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Capitals beat Hurricanes 6-0 to take 3-2 series lead
WASHINGTON - Nicklas Backstrom needed five games to match his goal output from the entire 2018 playoffs, and he and Alex Ovechkin have the defending Stanley Cup champion Capitals one victory away from...
Apr 20, 2019
Schwartz scores late in third period, Blues top Jets in Game 5 for 3-2 lead
WINNIPEG - Jaden Schwartz called it a lucky goal, but it was a dagger to the Winnipeg Jets. The St. Louis forward scored with 15 seconds remaining in the third period, lifting the Blues to a 3-2 victo...
Apr 20, 2019
Angels' Albert Pujols ties Babe Ruth with 1,992nd career RBI
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols has tied Babe Ruth for fifth place in baseball history with his 1,992nd career RBI. Pujols drove home Andrelton Simmons with a double off Sea...
Apr 20, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Blues take Game 6 to eliminate Jets from Stanley Cup playoffs
ST. LOUIS - The Winnipeg Jets have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Jaden Schwartz had a hat trick as the St. Louis Blues beat Winnipeg 3-2 on Saturday to take their first-round series i...
Apr 20, 2019
Tossed! Umpire flings fan who runs on field in Jays-A's game
OAKLAND, Calif. - When a fan ran on the field during the Blue Jays-Athletics game, he got tossed by umpire Jeff Nelson. Quite literally, actually. Nelson put a swift end to the fan's elusive romp at t...
Apr 20, 2019
Blue Jays lose Shoemaker to knee injury, beat Athletics 10-1
OAKLAND, Calif. - Matt Shoemaker sat in front of his locker late Saturday afternoon staring at a cellphone, his left knee wrapped tightly in a protective bandage. The Toronto pitcher was in no mood to...
Apr 20, 2019
Foden seizes chance with tired City to clinch Spurs win
MANCHESTER, England - Watching Manchester City's Champions League slugfest against Tottenham, Phil Foden sensed his side's energy-sapping exit could present an opportunity. As a youngster in football'...
Apr 20, 2019
Stars push Predators to edge of elimination with 5-3 win
NASHVILLE - Alexander Radulov scored two goals in the second period and the Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Saturday to push the Western Conference's No. 2 seed to the brink of elimin...
Apr 20, 2019
Nani's late goal lifts Orlando City over Whitecaps 1-0.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Lus Carlos "Nani" Almeida da Cunha scored in the closing minutes to help Orlando City beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 on Saturday. Sacha Kljestan came on for Will Johnson in the 76th ...
Apr 20, 2019
National Enquirer being sold to former newsstand mogul
NEW YORK - The National Enquirer is being sold to the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News following a rocky year in which the tabloid was accused of burying stories that could hav...
Apr 20, 2019