Category Archives: Sports

ALBUFEIRA, Portugal - Christine Sinclair scored in the 90th minute as Canada’s women’s soccer team opened its defence of its Algarve Cup title with a dramatic 1-0 win over Denmark on Wedne...

CALGARY - Curtis Lazar’s hockey career needs a jumpstart. He believes the Calgary Flames can apply the booster cables. The 22-year-old forward from Salmon Arm, B.C., was the centrepiece of Calga...

You know it’s a slow trade deadline day in the NHL when the biggest name dealt is a 39-year-old with eight goals this season. Headed for the Los Angeles Kings, Jarome Iginla was the highest prof...

TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired defenceman Mark Streit from the Philadelphia Flyers for centre Valtteri Filppula and two draft picks. Philadelphia receives a 2017 fourth-round pick...

BOSTON - The real killer of two men in a hail of gunfire at a stoplight was not former NFL star Aaron Hernandez but rather the government’s star witness in his double murder trial, his attorney ...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have acquired forward Dwight King from the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2018 NHL draft. King provides the Canadiens a dependable check...

TORONTO - Former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is starting his comeback with a bang - against UFC middleweight title-holder Michael Bisping. The two will meet for the 185-pound crown in the ...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Kings have acquired veteran winger Jarome Iginla from the Colorado Avalanche for a conditional 2018 fourth-round pick. The 39-year-old Iginla joins his fifth NHL team for...

BOSTON - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez misinterpreted a brief encounter at a Boston nightclub involving a spilled drink as a sign of disrespect and became furious, later gunning d...

NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets right-wing Patrik Laine has been named the NHL’s rookie of the month for February. The league also named Winnipeg native and Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews as...