Category Archives: Sports
Rugby Canada parts ways with general manager, restructures front office
Rugby Canada, whose flagship men’s 15s team has been moving backwards in recent times, shook up its structure Monday. The governing body fired its top rugby man in Jim Dixon, its general manager...
Nov 13, 2017
Pending free-agent kicker Medlock weighing all his options after Bombers loss to Esks
WINNIPEG - Kicker Justin Medlock says retirement is one option he’ll consider now that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ season is over. Another surprise as the players cleaned out their lockers ...
Nov 13, 2017
Former women's hockey rivals Ouellette, Chu announce birth of daughter
MONTREAL - Two former opponents in the biggest rivalry in women’s hockey are now proud parents. Caroline Ouellette, Canada’s captain at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, and Julie Chu, who c...
Nov 13, 2017
Former women's hockey rivals Ouellette, Chu announce birth of daughter
MONTREAL - Two former opponents in the biggest rivalry in women’s hockey are now proud parents. Caroline Ouellette, Canada’s captain at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, and Julie Chu, who c...
Nov 13, 2017
Braves hire former Dodgers, Blue Jays exec Anthopoulos as GM
ATLANTA - The remake of the Atlanta Braves’ management was completed Monday when Alex Anthopoulos was named general manager and John Hart was removed as team president. Anthopoulos, a former Dod...
Nov 13, 2017
Braves hire former Dodgers, Blue Jays exec Anthopoulos as GM
ATLANTA - The remake of the Atlanta Braves’ management was completed Monday when Alex Anthopoulos was named general manager and John Hart was removed as team president. Anthopoulos, a former Dod...
Nov 13, 2017
Ex-tennis star Jelena Dokic: Father beat and spit at her
SYDNEY, Australia - Former tennis star Jelena Dokic says from a young age her father regularly beat and kicked her. He would pull her hair, spit in her face and belittle her with vile insults. Dokic, ...
Nov 13, 2017
Colin Kaepernick named GQ magazine's citizen of the year
NEW YORK - Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named GQ’s magazine’s “Citizen of the Year” for his activism. Kaepernick began kneeling instead of standing during t...
Nov 13, 2017
Russia asks for joint doping investigation with WADA
MOSCOW - Russian law enforcement officials have asked the World Anti-Doping Agency to join its investigation into new information about doping cases. WADA said Friday it had obtained a database of all...
Nov 13, 2017
Billionaire's lawsuit for yacht decorating tab goes to trial
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Billionaire Thomas Golisano is going to court over the interior decorator’s bill for his $80 million yacht. The Democrat and Chronicle reports that the former Buffalo Sabres ow...
Nov 13, 2017
