Category Archives: Sports

CP NewsAlert: L.A. Lakers great Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
CALABASAS, Calif. - Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash the Associated Press has confirmed. He was 41. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jan 26, 2020

NFL’s Saints fight to shield emails in Catholic abuse crisis
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman...
Jan 26, 2020

Belinda Stronach tells AP: Horse racing got 'a wake-up call'
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - There was a frothy cappuccino in a tall glass mug on the table in front of Belinda Stronach. She was seated on a white couch, looking out the floor-to-ceiling windows to surve...
Jan 26, 2020

Raonic edges Cilic in straight sets to reach 5th QF in six years at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Milos Raonic is into the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals for the fifth time in the last six years. The 29-year-old Canadian backed up a straight-sets upset of No. 6 ...
Jan 26, 2020

Canucks, Oilers, Flames primed for mad dash in congested Pacific Division
Matthew Tkachuk doesn't need to be reminded of the Pacific Division's razor-thin margins. And if he did, the Calgary Flames winger wouldn't have to go far. "There's standings posted in ...
Jan 26, 2020

Canada's Drury wins silver and Thompson takes bronze at ski-cross World Cup
IDRE FJALL, Sweden - Toronto's Kevin Drury won silver in the men's big final at a ski-cross World Cup event on Sunday, with Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., finishing third on the women's side. Ge...
Jan 26, 2020

Canada's Justin Kripps wins bronze in four-man bobsled World Cup
KONIGSSEE, Germany - Justin Kripps piloted his four-man Canadian bobsled crew to their first-ever podium in Konigssee, Germany, winning the bronze on Sunday. Kripps, from Summerland, B.C., captured hi...
Jan 26, 2020

Canadian women fall in rugby sevens final while Canadian men finish fifth
HAMILTON, New Zealand - The Canadian women finished runner-up at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Sunday while the Canadian men finished fifth. Canada lost 24-7 to host New Zealand in the women's final....
Jan 26, 2020

Canadian Mark McMorris makes Winter X Games history with 18th career medal
ASPEN, Colo. - Canadian Mark McMorris earned his 18th individual Winter X Games medal to equal American Shaun White's mark in Aspen, Colo. McMorris took home silver during the men's snowboar...
Jan 26, 2020

Man United, City sweep to big wins in 4th round of FA Cup
Manchester United turned a potentially awkward away match on a poor playing surface into an FA Cup cruise by thrashing third-tier Tranmere 6-0 in the fourth round to ease some pressure on manager Ole ...
Jan 26, 2020