Category Archives: Sports

NHL suspends Canadiens forward Paquette two games for boarding
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Cedric Paquette two games without pay for boarding Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras. The incident occurred in the first period of the Duc...
Nov 01, 2021

Canadian entrepreneur Fred Pye hopes his SailGP entry will help grow the sport
A longtime sailing enthusiast, Canadian entrepreneur Fred Pye is looking to grow the sport by having a Canada entry make its mark on water. Canada and Switzerland join the SailGP circuit next year, wi...
Nov 01, 2021

Canada's Karina LeBlanc returns to Portland as GM, rejoins Christine Sinclair
Canadian Karina LeBlanc is leaving her post as CONCACAF's head of women's football to become general manager of the NWSL Portland Thorns. The move reunites the former Canadian goalkeeper with veteran ...
Nov 01, 2021

Canada defeats defending champion France at BJK Cup final
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Canada won the decisive doubles match to secure a 2-1 upset victory over defending champion France in Group A of the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Monday. After the two natio...
Nov 01, 2021

Canadiens send promising forward Cole Caufield to minor-league affiliate
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens sent Cole Caufield to their American Hockey League affiliate in Laval, Que., on Monday in hopes the promising forward can rediscover his scoring touch. The 20-year-ol...
Nov 01, 2021

Flames goalie Markstrom, Senators forward Batherson in NHL's weekly Three Stars
NEW YORK - Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom, Ottawa Senators right-winger Drake Batherson and Tampa Bay Lightning left-winger Alex Killorn are the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending Oct. 3...
Nov 01, 2021

Former Canadian goalkeeper Pat Onstad returns to Houston Dynamo as general manager
Canadian Pat Onstad, who helped Houston win two MLS championships as a player, has returned to the Dynamo as general manager. The 53-year-old from Vancouver comes from Columbus Crew, where he spent th...
Nov 01, 2021

Correa, Astros rally past Braves 9-5, cut WS deficit to 3-2
ATLANTA (AP) - Just in time, Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros broke out the bats. Because if they had waited any longer, this World Series would've been over. Staggered by Adam Duvall's grand slam...
Oct 31, 2021

City on edge: Braves squander chance for hometown party
ATLANTA (AP) - The place was rocking, the pearl-clad fans sensing this truly was going to be a special night, the kind they'd been hopefully marking on the calendar for more than a quarter-century. Su...
Oct 31, 2021

Rookie goes from watching World Series to starting Game 5
ATLANTA (AP) - Tucker Davidson's day started like a movie and ended in reality. His journey from World Series viewer to pitcher resulted in neither stardom nor shame. Davidson looked like the inexperi...
Oct 31, 2021