Tag Archives: Sports

TORONTO - Taking utilityman Austin Martin was a no-brainer for the Toronto Blue Jays scouting staff. The Blue Jays used their top pick to select the Vanderbilt University product at the Majo...

NEW YORK - Spencer Torkelson slugged his way through college, bashing baseballs all around the country with eye-popping power. All those impressive long balls made the decision easy for the Detroit Ti...

The International Olympic Committee budging slightly on its position about protest gestures during Olympic Games earned both support and criticism from some Canadian quarters. Rule 50 of the...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says the province and its top doctor have approved a proposal for the NHL to make Vancouver a possible hockey hub city in Western Canada durin...

Geoff Molson fielded questions from all angles in French and English for 90 minutes Wednesday. The topics lobbed at the Montreal Canadiens' owner, president and chief executive off...

Brent Monson should be preparing for the start of the 2020 CFL regular season. Instead, the Calgary Stampeders sophomore defensive co-ordinator is trying to plan for a season that ...

For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a familiar sight at NASCAR races. Through the civil rights era right on through the season opener at Daytona in February, the flag dotted infield camps...

Adam Hadwin feels like it's been back to normal on the PGA Tour, albeit a little less social when walking around Colonial Country Club this week. Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., is one of three Ca...

A combination of the global pandemic, Olympic postponement and a job opening in his native Denmark has prompted Kenneth Heiner-Moller to step down as Canada women's soccer coach. Heiner-Moller, who wi...

TORONTO - Alexis Lafreniere of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Rimouski Oceanic has been named the Canadian Hockey League player of the year for the 2019-20 season. Lafreniere had 35 goals and...