Category Archives: Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO - Katarina Roxon finally has a Paralympic Games medal. The Kippens, N.L., native shed tears of joy after winning gold in the S8 100-metre breaststroke on Wednesday night at the Rio Game...

SAN FRANCISCO - A new Twitter app is coming to Xbox One, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV, where viewers will be able to watch NFL games on Thursday nights. The short-messaging service secured the rights t...

PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin fought to a draw on their home ice. Canada, however, remains a bit ahead of Russia. At least for now. Ryan Getzlaf beat Sergei Bobrovsky on a breakaway at ...

QUEBEC - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard had a successful start to the National Bank Cup on Wednesday, downing Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-3, 6-4 in first round action. Bouchard, the top seed at the...

T.J. Heath and Drew Willy won’t have to wait long to see their former teammates. Heath and Willy were key figures in the trade Sunday night between Toronto and Winnipeg. The Argos acquired Willy...

WASHINGTON - The NHL is overhauling its concussion monitoring system. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the league will have four concussion spotters watching all games from a centralized location in...

PITTSBURGH - Matt Murray spent the end of his rookie season helping the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup. The goaltender is ready for an entirely different challenge for Team North America duri...

Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a drone, able to zoom at breakneck speeds through a complex three-dimensional obstacle course. And it’s coming to your ...

Chris Rainey and the B.C. Lions will try to do what no other CFL team could this season: Beat the Calgary Stampeders at home. Calgary hosts B.C. in the West Division final Sunday. Not only did the Sta...

CALGARY - Hayley Wickenheiser says her left foot is an Olympic foot. The Canadian women’s hockey team veteran put her surgically-repaired foot, with its metal plate and eight screws, to the test...