Category Archives: Sports
Wild struggle on road, eliminated by Jets with Game 5 loss in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Minnesota Wild never found a way to get it going on the road against the Winnipeg Jets and now find their season over. Minnesota dropped a 5-0 decision in Game 5 against the Jets on Fri...
Apr 20, 2018
Gurriel Jr. has 3 RBIs in MLB debut, Blue Jays top Yanks 8-5
NEW YORK - Growing up in Cuba, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. didn’t foresee coming through in the clutch the way he did in his first major league game. The prized Toronto Blue Jays prospect delivered - in...
Apr 20, 2018
Beal, Wall combine for 56 points in Wizards' 122-103 victory over Raptors
WASHINGTON - Pascal Siakam sat at his locker after Friday night’s loss, holding an ice pack on a bloody, stitched-up lower lip. Trailing Toronto 2-0 in their the opening-round playoff series, th...
Apr 20, 2018
Touchdown Bucks! Packers' Rodgers buys into NBA team
MILWAUKEE - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has joined the ownership group of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks as a limited partner. The Bucks made the announcement Friday night between the...
Apr 20, 2018
Hellebuyck makes 30 saves, Jets beat Wild in Game 5 to advance to Round 2
WINNIPEG - Bryan Little’s teammates were happy they could deliver something special to the veteran Winnipeg forward. Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves and the Jets scored four goals in the first p...
Apr 20, 2018
Pacers erase 17-point deficit to take 2-1 lead over Cavs
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Pacers kept insisting this team was different. Anyone who doubted them coming into the playoffs understands now. On Friday, the one-year anniversary of a historic playoff co...
Apr 20, 2018
Couturier scores late, Flyers edge Penguins to force Game 6
PITTSBURGH - Sean Couturier did what he could to deal with the pain in his left leg, then hopped over the boards and let the adrenaline that comes with playoff hockey take care of the rest. The Philad...
Apr 20, 2018
Florida's Barkov, Vegas' Karlsson, Buffalo's O'Reilly finalists for Lady Byng
NEW YORK - Florida’s Aleksander Barkov, William Karlsson of the Golden Knights and Buffalo’s Ryan O’Reilly were named the three finalists Friday for the NHL’s Lady Byng Memoria...
Apr 20, 2018
Speed Skating Canada fires coach Michael Crowe after investigation
OTTAWA - Speed Skating Canada has fired the head coach of Canada’s long-track speedskating team. Michael Crowe went on a leave of absence a month before the Pyeongchang Olympics while the organi...
Apr 20, 2018
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games NHL Playoffs First Round Winnipeg 5 Minnesota 0 (Winnipeg wins series 4-1) Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2 (Pittsburgh leads series 3-2) Colorado 2 Nashville 1 (Nashville leads series...
Apr 20, 2018
