Category Archives: Sports
CFL partnership with PFF took years to finalize
Cris Collinsworth was ahead of the game on analytics, buying Pro Football Focus in 2014. The Emmy Award-winning football analyst says it wasn't until 2018, however, that he really started believing in...
Jun 23, 2023
Former NFL star Collinsworth nearly began pro career in CFL
It took 42 years, but Cris Collinsworth is finally part of the CFL. Earlier this month, the CFL announced a partnership with Pro Football Focus. The sports analytics company is owned by Collinsworth, ...
Jun 23, 2023
Calgary Flames name Lambert, Savard assistant coaches to Ryan Huska
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have hired Dan Lambert and Marc Savard to be assistants to new head coach Ryan Huska. Lambert spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Nashville Predator...
Jun 23, 2023
Reign of world's largest hockey stick coming to an end as Duncan, B.C., holds survey
The world's largest hockey stick survived Expo '86, a move to Vancouver Island, the wrath of Canadian winters and even woodpeckers, but time is catching up with the monument to Canada's game attached ...
Jun 23, 2023
Deguchi beats fellow Canadian Klimkait to win gold at Grand Slam judo event
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - Christa Deguchi clamied the women's under-57 kilogram gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam judo tournament Friday with a win over fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait. Deguchi,...
Jun 23, 2023
Canadian heavyweight Arjan Bhullar loses One Championship title in first defence
BANGKOK - Unbeaten Russian Anatoly (Sladkiy) Malykhin stopped Canadian Arjan Bhullar in the third round Friday to win the One Championship heavyweight title. The loss, in the main event of the "One Fr...
Jun 23, 2023
Toronto FC in hostile territory as it looks for first road win of the MLS season
After losing 3-0 midweek at league-leading FC Cincinnati, Toronto FC finds itself in equally hostile territory Saturday when it visits New England. Cincinnati (13-1-4) entered the MLS record books wit...
Jun 23, 2023
CF Montreal exploring all options to rediscover road form against Charlotte FC
MONTREAL - After tying the Major League Soccer record for most consecutive shutout wins at home with six, CF Montreal is looking to duplicate that success on the road. Montreal will look for just its ...
Jun 23, 2023
Connor Bedard's NHL draft journey nearly complete: 'Hard to wrap your head around it'
Connor Bedard was about to jet off to a sunny destination. He wasn't happy about it. With minor hockey tryouts just around the corner, Bedard - the projected No. 1 pick at next week's NHL draft, but a...
Jun 23, 2023
Canada's Marino eliminated from Wimbledon warmup with quarterfinal loss
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Vancouver's Rebecca Marino has been eliminated from the Rothesay Classic tennis tournament after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to China's Zhu Lin on Friday. Marino fir...
Jun 23, 2023