Category Archives: Sports
Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher out indefinitely with concussion
Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher has been placed on injured reserve with a concussion and is out indefinitely. Canadiens coach Claude Julien confirmed Gallagher's injury Thursday as Montre...
Jan 02, 2020
Cricketers, tennis players turn attention to wildfires
With the three-test series between Australia and New Zealand decided, players from both teams will momentarily turn their attention away from the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground and to the deadly w...
Jan 02, 2020
World junior roundup: Russia knocks off Switzerland to advance to semis
TRINEC, Czech Republic - Dmitri Voronkov scored two goals as Russia beat Switzerland 3-1 in quarterfinal action on Thursday at the world junior hockey championship. Russia needs one more win to captur...
Jan 02, 2020
Canadian men's hockey team sets record by capturing 16th Spengler Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada has won the Spengler Cup for the fourth time in the past five years. The Canadian team - made up mostly of European-based pros, including many ex-NHLers...
Jan 02, 2020
Larsen, who threw only perfect World Series game, dies at 90
NEW YORK - Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, d...
Jan 01, 2020
Malkin scores twice, Guentzel injured as Pens beat Senators
PITTSBURGH - Evgeni Malkin's goal in the first minute sparked the Pittsburgh Penguins to a victory that ended with distressing thud. Malkin scored twice but teammate Jake Guentzel was injured right af...
Jan 01, 2020
Chelsea denied by overhead kick; Arsenal beats Man United
LONDON - Having finally ended a goal drought, Alireza Jahanbakhsh is now celebrating the greatest strike of his career. With an acrobatic overhead kick, the Brighton forward stunned not just Chelsea b...
Jan 01, 2020
Former NBA commissioner David Stern dies at 77
NEW YORK - David Stern, the basketball-loving lawyer who took the NBA around the world during 30 years as its longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global powerhouse, died Wednesd...
Jan 01, 2020
Wild at Target: 2021 NHL Winter Classic headed to Minnesota
DALLAS - The 2021 NHL Winter Classic will be hosted by the Minnesota Wild at Target Field, the home stadium of the MLB's Twins. NHL officials announced the site for next Winter Classic during this sea...
Jan 01, 2020
'I just love it more': Habs pick Cole Caufield on his goal-scoring acumen
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Cole Caufield is getting used to the attention. Since being selected 15th overall by the Montreal Canadiens at last June's NHL draft, the diminutive winger has been visited b...
Jan 01, 2020
