Category Archives: Sports
Bach answers critics on Russian doping, Rio Games, bidding
DOHA, Qatar - IOC President Thomas Bach defended his handling of the Russian doping scandal, attacked critics of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and claimed no cities would have bid for the 2024 Games wit...
Nov 15, 2016
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
EIN GEDI, Israel - A multinational group of swimmers swam seven hours through the salty, soupy waters of the Dead Sea on Tuesday in a bid to draw attention to the environmental degradation of the fabl...
Nov 15, 2016
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Islanders 0 — NBA Indiana 88 Orlando 69 Detroit 104 Oklahoma City 88 New York 93 Dallas 77 Houston 115 Philadelphia 88 New Orleans 106 Boston 105 San An...
Nov 14, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NHL Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Islanders 0 — NBA Indiana 88 Orlando 69 Detroit 104 Oklahoma City 88 New York 93 Dallas 77 Houston 115 Philadelphia 88 New Orleans 106 Boston 105 San An...
Nov 14, 2016
Manning throws 3 TDs as gambling Giants beat Bengals
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Ben McAdoo has shown a willingness to gamble in his first season as the Giants coach, and New York is riding his hot hand for a run at their first post-season berth since winni...
Nov 14, 2016
CHL Canada-Russia series at summary
HAMILTON - OHL 5, Russia 2 CHL Canada-Russia series Monday night: First Period No Scoring. Penalties _ Dronov Rus (tripping) 1:37, Friend OHL (tripping) 10:04, Zaitsev Rus (interference) 17:40. Second...
Nov 14, 2016
CFL West Division final coaches Dickenson, Buono know each other well
CALGARY - Wally Buono and Dave Dickenson have a long history together as coach and player. Dickenson was a quarterback on Buono’s teams for nine seasons with the Calgary Stampeders and then the ...
Nov 14, 2016
Hockey Canada hopes better sales strategy will fill seats at world juniors
MONTREAL - Canadian hockey officials don’t want great swaths of empty seats at the Bell Centre at this year’s world junior hockey championship. Hockey Canada president Tom Renney hopes low...
Nov 14, 2016
Seager, Fulmer take Rookie of the Year honours
Corey Seager won the NL Rookie of the Year award unanimously. Michael Fulmer took the AL honour - and that vote wasn’t all that close, either. Seager and Fulmer were announced as the winners Mon...
Nov 14, 2016
Canadian women drop one spot to No. 3 in the World Rugby rankings
TORONTO - Canada has dropped one place to No. 3 in the world women’s rugby rankings. England replaced the Canadians at No. 2 with New Zealand remaining No. 1. France and Ireland complete World R...
Nov 14, 2016