Category Archives: Sports
Tony Siragusa, who helped Ravens win Super Bowl, dies at 55
Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who helped lead a stout Baltimore defense to a Super Bowl title, has died. He was 55. Siragusa's broadcast agent, Jim Ornstein, confirmed the death Wedn...
Jun 22, 2022
Montreal Alouettes owner Gary Stern announces he has tested positive for COVID-19
MONTREAL - Owner Gary Stern will be forced to miss the Montreal Alouettes home opener Thursday night. Stern announced on social media he has tested positive for COVID-19. So he won't be in attendance ...
Jun 22, 2022
Oilers' Woodcroft says minors prepared him for coaching success
EDMONTON - Jay Woodcroft went from a prominent role behind an NHL bench to riding the buses in the American Hockey League. Now back in the big leagues as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, Woodcroft s...
Jun 22, 2022
AP source: Maurice closing in on deal to coach Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers are in the process of finalizing a deal to make him the club's new coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press ...
Jun 22, 2022
Trevor Harris to start at quarterback for Alouettes versus Roughriders
There's no quarterback controversy in Montreal, at least not this week. Veteran Trevor Harris will start Thursday night when Montreal hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders in its home opener. Incumbent V...
Jun 22, 2022
Canadian Shaedon Sharpe has created plenty of buzz ahead of NBA draft
A video of high-flying guard Shaedon Sharpe created a big buzz last month. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., takes two steps then leaps, touching above the top of a vertical leap testing gauge. If th...
Jun 22, 2022
Sports minister freezing Hockey Canada's government funding
Hockey Canada's federal funding is being frozen in the wake of the national sport body's handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement. Pascale St-Onge, Canada's minister for sport...
Jun 22, 2022
IndyCar driver Devlin DeFrancesco raising funds for Toronto's Sunnybrook hospital
Devlin DeFrancesco will finally be returning to Toronto as an IndyCar driver next month, and he plans to give back to the local doctors and nurses who saved his life as a baby. The 22-year-old DeFranc...
Jun 22, 2022
Canadian teen McIntosh wins 200 butterfly gold at world aquatic championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Canada's Summer McIntosh has won gold in the women's 200-metre butterfly competition at the world aquatics championships. The 15-year-old from Toronto finished first with a time of...
Jun 22, 2022
Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson dies at age 26
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at age 26. Ferguson, nicknamed "Sack Daddy," played three NFL seasons, all with Baltimore. He set the career sacks record in the college Football B...
Jun 22, 2022