Category Archives: Sports
Russian Olympic champion Savinova stripped of gold, banned
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 ...
Feb 10, 2017
Holdener leads Swiss 1-2 in combined at worlds; Vonn 5th
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 ...
Feb 10, 2017
Thursday's Games
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...
Feb 09, 2017
Galchenyuk's goal gives Canadiens 5-4 win over Coyotes in OT
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...
Feb 09, 2017
Mark Stone scores winner, Senators break mini slump with win over Stars
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...
Feb 09, 2017
Tarasenko scores OT winner as Blues keep rolling under new head coach Mike Yeo
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...
Feb 09, 2017
Sedin helps lift Canucks past Blue Jackets 3-0
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...
Feb 09, 2017
Lefty Howell, righty Smith, Blue Jays finalize $3M million, 1-year deals
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays finalized one-year deals with left-hander J.P. Howell and right-hander Joe Smith on Thursday. Both contracts are for US$3 million. The 33-year-old Howell pitched for th...
Feb 09, 2017
Oakley's arrest lowest point in his falling out with Knicks
NEW YORK - Charles Oakley maintains he did nothing wrong before he was surrounded by Madison Square Garden security officials. Something has happened, though, to turn him from popular player to person...
Feb 09, 2017
Canadians finish 13th in biathlon world championship mixed relay competition
HOCHFILZEN, Austria - Julia Ransom, of Kelowna, B.C., Rosanna Crawford, of Canmore, Alta., Brendan Green, of Hay River, N.W.T., and Calgary’s Scott Gow finished 13th on Friday in the mixed relay...
Feb 09, 2017
