Category Archives: Sports
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by makin...
Feb 12, 2025
Winner of the Boston Marathon, legendary Canadian runner Jerome Drayton dies at 80
TORONTO - Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80. Drayton died unexpectedly on...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, imagine and likeness by mak...
Feb 12, 2025
Blue Bombers, Stampeders open second day of free agency with early moves
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders opened the second day of CFL free agency with moves. For a second straight day, Winnipeg kicked things off by agreeing to terms on a one-year contract ...
Feb 12, 2025
Storylines galore as Toronto Blue Jays kick off spring training in Florida
DUNEDIN - Question marks hover over the Toronto Blue Jays as the team kicks off spring training Thursday when pitchers and catchers hold their first official workout at the club's player development c...
Feb 12, 2025
Swiss skiers Franjo von Allmen and Loic Meillard win gold in the combined team event at worlds
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Swiss skiers Franjo von Allmen and Loic Meillard won gold in the new team combined event at the Alpine world championships on Wednesday. They led a Swiss sweep of ...
Feb 12, 2025
A giant schnauzer named Monty has won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club
NEW YORK (AP) - A giant schnauzer named Monty won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night. Monty bested six other finalists to take best in show at Madison Square Garden. T...
Feb 11, 2025
Spooner gives Sceptres a lift, Fast gets them an OT win over Frost
TORONTO - Toronto Sceptres forward Natalie Spooner equated her nine-month layoff from left knee surgery to returning to action after giving birth to her son Rory two years ago. The reigning Profession...
Feb 11, 2025
Monterrey cruises to win over Canada's Forge FC, advances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
GUADALUPE - Germn Berterame scored twice as CF Monterrey, showing its class, blanked Canada's Forge FC 3-0 Tuesday for an 5-0 aggregate win in their CONCACAF Champions Cup first-round series. Leading ...
Feb 11, 2025
Raptors surprise 76ers 106-103 as Philly falls 13 games under .500
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Scottie Barnes scored 33 points, Immanuel Quickley added 23 and the Toronto Raptors snapped a four-game losing streak with a 106-103 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday ...
Feb 11, 2025
