Category Archives: Sports

Maple Leafs down Devils on Engvall's late short-handed winner
TORONTO - Pierre Engvall scored short-handed with 4:42 left in regulation as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Wednesday night. The winger moved in on a 2-on-1 rush with Il...
Mar 23, 2022

Play ball: NYC to let unvaccinated athletes play home games
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's mayor will announce Thursday that he's exempting athletes and performers from the city's vaccine mandate for private workers, a move that will allow Brooklyn Nets star ...
Mar 23, 2022

GLOBL JAM an 'ambitious' part of Canada Basketball's plan
GLOBL JAM, the brand-new event announced by Canada Basketball on Tuesday, has been top of mind for Michael Bartlett for a while now. Even before he joined Canada Basketball as CEO last February, Bartl...
Mar 23, 2022

Canada's Adam Hadwin joined by Blue Jays pitchers at Valspar Championship
Adam Hadwin, a lifelong Blue Jays fan, was floored when he was introduced to the honorary observers that would be following his pairing in the final round of the Valspar Championship on Sunday: Toront...
Mar 23, 2022

James & Radford fifth, Schizas 10th after short programs at world figure skating championships
MONTPELLIER, France - Canada's Vanessa James and Eric Radford were fifth in the pairs short program on Wednesday in what could be their one and only world figure skating championships together. James,...
Mar 23, 2022

Curlers Walker and Muyres to focus exclusively on mixed doubles for next quad
Scratch two big names off the curling free-agent frenzy board. Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres will be "focusing completely" on the mixed doubles discipline over the next quadrennial as they aim to repre...
Mar 23, 2022

Nurse says a post-season series would be terrific for growth of his young team
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors' post-season hopes have come down to 10 final regular-season games. Eight of them are at home, in a what should be a noisy, jam-packed Scotiabank Arena after playing much...
Mar 23, 2022

On eve of World Cup qualification, coach John Herdman still sees room for improvement
SAN JOS, Costa Rica - Canada may be on the verge of World Cup qualification but coach John Herdman is still looking for improvements. In the lead-up to Thursday's match against No. 42 Costa Rica, Herd...
Mar 23, 2022

Former sports reporter Jonah Keri sentenced to 21 months in domestic violence case
MONTREAL - Former sports writer Jonah Keri has been sentenced to 21 months in jail for repeated abuse against his ex-wife. Quebec court Judge Alexandre Dalmau delivered his decision today at the Montr...
Mar 23, 2022

Rookie GMs hit the ground running ahead of NHL trade deadline
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes and Anaheim Ducks counterpart Pat Verbeek accumulated plenty of assets ahead of the NHL trade deadline. Vancouver's Patrik Allvin, meanwhile, started to ...
Mar 23, 2022