Category Archives: Sports

ROME - In a story Sept. 7 about the Italian football federation condemning fascist salutes, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Francesco Maria Talo was the Israeli ambassador to Italy. Tal...

OTTAWA - Carey Price will play his first game in 289 days when he starts Canada’s World Cup of Hockey exhibition opener on Friday against the United States. The Montreal Cana...

NEW YORK - Andy Murray lost his way, seven consecutive games and, eventually, his riveting five-set U.S. Open quarterfinal against Kei Nishikori after a loud noise from a malfunctioning sound system i...

CARMEL, Ind. - Out of golf for more than a year, Tiger Woods said Wednesday he hopes to play the first event of the PGA Tour season next month and could play as much as twice more before the end of th...

Kristers Gudlevskis, a little-known fifth-round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning, briefly turned the hockey world upside down in Sochi with an unbelievable 55-save performance that ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Diagnosed with cancer, LSU’s live tiger mascot, Mike VI, won’t take the field during home football games this season but will remain in his habitat instead. The universi...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee promised to co-operate Wednesday with Brazilian authorities in the ticket scalping investigation that has targeted one of its executive boar...

MOSCOW - Alex Ovechkin has been named Russia’s captain for the World Cup of Hockey. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation announced the decision Wednesday. It also says Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsy...

LAS VEGAS - UFC star Miesha Tate says she’s inspired by the tough little girl who broke her arm while hiking near Las Vegas after the mixed martial arts fighter carried the child back down the m...

Tuesday’s Games Men’s World Cup Qualifying Canada 3 El Salvador 1 — MLB American N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 6 Houston 4 Cleveland 3 Baltimore 11 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit 0...