Category Archives: Sports

CLEVELAND - The agonizing wait to play again is over for Isaiah Thomas. Vengeance on the Celtics is still on hold. Thomas, sidelined with a hip injury since last season’s Eastern Conference fina...

NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck was named NHL first star of the week Monday after posting three victories and a shutout last week. Hellebuyck had a 1.67 goals-against average and...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - John Fox helped change the culture in the Chicago Bears’ locker room. He just didn’t produce enough wins to keep his job. The Bears fired Fox on Monday after three losi...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Jim Caldwell may have been the Detroit Lions’ most successful coach in the Super Bowl era. That was not enough to save his job. The Lions fired Caldwell on Monday after a sea...

After coming up painfully short at the Olympic Trials last month in Ottawa, veteran skip Brad Gushue took a couple weeks off to recharge and refocus. “The first week I didn’t even want to ...

CALGARY - The recent promotion of Matthew Tkachuk onto Calgary’s No. 1 power-play unit is paying off. Tkachuk scored twice Sunday, both on the man advantage, and Mark Giordano had the winner 52 ...

Sunday’s Games World Junior Hockey Championship At Buffalo N.Y. Czech Republic 6 Switzerland 3 United States 5 Finland 4 Slovakia 5 Denmark 1 Sweden 4 Russia 3 (SO) — Spengler Cup At Davos...

EDMONTON - The Winnipeg Jets are on a roll heading into the new year. Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves to record his third shutout of the season on Sunday as the Jets blanked the Edmonton Oilers 5-0 fo...

MIAMI - Amid the dancing and screaming and hugs and high-fives in the Buffalo Bills’ locker room , defensive tackle Kyle Williams watched his two young sons climbing around in his stall. “...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday that the United States should be aware that his country’s nuclear forces are now a reality, not a threat. But he also stru...