Elliott's all-Canada Day baseball team
Article Tweet Happy Canada Day! Ryan Dempster pitched for the Boston Red Sox against the Blue Jays at Fenway Park on Sunday afternoon. And he gets the ball again Monday afternoon wearing a red jersey...
View ArticleCavaliers welcome top pick Anthony Bennett
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Anthony Bennett wasn't really all that interested in playing basketball. Yeah, it was cool dunking on guys, and a great way to make new friends after moving from Toronto to...
View ArticleBlackhawks take batting practice at Wrigley Field (MLB - Major League...
(Source: MLB - Major League Baseball) CHICAGO -- Blackhawks winger Bryan Bickell tracked down a fly ball in the left-field corner while teammate Brandon Bollig spent Friday's batting practice at...
View ArticleBlackhawks take local product with top draft pick
NEWARK, N.J. Ryan Hartman's eyes were glued to the draft board at the Prudential Center, and as the picks inched closer to the Blackhawks' selection at No. 30, the forward began to dream about playing...
View ArticleOh Canada! Sellout Crowd Watches C's Fall 7-3 to Aquasox (Vancouver Canadians)
(Source: Vancouver Canadians) (Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium - Vancouver, BC) - In game one of a battle between two of the top teams in the Northwest League, the Everett AquaSox drew first...
View ArticlePatrick Reusse: Lost traditions of baseball
There are numerous lost traditions in today's baseball. The Minneapolis Star Tribune decided to come up with nine innings' worth of these, a complete game. That happens to be one of the traditions -...
View ArticleIsotopes Notebook: Sanchez set for first start
“Well, we were told he’s probably good for 60 to 75 pitches,” manager Lorenzo Bundy said. “After the last two ninth innings, where I used two pitchers that I didn’t want to use, I’m going to need every...
View ArticleGetting to know Appel a bit more
Mark Appel, the No. 1 pick in last month's Major League Baseball draft, will be on the mound Tuesday morning at 11 for the Tri-City ValleyCats. It could be his last appearance in the Capital Region....
View Article60 join Canadian club in emotional Vancouver ceremony
It was a party in the sun outside Canada Place in downtown Vancouver on Canada Day, but the big event was inside, where 60 people from 30 different countries joined the Canadian family. The Steiner...
View ArticleA Popular Reds Owner (It’s About Time)
Some fans never get to choose their favorite baseball team, and that means they never get to choose their favorite team’s owner. My father grew up in southern Indiana, rooting for the squad on the...
View ArticleVancouver Whitecaps' Brazilian-born Camilo expresses interest in...
(Source: MLS - Major League Soccer) VANCOUVER, B.C.-As Canada endures yet another painful international experience at this summer's Gold Cup, in which the side sits in last place in Group A after...
View ArticleJim Thome Joins White Sox as Special Assistant
CHICAGO - Future Hall-of-Famer Jim Thome has joined the Chicago White Sox as a special assistant to Rick Hahn, the club's senior vice president/general manager. Thome's responsibilities will include...
View ArticleChelios' hockey odyssey results in Hall
Growing up in Evergreen Park the son of a restaurant owner and then moving to Southern California at 15 isn't a typical path to the NHL. But it is the trail Chris Chelios followed through 26 seasons...
View ArticleCanucks roll without homegrown talent
It has been 12 years since the Vancouver Giants moved into the Vancouver Canucks' backyard, and in all this time the city's National Hockey League team has never drafted a player from the city's...
View ArticleChelios' hockey odyssey leads to Hall
CHICAGO Growing up in Evergreen Park the son of a restaurant owner and then moving to Southern California at 15 isn't a typical path to the NHL. But it is the trail Chris Chelios followed through 26...
View ArticleTim Raines, George Bell head Canada's baseball hall inductees
Tim Raines and George Bell were both superstar outfielders who enjoyed their peak years in Canadian markets. Their Canadian connection will live on for years to come. Raines and Bell will be...
View ArticleLeafs' Bolland is proudly Mimico
Article Tweet To get from the Bolland family home to the MasterCard Centre, where the Maple Leafs practise, you make a quick right, then a quick left on to New Toronto St., and go straight for a...
View ArticleRaines, Bell headline Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame class
ST. MARYS, Ont. -- Tim Raines and George Bell were both superstar outfielders who enjoyed their peak years in Canadian markets. Their Canadian connection will live on for years to come. Raines and...
View ArticleTorii Hunter defends records of PED users; says David Ortiz is craziest...
Players on the American League team pose for a group photo beneath the home run apple at Citi Field before the MLB All-Star baseball game, on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)...
View ArticleCanada's first overall NBA draft pick Anthony Bennett welcomed by Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers second round draft pick Carrick Felix answers questions at his introductory news conference with top pick Anthony Bennett at the NBA basketball team's training facility in...
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