Category Archives: Sports
Victoria to remain host of Olympic basketball qualifying tournament
VICTORIA - Canada's men's basketball team will still get a chance to qualify at home for an Olympic berth. FIBA announced Thursday that four Olympic qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo Games, includi...
May 14, 2020
BCHL names marketer of the year
Alberni Valley Bulldogs President and Governor David Michaud has been named the B.C. Hockey League's Marketer of the Year for 2019-20.Michaud joined the Bulldogs front office last summer after his gro...
May 14, 2020
UFC fighter Anthony Smith takes a beating, loses tooth and then hands it to ref
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UFC light-heavyweight contender Anthony (Lionheart) Smith lived up to his nickname Wednesday, taking a beating that included him handing one of his teeth to the referee mid-fight....
May 14, 2020
Mackenzie Tour waiting for border to reopen as golf courses allowed to start play
TORONTO - Golf may be returning to Canada soon, but the nation's professional golf tour is still waiting to see what happens next. Scott Pritchard, executive director of the Mackenzie Tour, says ...
May 14, 2020
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back saves woman and her dog from Red River
WINNIPEG - A quick reaction from a football player in the Canadian Football League may have saved a woman and her dog from a watery fate. Running back Brady Oliveira from the Grey-Cup-champion&nb...
May 13, 2020
Premier says B.C. WHL rinks could help NHL finish its season
Could we see NHL hockey at Sandman Centre before long? That seemingly absurd notion is not out of the question, according to Premier John Horgan.During his media availability Wednesday (May 13), Horga...
May 13, 2020
Referee boss says officials will be ready when Major League Soccer resumes play
Referees and their assistants are confident the game will be safe when soccer resumes in North America, says former top referee Howard Webb. But there inevitably will be some changes in behaviour in t...
May 13, 2020
Leafs' Clifford: 'Playing for a Stanley Cup is better than not playing'
TORONTO - Kyle Clifford has twice felt the euphoria of raising the Stanley Cup over his head. The first time with the Los Angeles Kings back in 2012, he suited up for just three playoff games as&...
May 13, 2020
Florida governor willing to host teams for restart of sports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida is willing to be a restart site for professional sports leagues, just like Arizona, when play resumes following shutdowns caused by the new coronavirus. "One thing I am goi...
May 13, 2020
Miller, the first player back at Raptors' OVO Centre, happy to be back on floor
TORONTO - It was unlike any NBA practice he'd ever attended. But two months to the day after the league closed shop due to COVID-19, Malcolm Miller was happy just to be back on the floor wit...
May 13, 2020

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