Category Archives: Sports
Former CFL stars Ray, Cox to enter Hall of Fame in first year of eligibility
TORONTO - Former CFL stars Ricky Ray and Chip Cox were named Tuesday for induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in their first years of eligibility. Ray won a record four Grey Cups as a CFL...
Jun 21, 2022
New multi-event challenges have Newman vaulting better than she has in years
Alysha Newman was a few weeks removed from a devastating Tokyo Olympic performance when the severity of her concussion hit home. The specialist she'd visited at a California hospital was showing her p...
Jun 21, 2022
Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruises past Martina Trevisan in first round at Bad Homburg
BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over seventh seed Martina Trevisan in first-round action Tuesday at the Bad Homburg Open grass-court tennis tournament. Andre...
Jun 21, 2022
Wall, Paredes and Morrow named CFL top performers for Week 2
TORONTO - Calgary defensive back Titus Wall, Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes and Saskatchewan running back Jamal Morrow are the CFL's top players for Week 2 of the season. Wall had his first career int...
Jun 21, 2022
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse withdraws from national championship with COVID
Sprint star Andre De Grasse will miss the Canadian track and field championships this week after testing positive for COVID-19. The six-time Olympic medallist was rounding into form, winning the 100 m...
Jun 21, 2022
Montreal, Toronto tangle in Canadian Championship semifinal
TORONTO - The semifinals of the Canadian Championship have once again pitted the two biggest soccer clubs in the country against one another in what is affectionately known as the Canadian Classique. ...
Jun 21, 2022
Yanks beat Rays 4-2 behind Cole, Hicks, 1st team to 50 wins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Gerrit Cole took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Aaron Hicks hit a tiebreaking triple in the ninth as Manuel Margot slammed into the right-field wall and injured a kne...
Jun 20, 2022
Cole no-hit bid into 8th, Yanks beat Rays 4-2 for 50th win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Gerrit Cole took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Aaron Hicks hit a tiebreaking triple in the ninth as Manuel Margot slammed into the right-field wall and the New York ...
Jun 20, 2022
Lightning bounce back, beat Avalanche 6-2 in Game 3
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Stamkos, Pat Maroon and Ondrej Palat each had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning scored four times in the second period and beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 Mon...
Jun 20, 2022
Kuemper pulled after allowing 5 goals in Avs' 6-2 loss
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Colorado not only failed to take a stranglehold in the Stanley Cup Final after a 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay in Game 3 Monday night, but also wound up with goaltending questions. Darcy Ku...
Jun 20, 2022