Eskimos stage last-minute comeback to defeat Stampeders 34-31
July 04, 2008 - 11:18 pm
EDMONTON - It took a highlight-reel catch from Jason Tucker to stop the Edmonton Eskimos from blowing another game in the fourth quarter. Tucker made a dramatic 36-yard touchdown reception with just 55 seconds left to go as the Eskimos came back to defeat the rival Calgary Stampeders 34-31 ...
Baseball roundup: Thursday's action on the diamonds
July 04, 2008 - 11:06 pm
The Boston Red Sox got a great performance from Jon Lester and hammered their biggest rival. What a way to end a five-game losing streak. Lester pitched a sharp five-hitter as the Red Sox hammered the New York Yankees 7-0 Thursday night, prompting Yankees manager Joe Girardi closed the ...
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July 04, 2008 - 10:23 pm
Here are the sports results from Thursday: CFL Hamilton 32 Toronto 13 Edmonton 34 Calgary 31 American League baseball Boston 7 N.Y. Yankees 0 Kansas City 10 Baltimore 7 Oakland 3 Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit 8 Seattle 4 National League ...
Steve Marino takes a one-shot lead before a hometown fans at AT&T National
July 03, 2008 - 8:51 pm
BETHESDA, Md. - Steve Marino used to consider it a treat the few times he played Congressional as a teenager. It was a thrill on Thursday to play bogey-free in the first round of the AT&T National and shoot 5-under 65 for a one-shot lead. Marino, who grew up a half-hour away in ...
Printers, Lumsden score two TDs as Ticats spoil Argos home opener, win 32-13
July 03, 2008 - 8:50 pm
TORONTO - Jesse Lumsden and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats steamrolled the Toronto Argonauts on Thursday night. Lumsden rushed for 189 yards and two touchdowns while Hamilton amassed 311 yards on the ground en route to a convincing 32-13 spoil Toronto's home opener. And the timing couldn't have ...
It will be an all-Williams final at Wimbledon, first since 2003
July 03, 2008 - 8:30 pm
LONDON - A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match. Scouting? Not really. More like rooting. And when Thursday's second semifinal ended, Williams stood, smiling and applauding for the woman who won, ...
Pens lock up Fleury while Naslund and Blake find new homes on Day 3
July 03, 2008 - 8:16 pm
The Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings lost their captains Thursday while the New York Rangers likely said goodbye to one. Markus Naslund's US$8-million, two-year deal with the Rangers stole the spotlight on Day 3 of NHL free agency Thursday, and his departure from Vancouver for New ...
Reports: Star guard Arenas agrees to US$111M deal with Wizards
July 03, 2008 - 6:59 pm
WASHINGTON - Gilbert Arenas is accepting less money from the Washington Wizards, invoking an attitude far, far removed from the world of his working-class fans. "What can I do for my family with (US)$127 million that I can't do with $111 million?" he told The Washington Post. The ...
Adams sees bright side of crash at Canadian track championships
July 03, 2008 - 6:13 pm
WINDSOR, Ont. - Toronto's Jeff Adams sat picking at a piece of track that was imbedded in his thumb, the result of a nasty crash at the Canadian track and field championships. He wasn't all that upset about it. "I'm kind of glad that I'll crash again," Adams said Thursday night, holding up ...
Rampage Jackson trainer promises to retire if champion loses at UFC 86
July 03, 2008 - 5:25 pm
LAS VEGAS - It's win or go home Saturday night for Juanito Ibarra, manager/trainer of light-heavyweight champion Quinton (Rampage). Ibarra, who has been in the fight game for almost 30 years, promised on the UFC's preview TV show to retire if his man lost to challenger Forrest Griffin at ...
Canada's track athletes under the gun at this weekend Olympic trials
July 03, 2008 - 4:10 pm
WINDSOR, Ont. - Tyler Christopher knows full well there's absolutely no bend in the qualifying standards for Canada's Olympic track and field team. The reigning world indoor champion in the 400 metres found out the hard way four years ago when his captured the Canadian title, but didn't ...
Short-track speedskater Mathieu Turcotte announces retirement
July 03, 2008 - 3:46 pm
SHERBROOKE, Que - Three-time Olympic speedskating medallist Mathieu Turcotte has decided he couldn't hold on for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The 31-year-old short-track skater announced his retirement Thursday at a news conference in his hometown of Sherbrooke. "It took a ...
Ross Fisher shoots course record 63 to take lead at European Open
July 03, 2008 - 3:40 pm
ASH, England - Ross Fisher had 10 birdies for a course-record, 9-under 63 Thursday and led the European Open by two strokes over Graeme McDowell and David Frost after the first round. Playing without a practice round, Fisher relied mainly on the advice of his caddie Adam Marrow - who had ...
Former star American sprinter Tim Montgomery pleads guilty to heroin charges
July 03, 2008 - 2:48 pm
NORFOLK, Va. - Former track star Tim Montgomery, once dubbed "the world's fastest man," pleaded guilty Thursday to distributing heroin, averting a trial set for next week. He appeared briefly in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, answering "Yes, sir," as District Judge Jerome B. Friedman ...
Olympic medals turned over to Beijing organizers for next month's Games
July 03, 2008 - 1:58 pm
BEIJING - The gold, silver and bronze medals that will hang around the necks of athletes at next month's Olympics were formally handed over Thursday to the organizers of the Beijing Games. The 3,000 medals made for the Olympics, and a similar number for the Paralympics, were delivered by ...
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