Category Archives: Sports
Unsigned goaltender Karri Ramo practises with Toronto Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Free agent goaltender Karri Ramo practised with the Maple Leafs on Friday afternoon. Ramo, who spent last season with the Calgary Flames, joined Toronto’s tandem of Frederik Andersen a...
Nov 04, 2016
Leicester trio take on Messi, Ronaldo for FIFA player award
ZURICH - Three Leicester players will try to end the eight-year grip of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the FIFA player of the year award. Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and N’Golo Kante were n...
Nov 04, 2016
Reilly, Maas to wear live microphones when Eskimos host Argonauts
EDMONTON - He’ll wear a mic but Mike Reilly might not have much to say Saturday when the Edmonton Eskimos host the Toronto Argonauts. Edmonton (9-8) will know long before kickoff the relative im...
Nov 04, 2016
Bayern to play in shirts made from recycled ocean waste
MUNICH - Bayern Munich will play in shirts made of recycled plastic waste collected off the shores of the Maldives when it hosts Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The shirts were developed by ...
Nov 04, 2016
Arkansas' Jeff Long backs players' kneeling during anthem
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long says the university is backing six women’s basketball players who kneeled during the national anthem before an exhibition game Thursday....
Nov 04, 2016
Germany plans audience with Pope as part of team building
FRANKFURT - The German national team will have an audience with soccer-loving Pope Francis as part of a team-building drive before a friendly against Italy. Germany plays San Marino in a World Cup qua...
Nov 04, 2016

Steve Bartman 'overjoyed' with Cubs, but won't be at parade
CHICAGO - Cubs fans are packing downtown Chicago to celebrate the team’s first World Series title in 108 years, but one infamous fan won’t be among them. Steve Bartman has confirmed throug...
Nov 04, 2016
Marchant speaks in House of Commons, online reaction proves her point
Lanni Marchant says she first took up running because she knew where she stood when she crossed the finish line. She knew if she’d won, she knew if she hadn’t. No subjective judging. ̶...
Nov 04, 2016
Harvard suspends men's soccer team over sexual comments
BOSTON - Harvard University suspended its men’s soccer team for the remainder of the season because of sexual comments made about members of the women’s soccer team. University President D...
Nov 04, 2016
Wednesday's Games
Thursday’s Games NFL Atlanta 43 Tampa Bay 28 — NHL Toronto 2 Buffalo 1 Washington 4 Winnipeg 3 (OT) N.Y. Rangers 5 Edmonton 3 Ottawa 1 Vancouver 0 Calgary 3 San Jose 2 Philadelphia 3 N.Y. ...
Nov 03, 2016