Category Archives: Sports
Three-time Grey Cup champion Shawn Lemon announces retirement from football
Veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon, who won three Grey Cups with three different organizations, announced his CFL retirement Wednesday. The 35-year-old Lemon had signed a one-year contract extensio...
Apr 10, 2024
Fury says Usyk won't overcome size difference in the fight to crown the undisputed heavyweight champ
MORECAMBE, England (AP) - For Tyson Fury, size will count for everything in his fight with Oleksandr Usyk to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000. Usyk, a former cruiserweight, m...
Apr 10, 2024
Jones, Jacobs rebound from lopsided losses at Players' Championship
TORONTO - Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs bounced back from lopsided tournament-opening losses with victories in Wednesday's early draw at the Grand Slam of Curling's Players' Championship. Winnipeg's ...
Apr 10, 2024
Soon to be a 2-time Olympic host city, Salt Lake City’s zest for the Games is now an outlier
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Reminders of the 2002 Winter Olympics are nestled in every nook and cranny of Utah's capital city, from a towering Olympic cauldron that overlooks the Salt Lake Valley to an Olym...
Apr 10, 2024
Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas hired John Calipari as men's basketball coach on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA champio...
Apr 10, 2024
Lane Hutson focused on NCAA Men's Frozen Four, but NHL looms for Canadiens prospect
Lane Hutson has never had any issue staying in the moment. And the defenceman's razor-sharp focus is currently on helping Boston University secure its sixth U.S. college hockey title at the NCAA Men's...
Apr 10, 2024
Canada's Nick Taylor gets a Masters Mulligan after COVID-19 tainted first experience
Nick Taylor is happy to be getting a Mulligan on his first Masters appearance. The Abbotsford, B.C., native made his one and only appearance at Augusta National Golf Club in 2020. Because of the COVID...
Apr 10, 2024
Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000
Monaco - Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a...
Apr 10, 2024
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime falls to Sonego at Monte Carlo Masters
ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN, France - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Wednesday after dropping a third-round match 6-4, 7-5 to Lorenzo Son...
Apr 10, 2024
Connor scores in OT, Jets trip playoff-bound Predators 4-3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kyle Connor scored at 1:52 of overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists, Gabriel...
Apr 09, 2024