Category Archives: Sports
In bitter divide, repeal of North Carolina LGBT law fails
RALEIGH, N.C. - Amid deepening acrimony, a supposedly bipartisan deal to kill the North Carolina law known as the “bathroom bill” fell apart Wednesday night, ensuring the likelihood that g...
Dec 21, 2016
Olympic organizers in Tokyo disclose total cost estimate
TOKYO - Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics estimate the total cost of hosting the 2020 Games will be between 1.6 and 1.8 trillion yen ($13-$15 billion). The official cost estimate announced Wednesday wa...
Dec 21, 2016
Petra Kvitova could return to tennis in about 6 months
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Petra Kvitova could return to tennis in about six months, the surgeon who operated on the two-time Wimbledon champion’s left hand said Wednesday. Kvitova was injured Tue...
Dec 21, 2016
In bitter divide, repeal of North Carolina LGBT law fails
RALEIGH, N.C. - Amid deepening acrimony, a supposedly bipartisan deal to kill the North Carolina law known as the “bathroom bill” fell apart Wednesday night, ensuring the likelihood that g...
Dec 21, 2016
Olympic organizers in Tokyo disclose total cost estimate
TOKYO - Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics estimate the total cost of hosting the 2020 Games will be between 1.6 and 1.8 trillion yen ($13-$15 billion). The official cost estimate announced Wednesday wa...
Dec 21, 2016
Petra Kvitova could return to tennis in about 6 months
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Petra Kvitova could return to tennis in about six months, the surgeon who operated on the two-time Wimbledon champion’s left hand said Wednesday. Kvitova was injured Tue...
Dec 21, 2016
Maple Leafs increasing level of Auston Matthews' competition
TORONTO - Auston Matthews was dealt one of the toughest matchups of his young NHL career, and he came out on top. The 19-year-old scored his team-leading 15th goal, fired a career-high eight shots and...
Dec 21, 2016
Maple Leafs increasing level of Auston Matthews' competition
TORONTO - Auston Matthews was dealt one of the toughest matchups of his young NHL career, and he came out on top. The 19-year-old scored his team-leading 15th goal, fired a career-high eight shots and...
Dec 21, 2016
Canada's Thompson and Simmerling reach World Cup skicross podium in Italy
INNICHEN, Italy - Germany’s Heidi Zacher won gold Wednesday at the skicross World Cup while Canadians Marielle Thompson and Georgia Simmerling joined her on the podium. Simmerling, from West Van...
Dec 21, 2016
Toronto, Montreal open 2017 MLS season on road while Vancouver kicks off at home
TORONTO - Expansion Minnesota United FC will kick off the 2017 Major League Soccer Season in front of the Timbers Army on March 3 in Portland. Toronto FC and Montreal open on the road March 4 against ...
Dec 21, 2016
