Sports

Police: Arrest in altercation that badly injured 49ers fan

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend's NFC championship game between the 4...

Feb 04, 2022

Ex-Montreal Canadien Chris Nilan says he lost radio job over vaccine refusal

MONTREAL - Former Montreal Canadiens forward turned radio host Chris Nilan says he was fired from TSN 690, a Montreal sports radio station, after he refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter pos...

Feb 04, 2022

Curlers right the ship, figure skaters struggle as Canada seeks to defend gold medals

BEIJING - Canada's defence of its Olympic mixed doubles curling gold medal is looking a lot more promising. The path to repeating as figure skating team champions, however, is on perilously thin ice. ...

Feb 04, 2022

Balanced attack leads Raptors to OT win for fourth straight victory

TORONTO - Pascal Siakam recorded a double-double and newly minted all-star Fred VanVleet added 21 as the Toronto Raptors topped the Chicago Bulls 127-120 in overtime on Thursday. Siakam finished with ...

Feb 03, 2022

Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet selected as all-star reserve

Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has been selected as a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. He was voted in for the first time in his career by a panel of the NBA's 30 head coaches. VanVleet is...

Feb 03, 2022

Calgary Stampeders re-sign American defensive back Branden Dozier

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have locked up another defensive back, re-signing American Branden Dozier. Dozier, 28, played all 14 regular-season games for Calgary in 2021, recording 49 defensive t...

Feb 03, 2022

Canadian Premier League's fourth season to run April 7 through Oct. 29

TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League will kick off its fourth season on April 7 with the championship game scheduled for Oct. 29. Each of the eight teams will play 28 matches - 14 home and 14 away - ...

Feb 03, 2022

3 Montreal high school basketball coaches charged with sex crimes involving minors

Montreal police say they are looking for other possible victims after three coaches at a St-Laurent borough high school were arrested this week on sex crime charges. The three staffers from cole Saint...

Feb 03, 2022

Canadian heavyweight Tanner Boser to battle Brazilian on April UFC Fight Night card

Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser returns to action April 23 when he takes on Rodrigo Nascimento on a UFC Fight Night card. Boser (20-8-1) is coming off a second-round KO of Ovince St. ...

Feb 03, 2022

Vancouver Whitecaps sign top striker Brian White to four-year extension

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps locked up a potent piece of their offence, signing American striker Brian White to a four-year extension. The deal, announced Thursday, will keep White in Vancouver...

Feb 03, 2022