Category Archives: Sports
Hunwick, Holland each score twice, Maple Leafs rout Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Matt Hunwick and Peter Holland each scored twice to help the Toronto Maple Leafs rout the Buffalo Sabres 8-1 on Friday night in exhibition play. William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Rich...
Sep 30, 2016
Scheifele with four points, Jets beat Oilers 5-1 in pre-season play
WINNIPEG - Jets captain Blake Wheeler came away with some optimism after seeing Winnipeg’s power play connect so many times on Friday night. Wheeler finished the game with three assists and Winn...
Sep 30, 2016
Penny Oleksiak, Aurelie Rivard among national swimming award winners
Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak was recognized for her breakthrough performance at the Rio Olympics on Friday by being named the female swimmer of the year by Swimming Canada. The 16-year-old Oleksiak ...
Sep 30, 2016
Lions QB Jonathon Jennings continues to chase 5,000-yard mark against Redblacks
VANCOUVER - Jonathon Jennings’s statistics over his first 18 career Canadian Football League games compare favourably with some of the best quarterbacks in the league. The B.C. quarterback will ...
Sep 30, 2016
Whitecaps looking to improve dismal home record with rival Sounders in town
VANCOUVER - If they deserve it, the Vancouver Whitecaps don’t mind getting booed at home every now and again. The club has been poor at B.C. Place Stadium during a lost 2016 campaign, winning ju...
Sep 30, 2016
City says water safe to drink now at new Roughriders' stadium in Regina
REGINA - The water at the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ new stadium has been given the thumbs-up. The city said earlier this week that the water at Mosaic Stadium wasn’t suitable for drinking ...
Sep 30, 2016
76ers' Ben Simmons breaks bone in right foot
Ben Simmons has a broken bone in his right foot and its unknown how long the No. 1 overall pick will be sidelined for the Philadelphia 76ers. Simmons was injured Friday during the final training camp ...
Sep 30, 2016
Camara, Cabrera suspensions leave Impact thin on defence against Orlando
MONTREAL - Orlando City has been enough trouble for the Montreal Impact this season, but facing Brazilian star Kaka and his crew down three defenders will be a serious test. The Impact learned Friday ...
Sep 30, 2016
Average audience of 2.27 million viewers watches Canada's Game 2 World Cup win
TORONTO - Canada’s 2-1 victory over Team Europe in Game 2 of the World Cup of Hockey final drew an average audience of 2.27 million viewers on Sportsnet, the network said in a release on Friday....
Sep 30, 2016
Als draw first sellout for Chapdelaine's debut as head coach against Argonauts
MONTREAL - It is probably no accident that Jacques Chapdelaine’s first game as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes coincides with the struggling CFL club’s first sellout in three seasons....
Sep 30, 2016