Category Archives: Sports
New look: Murray, Kerber start Australian Open as top seeds
MELBOURNE, Australia - It’s new and exciting for Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber, entering a Grand Slam tournament with the No. 1 in front of their names. Both reached the top of the rankings f...
Jan 14, 2017
Team North America closing in on victory at 2017 Continental Cup
LAS VEGAS - Team North America picked up another two points on Saturday night in the final traditional team-play round of the 2017 Continental Cup - putting the home team on the verge of a fifth conse...
Jan 14, 2017
Lewis scores 3 TDS, Pats advance to AFC title game 34-16
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots are headed back to a familiar spot: the AFC championship game. Dion Lewis had a 13-yard touchdown reception , a 98-yard kickoff return for a score, and a l...
Jan 14, 2017
Canada's Hayley Wickenheiser honoured in pre-game ceremony
EDMONTON - It was a fitting tribute to one of the best players ever to wear a Canada hockey sweater. Hayley Wickenheiser, who led Canada to four Winter Olympic gold medals and a silver during her dist...
Jan 14, 2017
Marianne St-Gelais, Charle Cournoyer win more gold at Canadian championships
MONTREAL - Charle Cournoyer and Marianne St-Gelais earned their second national titles in as many events at the 2017 short track speedskating Canadian senior championships on Saturday, coming out on t...
Jan 14, 2017
Emelin, Pacioretty, Byron score in third as Canadiens top Rangers 5-4
MONTREAL - It took a 62-second outburst in the third period for the Montreal Canadiens to turn a sour mood in the Bell Centre into a celebration. Alexei Emelin, Max Pacioretty and Paul Byron got the r...
Jan 14, 2017
Kadri scores twice, McElhinney makes 35 saves as Leafs beat Senators
OTTAWA - Curtis McElhinney is already earning praise from his new teammates after one start. McElhinney, who was claimed off waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets earlier in the week, made 35 saves a...
Jan 14, 2017
Ryan leads Falcons to NFC title game, beating Seattle 36-20
ATLANTA - Matt Ryan hardly resembled a quarterback who can’t win the big games. No, this looked more like an MVP. Returning to the post-season for the first time in four years, Ryan threw for 33...
Jan 14, 2017
Snow halts bobsled, skeleton athletes' drive for podium at World Cup
WINTERBERG, Germany - A finicky track, blowing winds and heavy snow determined the results at the men’s World Cup two-man bobsled and skeleton races on Saturday. Coming off a career-best eighth-...
Jan 14, 2017
Canada's Leman, Simmerling earn silvers at ski cross World Cup event
WATLES, Italy - Calgary’s Brady Leman and Vancouver’s Georgia Simmerling both earned silver for Canada on Saturday at a ski cross World Cup event. It’s Leman’s third podium fin...
Jan 14, 2017