Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Alex Carpenter has 2 goals, 1 assist, Torrent beats Charge 4-1
SEATTLE (AP) - Alex Carpenter had two goals and an assist, Hannah Bilka added a goal and two assists, and the Seattle Torrent beat the Ottawa Charge 4-1 on Wednesday night for their second consecutive...
Dec 17, 2025
World's tallest teen, Olivier Rioux of Canada, delivers emphatic dunk for first college field goal
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Olivier Rioux lumbered through the lane, caught a bounce pass from teammate CJ Ingram and dunked, sending Florida's bench and the home crowd into a frenzy. Rioux barely left h...
Dec 17, 2025
Local PWHL stars hope Takeover Tour in Halifax inspires next generation
HALIFAX - When Toronto Sceptres captain Blayre Turnbull grew up playing hockey in Stellarton, N.S., she didn't look up to any professional women's players - because they didn't exist. She idolized the...
Dec 17, 2025
Faulk scores only goal of game, Hofer makes 24 saves to help Blues blank Jets 1-0
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Justin Faulk scored and Joel Hofer made 24 saves to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 1-0 win over the stumbling Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night. Hofer earned his third shutout of the se...
Dec 17, 2025
Martin, McKenna lift Canada past Sweden in world juniors pre-tournament game
KITCHENER - Brady Martin and Gavin McKenna have quickly found chemistry for Canada's world junior team. Martin scored twice as Canada defeated Sweden 2-1 in pre-tournament action for the world junior ...
Dec 17, 2025
Desbiens, Poulin lead Victoire to 2-1 shootout win over Sceptres in Halifax
HALIFAX - Ann-Rene Desbiens made 35 saves and Marie-Philip Poulin scored the shootout winner to help the Montreal Victoire beat the Toronto Sceptres in the Professional Women's Hockey League's first-e...
Dec 17, 2025
US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an...
Dec 17, 2025
Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrat...
Dec 17, 2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the d...
Dec 17, 2025
Reports: A Chicago-based investment group is nearing a deal to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins
A family-owned, Chicago-based investment company is closing in on a deal to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins from Fenway Sports Group. Multiple outlets, including Victory Sports and ESPN, citing anony...
Dec 17, 2025