Sports

ESPN to air games from South Korean baseball league

BRISTOL, Conn. - ESPN will begin airing six regular-season games per week from South Korea's KBO baseball league. The agreement with Eclat Media Group was announced Monday, the day before the league i...

May 04, 2020

McIlroy, Johnson headline charity match for COVID-19 relief

Live golf returns to television in just under two weeks with a $3 million charity skins match for COVID-19 relief that includes Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and the broadcast debut of fabled Seminole ...

May 04, 2020

Woodbine's Lawson cautiously optimistic about horse racing's return

TORONTO - Jim Lawson is cautiously optimistic there could be live horse racing as early as next month. Buoying the Woodbine Entertainment CEO's optimism is the Ontario government's gradual easing of C...

May 04, 2020

Raptors Uprising GC enters NBA 2K League season full of hope and confidence

TORONTO - After a six-week delay due to the global pandemic, the NBA 2K League tips off Tuesday with 23 teams chasing US$1.4 million in prize money. The esports circuit will contest at least the first...

May 04, 2020

Canadian in Korean baseball league bracing for season without family, fans

Jamie Romak had no hesitation about going back to South Korea in the midst of a global pandemic to play in his fourth season in the Korean Baseball Organization. The first baseman from ...

May 04, 2020

Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90

MIAMI - Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula surpassed G...

May 04, 2020

Maple Leafs sign defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to one-year, entry-level contract

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Finnish defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2020-21 season, the club announced Monday. The 26-year-old is comi...

May 04, 2020

Trudeau: NHL players would need to follow quarantine before season could resume

The NHL could face another hurdle if the league decides to continue the 2019-20 season in the near future - getting non-Canadian resident players across the border to join their respective t...

May 03, 2020

Former Montreal Canadiens player Georges Laraque describes COVID-19 battle

MONTREAL - A couple of weeks ago, former Montreal Canadiens tough guy Georges Laraque was running five or six days a week as he trained for a marathon. Now, the former NHL enforcer...

May 03, 2020

'The work is still getting done': NHL teams preparing for unusual draft

Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning and his NHL counterparts usually have the luxury of a picture that's mostly come into focus. A normal draft year will see scouts and execut...

May 03, 2020