Category Archives: Sports
Dick's Sporting Goods to buy struggling shoe chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
Dick's Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company in as many weeks as business leaders struggle with uncer...
May 15, 2025
Naples will host the next America's Cup in 2027
ROME (AP) - The next America's Cup will be held off Naples, Italy, in 2027, holder Team New Zealand announced on Thursday. It will be the 38th edition of the world's most famous regatta and the first ...
May 15, 2025
Former hockey player continues testifying at ex-teammates' sex assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by videoconfer...
May 15, 2025
Oilers beat Golden Knights 1-0 in OT in Game 5 to reach Western Conference finals
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Oilers are about a lot more than Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, something the Golden Knights learned the hard way. For Edmonton to get through to the Western Conference final ...
May 14, 2025
Oilers beat Golden Knights 1-0 in OT in Game 5 to reach Western Conference finals
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Kasperi Kapanen scored on a scramble in front of the net at 7:14 of overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 1-0 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to advance to the ...
May 14, 2025
Kapanen's OT winner lifts Oilers past Golden Knights to advance to conference finals
LAS VEGAS - The Edmonton Oilers are moving on to the Western Conference finals once again. Kasperi Kapanen scored the winner at 7:19 of overtime as Edmonton defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 1-0 on We...
May 14, 2025
'It is unwavering': Bobrovsky showing why Panthers have full trust in him
TORONTO - Moments after the Florida Panthers put the finishing touches on their decisive Game 5 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the dressing-room boom box blasted Paul Simon's "You Can Call M...
May 14, 2025
Alejandro Kirk's improved bat speed paying off with improved results at the plate
TORONTO - Physics is at the heart of baseball. Take a 96.9 m.p.h. fastball from Ryan Pepiot, add Alejandro Kirk's bat moving at 75.1 m.p.h., and it equals a 407-foot three-run homer to give the Toront...
May 14, 2025
Rockies fall 8-3 to Rangers and become 1st team to start season 7-36 in modern era
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Colorado Rockies lost 8-3 to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night to become the first team in baseball's modern era to lose 36 of their first 43 games. Wyatt Langford and A...
May 14, 2025
Panthers wallop listless Leafs 6-1 in Game 5 to take 3-2 series lead
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs have gone from the driver's seat to the brink of elimination. Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves as the Florida Panthers dismantled Toronto 6-1 to take a 3-2 lead in the teams' s...
May 14, 2025