Category Archives: Sports
MLS to expand to 28 teams with $150m entry fee for newcomers
Major League Soccer has announced plans to expand to 28 teams, with the fee for new entrants jumping from $10 million to $150 million in a decade. MLS Commissioner Don Garber set a deadline of Jan. 31...
Dec 16, 2016
Norway's Jansrud, Kilde 1-2, Canada's Erik Guay third in World Cup super-G
VAL GARDENA, Italy - Canadian skier Erik Guay continued adding to his pile of World Cup medals with a bronze in Friday’s super-G. Norwegians Kjetil Jansrud and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde finished 1...
Dec 16, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games NHL Chicago 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 Anaheim 4 Boston 3 Arizona 3 Toronto 2 (SO) Los Angeles 4 Detroit 1 St. Louis 5 New Jersey 2 Winnipeg 4 Florida 3 (SO) Minnesota 5 Nashville 2 N.Y...
Dec 15, 2016
Wednesday's Games
Thursday’s Games NHL Chicago 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 Anaheim 4 Boston 3 Arizona 3 Toronto 2 (SO) Los Angeles 4 Detroit 1 St. Louis 5 New Jersey 2 Winnipeg 4 Florida 3 (SO) Minnesota 5 Nashville 2 N.Y...
Dec 15, 2016

Matthews continues torrid goal pace, scoring like few Leafs rookies ever before
TORONTO - Auston Matthews couldn’t score for almost a month. For 13 games, from late October to late November, the Toronto Maple Leafs rookie fired 45 shots on goal and none found the back of th...
Dec 15, 2016
Seahawks take NFC West title with 24-3 win over Rams
SEATTLE - For all the flaws, the Seattle Seahawks are back where they always expected to be. In the post-season and as champions of the NFC West. “I think it’s a huge significance in terms...
Dec 15, 2016

Mathieu Perreault scores shootout winner as Jets get past Panthers
WINNIPEG - Mathieu Perreault thought he would try to take advantage of being left-handed and it worked. After some of his Jets teammates couldn’t beat Roberto Luongo on his glove side, the veter...
Dec 15, 2016

Peter Holland scores shootout winner for Coyotes in 1st game vs. Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Peter Holland scored the shootout winner in his return to Toronto on Thursday night, less than a week after he was traded from the Maple Leafs to the Coyotes. “You can’t really s...
Dec 15, 2016
Slumping Vancouver Canucks limp home after demoralizing road trip
VANCOUVER - The hot seat is nothing new for Willie Desjardins. The under-fire head coach of the Vancouver Canucks looked to be in trouble with his team mired in an ugly nine-game losing streak earlier...
Dec 15, 2016
Padres INF Yangervis Solarte wins Tony Conigliaro Award
BOSTON - San Diego Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte is the winner of the 2016 Tony Conigliaro Award. The annual honour goes to a baseball player who overcomes adversity through “spirit, determ...
Dec 15, 2016