Category Archives: Sports

Recruit Ready prepares young football players for U.S. high school, college ranks
What began as a way to remain involved in football and develop young players has blossomed into something unique for Brad Black and Blair Atkinson. Back in 2012, the former Manitoba Bisons players beg...
Mar 14, 2023

Part of 2000 Gold Cup champions, Richard Hastings enters Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
Richard Hastings thought he was getting on a Canada Soccer call with former teammates Paul Stalteri and Julian de Guzman to reminisce about the 2007 Gold Cup. Instead Hastings, who made the Gold Cup B...
Mar 14, 2023

Insigne expected to miss Toronto FC's next 3-4 games after aggravating groin injury
TORONTO - Star winger Lorenzo Insigne, who hobbled off in Toronto FC's season opener, is expected to miss the next three to four games after aggravating his groin injury. The MLS club said Insigne tra...
Mar 14, 2023

Canada's Zach Edey of the Purdue Boilermakers headlines AP All-America Team
Purdue's Zach Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second str...
Mar 14, 2023

City of Winnipeg to stage 2025 Grey Cup game, festivities
WINNIPEG - The 2025 Grey Cup game will be played at Winnipeg's IG Field. The CFL made the official announcement Tuesday. It will mark the fifth time that the Grey Cup game will be played in Winnipeg a...
Mar 14, 2023

Belgium will face Canada's best possible team at Billie Jean King Cup qualifier
VANCOUVER - Canada will send out its best possible team when it takes on Belgium in next month's Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Vancouver. Tennis Canada announced Tuesday that Bianca Andreescu, Ley...
Mar 14, 2023

Olympic men's ski cross champion Brady Leman to retire
CALGARY - Olympic ski cross champion Brady Leman will retire after this season. The 36-year-old from Calgary claimed Olympic gold in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, as well as a world championship s...
Mar 14, 2023

Canada's 'Speedball' Mike Bailey sees independent wrestling as purest form of the art
There's no hiding the excitement in "Speedball" Mike Bailey's voice when he speaks about wrestling in front of a live crowd instead of for a television audience. "Oh, man, this is my favourite questio...
Mar 14, 2023

Canada's Aaliyah Edwards looks to build on breakout season by winning NCAA title
Despite a career season flush with recognition, Aaliyah Edwards is looking for more than accolades - she wants the NCAA title that eluded her last season. UConn's breakout star forward averaged career...
Mar 14, 2023

U.S. routs Canada in WBC; Puerto Rico pitchers perfect
PHOENIX (AP) - Mike Trout hit a three-run homer, Lance Lynn threw five impressive innings and the United States used a nine-run first to cruise past Canada 12-1 on Monday night in the World Baseball C...
Mar 13, 2023