Category Archives: Sports

BATON ROUGE, La. - Diagnosed with cancer, LSU’s live tiger mascot, Mike VI, won’t take the field during home football games this season but will remain in his habitat instead. The universi...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee promised to co-operate Wednesday with Brazilian authorities in the ticket scalping investigation that has targeted one of its executive boar...

MOSCOW - Alex Ovechkin has been named Russia’s captain for the World Cup of Hockey. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation announced the decision Wednesday. It also says Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsy...

LAS VEGAS - UFC star Miesha Tate says she’s inspired by the tough little girl who broke her arm while hiking near Las Vegas after the mixed martial arts fighter carried the child back down the m...

Tuesday’s Games Men’s World Cup Qualifying Canada 3 El Salvador 1 — MLB American N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 6 Houston 4 Cleveland 3 Baltimore 11 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit 0...

Tuesday’s Games Men’s World Cup Qualifying Canada 3 El Salvador 1 — MLB American N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 6 Houston 4 Cleveland 3 Baltimore 11 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit 0...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s last-dash hopes of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia have ended. Cyle Larin, Nikolas Ledgerwood and David Edgar all scored for the Canadian men’s soccer...

NEW YORK - If the New York Yankees reach the playoffs, they’ll long remember this catch by Brett Gardner. Two outs in the ninth inning, bases loaded, one-run lead. Does it get much better? Gardn...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against a high-ranking Olympic official in connection to a ticket-scalping case that unfolded during last month’s Olympic Games in Rio d...

RIO DE JANEIRO - When Chantal Petitclerc competed at the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona, her wheelchair races went directly to finals. There weren’t enough athletes to require heats. The Paralymp...