Category Archives: Sports
Whitecaps look to improve Champions League seeding in game against Central FC
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps find themselves with a foot in a pair of parallel universes. In one universe, a dark cloud hovers over the club as hopes of advancing to the Major League Soccer pla...
Sep 27, 2016
Slumping Impact hope win over Earthquakes will quell comparisons to 2013
MONTREAL - It’s starting to look like a repeat of the great collapse of 2013 for the Montreal Impact. The team was flying high with a 10-4-4 record by June 19 that year but then went into a tail...
Sep 27, 2016
England coach Allardyce forced out in disgrace after 1 game
MANCHESTER, England - Even by English soccer’s standards, the latest embarrassment is a new low. Sam Allardyce was forced out in disgrace after one game in charge of the national team. Having ta...
Sep 27, 2016

Toronto FC's Giovinco improving but still questionable for Orlando game
TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco wasted little time heading upstairs at Toronto FC’s training facility after practice Tuesday, spryly taking steps two at a time. Still the star striker is questionab...
Sep 27, 2016

Wayne Gretzky to be face of NHL's centennial celebrations
TORONTO - Wayne Gretzky already planned to attend this season’s Winter Classic, all-star game and Heritage Classic, so it was a no-brainer for the Great One when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman as...
Sep 27, 2016
Jays' Shapiro meets with Dunedin officials about spring facility upgrade
Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro met with Dunedin officials Monday night regarding proposed upgrades to the club’s spring-training facility that would help keep the franchise in the only...
Sep 27, 2016
Arceneaux, Smith and Mitchell secure CFL weekly top performer honours
TORONTO - Receivers Emmanuel Arceneaux of the B.C. Lions and Jamill Smith of the Ottawa Redblacks and Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell were named the CFL’s players of the week Tue...
Sep 27, 2016

Deputy commissioner says little progress has been made with regard to NHL participation in 2018
TORONTO - NHL participation in the next Olympics is looking increasingly gloomy. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Tuesday afternoon that little progress had been made with respect to the league&...
Sep 27, 2016

Friend texted worries about boating with Marlins' Fernandez
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was a patron at a Miami River bar and restaurant the same night he and two friends were killed in a boat crash, a spokeswoman for the establishment confirmed Tuesd...
Sep 27, 2016

Jaroslav Halak needs mighty effort to top Carey Price and Team Canada
TORONTO - It seems like madness now, but six years ago, a fiery debate about the future of the Canadiens crease raged in Montreal. Carey Price had not yet become the top goalie in the sport, nudged as...
Sep 27, 2016