Category Archives: Sports
Canadian right-hander Cal Quantrill agrees to $3.5 million, 1-year deal with Marlins
MIAMI (AP) - Canadian right-hander Cal Quantrill and the Miami Marlins agreed Wednesday to a $3.5 million, one-year contract. Quantrill can earn an additional $500,000 in performance bonuses. He went ...
Feb 12, 2025
Edmonton looks to impress as expansion destination by hosting PWHL neutral-site game
EDMONTON - When the Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge meet Sunday at a sold-out Rogers Place, it will feel like more than a one-off game. It will feel like Edmonton is on trial. The Alberta capital i...
Feb 12, 2025
Teammates for the first time, Tkachuk brothers ready to rock at 4 Nations Face-Off
MONTREAL - Matthew Tkachuk has vivid memories of the village. He was eight years old. Younger brother Brady was six. Their father, Keith, was playing at his fourth and final Olympics for the United St...
Feb 12, 2025
Hockey Quebec announces ban on smelling salts, citing health risk for players
MONTREAL - Hockey Quebec is banning the use of smelling salts, citing concern over their use by young players. The governing body published a directive stating the ammonia-based inhalants are no longe...
Feb 12, 2025
Cavalry FC star striker Tobias Warschewski relishes life in Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League has proved to be a valuable launching pad for domestic talent. But it has also offered a fresh start to overseas players like Tobias Warschewski. The 27-year-old German for...
Feb 12, 2025
Former Blue Jays star slugger Bautista named to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
ST. MARYS,ONTARIO, CANADA - Former Toronto Blue Jays star slugger Jos Bautista is among the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2025. The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced its ...
Feb 12, 2025
Russians Andreeva, Shnaider down top seeds Dabrowski, Routliffe at Qatar Open
DOHA - Top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were emphatically eliminated from the women's doubles competition at the Qatar Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-1 lo...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by makin...
Feb 12, 2025
Winner of the Boston Marathon, legendary Canadian runner Jerome Drayton dies at 80
TORONTO - Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80. Drayton died unexpectedly on...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, imagine and likeness by mak...
Feb 12, 2025