David Beckham gets assist but LA Galaxy lose to Whitecaps 2-1 in Edmonton
May 14, 2008 - 03:32
EDMONTON - David Beckham - bum foot and all - put on a show Tuesday, but it was the Vancouver Whitecaps who took care of the bottom line. Forward Eduardo Sebrango scored on a picture-perfect cross in the 66th minute to propel the Whitecaps to a 2-1 win over Beckham's LA Galaxy before ...
Belgian media reports top-ranked player Justine Henin to quit tennis
May 14, 2008 - 02:32
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Justine Henin is quitting professional tennis, according to a Belgian newspaper. The 25-year-old Henin, the top-ranked player in the world, will make the announcement Wednesday, Het Nieuwsblad reported. Henin has been battling fatigue and not playing well. This year she ...
West scores 38 points, lifts Hornets to 3-2 series lead over Spurs
May 14, 2008 - 02:18
NEW ORLEANS - Back pain couldn't keep David West from taking the court with aggression. The San Antonio Spurs couldn't stop him from dominating. "Back in the locker room, right before we break huddle and come out to the game, we said, 'No excuses,"' West recalled. "Regardless of how I was ...
Baseball roundup: Tuesday's action on the diamonds
May 14, 2008 - 01:16
Six straight wins. Eleven in a row at home. First place in the AL East. The Tampa Bay Rays realize it's only mid-May, but they're having a ball during the best start in franchise history. "I've been around a long time. It's early, but I love the way we're doing it by not giving in to ...
Hamilton-led Pistons eliminate Magic with 91-86 win in Game 5
May 14, 2008 - 01:07
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons missed 64 per cent of their shots and had a rookie filling in for an all-star at point guard. It didn't matter. Detroit set an NBA playoff record with just three turnovers and made just enough shots and stops to advance to their sixth straight ...
SCORECARD:
May 14, 2008 - 00:55
Here are the sports results from Tuesday: NHL Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 1 NBA Detroit 91 Orlando 86 New Orleans 101 San Antonio 79 Baseball American League baseball Toronto 5 Minnesota 3 Cleveland 4 Oakland 0 Baltimore 5 Boston ...
Stairs, Jays offence pick up pace in 5-3 victory over Minnesota
May 14, 2008 - 00:32
MINNEAPOLIS - Kevin Slowey kept throwing, and Scott Rolen just kept fouling them off. It took Slowey 15 pitches before he finally got Rolen to groundout to shortstop in the kind of patient, hard-working at-bat Blue Jays manager John Gibbons has been looking for to jumpstart his woeful ...
Penguins use defensive game to take commanding 3-0 series lead in East final
May 13, 2008 - 23:13
PHILADELPHIA - Mario Lemieux walked over to Michel Therrien in the hallway at Wachovia Center with a smile as big as Pennsylvania. The Hall of Famer and minority owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins shook his head coach's hand and mumbled something to the effect of great job. What else needs ...
New indictment against home run king Barry Bonds unsealed
May 13, 2008 - 22:07
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds was charged in a new indictment Tuesday with 15 felony counts alleging he lied to a grand jury when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs and that he hampered the federal government's doping investigation. The career home run leader originally ...
Switzerland, Norway look for upsets in world championship quarter-finals
May 13, 2008 - 20:04
QUEBEC - Miracle upsets are on the minds of Norway and Switzerland going into the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Wednesday. In Quebec City, the Swiss face Alexander Ovechkin and the powerful Russians while the Czech Republic meets Sweden. In Halifax, Norway faces ...
Canada gets ready for quarter-final with Norway at world championship
May 13, 2008 - 20:02
HALIFAX - One by one, they filed onto the ice with huge smiles - kids in replica Team Canada jerseys, wives clutching cameras, grandparents simply taking it all in. But there was a serious side to family picture day, too. It's one of the last times the whole Canadian entourage could count ...
Top stallion Storm Cat retirees from breeding after producing 160 winners
May 13, 2008 - 19:46
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Storm Cat, one of the top stallions in thoroughbred history, retired Tuesday after 21 years. Overbrook Farm in Lexington announced that the sire of 1994 Preakness winner Tabasco Cat will no longer stand as a stallion. Stallion consultant Ric Waldman said the decision was ...
New York Knicks introduce Mike D'Antoni as their new head coach
May 13, 2008 - 19:00
NEW YORK - Mike D'Antoni is bringing his high-scoring brand of basketball to a Knicks team that seems ill-suited to run it. No matter. The former Phoenix Suns coach figures he'll come up with something that works. "I will adapt what I do. Now I like to play fast, move the ball and all that ...
Miguel Cotto heading West for big Vegas bout against Antonio Margarito
May 13, 2008 - 18:55
Miguel Cotto's welterweight unification title fight with Antonio Margarito will be held in Las Vegas on July 26, The Associated Press learned Tuesday. Cotto, the undefeated WBA champion from Puerto Rico, will headline a Las Vegas card for the first time when he meets IBF champion Margarito ...
Canada and United States to play 4 exhibition games in North Carolina
May 13, 2008 - 18:53
DURHAM, N.C. - The Canadian and American Olympic baseball teams will play four exhibition contests in North Carolina in the leadup to the Beijing Games. The teams will meet at USA Baseball's national training complex in Cary on Aug. 1, then three times in Durham from Aug. 2-4. "It's good ...
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