Category Archives: Sports
China's Ruoteng Xiao wins gold in men's all-around at gymnastics worlds
MONTREAL - China’s Ruoteng Xiao is the new men’s all-around champion after winning gold on Thursday night at the artistic gymnastics world championships. Xiao finished with a score of 86.9...
Oct 05, 2017
Bauer power: Indians baffle Judge, Yanks 4-0 in ALDS opener
CLEVELAND - Trevor Bauer made Aaron Judge look silly, and made his manager look like a genius. One year after nearly costing the Indians a trip to the World Series, Bauer helped them take the first st...
Oct 05, 2017
Alex Ovechkin scores hat trick as Capitals get past Senators in shootout
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators learned the hard way that Alex Ovechkin is as good as ever. Ovechkin scored a hat trick Thursday night as his Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in a shootou...
Oct 05, 2017
Drouin scores to seal Canadiens 3-2 shootout win over Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Canadiens goalie Carey Price looked his familiar formidable self. And newcomer Jonathan Drouin delivered on offence in leading Montreal to a season-opening 3-2 shootout victory over th...
Oct 05, 2017
Altuve hits 3 homers, Astros beat Red Sox 8-2 in ALDS opener
HOUSTON - Jose Altuve had just arrived in the Astros dugout after launching his third home run of the game when George Springer grabbed his right biceps and examined it, as if searching for an explana...
Oct 05, 2017
Thorns seek redemption after last year's early exit
When the season started, Portland Thorns captain Christine Sinclair of Canada said anything less than a championship would be a disappointment. That’s because last season’s exit in the Nat...
Oct 05, 2017
Bombers say they need to 'take care of business' against scrappy Tiger-Cats
WINNIPEG - Matt Nichols has seen a lot unexpected things happen in the final stretch of a CFL season. What the Blue Bombers quarterback doesn’t want to occur Friday is his 10-3 Bombers losing to...
Oct 05, 2017
Jaromir Jagr battles rust, fatigue in first skate as a Calgary Flame
CALGARY - Jet lag, altitude, a summer in limbo and age all had Jaromir Jagr bending over to catch his breath a lot in his first skate as a Calgary Flame. The 45-year-old right-winger, who had arrived ...
Oct 05, 2017
Kane sends England to World Cup with 1-0 win over Slovenia
LONDON - Harry Kane secured England’s place at the World Cup by scoring in stoppage time to seal a 1-0 victory over Slovenia on Thursday that highlighted the limitations of Gareth Southgate̵...
Oct 05, 2017
Lewandowski hat trick puts Poland close to qualifying
YEREVAN, Armenia - Robert Lewandowski scored a hat trick to become Poland’s all-time highest scorer and put his team on the verge of qualifying for the World Cup after beating Armenia 6-1 on Thu...
Oct 05, 2017