Category Archives: Sports
Paralympic Games open to theme: 'Heart knows no limits'
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Paralympic Games opened Wednesday with 4,350 athletes demonstrating first-hand their creed: “The heart knows no limits; everybody has a heart.” Wheelchair daredevil Aa...
Sep 07, 2016
Team North America to have two anthems played prior to World Cup of Hockey games
TORONTO - Team North America will have both the Canadian and American national anthems played in pre-game ceremonies at the upcoming World Cup of Hockey tournament. The announcement from the NHL and N...
Sep 07, 2016
US firm Liberty Media buying Formula One motorsport series
LONDON - Formula One is being bought by Liberty Media, a U.S. company that invests in entertainment and sports, in a takeover valuing the motorsport series at $8 billion. Liberty Media, which is contr...
Sep 07, 2016
McDavid among front-runners to be Team North America captain at World Cup
MONTREAL - Team North America will likely name its captain sometime this week, coach Todd McLellan said Wednesday. It is the only one of the eight teams in the World Cup of Hockey yet to name its capt...
Sep 07, 2016
North American squad has young veterans to lean on at World Cup of Hockey
MONTREAL - Team North America head coach Todd McLellan has “young experience” on his squad that may end up playing a key role in the World Cup of Hockey. While teenagers like Connor McDavi...
Sep 07, 2016

Rapinoe stymied in bid for second national anthem protest
BOYDS, Md. - The Washington Spirit prevented Seattle midfielder Megan Rapinoe from kneeling again during the national anthem by altering its pregame ceremonies rather than “subject our fans and ...
Sep 07, 2016
Texas asks state Supreme Court to block track coach lawsuit
AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas recently asked the state Supreme Court to block a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out ...
Sep 07, 2016

ESPN gets back in the hockey game with the World Cup
The NHL is back on ESPN, for a limited time only. More than a decade after the league and the top U.S. sports network split up, they’re reunited for the World Cup of Hockey. Starting with exhibi...
Sep 07, 2016

Quarterback Zach Collaros has been solid since returning to Hamilton's lineup
It’s been a triumphant return for Zach Collaros. The 28-year-old quarterback has been nothing short of sensational since rejoining the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In his four starts, Collaros has compl...
Sep 07, 2016
Five things to know about the Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team
The Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team heads into the Rio Paralympics looking to reach the podium for the first time since claiming bronze in 2004 in Rio. They open round-robin play of ...
Sep 07, 2016