Category Archives: Sports

Calgary Stampeders look to 2023 with Maier as Mitchell quarterbacking era likely over
CALGARY - Jake Maier took his job. What was likely Bo Levi Mitchell's parting message as a Calgary Stampeder quarterback was believe Maier deserves it. "If you're questioning anything, I can tell you ...
Nov 07, 2022

Bonds, Clemens, Palmeiro on Hall of Fame committee ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro are on the eight-man ballot for the Hall of Fame's contemporary baseball era committee, which meets Dec. ...
Nov 07, 2022

Canada captain Christine Sinclair challenges Canada Soccer to step up in new memoir
Christine Sinclair reviews her distinguished soccer career and lays down a challenge for the future in her new memoir "Playing the Long Game." The Canada captain says it's high time for Canada Soccer,...
Nov 07, 2022

Fernandez, Andreescu to lead Canadian squad against Italy and Switzerland at BJK Cup
Armed with a well-rounded lineup that has plenty of star power, Canadian captain Sylvain Bruneau is aiming high at this week's Billie Jean King Cup. "We're capable of everything really," he said Monda...
Nov 07, 2022

Robertson, MacKinnon and Karlsson named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and San Jose Sharks defenceman Erik Karlsson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Robertson sco...
Nov 07, 2022

Judo Canada signs on to federal government's Abuse-Free Sport program
MONTREAL - Judo Canada says it's joined Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. Starting on Jan. 2, Judo Canada and its stakeho...
Nov 07, 2022

Canada camp in Bahrain 'devastated' by news of goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau's broken leg
Canada's first training session Monday at a pre-World Cup training camp in Bahrain was overshadowed with the panful news that goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau was back in the U.S., recovering from surgery to...
Nov 07, 2022

Rihanna talks motherhood, Super Bowl: 'It was now or never'
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Rihanna knew that if she was going to return to the stage less than a year after giving birth to her first child, the performance would have to top anything she'd done befor...
Nov 07, 2022

Content former No 1 Ash Barty rules out tennis comeback
MELBOURNE (AP) - Former world No. 1 Ash Barty has emphatically ruled out ever making a comeback to tennis, or switching to another sport. Launching her autobiography at Melbourne Park - scene of her A...
Nov 06, 2022

VanVleet has 30 points and 11 assists in Raptors' 113-104 victory over Chicago
TORONTO - On a night with no Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet did plenty of heavy lifting. VanVleet had 30 points and 11 assists in his first game back after missing three straight with lower back tightne...
Nov 06, 2022