Category Archives: Sports
IOC to discuss LA-Paris double Olympic host picks on June 9
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The IOC’s decision on whether to award Olympic hosting rights to both Los Angeles and Paris could be announced on June 9. The IOC said Friday that its executive board wil...
May 19, 2017
Amid cancer recurrence, Holly Rowe gets extension at ESPN
NEW YORK - Between dashing for interviews with coaches and chatting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Holly Rowe was back in her element Thursday night. It was a welcome respite for ESPN’s vete...
May 19, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games NHL Playoffs Third Round Anaheim 3 Nashville 2 (OT) (Series tied 2-2) — World Hockey Championship Quarter-finals At Cologne, Germany Finland 2 U.S. 0 Canada 2 Germnay 1 At...
May 18, 2017
Ducks even Western finals at 2, beating Predators 3-2 in OT
NASHVILLE - Corey Perry just keeps finding the net in overtime this post-season, and his third goal in extra time helped the Ducks tie the Western Conference finals at 2-2. Perry’s shot deflecte...
May 18, 2017
Stroman hits first HR; Blue Jays top Teheran, Braves 9-0
ATLANTA - John Gibbons thought Marcus Stroman might be the perfect choice to stop the Toronto Blue Jays’ skid after three straight losses to Atlanta. The manager didn’t expect Stroman to p...
May 18, 2017
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson posts mocking tweet of Braves
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson added to the budding rivalry between Toronto and the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night - but online. Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman had his wrist broken by ...
May 18, 2017
Police investigating death of man who fell at Wrigley Field
Chicago police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old man who fell over a railing at Wrigley Field. Richard E. Garrity of Wheaton was pronounced dead Wednesday at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medic...
May 18, 2017
Sens bottling up Crosby, high-powered Pens with aggravating approach
OTTAWA - Phil Kessel fired the puck hard into the sideboards during a lull in Penguins practice at the University of Ottawa, then bent to one knee and seemed to stew in his own frustration. Kessel had...
May 18, 2017
Canada will play Russia in world championship semifinal with win over Germany
COLOGNE, Germany - Canada had to overcome a vocal partisan crowd and a fired-up Germany squad to keep its chances of a third straight world hockey championship title alive. Mark Scheifele and Jeff Ski...
May 18, 2017
Raonic advances to Italian Open quarter-finals with convincing win over Berdych
ROME - Canada’s Milos Raonic advanced to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Czech veteran Tomas Berdych. The fifth seed from Thornhill, Ont., used his do...
May 18, 2017