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Alex Ovechkin is on track to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 875 goals and needs 20 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 sho...
Jan 24, 2025
Canada's Dabrowski and New Zealand's Routliffe drop women's doubles semifinal
MELBOURNE - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe dropped a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3 decision to Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko and Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh in women's doubles semifinal play F...
Jan 24, 2025
Oilers avenge chippy loss to Canucks with an emphatic 6-2 victory
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers had a bad taste in their mouth after their last game against the Vancouver Canucks, but they enjoyed some revenge on Thursday with a 6-2 victory. Zach Hyman had two goal...
Jan 24, 2025
An injured Novak Djokovic stops in the Australian Open semifinals against Alexander Zverev
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - An injured Novak Djokovic quit after dropping the first set of his Australian Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday. Djokovic lost the opener 7-6 (5) in a tiebr...
Jan 23, 2025
An injured Novak Djokovic stops in the Australian Open semifinals against Alexander Zverev
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - An injured Novak Djokovic quit after dropping the first set of his Australian Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday. Djokovic lost the opener 7-6 (5) in a tiebr...
Jan 23, 2025
Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl lead Oilers to 6-2 victory over Canucks
EDMONTON - Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday. The win came five days after the ...
Jan 23, 2025
Three-point night from Huberdeau helps Flames to 5-2 win over Sabres
CALGARY - Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal, two assists, and was a plus-four on Thursday to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. Nazem Kadri also had a goal and two assists w...
Jan 23, 2025
Scottie Barnes, Raptors hold off Hawks 122-119 for just second road win of season
ATLANTA (AP) - Scottie Barnes had 25 points, including a key basket in the final minute, and the Toronto Raptors picked up their second road win of the season with a 122-119 victory over the Atlanta H...
Jan 23, 2025
Recording captured ex-interpreter impersonating Ohtani to transfer $200,000, prosecutors say
A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani 's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted to transfer $200,000 fo...
Jan 23, 2025
Korpisalo makes 29 saves against former team in Bruins' 2-0 victory over Senators
BOSTON (AP) - Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves against his former team, David Pastrnak set up Morgan Geekie's goal and added an empty-netter and the Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Thursda...
Jan 23, 2025