Category Archives: Sports

Openings begin in Las Vegas trial of ex-fighter War Machine
LAS VEGAS - Prosecutors began casting a former mixed martial arts fighter named War Machine on Monday as violent in his relationship with his porn star girlfriend and murderous when he found her aslee...
Mar 06, 2017
Canada's Milos Raonic withdraws from BNP Paribas Open with hamstring injury
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada’s Milos Raonic withdrew from the men’s singles tournament at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday with a hamstring injury. It’s the same injury that kept the ...
Mar 06, 2017
Roy Halladay to work with Phillies as special instructor at spring training
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Two-time Cy Young winner Roy Halladay will be working with the Philadelphia Phillies as a special instructor at the team’s spring training camp. The Phillies announced that Ha...
Mar 06, 2017
Bogut breaks left leg in debut with Cavaliers
CLEVELAND - Andrew Bogut didn’t make it through one minute of his debut with the Cavaliers. The team’s new centre broke his left leg in the second quarter and had to be assisted off the fl...
Mar 06, 2017
Atlanta United addressing anti-gay chant at first match
Atlanta United said Monday it is “taking measures internally” to address an anti-gay chant used by some fans attending the team’s first Major League Soccer match. United spokesman Wi...
Mar 06, 2017
Steinberg says client young to decide soon on if he'll play in CFL
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will learn sooner than later if former Texas quarterback Vince Young will make his football comeback in Canada. Leigh Steinberg, Young’s agent, told The Canadian Pre...
Mar 06, 2017
NHL GMs consider 'futuristic' concepts on first day of annual meetings
BOCA RATON, Fla. - The ideas were a little weird and wacky, but that was the point. On the first day of their annual meetings, the NHL’s 31 general managers were tasked with thinking up ideas fo...
Mar 06, 2017
Canada's Dillon Brooks earns Pac-12 basketball honours for Oregon Ducks
EUGENE, Ore. - Canada’s Dillon Brooks has earned Pac-12 player of the year award after leading the Oregon Ducks to the top spot in the conference. The Mississauga, Ont., native led the Ducks wit...
Mar 06, 2017

Trainer Casse not giving up on Classic Empire running in Kentucky Derby
Mark Casse hasn’t given up on Classic Empire taking a run at the Kentucky Derby. The champion three-year-old colt was treated last weekend for a back problem Casse figures came about after the h...
Mar 06, 2017
Defence in ex-NFL star's murder trial claims new evidence
BOSTON - The jury in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez has been sent home early after the judge said he needed time to consider a claim that Hernandez’s lawyers have new evi...
Mar 06, 2017