Category Archives: Sports
Canadian Elite Basketball League announces expansion to Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Elite Basketball League says it is expanding to Winnipeg for the 2023 season. Winnipeg will be the league's fifth expansion since it launched in 2019 with six teams. The league...
Nov 09, 2022
Toronto Arrows re-sign New Zealand-born prop Lolani Faleiva for 2023 MLR season
TORONTO - One day after re-signing Isaac Salmon, the Toronto Arrows have brought fellow prop Lolani Faleiva back for the 2023 MLR season. The two Kiwis proved to be imposing bookends for the Arrows la...
Nov 09, 2022
Family first: Winnipeg Blue Bombers' success story built on caring culture
WINNIPEG - It was 2016 and Jermarcus Hardrick was rushing to the airport to catch a flight. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were heading to Vancouver for a CFL playoff game against the B.C. Lions and the of...
Nov 09, 2022
Big bet a bust in bid to allow sports gambling in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The most expensive ballot proposition gamble in U.S. history went bust Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected sports betting, shooting down initiatives by Native Ameri...
Nov 08, 2022
American Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year senten...
Nov 08, 2022
Kane cut on wrist by skate blade in Oilers' win vs Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Edmonton forward Evander Kane left early in the second period of the Oilers' 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning after being cut on the left wrist by a skate blade Tuesday night. T...
Nov 08, 2022
Jets soar past Stars 5-1 to keep point streak intact
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele scored two of the Winnipeg Jets' four unanswered second-period goals in a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. Three Winnipeg goals were scored in a span of 2:45 in ...
Nov 08, 2022
Devils beat Flames 3-2 for seventh straight win
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Nico Hischier scored off a rush with 8:10 to play and the New Jersey Devils beat the slumping Calgary Flames 3-2 Tuesday night for their seventh straight win. Dougie Hamilton and R...
Nov 08, 2022
Caufield, Suzuki score in shootout, Canadiens beat Red Wings
DETROIT (AP) - Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki scored in the shootout and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Tuesday night. David Perron was the only Red Wings player to score duri...
Nov 08, 2022
Oilers' Kane taken to hospital with wrist cut by skate blade
TAMPA, Fla, (AP) - Edmonton forward Evander Kane was taken to a hospital Tuesday night after being cut by a skate blade on his left wrist early in the second period of the Oilers' game against Tampa B...
Nov 08, 2022