Category Archives: Sports
Hall leads Devils over Canucks with goal, assist and hit
NEWARK, N.J. - Everyone knows Taylor Hall can score and set up teammates. He also showed he can deliver a devastating hit on Tuesday night. Hall had a goal, assisted on a go-ahead tally by Kyle Palmie...
Dec 06, 2016

Canucks defenceman Larsen taken off ice on stretcher
NEWARK, N.J. - Vancouver Canucks defenceman Philip Larsen was taken off the ice on a stretcher after being checked in the face by New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall on Tuesday night. The Canucks sa...
Dec 06, 2016

Ruck wins bronze for Canada's first medal at world short-course swim champs
WINDSOR, Ont. - Canada captured its first medal of the FINA world short-course swimming championships Tuesday - then had its second medal unceremoniously snatched away. Taylor Ruck, a 16-year-old from...
Dec 06, 2016
Toronto FC coach says his club was overlooked in end-of-season honours
TORONTO - Despite a franchise-best season, Toronto FC didn’t garner much attention in the end-of-season awards. Star striker Sebastian Giovinco, last year’s MVP, Newcomer of the Year and G...
Dec 06, 2016

Bolivia detains airline's president as crash probe advances
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia - The head of the charter airline whose plane crashed in the Andes last week was detained by Bolivian prosecutors for questioning Tuesday as authorities look into whether the trage...
Dec 06, 2016
Former champion Bute to face Alvarez in battle of Montreal-based light heavies
MONTREAL - Former champion Lucian Bute is scheduled to face top contender Eleider Alvarez on Feb. 24 in Quebec City in a battle of Montreal-based light heavyweights. Alvarez (20-0) first must get thro...
Dec 06, 2016

Raonic's Rise, Bouchard's fall and junior successes make up Canada's tennis year
MONTREAL - Milos Raonic’s rise in world rankings and a foursome of promising juniors has the people charged with developing Canadian tennis talent in a cheery mood. “We’re very proud...
Dec 06, 2016

After tough off-season, Ducks forward Rickard Rakell hasn't missed a beat
Kevin Bieksa says Rickard Rakell is one of “those” players. The kind that flies under the radar - mostly because he plays in California with the Anaheim Ducks - but whose name appears on t...
Dec 06, 2016
Toronto Wolfpack hard at work in training camp, gearing up for rugby league debut
For the last three weeks, in the damp and fog of north England, Toronto Wolfpack coach Paul Rowley and his staff have been building a dream. Assembling a professional rugby league team from the ground...
Dec 06, 2016
Head of IOC inquiry into Russian doping steps down
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The former French judge heading an IOC investigation into Russian doping stepped down on Tuesday, three days before the release of a new report into systematic cheating at the ...
Dec 06, 2016