Category Archives: Sports
Overjoyed Chicago Cubs fans turn attention to World Series
CHICAGO - With a mix of euphoria, relief and disbelief, long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans are shaking off superstitions and setting their sights on the team’s first World Series in 71 years. Loya...
Oct 23, 2016
Cubs open as heavy favourite to beat Indians in World Series
LAS VEGAS - The Chicago Cubs have opened as heavy favourites to beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. John Avello, who makes the odds at the Wynn Las Vegas, set the line Saturday night after...
Oct 23, 2016
Pearson gets goal, scores again in SO; Kings top Canucks
LOS ANGELES - Tanner Pearson missed his spot on his shootout attempt. Luckily for him, so did Jacob Markstrom. Pearson scored for the fourth time this season and got the lone shootout goal, lifting th...
Oct 22, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Saturday’s Games MLB Post-season National League Championship Series Chicago 5 Los Angeles 0 (Chicago wins series 4-2) — CFL Montreal 19 Saskatchewan 14 B.C. 32 Edmonton 25 — NHL Mon...
Oct 22, 2016
David Perron's four-point night lifts Blues to 6-4 win over Flames
CALGARY - David Perron had nothing to show for his hard work during the first five games of the NHL season with the St. Louis Blues. That all changed on Saturday night as he scored his first three goa...
Oct 22, 2016
Montreal's David Lemieux beats Cristian Fabian Rios by unanimous decision
MONTREAL - Faced with an opponent that gave everything he had to offer, David Lemieux used the plan trainer Marc Ramsay set out for him on Saturday night by defeating Cristian Fabian Rios by unanimous...
Oct 22, 2016
Canadian Bianca Andreescu advances to final at Saguenay Challenger
SAGUENAY, Que. - Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu is a victory away from claiming the Saguenay National Bank Challenger. The 16-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., beat second-seeded American Jennifer ...
Oct 22, 2016
Canadians Seguin, Bilodeau take gold medal in pairs at Skate America
CHICAGO - Canadians Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau won the gold medal in pairs on Saturday at Skate America, the first stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Seguin and Bilodeau were...
Oct 22, 2016
Dueling Droughts: Cubs, Indians set to meet in World Series
At long, long last, it’s true: Either the Chicago Cubs or Cleveland Indians will win the World Series. The matchup between teams that forever waited till next year - next century, really - is fi...
Oct 22, 2016
Blackhawks come back to top Leafs in shootout 5-4
CHICAGO - Jonathan Toews and Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout to give the Blackhawks a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night after Chicago came back with two late goals to force ...
Oct 22, 2016