ZURICH (AP) — The United States set up a quarterfinal showdown with fierce rival Canada at the ice hockey world championship by beating Austria 4-1 on Tuesday. The U.S. and Canada met in the final at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, when the Americans prevailed 2-1 in overtime to ...
MONTREAL (AP) — After being nearly a point-a-game producer and eclipsing 30 goals during the regular season as one of the Carolina Hurricanes' leading scorers, Andrei Svechnikov did not have much to show for his first 10 playoff games this spring. Then came overtime Monday ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The song selection at the New York Knicks' watch party couldn't have been more obvious. Minutes after the Knicks finished their four-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals, the DJ at Radio City Music Hall played Prince's “1999.” That was ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — UCLA was rewarded Monday for its dominant wire-to-wire run through the regular season with the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament. The tournament opens Friday with 16 double-elimination regionals. Winners advance to eight best-of-three super regionals. Those winners move ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Rikuu Nishida was all smiles. There were hugs and laughter. So much laughter. Nishida has brought his infectious enthusiasm to the major leagues. "I just love the game of baseball," he said. Nishida joined the Chicago White Sox on Monday after he was brought up from ...
BALTIMORE (AP) — Dillon Dingler hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Troy Melton and two relievers combined on a three-hitter and the Detroit Tigers stopped an eight-game losing streak by beating the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 Sunday in a doubleheader nightcap. Kevin McGonigle added a ...
