Category Archives: Sports

Love hurts: Cavaliers' All-Star forward out at least 6 weeks
CLEVELAND - Kevin Love won’t be able to help the Cavaliers down the stretch this season. The All-Star forward will miss at least six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee ...
Feb 14, 2017
Former Toronto Argonauts receiver Darrell K. Smith dies at age 55
TORONTO - Darrell K. Smith, a former receiver with the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos, has died. He was 55. The Argos confirmed Tuesday that Smith died on Monday night of cancer. Smith spent e...
Feb 14, 2017

Ottawa Redblacks sign speedy free-agent receiver Kenny Shaw to dealk
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks dipped into free agency to replenish their solid receiving corps. According to a league source, Ottawa signed Kenny Shaw on Tuesday, less than two hours after the noon ET...
Feb 14, 2017
Auburn again replacing landmark oaks at Toomer's Corner
AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn University is once again replacing its landmark oak trees at Toomer’s Corner. A university statement says workers will plant new trees on Saturday because of damage caused ...
Feb 14, 2017
First workouts underway for MLB pitchers and catchers
LAKELAND, Fla. - Winter is over - in baseball, at least. Fifteen major league teams have their first scheduled workouts for pitchers and catchers Tuesday in Florida and Arizona, including the Justin V...
Feb 14, 2017

Next up: Canada's women to face Kazakhstan in Fed Cup tennis action
MONTREAL - Canada will host Kazakhstan in the next round of the Fed Cup women’s tennis competition. The World Group II playoff tie is set for April 22-23, the International Tennis Federation sai...
Feb 14, 2017
NHL 100: A look at hockey's masked men
In the geologic timeline of the NHL’s 100 years, the goalie mask is a somewhat recent artifact. Despite a brief flirtation in 1930, the league did not embrace safety face ware until 1959 and all...
Feb 14, 2017
No stone left unturned: Canada's Patrick Chan focusing on mental game
TORONTO - Even when Patrick Chan is at the top of his physical game, his mental one is a crapshoot. “Usually when I have a good skate, I’m not quite sure how it happened,” Chan mused...
Feb 14, 2017

Maradona to try to give Napoli a boost against Real Madrid
MADRID - Diego Maradona couldn’t do much on the field to keep Napoli from being eliminated by Real Madrid the last time the teams met in a European competition. Almost 30 years later, though, he...
Feb 14, 2017
Kazakhstan says biathletes tested clean after doping raid
ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan’s top sports official says the country’s biathletes passed doping tests following a police raid which seized medical equipment and drugs at the world champi...
Feb 14, 2017