Sports

Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19

A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: OLYMPICS - 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics postponed until 2021. HOCKEY - NHL suspends 2...

Apr 16, 2020

Athletes, teams, celebs are 'All In' to feed hungry

With factories closed, tens of millions out of work and a recession looming because of the coronavirus pandemic, athletes, teams, entertainers and business leaders are donating prized possessions in r...

Apr 16, 2020

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame closes museum for 2020, will still induct athletes

CALGARY - Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is closing the doors on its Calgary museum until the end of 2020, but will still announce a class of inductees this year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the&n...

Apr 15, 2020

Report: Roy Halladay was doing stunts when plane crashed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into Ta...

Apr 15, 2020

Raptors guard Norm Powell studying sign language, Spanish during hiatus

Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been using this forced down time to brush up on his sign language. The 26-year-old, whose mom was a special needs educator, studied sign language as a...

Apr 15, 2020

Scottish clubs vote to end season below top-tier Premiership

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Scottish clubs have voted to end the season for leagues below the top-flight Premiership with immediate effect amid the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Wednesday. A resolut...

Apr 15, 2020

Former Jays infielder Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star, dead at 63

TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star and a big part of the club's rise to prominence in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63. Garcia, who had ...

Apr 15, 2020

Woodbine CEO Lawson postpones 2020 Pepsi North America Cup harness event

TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson says the 2020 Pespi North America Cup has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson made the announcement Wednesday during a question-and...

Apr 15, 2020

Wolfpack player James Cunningham likely laid low by virus after hamstring surgery

James Cunningham just wasn't feeling right, as if he was about to come down with something. So the Toronto Wolfpack hooker/scrum half, recovering from earlier hamstring surgery, was sent home some fiv...

Apr 15, 2020

Barker feels COVID-19 pandemic robbed XFL of time to establish a following

TORONTO - Jim Barker remains a member of a rare pro football fraternity. In 2001, Barker was the offensive co-ordinator with the Los Angeles Xtreme team that captured the first - and on...

Apr 15, 2020