Category Archives: Sports
Raptors drop third in a row with 99-91 loss to Trail Blazers
TORONTO - Jerami Grant scored a game-high 22 points as the Portland Trail Blazers handed the Toronto Raptors their third straight loss, 99-91, on Monday. Malcolm Brogdon added 21 off the bench for Por...
Oct 30, 2023
Gushue, Einarson earn big wins at Pan Continental Curling Championships
KELOWNA, B.C. - Brad Gushue didn't take long to get over an opening day loss at the Pan Continental Curling Championships at Kelowna Curling Club. The Canadian skip from St. John's N.L., who dropped a...
Oct 30, 2023
Canucks aim for positives from loss into next game against Predators
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks are looking to put the disappointment of a missed opportunity behind them and focus on the positives. The Canucks (5-2-1) fell 4-3 in overtime to the New York Rangers...
Oct 30, 2023
Bonmati wins women's Ballon d'Or, Messi favorite to take men's award
PARIS (AP) - Spain and Barcelona player Aitana Bonmati has won the women's Ballon d'Or for the first time. Bonmati followed in the footsteps of her teammate Alexia Putellas, who won the past two award...
Oct 30, 2023
Head coach Dyce to return to Redblacks, other staff to be evaluated after 4-14 season
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks say they will conduct a "deep dive" after finishing out of the playoffs for a fourth straight CFL season, but any restructuring will not include a change at head coach. G...
Oct 30, 2023
Canada's Shady El Nahas a Pan American Games judo champion
SANTIAGO, Chile - Shady El Nahas captured Pan American Games judo gold Monday in the men's 100-kilogram class. The 25-year-old from Toronto defeated Chile's Thomas Briceno in the final by a match-endi...
Oct 30, 2023
Toffoli, Johansson, Hartman named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - New Jersey right-wing Tyler Toffoli, Tampa Bay goaltender Jonas Johansson and Minnesota right-wing Ryan Hartman have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Toffoli led the league wit...
Oct 30, 2023
Wickenheiser calls for neck protection at 'every level' after Johnson's death
Hayley Wickenheiser is calling for mandated neck protection at "every level in hockey" after former NHL player Adam Johnson died from a cut by a skate blade during a game in England on Saturday. Wicke...
Oct 30, 2023
Canada's Sanoa Dempfle-Olin claims Olympic surfing berth at Pan American Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin qualified for next summer's Olympic Games by reaching the Pan American Games women's shortboard final Monday. The 18-year-old from Tofino, B.C., po...
Oct 30, 2023
WHL roundup: Roberts scores winner as Giants edge Blazers 4-3
LANGLEY, B.C. - Colton Roberts goal at 7:02 snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the Vancouver Giants to a 4-3 Western Hockey League win on Sunday over the visiting Kamloops Blazers. The Blazers, who tra...
Oct 29, 2023