Category Archives: Sports

Pope prepares video message for Super Bowl
VATICAN CITY - Look out, Lady Gaga. The pope is joining the Super Bowl frenzy. Pope Francis has recorded a video message that will be shown during Sunday’s Super Bowl game between the New Englan...
Feb 05, 2017
Taylor Swift's pre-Super Bowl show might be her only in 2017
NEW YORK - Taylor Swift’s pre-Super Bowl concert broke some news: She announced it may be her only concert of this year; she performed for the smallest number of fans in some time - 9,000 people...
Feb 05, 2017
Iran lifts ban on American wrestling team
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian media are saying the country has lifted a ban on U.S. wrestlers, allowing them to take part in the Freestyle World Cup later this month in the Iranian city of Kermanshah. The Su...
Feb 05, 2017
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games NHL Washington 3 Montreal 2 Colorado 5 Winnipeg 2 Buffalo 4 Ottawa 0 Toronto 6 Boston 5 Minnesota 6 Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 1 Philadelphia 0 (OT) Carolina 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 (OT...
Feb 04, 2017

Mikael Granlund's first career hat trick leads Wild over Canucks 6-3
VANCOUVER - For Canucks fans, it was the wrong Granlund scoring a hat trick on Saturday night. Mikael Granlund - older brother of Canucks forward Markus Granlund - had three goals in a game for the fi...
Feb 04, 2017
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury and Marc-Antoine Gagnon finish 1-2 in dual moguls
DEER VALLEY, Utah - Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury grabbed top spot in men’s dual moguls on Saturday for his second freestyle skiing World Cup gold medal in three days and 37th of his career. K...
Feb 04, 2017
Canada falls to Argentina 'A' 20-6 to open Americas Rugby Championship
LANGFORD, B.C. - Captain Gordon McRorie kicked two penalties but that was all the points Canada could muster, dropping its 2017 Americas Rugby Championship opener 20-6 to Argentina ‘A’ on ...
Feb 04, 2017
Nylander's 3 goals help Maple Leafs outlast Bruins 6-5
BOSTON - William Nylander ended up with bragging rights over his good friend, David Pastrnak, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins in a wild game. Nylander got his first career hat trick...
Feb 04, 2017
Lehner makes 37 saves in Sabres' 4-0 win over Senators
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Robin Lehner relied on his knowledge of his former team to earn his first shutout of the season. Lehner made 37 saves, Kyle Okposo scored his 16th goal and the Buffalo Sabres beat the ...
Feb 04, 2017

Canada downs Mexico as Tancredi, Wilkinson, Nault say goodbye to women's team
VANCOUVER - When the referee blew the final whistle on the careers of three Canadian women’s soccer icons, the message from Melissa Tancredi, Rhian Wilkinson and Marie-Eve Nault was clear - the ...
Feb 04, 2017