Football

Okanagan Sun to open season against Kamloops

Okanagan Sun to open season against Kamloops

Saturday, March 13th, 2010 | 12:09 pm

The six-team league will begin play on Saturday, July 24 will a full slate of games.

Okanagan Sun face balanced schedule

Okanagan Sun face balanced schedule

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | 3:30 pm

The local Okanagan BCFC team will open their 2010 campaign on the road; first home game against South Surrey Rams July 31.

Okanagan Sun gaming grant punted; team plays on

Okanagan Sun gaming grant punted; team plays on

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 12:09 pm

The BCFC team has their $30,000 grant pulled after the province cuts adult sports funds.

It’s party time in Kelowna with Superbowl kick-off

It’s party time in Kelowna with Superbowl kick-off

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | 2:00 pm

Local bars expect decent crowd for American football final.

Former Bomber Guice signs with Colts

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 | 1:41 am

Canwest News Service

WINNIPEG – Wide receiver Dudley Guice agreed to terms with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts Wednesday after spending last season with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Guice had six catches for 76 yards in three games as a rookie with…

Riders GM gets absolute discharge for sexual assault

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | 9:00 am

Canwest News Service

REGINA — Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Eric Tillman avoided a criminal record Tuesday, when a judge granted him an absolute discharge for sexual assaulting a teenaged girl.

Judge Murray Hinds of Regina Provincial Court said the sentence was appropriate…

NFL's Lions sign former Bomber Hefney

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | 1:41 am

Canwest News Service

WINDSOR, Ont. – Just a day after the club’s ninth straight losing season was complete, the Detroit Lions were back to work Monday.

As players went through exit meetings, club officials were putting the finishing touches on signing cornerback…

Bills fire entire coaching staff: sources

Monday, January 4th, 2010 | 10:40 am

Canwest News Service

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills opened their offseason with a purge by firing interim coach Perry Fewell and the rest of his staff on Monday.

Though Fewell was dismissed, he will still interview for the team’s vacant…

Redskins fire coach Jim Zorn after 4-12 season

Monday, January 4th, 2010 | 7:40 am

Canwest News Service

ASHBURN, Va. — Jim Zorn was fired by the Washington Redskins early Monday, the first step in yet another team overhaul under owner Dan Snyder.

Zorn was informed of his dismissal shortly after the team returned to Redskins Park…

Lions end another dismal season

Monday, January 4th, 2010 | 5:40 am

Canwest News Service

DETROIT – Appropriately riding downward to the basement in one of the Ford Field elevators, a dismal 2-14 campaign just completed, two members of the Detroit Lions’ coaching staff sought a silver lining to another sorry season.

“St. Louis…