Tag Archives: Sports

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil advanced to the final of the Sofia Open indoor hardcourt tennis tournament with a 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-0 win over France's Richard Gasquet on Friday. Pospisil, ...

TORONTO - Like her character in her new film "Chick Fight," Toronto-raised actress Malin Akerman says she's faced a few struggles in her career. But also like protagonist Anna, who turns her life arou...

MIAMI - Kim Ng started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, and three decades later she's still on the rise while shattering ceilings. Ng became the majors' highest-ranking woman in baseball...

LONDON - German tennis player Alexander Zverev gave a more detailed denial of domestic abuse allegations made by a former girlfriend, saying Friday "that's not who I am." Olga Sharypova said last mont...

There is a perception problem in the Canadian Football League. Our CFL analyst, Glen Suitor, pointed it out when talking about the ugly situation in B.C. Star quarterback Mike Reilly is in a fight wit...

NEW YORK - As opening day finally approached, Freddie Freeman had far bigger concerns than perfecting his swing and practicing his scoops. Just being able to walk a few steps was hard enough. "It wasn...

Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins had just started a media conference call on Thursday when a call came in on his mobile phone.  Some 15 minutes later, it was his iPad that started ringing. I...

VANCOUVER - Russell Teibert knows there are people that counted the Vancouver Whitecaps out this season. It was a tough year for the club, a choppy campaign repeatedly interrupted by COVID-19, and var...

CALGARY - Western Canadians tired of isolating at home are filling the slopes at mountain ski resorts that have opened earlier than usual thanks to abundant snow and cold temperatures and despite worr...

Unable to coach the Ryerson Rams to a national women's university hockey title because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lisa Haley has applied her talents to an up-and-coming country. Hungary, which won prom...