Category Archives: Sports
Giannis Antetokounmpo getting traded to Heat in blockbuster deal, AP source says
MIAMI (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo wants more championships. So do the Miami Heat. Their interests are officially aligned - and the Heat finally have another superstar. Ending a marathon watch for the...
Jun 22, 2026
Erling Haaland scores 2 more goals and Norway beats Senegal 3-2 to reach World Cup round of 32
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Erling Haaland and Norway rowed their way into the World Cup's round of 32. Haaland scored twice to raise his World Cup goals total to four, and the Vikings clinched advan...
Jun 22, 2026
Howard scores 20, Gray and Okot each net 18 as Dream beat Tempo 94-87
ATLANTA (AP) - Rhyne Howard scored 20 points, Allisha Gray and rookie Madina Okot each added 18, and the Atlanta Dream beat the Toronto Tempo 94-87 on Monday night for their fourth straight victory. G...
Jun 22, 2026
Straw, Kirk come up clutch as Blue Jays top Astros 4-2 for fifth win in six games
TORONTO - Myles Straw's seventh-inning sacrifice fly drove home the go-ahead run, Alejandro Kirk padded the score with one of his own in the eighth, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros 4...
Jun 22, 2026
Kylian Mbappé scores 2 goals to lead France to 3-0 win over Iraq and into World Cup knockout stage
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Neither rain, nor lightning, nor a swampy field - and certainly not overmatched Iraq - could stop Kylian Mbapp. Yeah, it got a bit messy on the pitch. Weather aside, this game - as...
Jun 22, 2026
Toronto Sceptres captain, Canadian forward Blayre Turnbull announces pregnancy
TORONTO - Toronto Sceptres captain and Canadian women's hockey team forward Blayre Turnbull says she's pregnant and due in December. The 32-year-old from Stellarton, N.S., is married to Olympic bobsle...
Jun 22, 2026
World Cup sees first weather delay, with France-Iraq game in Philadelphia paused for 2 hours
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Heavy rain and thunderstorms prompted a rare World Cup weather delay on Monday, when the halftime break during a match between France and Iraq lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes. It was th...
Jun 22, 2026
Size and a depth guard priorities for Toronto Raptors ahead of NBA Draft
TORONTO - Even as the Toronto Raptors pushed the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven games in their first-round playoff series, general manager Bobby Webster and head coach Darko Rajakovic spoke throughout t...
Jun 22, 2026
Allez les Rouges! How Voyageurs fan group is energizing Canada's World Cup run
VANCOUVER - When Rob Notenboom first got involved with Canadian soccer supporters group the Voyageurs around 2005, he had no idea what it would grow into. Now the president of the organization, he say...
Jun 22, 2026
Milestones reached at rowing event in Vernon
Two milestones were reached at the annual rowing regatta at Swan Lake.Sierra Munroe and Cole O'Connor of the Vernon Rowing and Dragon Boat Club secured the overall victory and the Founders' Cup in the...
Jun 22, 2026 Vernon's Cole O'Conner and Sierra Munroe holding the Founders' Cup after finishing first overall int he Mixed Doubles competition during the Lap the Lake regatta (Image Credit: Vernon Rowing and Dragon Boat Club)
