Category Archives: Sports
Premier League leads spending as transfer window closes. Ivan Toney to Saudi Arabia
English Premier League clubs again flexed their financial muscles by spending about $2.6 billion in the summer transfer window that closed Friday for Europe's five big domestic leagues. And once again...
Aug 30, 2024
Johnny Gaudreau put family first, never forgot South Jersey roots even as NHL career blossomed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Johnny Gaudreau was finally home in New Jersey, the NHL star with show-stopping skills back again this week for a big assist for his family as groomsman in the wedding of baby sist...
Aug 30, 2024
Remembering Johnny Hockey: Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew shined on and off the ice
Getting a nickname in hockey is not only a sign of affection but a sense that a player has really made it. Wayne Gretzky became the "Great One," Mario Lemieux was "Super Mario" and the late Gordie How...
Aug 30, 2024
Haeran Ryu has bogey-free 62 and opens up a big lead at TPC Boston
NORTON, Mass. (AP) - Haeran Ryu kept making birdies and wanted to post her lowest round on the LPGA Tour on Friday. She accomplished that with a 10-under 62 that gave her a six-shot lead among early s...
Aug 30, 2024
Canada's Woods wins 13th Vuelta stage, Roglic takes another bite into O'Connor's lead
PUERTO DE ANCARES, Spain (AP-CP) - Canada's Michael Woods won the mountainous 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday, while Primoz Roglic took another bite out of the race lead held by Ben O'Conno...
Aug 30, 2024
Hoops team overcomes hot crowd, cyclists win two more bronze at Paralympics
PARIS - Vincent Dallaire got a taste of what he and his teammates on Canada's men's wheelchair basketball were in for when he arrived at Bercy Arena in Paris. The United States were playing Germany in...
Aug 30, 2024
'Our hearts are broken': Teammates, fans react to death of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed Thursday while cycling in their home state of New Jersey. Police have said a suspected drunk driver struck the pair while attempting to p...
Aug 30, 2024
Vancouver Whitecaps kick off final stretch of MLS season with visit to Austin FC
VANCOUVER - A trip back to Austin, Texas, has Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed in a reflective state of mind. It's been more than two years since the 23-year-old Canadian made his Major League...
Aug 30, 2024
'Devastating loss': Hockey world mourns deaths of Johnny, Matthew Gaudreau
Fans, friends and athletes from the hockey world and beyond joined in an outpouring of love and sorrow for the family of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew...
Aug 30, 2024
CFL commissioner Ambrosie holding Argos' QB Kelly to the promise he made to him
TORONTO - It's been called a last-chance agreement but Randy Ambrosie sees the CFL's reinstatement of Chad Kelly as the league holding the Toronto Argonauts quarterback accountable for a promise he ma...
Aug 30, 2024