Category Archives: Sports

Osaka tosses racket, overcomes test from teenager at US Open
NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka spiked her racket after one errant forehand late in the second set at the U.S. Open, then flung it the length of the baseline after a missed backhand return ceded that tiebreake...
Sep 04, 2020

Rahm has 65 to catch up to Johnson at Tour Championship
ATLANTA - Five days later, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm are still going at it. They dressed about the same Friday in the Tour Championship, matched birdies on five holes and wound up tied for the lead ...
Sep 04, 2020

Kiviranta lifts Stars past Avs in Game 7 OT thriller
EDMONTON - Joel Kiviranta completed a hat track 7:24 into overtime to give Dallas a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday in Game 7, sending the Stars to the Western Conference finals for ...
Sep 04, 2020

Surging Blue Jays beat Red Sox 8-7 in opener of doubleheader
BOSTON - Danny Jansen hit a two-run homer, Travis Shaw had a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox 8-7 in the opener of a doubleheader Friday. The Blue Jays, pushing for a pl...
Sep 04, 2020

Canadian Denis Shapovalov beats Taylor Fritz in third round of US Open
NEW YORK - Denis Shapovalov rallied to beat American Taylor Fritz 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday, continuing a promising tournament for Canadian me...
Sep 04, 2020

Ottawa Aces make Aces sign French front-rower Clement Boyer their 14th signing
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Aces have added French front-rower Clement Boyer to their inaugural 2021 roster. The 26-year-old has spent the bulk of his career with Toulouse Olympique, making more than 110 appe...
Sep 04, 2020

Nurse: After "heavy times," the Raptors' win over Boston was pure basketball joy
Kyle Lowry had to sit down on the court for a few seconds to take it all in. He grinned and giggled like a kid. OG Anunoby had just hit the second biggest buzzer-beater in Toronto Raptors history with...
Sep 04, 2020

Whitecaps 'need to be better' against powerhouse Toronto FC: Teibert
VANCOUVER - Despite a losing skid and an offensive dry spell, coach Marc Dos Santos says his Vancouver Whitecaps remain resilient heading into another tough test against a Canadian rival. "The mood is...
Sep 04, 2020

High school coach says Game 3 hero OG Anunoby has always had understated swagger
OG Anunoby's nonchalant reaction to his audacious game-winning three pointer in Game 3 of the Toronto Raptors' second-round NBA series with Boston garnered almost as much social media attention Thursd...
Sep 04, 2020

Canadian leg of Yukon Quest dog-sled race is cancelled due to pandemic
WHITEHORSE - The Canadian side of the Yukon Quest dog-sled race has been cancelled for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yukon Quest says the annual 1,600-kilometre race had already bee...
Sep 04, 2020