Category Archives: Sports
Hawks promote Canada's Saleh to replace fired Landry Fields as general manager
The Atlanta Hawks promoted Edmonton's Onsi Saleh to general manager after firing Landry Fields on Monday. Landry was GM for three seasons in Atlanta, with the team missing the playoffs in the last two...
Apr 21, 2025
Veteran Oilers forward Jeff Skinner set to snap 15-season playoff drought
LOS ANGELES - Jeff Skinner has experienced a lot over 1,078 NHL games. The energy and excitement of a playoff game, though, have eluded him so far. That will change Monday when Skinner and the Edmonto...
Apr 21, 2025
Montreal's Diallo advances to second round of Madrid Open qualifying
MADRID - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran on Monday. Th...
Apr 21, 2025
'The runners are coming': Boston Marathon helps celebrate 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
BOSTON (AP) - Paul Revere rode down Boylston Street to the Boston Marathon finish line - or almost there, as it turned out - proclaiming "the runners are coming" on Monday morning as the world's oldes...
Apr 21, 2025
Canada's prep for 2026 Olympic women's hockey tournament radically revised
ESK BUDJOVICE - How Canada prepares to win another Olympic gold medal in women's hockey is going to be dramatically different. The six-team Professional Women's Hockey League is now able to provide a ...
Apr 21, 2025
Howden scores twice and Golden Knights beat Wild 4-2 in Game 1
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brett Howden had never scored double-digit goals until this season. Then he went out and scored 23. Turns out, Howden isn't finished. He had what turned out to be the game-winning goa...
Apr 20, 2025
NHL linesman injured in Game 1 of Wild-Golden Knights playoff series
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Linesman Bryan Pancich left Sunday night's Minnesota-Vegas playoff game 3:37 into the second period after a collision with Golden Knights forward Brett Howden. Backup official Frederi...
Apr 20, 2025
Howden scores twice, Golden Knights beat Wild 4-2 in Game 1
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brett Howden scored two goals, and the Vegas Golden Knights opened their first-round Western Conference playoff series with a 4-2 victory Sunday night over the Minnesota Wild. Tomas H...
Apr 20, 2025
Hurricanes take Game 1 over Devils 4-1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Logan Stankoven scored two second-period goals in his first playoff game with Carolina as the Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Sunday to open their first-round series ...
Apr 20, 2025
Lack of discipline proves costly as Senators drop first-round series opener to Leafs
TORONTO - The Ottawa Senators made their first appearance in the NHL post-season in eight years on Sunday night. Their lack of playoff experience showed in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Sco...
Apr 20, 2025