Canada’s Homan steals pair in 8th end for quarterfinal win over Yoshimura

Canada’s Rachel Homan stole two points in the eighth end for a 6-4 win over Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura on Saturday at the AMJ Players’ Championship in Toronto. Yoshimura needed to make an open draw to the four-foot ring with her final throw but her stone was heavy. Homan, from Ottawa, was scheduled to play South … Read more

LeBron James is plastic, it’s fantastic: Mattel unveils Ken doll modeled after Lakers star

Basketball icon LeBron James is bringing big Ken-ergy to the toy world. Barbie maker Mattel on Wednesday announced that the influential Lakers star would be the first professional male athlete to have a Ken doll modeled in his likeness. The newly introduced doll will be the first product in Mattel’s new line of “Kenbassador” toys. … Read more

Canada to host Argentina for pair of women’s soccer friendlies at B.C. Place in April

Canada will host Argentina in a pair of women’s international soccer friendlies in B.C. during the April FIFA international window. The seventh-ranked Canadians will play No. 33 Argentina at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver on April 4 and at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., on April 8. The games will be the first at home … Read more

In Lake Placid, a pair of athletes are sliding for Ukraine. They hope better days are ahead

The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian skeleton athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk. After that, they’re going home. They don’t know what awaits when they get there. Heraskevych and Lavreniuk are the only athletes from Ukraine competing at the world bobsleigh and skeleton championships that start Thursday and run through next … Read more