Category Archives: Sports

NHL postpones Saturday's Canucks-Senators game over ongoing capacity limit
VANCOUVER - The NHL has postponed Saturday's game between the Canucks and Ottawa Senators in Vancouver due to ongoing attendance restrictions. The league also pushed back a matchup between the Senator...
Jan 07, 2022

Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, Calgary Stampeders agree to restructured contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have agreed to a restructured contract with star quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell. Details of the deal were not released, but Mitchell said in a statement that he understa...
Jan 07, 2022

Toronto Raptors sign forward D.J. Wilson to a second 10-day contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed forward D.J. Wilson to a second 10-day contract via the COVID hardship exception. The six-foot-10 231-pounder averaged 12.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists,...
Jan 07, 2022

Cone, Perez, Ravech replace A-Rod, Vasgersian on ESPN Sunday
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Former players David Cone and Eduardo Perez are joining Karl Ravech to form a new broadcast team for ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" telecasts. Alex Rodriguez, the scandal-tainted...
Jan 07, 2022

Maple Leafs forwards Marner, Engvall placed in NHL's COVID-19 protocol
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed forwards Mitch Marner and Pierre Engvall into the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The forwards are the 16th and 17th Toronto players to enter the league's protoc...
Jan 07, 2022

'I can feel it': Djokovic sends thanks for the support
The top men's tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, spent Orthodox Christmas in an immigration detention hotel in Australia on Friday as he sought to fend off deportation over the country's COVI...
Jan 07, 2022

Canada captain Christine Sinclair misses out on final list of FIFA award nominees
Spain's Jennifer Hermoso and Alexia Putellas and Australia's Sam Kerr are the final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Player, with Canada captain Christine Sinclair left off the list. Sinclair,...
Jan 07, 2022

Blue Bombers sign all-star defensive end Willie Jefferson to extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed all-star American defensive end Willie Jefferson to a contract extension. The six-foot-seven, 252-pound native of Beaumont, Texas, was named the CFL's ...
Jan 07, 2022

Landeskog's hat trick leads Avalanche to 7-1 win over Jets
DENVER (AP) - Gabriel Landeskog had his fourth career hat trick and finished with four points to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. Landeskog scored twi...
Jan 06, 2022

Kucherov has 2 assists in return, Lightning beat Flames 4-1
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Nikita Kucherov had a pair of nifty assists in his return from a lengthy injury during Tampa Bay's three-goal third period in the Lightning's 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on ...
Jan 06, 2022