Category Archives: Sports
CWHL season kicks off with more money and more travel for players
CALGARY - Canadian Women’s Hockey League players will be paid for the first time in its 11-year history, but they’re being asked to do more for the money. Two new teams from China helped t...
Oct 11, 2017
Trump: 'About time' NFL demands players stand during anthem
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says “it is about time” that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell demands “that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY.R...
Oct 11, 2017
FIFA suspends Pakistan from international soccer
GENEVA - FIFA suspended Pakistan from international soccer on Wednesday because of government interference after disputed national federation elections. The Pakistan soccer federation’s “o...
Oct 11, 2017
Kyrgios fined $31,085 for incident at Shanghai Masters
SHANGHAI - Nick Kyrgios was fined $31,085 by the ATP on Wednesday after walking off the court during his opening match at the Shanghai Masters a day earlier. The 13th-seeded Australian packed his bag ...
Oct 11, 2017
Vegas Golden Knights rout Coyotes 5-2 in inspired home debut
LAS VEGAS - One by one under the spotlights, the Vegas Golden Knights skated up to take their place behind a first responder to the shooting massacre. The arena then illuminated the victims’ nam...
Oct 11, 2017
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Ottawa 3 Vancouver 2 (SO) Chicago 3 Montreal 1 Columbus 2 Carolina 1 (OT) St. Louis 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 Nashville 6 Philadelphia 5 Dallas 4 Detroit 2 Vegas 5 Arizona 2 — M...
Oct 10, 2017
Stone scores SO winner as Senators beat Canucks in Burrows' return to Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Ottawa Senators finally figured out a way to win a shootout, and in the process made Alexandre Burrows’ return to Vancouver a happy one. Mark Stone scored in the fifth round of t...
Oct 10, 2017
NLDS Game 4 of Nats-Cubs rained out, set to play Wednesday
CHICAGO - The showers came a little late, but the rain that soaked Wrigley Field and washed out Game 4 of the NL Division Series followed Tuesday’s forecast pretty closely. Instead, Washington N...
Oct 10, 2017
DeBrincat scores first NHL goal to lead Blackhawks over Canadiens 3-1
MONTREAL - It was a matter of time before Alex DeBrincat scored his first NHL goal. The five-foot-seven right winger who was a scoring machine for the Erie Otters in junior hockey got his first as a B...
Oct 10, 2017
Golden Knights try to play role in healing Vegas with opener
LAS VEGAS - Hockey fans arrived on the Las Vegas Strip in the crisp desert afternoon, gathering in jovial groups outside the rink. Many wore the striking, multicolored jerseys of the Vegas Golden Knig...
Oct 10, 2017