Category Archives: Sports
Haley Irwin returns to Canadian women's hockey team for Four Nations Cup
CALGARY - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin will play for Canada’s women’s hockey team for the first time in two years at next month’s Four Nations Cup. The 28-year-old for...
Oct 14, 2016
Swift starts spurring successful season for Calgary Stampeders
CALGARY - Scoring early and often is tactically freeing, says Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson. The Stampeders have put the ball in the end zone on their opening drive in four straight gam...
Oct 14, 2016
Jays manager John Gibbons: Toronto, as a baseball city, is 'on fire right now'
CLEVELAND - Toronto, as a baseball city, is red-hot according to Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. “You know, it’s on fire right now,” he told reporters Friday prior to Game 1 of the A...
Oct 14, 2016
Boosted by Dodgers, Cubs, NLDS outdraws ALDS on TV
NEW YORK - Boosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, the NL Division Series outdrew its AL counterpart on television. The Dodgers’ 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals in Game 5 Thur...
Oct 14, 2016
Longtime Fort Erie racetrack announcer Daryl Wells Jr. passes away
He followed in the footsteps of a Hall of Fame father but Daryl Wells Jr. made the job of calling races at Fort Erie Racetrack his own. Wells served as race announcer and the unofficial face of Fort E...
Oct 14, 2016

Season series rubber match has playoff implications for rivals TFC, Impact
MONTREAL - The five-year rivalry between Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact has never been more intense and a new chapter will be written Sunday afternoon in the next-to-last regular-season game for b...
Oct 14, 2016
Stadium deal passes, Raiders move to Vegas looks more likely
CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada took a giant step closer to becoming home of the Raider Nation on Friday, after state lawmakers narrowly approved a hotel tax increase that would put $750 million in public ...
Oct 14, 2016
With MLS playoff hopes dashed, Vancouver Whitecaps visit San Jose Earthquakes
David Ousted crumpled to the turf when the Vancouver Whitecaps’ flickering playoff hopes were finally extinguished nearly two weeks ago. The veteran goalkeeper was crushed by that 2-1 home loss ...
Oct 14, 2016
Canada sets lofty women's soccer goals of World Cup victory and Olympic gold
VANCOUVER - They have won back-to-back Olympic bronze medals but the Canadian women’s soccer team wants to raise the bar of success. The team’s goal over the next four years is to win both...
Oct 14, 2016
Toronto Argonauts look to complete their home schedule with win over Roughriders
BMO Field hasn’t exactly been home sweet home this season for Scott Milanovich and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (5-10) finishes its regular-season home schedule Saturday afternoon hosting the ...
Oct 14, 2016