Category Archives: Sports

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Stop worrying, downhill racers. The 2018 Olympic course will be faster than you think. The new track in South Korea has been criticized - at a men’s test race last year...

MADRID - It didn’t take long for Diego Maradona to start making headlines on his short trip to Europe. Two days after his arrival, police were called on Wednesday to investigate an altercation i...

ISLAMABAD - A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board says two players accused of involvement in spot-fixing in the Pakistan Super League tournament will face maximum punishments if they confess. S...

LONDON - The degenerative damage potentially caused by repeated blows to the head in soccer has been highlighted by a rare study of brains of a small number of retired players who developed dementia. ...

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson had scouted dozens of strikers in his seemingly endless search for a proven goal-scorer when an old friend suggested one more name. Mau...

Tuesday’s Games NHL Edmonton 5 Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 4 Vancouver 0 Toronto 7 N.Y. Islanders 1 Buffalo 3 Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 5 Dallas 2 Anaheim 1 Minnesota 0 New Jersey 3 Colorado 2 —...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers just had to get back to basics and be patient to re-discover their scoring touch. Leon Draisaitl and Oscar Klefbom each had a goal and two assists as Edmonton overcame a...

WINNIPEG - Patrik Laine likes to score in bunches, especially against the Dallas Stars. Laine had the third hat trick of his rookie season, and second against Dallas, as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a fo...

CHICAGO - Doug McDermott and Jimmy Butler can’t explain the Chicago Bulls’ recent mastery over the Toronto Raptors. They only hope it continues. McDermott scored 20 points, Butler had 19 p...

TORONTO - A loss would’ve knocked the Maple Leafs from a playoff position. Instead, the club delivered a thorough beatdown of the New York Islanders, trouncing them with a season-high ...