Category Archives: Sports

Probe of jetty sought as service held for Marlins' Fernandez
MIAMI - Somber Miami Marlins players and personnel escorted a hearse carrying the body of star pitcher Jose Fernandez from the team’s ballpark Wednesday as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio sought a safety ...
Sep 28, 2016

Banned Rose appeals to Hall of Fame for eligibility
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Pete Rose is appealing directly to baseball’s Hall of Fame to restore his eligibility, arguing the lifetime ban he agreed to in 1989 was never intended to keep him out of Cooper...
Sep 28, 2016

Abdul-Jabbar writing book about UCLA coach John Wooden
NEW YORK - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s next book will be a fond look back at his long friendship with John Wooden, the celebrated basketball coach at UCLA. “Coach Wooden and Me” will be pu...
Sep 28, 2016
Canada unhappy in victory; Crosby still surging; Price delivers best game of World Cup
TORONTO - The Canadians edged Team Europe with a 3-1 win in Game 1 of the best-of-three World Cup of Hockey final. Here are five things to know from the victory: 1. Canada wasn’t pleased despite...
Sep 28, 2016
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games World Cup of Hockey Game 1 of Final Canada 3 Europe 1 — NHL Pre-season Montreal 5 Washington 2 Buffalo 3 Ottawa 2 (OT) Calgary 3 Winnipeg 0 San Jose 3 Vancouver 2 (OT) Flor...
Sep 27, 2016

Canada forward Steven Stamkos finally gets a goal at World Cup of Hockey
TORONTO - Steven Stamkos is one of the NHL’s most prolific scorers, but the World Cup of Hockey has not been as kind to the Team Canada forward. He finally ended his long scoring droug...
Sep 27, 2016

Canada vows to clean up sloppy play, edges Europe in uneven performance
TORONTO - In between periods and again after the game Team Canada talked about it. “We didn’t play our best hockey there’s no question about that,” Canadian forward Brad M...
Sep 27, 2016

Kulak scores twice, Calgary blanks Winnipeg in NHL exhibition
WINNIPEG - Brett Kulak wants to show the Calgary Flames that he belongs with them this season. The defenceman took some steps toward doing that on Tuesday, scoring a pair of goals and adding an assist...
Sep 27, 2016

Mitchell scores twice as Montreal beats Washington in NHL exhibition
MONTREAL - Alexander Radulov knows how to make a first impression. In his much-anticipated Canadiens debut, Radulov scored and added an assist to lead Montreal to a 5-2 victory over the Washington Cap...
Sep 27, 2016

Sanchez, Carrera open up two-game lead on wild card with win over Orioles
TORONTO - If Tuesday night was Aaron Sanchez’s last start of the regular season, he’ll be happy with the way his first full year in Toronto’s starting rotation played out. But he won...
Sep 27, 2016