Category Archives: Sports
Turbide toughs it out in pool to win world title
MADEIR, Portugal - Don't call Nicolas-Guy Turbide an overnight success. But feel free to call the Quebec City athlete a world champion. Making his fourth career appearance at Madeira, the longtime nat...
Jun 15, 2022
U.S. Open turns focus from Saudi money to golf's toughest test
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - The U.S. Open isn't the only American major that has felt like an afterthought, lost among chatter and innuendo about topics unrelated to birdies and bogeys. Golf was no longer...
Jun 15, 2022
U.S. Open: Bradley up for big Boston sports week
BROOKLINE, Mass (AP) - New Englander Keegan Bradley is looking forward to a big weekend in Boston sports. And taking part in it, too. The Vermont native - and relative of Red Sox Hall of Famer Carlton...
Jun 15, 2022
Brewers' closer Hader on paternity list, likely out 3 days
NEW YORK (AP) - The Milwaukee Brewers put closer Josh Hader on the paternity list before Wednesday's game against the New York Mets and expect him to miss three days. Hader began Wednesday tied with S...
Jun 15, 2022
Argos say they've not heard Alouettes owner Stern's prediction of win
TORONTO - It seems Montreal Alouettes' owner Gary Stern's bravado has fallen on deaf ears with the Toronto Argonauts. On Wednesday, Stern boldly predicted his team would "kill Toronto on Thursday." St...
Jun 15, 2022
CFL fines three defensive players for high hits
TORONTO - Linebacker Simoni Lawrence of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the East Division's top defensive performer last season, was among three players fined by the CFL on Wednesday for high hits in games l...
Jun 15, 2022
Stanley Cup Final pits Lightning vs. high-scoring Avalanche
DENVER (AP) - To win the Stanley Cup each of the past two years, the Tampa Bay Lightning had to go through the stingy New York Islanders, defending Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens backstopped by g...
Jun 15, 2022
World No. 30 Corey Conners leads Canadians into U.S. Open
Challenging rough, large crowds, and constant media attention made the RBC Canadian Open a perfect test run for this week's U.S. Open. Especially for Canadian golfers playing in their national champio...
Jun 15, 2022
Dominant second set leads Auger-Aliassime over McDonald in Halle
HALLE, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY - Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime rode a dominant second set to a 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over American Mackenzie McDonald on Wednesday at the Halle Open...
Jun 15, 2022
Hockey Canada names coaches for under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has announced Stephane Julien will lead its men's under-18 team at the upcoming Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Head coach and general manager of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Sh...
Jun 15, 2022