Category Archives: Sports
Friendly against Vancouver Whitecaps key for Wrexham AFC's pre-season: coach
Coaching a professional soccer team comes with challenges. Coaching a professional soccer team that's the subject of an Emmy award-winning TV show brings a whole other degree of difficulty. Phil Parki...
Jun 03, 2024
Oilers back in Cup final, and fans from Arctic Circle to Philippines celebrate
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - The Edmonton Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup final in a celebration reaching north of the Arctic Circle and drawing in fans from as far away as the Philippines. On Monda...
Jun 03, 2024
Padres' Tucupita Marcano under investigation by MLB for gambling on baseball, AP source says
NEW YORK (AP) - San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is under investigation by Major League Baseball for allegedly betting on baseball and could be subject to a possible lifetime ban, according...
Jun 03, 2024
Kylian Mbappé has signed a contract to join Real Madrid
MADRID (AP) - Kylian Mbapp has signed a contract to play for Real Madrid in a union of the sport's top talent and its most successful club. Madrid said on Monday that Mbapp agreed to a five-year contr...
Jun 03, 2024
Sabalenka powers into French Open quarterfinals, Medvedev loses to De Minaur
PARIS (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka extended her dominant run at the French Open by dispatching Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals on Monday. And watch out, because the sun is back at Porte d'A...
Jun 03, 2024
Larry Allen, a Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, dies suddenly at 52
DALLAS (AP) - Larry Allen, one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the NFL during a 12-year career spent mostly with the Dallas Cowboys, has died. He was 52. Allen died suddenly on Sunday while ...
Jun 03, 2024
Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign veteran defensive back Jonathan Moxley
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed veteran American defensive back Jonathan Moxley on Monday. Moxley, 29, spent four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders (2019, 2021-23), registering 78 total ta...
Jun 03, 2024
Elks-Riders CFL game moved to afternoon to accommodate Game 1 of Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON - The CFL has moved the Elks' season opener against the Saskatchewan Roughriders to an afternoon start to allow sports fans in Edmonton to also watch the Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup f...
Jun 03, 2024
How to watch and what to expect in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs
The Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers are the last teams left standing in the NHL playoffs and will play for the Stanley Cup in the best-of-seven final starting Saturday in Sunrise, Florida. The Pa...
Jun 03, 2024
Elks optimistic of brighter 2024 after several seasons of futility
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks won all of four games in the 2023 season. The Green and Gold has just 11 wins over the previous three CFL campaigns. The team hasn't been to the playoffs since 2019. Yet, ...
Jun 03, 2024