Tag Archives: Sports

OKLAHOMA CITY - As the NBA neared its restart in late July, its players vowed to keep the calls for social justice reform at the forefront in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonn...

There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It beg...

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss the start of training camp because of an illness, and there is no timetable for his return. The 32-year-old Toews said Tuesday he has been experienc...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Devin Shore and defenceman Ryan Stanton to professional tryout agreements. The 26-year-old Shore had five goals and seven assists in 45 games last se...

When COVID-19 shut down the NCAA swimming season last March, Margaret Mac Neil packed up her car and drove home to London, Ont., from the University of Michigan.In the whirlwind days that followed, Ca...

The traditional wail of bagpipes had barely quieted at Kingston's Leon's Centre last March when the sports landscape underwent a seismic change. One last blast of sporting Canadiana - the hoisting of ...

BORMIO, Italy - Just 10 days after his first career World Cup podium, American Ryan Cochran-Siegle followed it up with a surprising victory on one of Alpine skiing's most iconic courses. Cochran-Siegl...

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies, who shone on soccer's biggest stages in 2020, has been voted winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as The Canadian Press male athlete of the year. Davies, who turned ...

The New York Rangers are probably wondering where all the people are who criticized them for not loaning Alexis Lafreniere to Team Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Myself included. But ...

Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Thomas Tuchel on Tuesday, paving the way for the expected hiring of Mauricio Pochettino. The confirmation of Tuchel's dismissal - only four months after he led PSG to t...