Category Archives: Sports
Sens F Dzingel getting rewarded for strong camp with top 6 spot against Sabres
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will play their final pre-season game Friday against Buffalo with what could be their opening night roster. That group will include forward Ryan Dzingel, a pleasant surpri...
Oct 06, 2016
Redblacks look to strengthen hold on East against improving Riders
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks had a perfect record and were cruising in the CFL East when they met the winless Saskatchewan Roughriders in Week 5 of the season. An upset loss in Regina sent the Redbla...
Oct 06, 2016
Pens will be challenged in East by threats from Caps, Bolts, Panthers
The Pittsburgh Penguins looked nothing like a threat to win the Eastern Conference, let alone a Stanley Cup, when Mike Johnston was fired in mid-December. That changed when Mike Sullivan spurred a tur...
Oct 06, 2016
Barber joins list of Canadians involved in 'party drug' controversies
TORONTO - World champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber has been stripped of his 2016 Canadian title after he tested positive for trace amounts of cocaine. According to the ruling from the Sport Dispute Re...
Oct 06, 2016
Obama honours Stanley Cup winners at White House
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama honoured the Pittsburgh Penguins at the White House on Thursday for completing what he described as one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the history of th...
Oct 06, 2016
Osuna shoulder has Blue Jays add relief pitchers as insurance for ALDS
ARLINGTON, Texas - Looking for insurance in case closer Roberto Osuna’s sore shoulder doesn’t come around, the Toronto Blue Jays loaded up on relief pitchers for their American League Divi...
Oct 06, 2016
Despite banged up secondary, B.C. Lions know defence can be a lot better
SURREY, B.C. - Wally Buono knows his secondary has been ravaged by injuries. But that doesn’t mean the head coach and general manager of the B.C. Lions thinks giving up nearly 800 yards through ...
Oct 06, 2016
McDavid's chase for Crosby's best-in-the-world crown begins this season
It was around this time 10 years ago that Sidney Crosby staked his case as the best hockey player in the world. As a 19-year-old for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Crosby scored 36 goals and dished out 84 a...
Oct 06, 2016
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign former Toronto Argos receiver Tori Gurley
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American receiver Tori Gurley on Thursday. The six-foot-four, 230-pound Gurley was released earlier this week by the Toronto Argonauts, along with fellow re...
Oct 06, 2016
Oilers' McDavid, 19, follows tough acts as young NHL captain
When Connor McDavid takes the ice in the Edmonton Oilers’ season opener Oct. 12, he’ll become the youngest captain in NHL history at 19 years, 273 days old. McDavid was captain of his juni...
Oct 06, 2016