Category Archives: Sports
Canada defenceman Chabot looking to impress at world junior tournament
OTTAWA - Thomas Chabot is hopeful this visit to Canadian Tire Centre will go much better than his last one. The 19-year-old will get a chance to impress the Ottawa Senators, his future employers, when...
Dec 20, 2016
Ex-nanny for Penguins player gets 5-year federal sentence
PITTSBURGH - The former nanny of Pittsburgh Penguins player Chris Kunitz was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for setting fire to her rental residence and then filing fraudulent insur...
Dec 20, 2016
Filion, McClure O'Brien Award finalists as harness racing's top drivers
TORONTO - Once again, Sylvain Filion is a finalist for the O’Brien Award as Canada’s top harness-racing driver. The Milton, Ont., resident won the award in 2012, ’14 and 2015 and is ...
Dec 20, 2016
Leafs' Zach Hyman playing Robin role to Auston Matthews' Batman
TORONTO - When he was still the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, Mike Babcock often watched Wings prospect Dylan Larkin play at the University of Michigan. He’d always come away impressed by...
Dec 20, 2016
Release by Dolphins still leaves bitter taste in former CFL player Sam's mouth
Family has helped ease P.K. Sam II’s pain, but not his anger towards Nick Saban. Sam’s father died father died Dec. 14, 2006 at age 49 just over a month after being diagnosed with cancer. ...
Dec 20, 2016
Joey Abrams stepping down as the Montreal Alouettes assistant GM
MONTREAL - Joey Abrams stepped down Tuesday as the Montreal Alouettes assistant general manager. Abrams spent 12 seasons with the Alouettes, the last year as assistant to former GM Jim Popp. Abrams...
Dec 20, 2016
Short off-season ends Jan. 24 when Impact opens training camp at Big O
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact will open training camp on Jan. 24 at Olympic Stadium before moving to Orlando, Fla., to continue preparation for the 2017 season, the Major League Soccer club announced...
Dec 20, 2016
Food bank gets boost from Sask. Rush
Saskatoon's Food Bank and Learning Centre is about to receive a huge boost thanks to the Saskatchewan Rush professional lacrosse team. During the Rush's Dec. 16 Christmas showcase pre-season game, pla...
Dec 20, 2016
Food bank gets boost from Sask. Rush
Saskatoon's Food Bank and Learning Centre is about to receive a huge boost thanks to the Saskatchewan Rush professional lacrosse team. During the Rush's Dec. 16 Christmas showcase pre-season game, pla...
Dec 20, 2016
Not long out of a coaching job, Bob Hartley lands in Latvia with national team
RIGA, Latvia - Bob Hartley has been named head coach of the Latvian men’s hockey team. He was most recently the head coach of the NHL’s Calgary Flames, who fired Hartley on May 3 and subse...
Dec 20, 2016