Roy Halladay, the former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher regarded as one of the greatest players in franchise history, has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Florida. He was 40. The Pasco County Sheriff made the announcement at a news conference just after 4 p.m. ET. The office also tweeted…

Your midday sports snack. Toast points • The Canadian Olympic curling pre-trials got underway in P.E.I. yesterday, kickstarting round-robin competition that continues through Friday.  The top two men’s and women’s teams will qualify for the Dec. 2-10 trials in Ottawa. Prominent names in the men’s field include 2010 Olympic gold medallist John Morris, four-time world…

In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, Linden Vey warms up before a game with the Calgary Flames. Photograph by: Al Charest The already daunting process of selecting a Canadian Olympic hockey team devoid of NHLers got a little more complicated last week. Hockey Canada has been planning to recruit from Europe, but the continent’s…

NEWMARKET, Ont. — The Popcorn Kid is eating French fries with ketchup and talking about the nature of hockey nicknames and journalists. Specifically, Earl McRae, rest his soul, a legendary sportswriter who, back in the 1970s, which is back when the Popcorn Kid was plain old Mike Palmateer — a rising young goaltender with the Toronto…

DALLAS – Blake Wheeler has found another level. And that’s saying something when you consider the captain of the Winnipeg Jets is coming off consecutive 70-plus point seasons. By chipping in four assists in Monday’s 4-1 victory, Wheeler has picked up four goals and 13 points during his past five games and he’s up to…

TORONTO — Another game and another player was putting “money on the board” if the Vegas Golden Knights could beat his former team. It’s become a tradition by now. The players look at the upcoming schedule and then look around the room for the person who had been left unprotected by that team in the…