Category Archives: Sports

Patrick Roy steps down from post with Avalanche, suggest discord with management
DENVER - Patrick Roy is leaving the Colorado Avalanche. The club’s head coach and vice president of hockey operations announced his decision to resign in a lengthy statement on Thursday that sug...
Aug 11, 2016
Lawyer says Sandusky will testify Friday in appeals hearing
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer says the former Penn State assistant football coach will testify during an upcoming appeals hearing about whether he was improperly convicted four years...
Aug 11, 2016

Whitecaps need win over Earthquakes to keep pace in MLS playoff race
VANCOUVER - The finish line is in sight but the Vancouver Whitecaps have some hills to climb to claim a spot in Major League Soccer’s playoffs. The Whitecaps hope to gain some ground in the race...
Aug 11, 2016
Tavares, Kelusky and Sanderson named to National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame
TORONTO - John Tavares, Tracey Kelusky and Josh Sanderson were all selected for induction into the National Lacrosse League’s Hall of Fame on Thursday. The three stars will be enshrined into the...
Aug 11, 2016

UK police investigate claim Wimbledon player was poisoned
LONDON - Detectives are investigating allegations that a British player at the Wimbledon tennis tournament was poisoned, after she fell ill with a bacterial infection that can be spread through rat ur...
Aug 11, 2016

Upton adjusting to new Toronto: 'It's feeling better and better every day'
TORONTO - Melvin Upton Jr. bops his head to the music blaring in the Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse, seemingly at ease. He shares a quick laugh with Devon Travis moments later, the two trading what looks...
Aug 11, 2016

Versatile Canadian-born ESPN sportscaster John Saunders dies at 61
Tributes poured in Wednesday for Canadian-born sportscaster John Saunders, the original voice of the Toronto Raptors and a fixture for nearly 30 years on ESPN in the U.S., after the network announced ...
Aug 11, 2016
Tuesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Yankees 9 Boston 4 Houston at Minnesota, ppd. Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 2 (14 innings) Oakland 1 Baltimore 0 Seattle 3 Detr...
Aug 10, 2016

Canadian women add to medal haul with bronze in 4x200 freestyle relay
RIO DI JANIERO, Brazil - Canadian women continued to add to the country’s medal haul on Wednesday night at the Rio Summer Games. The women’s 4×200-metre relay team, comprised of risin...
Aug 10, 2016

J.A. Happ continues magical season with 16th win; Blue Jays beat Rays
TORONTO - Even if he’d like to steer clear of the topic, Cy Young Award chatter is improbably surrounding J.A. Happ as the veteran left-hander continues to pile up victories. Happ became the fir...
Aug 10, 2016