It was a high-stakes game. Every player’s adrenaline was pumping at an all-time high. Walking into the CCAA National Championship, the Humber Hawks women’s basketball team were the reigning champions. They had gone to three straight nationals. They were undefeated in their season, and they were the top-seeded team... Read more
Sports with Sam Ladan – March 14, 2017
Sports Mar 14, 2017
Sam Ladan has your sports update for March 14, 2017. Read more
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather sent a message to mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor on Tuesday to stop ‘barking’ and find some ‘bite’ after months of talk about a crossover fight between the two. Speaking after announcing an IBF world super-featherweight title bout... Read more
The Canadian broadcaster of Sunday’s U.S. National Football League’s Super Bowl game said its ratings fell 39 percent from last year after a broadcast regulator ruled it could no longer substitute its commercials into U.S. feeds available in the country. Bell Media, part of BCE Inc, said the game... Read more
The issue of concussions in sports has attracted considerable media coverage in recent years. The early focus was on professional football, a game built around high-speed and full contact between heavy, powerful players, but the scope of reporting and research has expanded widely to include sports at every level.... Read more
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says he is pleased with Rio Janeiro’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics. Bach spoke in the capital of Brazil after his meeting with Brazillian President Dilma Rousseff. Both men will inspect the progress of venues in Rio Janeiro with other Olympic committee members. It’s an improvement from last... Read more