Category Archives: Sports
Nick Foligno named captain of the Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO (AP) - Nick Foligno took on a leadership role for the Chicago Blackhawks before he played his first game for the team. That was only the beginning. Foligno became the 35th captain in franchise...
Sep 18, 2024
What the MLSE deal could mean for Toronto fans as Rogers expands its sports empire
TORONTO - One sports business expert thinks Rogers Communications Inc.'s landmark deal to acquire rival telecom BCE Inc.'s 37.5 per cent share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment could lead to be...
Sep 18, 2024
Ontario sports minister, ex-CFL player Lumsden to donate brain to concussion research
TORONTO - Ontario sports minister Neil Lumsden will donate his brain to concussion research. Lumsden, a former Canadian Football League star, announced Wednesday at Varsity Stadium he'll be donating h...
Sep 18, 2024
Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner declines to answer contract questions as camp opens
TORONTO - Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner says he's only focused on the upcoming season - and not his future. The winger's status, however, cast a long shadow as the club reconvened for training camp We...
Sep 18, 2024
Five things to know about Rogers deal to buy Bell's MLSE stake
TORONTO - Rogers has inched closer to having complete reign over the Toronto sports landscape, buying out Bell's 37.5 per cent share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $4.7 billion. Once com...
Sep 18, 2024
Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps go from hunters to hunted in 2024-25 figure skating season
With gold medals freshly around their necks, Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps didn't miss a step during the figure skating off-season. The Canadian pairs team leapt to the top at the world c...
Sep 18, 2024
Rogers Communications to buy out Bell's share of MLSE for $4.7 billion
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. is buying out Bell's 37.5 per cent share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $4.7 billion, giving it 75 per cent ownership of the sports conglomerate. Rog...
Sep 18, 2024
Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at World Cup in 1990, dies at 59
ROME (AP) - Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at its home World Cup in 1990, has died. He was 59. Schillaci had been hospitalized in Palermo following treatment for colo...
Sep 18, 2024
Zhao bounced by Shnaider in Korea Open women's singles
SEOUL - Diana Shnaider only needed 71 minutes Tuesday night to show Canadian Carol Zhao why she's considered one of the favourites to win the women's singles title at the Hana Bank Korea Open. The fou...
Sep 17, 2024
Struggling Heim has key hit as Rangers rout Blue Jays 13-8
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Wyatt Langford homered and doubled twice, struggling Jonah Heim delivered a two-run single to break a sixth-inning tie and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 13-8 on ...
Sep 17, 2024