Wes Cates scores late touchdown as Saskatchewan beats Lions 26-16
July 05, 2008 - 3:34 am
VANCOUVER - Just when it looked like the Saskatchewan Roughriders had run out of ammuniton the team managed to reload and hit the B.C. Lions with a fatal shot. Wes Cates scored on a 15-yard run in the fourth quarter and third-string quarterback Darian Durant came off the bench to lead the ...


Baseball roundup: Friday's action on the diamonds
July 05, 2008 - 2:38 am
There's no deficit too wide and no comeback too great for the Colorado Rockies. In a throwback to the pre-humidor days, Colorado homered six times and beat the Florida Marlins 18-17 on Friday night after trailing by nine runs in the biggest comeback in Rockies history. Chris Iannetta ...


Jered Weaver pitches seven-inning gem as Angels beat Blue Jays 8-2
July 05, 2008 - 2:32 am
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A.J. Burnett didn't feel like talking after giving up eight runs for the third time in six starts. The Los Angeles Angels' linescore against him said enough. Howie Kendrick drove in three runs, and the AL West leaders got homers from Torii Hunter and Garret Anderson to ...


SCORECARD:
July 05, 2008 - 2:23 am
Here are the sports results from Friday: CFL Montreal 38 Winnipeg 24 Saskatchewan 26 B.C. 16 American League baseball L.A. Angels 8 Toronto 2 Oakland 7 Chicago White Sox 1 Minnesota 12 Cleveland 3 Boston 6 N.Y. Yankees 4 Seattle 4 Detroit ...


Oilers GM Kevin Lowe fires back at Brian Burke over offer sheets
July 05, 2008 - 2:20 am
EDMONTON - After a year of being criticized by Anaheim Ducks general manager Brian Burke for resurrecting the offer sheet, Kevin Lowe has shot back. In an interview with Edmonton sports station Team 1260, the Oilers GM gave a blunt response to Burke's complaints about the Oilers ...


Seon Hwa Lee has two-shot lead in Arkansas after first-round 64
July 05, 2008 - 1:13 am
ROGERS, Ark. - Stacy Lewis roused the Arkansas crowd with an impressive start. Seon Hwa Lee's finish was even better. Lee birdied five of her final six holes Friday for an 8-under 64 to take a two-shot lead at the LPGA Tour's NW Arkansas Championship. Lee ended with a flourish, hitting a ...


Calvillo throws four TD passes to lead Alouettes past Blue Bombers
July 04, 2008 - 11:58 pm
MONTREAL - Ben Cahoon and Danny Desriveaux shared a slotback position and both came away with a bit of glory for the Montreal Alouettes. Each was on the receiving end of one of Anthony Calvillo's four touchdown passes as the Alouettes downed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38-24 on Friday night, ...


Canada's junior men sweep Mexico in semi, to face Cuba in final
July 04, 2008 - 11:39 pm
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Canada's junior men's team swept Mexico 3-0 Friday in the semifinals of the 2008 NORCECA junior men's championships. The 25-17, 25-17, 25-13 win earned Canada a berth in the 2009 junior men's world championships and a date with Cuba in the gold medal final on ...


Michael Phelps does it again, sets world record in 200-metre IM
July 04, 2008 - 11:11 pm
OMAHA, Neb. - Michael Phelps set another world record. No surprise there. Dara Torres is going back to the Olympics. Who would've believed it? Fresh off an endorsement from Mark Spitz, the iconic star he'll try to better in Beijing, Phelps set another world record to win the 200-metre ...


Bertocchi captures gold medal and Olympic berth in decathlon
July 04, 2008 - 11:41 pm
Windsor, Ont. - Massimo Bertocchi knelt down on his knees after his gold-medal performance Friday and clutched his tiny grandmother Flaudilla in a huge hug. Just three years after coaches convinced the Toronto athlete he should try the decathlon, he booked his ticket to the Beijing ...


DEI sweeps front row in qualifying for Coke Zero 400 at Daytona
July 04, 2008 - 10:41 pm
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Although Dale Earnhardt Inc. might not be a championship contender, it showed Friday it still can be a force at Daytona International Speedway. DEI swept the front row in qualifying for Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 and ended up with three drivers in the top eight ...


Jeff Overton in a share of the lead after 65 at soggy Congressional
July 04, 2008 - 10:35 pm
BETHESDA, Md. - Jeff Overton doesn't feel like a different player than the guy who could couldn't make it to the weekend on the PGA Tour over the last two months. Funny how seeing the ball go in the hole changes everything. Overton continued his one-week turnaround Friday with a 5-under ...


Tuft, Samplonius victorious in time trials at Canadian road championships
July 04, 2008 - 10:26 pm
ST-GEORGES, Quebec - Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., won his fourth title in the men's 40-kilometre time trial Friday at the Canadian road cycling championships. Anne Samplonius of Montreal won her second title in the women's 20-km time trial, David Veilleux of Quebec City captured the ...


Jessica Zelinka's left-footed leap of faith starting to pay off
July 04, 2008 - 10:24 pm
WINDSOR, Ont. - Jessica Zelinka's aunt was the first to suggest she take a left-footed leap of faith. Zelinka was at the top of her game last summer, coming off a Canadian record performance and ranked fourth in the world before a serious injury to her right foot at the Pan American Games ...


Jagr leaving for Russia, couple of trades only news on quiet day in NHL
July 04, 2008 - 8:16 pm
On the fourth day, they rested. After an extrememly busy opening few days to free agency, the NHL largely fell quiet Friday. The biggest news came out of Russia, where club team Avangard Omsk announced that it had signed free-agent winger Jaromir Jagr to a contract. That two-year ...


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