Category Archives: Sports
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game at Quebec City Team Cherry 7 Team Orr 5 — NBA Philadelphia 122 Sacramento 119 Miami 104 Brooklyn 96 Boston 113 Detroit 109 Minnesota 111 Orlando 1...
Jan 31, 2017
Vilardi scores on teammate DiPietro as Team Cherry tops Team Orr 7-5
QUEBEC - There weren’t a lot smiles seen in Quebec City a day after a horrific shooting at a local mosque, but players in the Canadian Top Prospects game were able to put it aside for a couple o...
Jan 30, 2017
Little comes back from injury to bring scoring, leadership to Jets
WINNIPEG - Bryan Little wasn’t sure how effective he was going to be after losing months to injury, but the veteran centre’s scoring and leadership are going a long way for the Winnipeg Je...
Jan 30, 2017
MLS union expresses concern about travel restrictions
The Major League Soccer Players Union released a statement expressing concern and disappointment with President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans citizens of seven majority Muslim countri...
Jan 30, 2017
Raptors join chorus speaking out against Trump's executive order
Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey calls U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban “scary,” saying it reminds him of the racial segregation in the American south in the 1960s. Casey, R...
Jan 30, 2017
Canada captain Julian de Guzman calls an end to distinguished playing career
Julian de Guzman arrived on the Canadian national team scene as an afterthought, wearing an ill-fitting hand-me-down shirt. Fifteen years later, he leaves as captain and Canada’s most-capped men...
Jan 30, 2017
Montreal Alouettes release veteran offensive lineman Jeff Perrett
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes released veteran Canadian offensive lineman Jeff Perrett on Monday. The 32-year-old native of Taber, Alta., spent 10 seasons with Montreal, appearing in 166 career ga...
Jan 30, 2017
Simmonds, Marleau and Andersen named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Philadelphia Flyers right-wing Wayne Simmonds, San Jose Sharks left-wing Patrick Marleau and Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Si...
Jan 30, 2017
Canadian rugby sevens captain Jen Kish returns to action for first time since Rio
Rugby sevens skipper Jen Kish returns to action this week for the first time since leading Canada to Olympic bronze. The 28-year-old from Edmonton makes her HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Serie...
Jan 30, 2017
Promoter GYM to feature women's bout for first time as Dicaire faces Garland
MONTREAL - Boxing promoter Groupe Yvon Michel announced Monday it will have a women’s fight as the main event for the first time in the company’s history when Marie-Eve Dicaire faces Lisa ...
Jan 30, 2017