Category Archives: Sports
Olympic organizers in Tokyo disclose total cost estimate
TOKYO - Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics estimate the total cost of hosting the 2020 Games will be between 1.6 and 1.8 trillion yen ($13-$15 billion). The official cost estimate announced Wednesday wa...
Dec 21, 2016
As 'Patriots Day' opens, officer's family seeks recognition
BOSTON - The mayor and others are pressing for recognition for a police officer who died a year after being wounded in a confrontation with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, because the new Mark W...
Dec 20, 2016
Donskoi has first multi-goal game, Sharks beat Flames 4-1
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Joonas Donskoi forgot the feeling of scoring and once he got it back, he wanted to continue it. Donskoi scored twice and the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 Tuesday nigh...
Dec 20, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL N.Y. Islanders 4 Boston 2 Nashville 5 New Jersey 1 Columbus 3 Los Angeles 2 (SO) Pittsburgh 7 N.Y. Rangers 2 Florida 4 Buffalo 3 (SO) Montreal 5 Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 4 Detroit...
Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL N.Y. Islanders 4 Boston 2 Nashville 5 New Jersey 1 Columbus 3 Los Angeles 2 (SO) Pittsburgh 7 N.Y. Rangers 2 Florida 4 Buffalo 3 (SO) Montreal 5 Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 4 Detroit...
Dec 20, 2016
Jannik Hansen scores twice as Vancouver Canucks down Winnipeg Jets 4-1
VANCOUVER - Jannik Hansen’s job is pretty simple once Henrik and Daniel Sedin start buzzing - find an opening and wait for something special. “Whenever they get the puck you let them do th...
Dec 20, 2016
Senators beat Blackhawks 4-3 for 3rd straight win
CHICAGO - Mike Condon was 10 years old the last time Ottawa got a win in Chicago. Yup, it had been that long. Condon made 23 saves, Derick Brassard and Tom Pyatt scored 10 seconds apart during Ottawa&...
Dec 20, 2016
Jagr ties for 2nd in career points, Panthers beat Sabres
SUNRISE, Fla. - Jaromir Jagr isn’t even thinking about retiring. Jagr had three assists to pull into a tie for second place on the NHL’s career points list, Aleksander Barkov and Vincent T...
Dec 20, 2016
Jeff Petry's goal and two assists lifts Canadiens over Ducks 5-1
MONTREAL - With Andrei Markov nursing an upper-body injury and Shea Weber in a scoring slump, the Montreal Canadiens needed a defenceman to step up. It turned out to be Jeff Petry, who scored a goal a...
Dec 20, 2016
Lowry has 23 points, Raptors beat Nets 116-104 in last home game of 2016
TORONTO - While the Raptors were busy running roughshod over the Brooklyn Nets during the fourth quarter Tuesday night, Toronto’s top scorer DeMar DeRozan rested elbows-on-knees on the bench. It...
Dec 20, 2016