Category Archives: Sports

WADA insists Russia must accept findings of doping report
MOSCOW - Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency were once again at loggerheads Thursday following WADA’s demand that the Russian government must accept the findings of a report which accused it...
Aug 03, 2017
Predators captain Fisher retires after 17 seasons in NHL
Nashville Predators forward Mike Fisher has retired in what he calls the hardest decision he’s had to make, leaving the defending Stanley Cup finalists in need of a new captain. The 37-year-old ...
Aug 03, 2017
Israeli soccer team targeted in 'anti-Semitic' Polish attack
WARSAW, Poland - Masked soccer hooligans attacked staff members travelling with an Israeli soccer team following a friendly match in Poland, in what the Israeli Embassy said Thursday was an “ant...
Aug 03, 2017
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 5 Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland at Boston, ppd. Detroit 2 N.Y. Yankees 0 Baltimore 6 Kansas City 0 Tampa Bay 3 Houston 0 Texas 5 Seattle 1 National ...
Aug 02, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 5 Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland at Boston, ppd. Detroit 2 N.Y. Yankees 0 Baltimore 6 Kansas City 0 Tampa Bay 3 Houston 0 Texas 5 Seattle 1 National ...
Aug 02, 2017

Real Madrid edges MLS All-Stars on penalties, 4-2
CHICAGO - As consolation prizes go, it wasn’t much. But it’s all the MLS All-Stars have. “I believe the league showed a good face against one of the best teams in the world,” c...
Aug 02, 2017
Penguins preseason game moved from "Hockeyville" winner
PITTSBURGH - A suburban Pittsburgh ice rink that won the right to host a Pittsburgh Penguins preseason contest will instead have to settle for a ticketed practice by the Stanley Cup champions after th...
Aug 02, 2017

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse out of world championships with injury
LONDON - Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse will miss the upcoming world championships due to a torn right hamstring. De Grasse suffered the injury on Monday during a training session at Mile End Stadi...
Aug 02, 2017

Happ strikes out 10, Blue Jays top White Sox 5-1
CHICAGO - Pitching in his home state for the first time since 2013, J.A. Happ looked more like the 20-game winner from a year ago than he has lately. The left-hander had a season-high 10 strikeouts in...
Aug 02, 2017
Wax museum seeks Tom Brady's help to improve 'creepy' statue
BOSTON - A new wax museum is asking New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for help to improve a wax replica of him that has been ridiculed online. The Dreamland Wax Museum in Boston features a st...
Aug 02, 2017