Category Archives: Sports
Michael Jordan pledges $5 million to African-American museum
WASHINGTON - Michael Jordan has made another major donation, pledging $5 million to the Smithsonian’s new African-American history museum on the National Mall. Officials at the National Museum o...
Aug 09, 2016

Te-ball? Tim Tebow will try to play professional baseball
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - With professional football not working out, Tim Tebow is going to give baseball a try. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL first-round draft pick plans to hold a workout ...
Aug 09, 2016

Dodgers "disappointed" by video of Puig partying in minors
Yasiel Puig has found the party in the Pacific Coast League. Days after a demotion to the minors, the unpredictable Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder posted videos to his Snapchat account Monday night of...
Aug 09, 2016

Study: 83% of NCAA violations involve football, basketball
Big-money sports football and men’s basketball were involved in 83 per cent of NCAA Division I major infractions cases from 1953 to 2014, according to the first study of its kind released Tuesda...
Aug 09, 2016
Alouettes sign kicker Fera, put struggling Bede on six-game injured list
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes added kicker Anthony Fera to their roster Tuesday and moved struggling Boris Bede to the six-game injured list. The Alouettes had been trying out kickers this week wi...
Aug 09, 2016

Canadian divers Filion and Benfeito win Olympic bronze medal in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canadian divers Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito have won a bronze medal in the women’s 10-metre synchronized event. The two women, who also won bronze four years ago in Lon...
Aug 09, 2016

Weber hopes to help Canadiens fans forget Subban by helping team win games
TERREBONE, Que. - Shea Weber knows all about the outrage Canadiens fans expressed when he was traded by the Nashville Predators to Montreal for the popular P.K. Subban. And the big defenceman knows hi...
Aug 09, 2016

Sidney Crosby surprises Nova Scotia super-fan's family with a visit
ENFIELD, N.S. - Darryl Pottie planted a plywood sign outside his Enfield, N.S., home early last month with a plea: “Sid please sign my jersey.” Two-time Stanley Cup winner Sidney Crosby wa...
Aug 09, 2016
Sidney Crosby surprises Nova Scotia super-fan's family with a visit
ENFIELD, N.S. - Darryl Pottie planted a plywood sign outside his Enfield, N.S., home early last month with a plea: “Sid please sign my jersey.” Two-time Stanley Cup winner Sidney Crosby wa...
Aug 09, 2016
The ban on GIFs of Olympic events sparks anger and creativity on Twitter
TORONTO - A prohibition on Olympic GIFs has inspired a slew of tweets lamenting - or advising how to work around - the International Olympic Committee’s copyright regulations. In advance of the ...
Aug 09, 2016