Category Archives: Sports

Avoiding what would have almost certainly been a widely boycotted world championships, international officials pulled this season’s biggest bobsled and skeleton competition out of Russia on Tues...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Almost four months after the Olympics ended, Rio de Janeiro organizers are unable to pay some of their bills, including $3.7 million owed to the International Paralympic Committee. IP...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed kicker Sean Whyte to a contract extension on Tuesday. Whyte, who was slated to become a free agent, made 45 of 48 field-goal attempts last season to lead the CFL...

Taiwan was Brooke Henderson’s favourite destination on the LPGA Tour this year. Playing in the Olympics, winning US$1.7 million in prize money and capturing her first major were pretty cool, too...

MOSCOW - The IAAF may reanalyze Russian samples from the 2014 world indoor track championships over suspicions that athletes who failed doping tests were allowed to compete. Messages between then-Mosc...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are expected to name their new general manager at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. In a release Tuesday morning, the CFL team said it will make a “majo...

NEW YORK - That baseball hazing ritual of dressing up rookies as Wonder Woman, Hooters Girls and Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders is now banned. Major League Baseball created an Anti-Hazing and Anti-Bullyi...

Monday’s Games NHL Boston 2 Montreal 1 (OT) Pittsburgh 7 Arizona 0 — AHL Milwaukee 5 San Antonio 4 — NBA Toronto 122 Milwaukee 100 Indiana 110 Charlotte 94 Miami 112 Washington 101 H...

BONNYVILLE, Alta. - Alexey Lipanov scored the go-ahead goal 28 seconds into the third period as Russia downed Canada West 5-3 on Monday in preliminary-round play at the 2016 world junior A challenge. ...

MONTREAL - The Canadiens and Bruins added to their rivalry on Monday night. In what quickly became an old-school style contest between long-time divisional opponents, Boston ultimately got the better ...