Category Archives: Sports

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Don McNelly, known worldwide for powering through marathon runs and running up record totals into his 70s and 80s, has died. A retired paper company executive from upstate New York, ...

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - The Canadian men’s pursuit team just missed the podium at the world single distance speedskating championships on Friday, finishing less than one-10th of a seco...

ZURICH - Diego Maradona is getting an ambassador’s role with FIFA. It wants to ensure the Argentina great “has a major role in FIFA’s activities to promote the game across the globe,...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian runner Maria Savinova was stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal for doping on Friday, putting Caster Semenya in line to become a two-time champion. Savinova, who won ...

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - On a bitter-sweet day for the home team at the world championships, Wendy Holdener led a 1-2 finish for Switzerland in the combined event and Lara Gut was airlifted from the ...

Thursday’s Games NHL St. Louis 2 Toronto 1 (OT) Ottawa 3 Dallas 2 Vancouver 3 Columbus 0 Montreal 5 Arizona 4 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 3 Philadelphia 1 Washington 6 Detroit 3 N.Y. Rangers 4 Nashville...

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Alex Galchenyuk scored 2:13 into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Coyotes that snapped their four-game losing streak Thursday night. Max Paciore...

OTTAWA - Senators defenceman Dion Phaneuf wanted a big performance after his team dropped back-to-back games by a combined 10 goals. Thursday night he led by example in Ottawa’s 3-2 win over the...

TORONTO - Vladimir Tarasenko strode through the neutral zone, dipped around a Maple Leafs forward, deked out another and then fired a shot past Frederik Andersen to clinch another victory for the sudd...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets talked about gaining some ground in the playoff push in a seven-game homestand that began Thursday night. Instead, they ran into a hot goalie and were shut o...