Category Archives: Sports
Whitecaps trade Giles Barnes, acquire Brek Shea from Orlando City
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired midfielder/forward Brek Shea from Orlando City SC in exchange for midfielder/forward Giles Barnes. The club announced the deal on Saturday. The team i...
Feb 25, 2017
De Haitre breaks Canadian record in 1,000 metres at world championships
CALGARY - Vincent De Haitre had been convinced that he could shatter the Canadian 1,000-metre record for years. He did it on Saturday at the opening day of the world sprint speedskating championships ...
Feb 25, 2017
Arizona recruit to be first openly gay scholarship player
TUCSON, Ariz. - University of Arizona recruit My-King Johnson is set to become the first active openly gay scholarship player in major-college football history. “I do feel like when I say that (...
Feb 25, 2017
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games NHL Montreal 3 Toronto 2 (OT) San Jose 4 Vancouver 1 Los Angeles 4 Anaheim 1 N.Y. Rangers 4 New Jersey 3 (OT) Nashville 5 Washington 2 Columbus 7 N.Y. Islanders 0 Pittsburgh 4 P...
Feb 25, 2017
Toronto FC soundly beaten 4-1 by Chicago in pre-season finale for both teams
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Toronto FC was soundly beaten 4-1 by the Chicago Fire on Saturday in the final pre-season test for both MLS teams. Dutch forward Michael de Leeuw scored twice for Chicago. Toron...
Feb 25, 2017
Manitoba's Englot, Ontario's Homan in rematch for Canadian women's curling title
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Manitoba’s Michelle Englot needs to beat Ontario’s Rachel Homan one more time for a Canadian women’s curling title. Manitoba downed Ontario 9-8 in Friday’...
Feb 25, 2017
Bettman upholds 10-game suspension of Ducks' Vermette
NEW YORK - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Saturday upheld the 10-game suspension assessed to Anaheim Ducks centre Antoine Vermette for slashing a linesman. Vermette slapped his stick against the bac...
Feb 25, 2017
Canada beats South Korea 6-3 to win bronze at world junior curling playdowns
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Kristen Streifel defeated South Korea’s Min Ji Kim 6-3 on Saturday to win the bronze medal at the world junior curling championship. Streifel and h...
Feb 25, 2017
ACC's Swofford encouraged by bill to repeal NC's HB2 law
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says he’s encouraged that North Carolina lawmakers have filed bipartisan legislation to repeal a law that limits protectio...
Feb 25, 2017
Transgender boy wins controversial girls state title
CYPRESS, Texas - Mack Beggs had just won a state wrestling title Saturday in a category he didn’t want to be in. But instead of wallowing in a debate about what should or should not have happene...
Feb 25, 2017