’s one day with e...
Oct 04, 2016
Derrick Rose defence told lack of black jurors 'tough luck'
LOS ANGELES - Potential jurors in a $21 million rape lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose were asked Tuesday what they know about the case, what basketball team they root for and whether they can set...
Oct 04, 2016
Canadiens camp gets down to business as Price, Weber return from World Cup
BROSSARD, Que. - The Montreal Canadiens camp can finally start for real now that goalie Carey Price and defenceman Shea Weber are back on the ice. Price and Weber, arguably the team’s top two st...
Oct 04, 2016
Drake Caggiula, with hard to pronounce name, makes name for himself with Oilers
EDMONTON - He’s the rookie with the hard-to-pronounce name who has made a name for himself at the Edmonton Oilers training camp. Centre Drake Caggiula’s performance so far in the NHL pre-s...
Oct 04, 2016
Calder-winning defenceman Barret Jackman retires after 14 NHL seasons
ST. LOUIS - NHL defenceman Barret Jackman retired Tuesday after signing a one-day contract with the St. Louis Blues. St. Louis drafted the Trail, B.C., native 17th overall in 1999 after four standout ...
Oct 04, 2016
Kadri says next career step is becoming leader for young Maple Leafs
TORONTO - After getting a look at Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Mitch Marner over the weekend, Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock mused that his talented but young players turned the puck ove...
Oct 04, 2016
World Cup in hand, Crosby happy to be back with Penguins
PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby’s mini-vacation after the latest triumph in his remarkable career lasted all of four days. Sorry, but the process of defending a Stanley Cup waits for no one. So there...
Oct 04, 2016
Jack Nicklaus, other players say farewell to Arnold Palmer
LATROBE, Pa. - A farewell to the King turned sombre when Jack Nicklaus, his voice cracking as a large tear formed in his left eye, urged the elite and the everyman to remember how Arnold Palmer touche...
Oct 04, 2016