Category Archives: Sports
Blue Bombers home venue to be renamed Princess Auto Stadium in April
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have a new home this season. The CFL club announced Tuesday its home venue will go by the name of Princess Auto Stadium. The official change will come about i...
Jan 23, 2024
Canadian tight end McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with training injury
NFL officials will have to wait to see Canadian tight end Tanner McLachlan up close and personal. The six-foot-five, 240-pound tight end at Arizona had accepted an invitation to attend the Reese's Sen...
Jan 23, 2024
Canucks' Tocchet reflects on year behind the bench in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet took over the Vancouver Canucks a year ago, with the team struggling to find wins and consistency in how it played. Bruce Boudreau had been fired following a period of extende...
Jan 23, 2024
Former NBAer Joel Anthony finding new ways to grow basketball in Montreal
Joel Anthony still fondly remembers all the veteran players who helped him through his NBA career and the local stars who inspired him as a young kid growing up in Montreal. Now he wants to do the sam...
Jan 23, 2024
Canadian men to meet U.S. in exhibition basketball play before Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Canada's senior men's basketball team will have an early test leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canada Basketball announced the team will face the U.S. in exhibition play in Las Vegas o...
Jan 23, 2024
Former Calgary Stampeder offensive lineman Bruce Covernton dead at age 57
CALGARY - Bruce Covernton, a former offensive lineman who won two Grey Cups with the Calgary Stampeders, died Tuesday. He was 57. The Stampeders confirmed Covernton's death but the cause wasn't divulg...
Jan 23, 2024
Flyers goaltender Carter Hart is taking an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart is taking an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons. General manager Daniel Briere announced Tuesday that Hart had requested and been granted time ...
Jan 23, 2024
B.C.'s James Paxton agrees to $11 million deal with high-spending Dodgers, AP source says
Canadian left-hander James Paxton and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to an US$11 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on...
Jan 23, 2024
Bucks fire coach Adrian Griffin after 43 games despite one of NBA's top records, AP source says
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Milwaukee Bucks have fired Adrian Griffin as coach after just 43 games despite having one of the league's top records midway through the season, a person familiar with the decisio...
Jan 23, 2024
Defender Paris Gee signs with Vancouver FC, returns to B.C. to be closer to family
Family has brought Paris Gee home after two successful seasons with York United FC. The 29-year-old defender from Burnaby, B.C., one of six York players who left the Toronto CPL club in December, has ...
Jan 23, 2024