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Here are the sports results from Saturday: NHL Carolina 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Dallas 5 Ottawa 4 Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. St. Louis at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Atla...
Canada's Bendus goes from agony to glory in winning Patty Kazmaier Award
Winning the top award in U.S. women's college hockey felt bittersweet for Vicki Bendus. The 20-year-old from Wasaga Beach, Ont., was named the 2010 recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Award, which goes...
Canadians win four medals on second day of short track world championships
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Canada's short-track speedskaters repeated their Olympic success at the world championships Saturday, with four Vancouver 2010 medallists finding their way right back to the podium. ...
Canadian Bendus wins Patty Kazmaier Award as top female player US college hockey
MINNEAPOLIS - Canadian Vicki Bendus is the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top female hockey player in U.S. college hockey. The Wasaga Beach, Ont., native tied for the NCAA lead in points...
Jonathan Kuck wins 1,500 metres to lead World Allround champion Sven Kramer
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - American Jonathan Kuck won the 1,500 metres Saturday to take the overall lead at the World Allround Speedskating championships. Regina's Lucas Makowsky was second, ahead o...
Canadian boarder Justin Lamoureux clinches World Cup halfpipe crown in Spain
LA MOLINA, Spain - Canadian snowboarder Justin Lamoureux clinched this season's World Cup halfpipe crown after finishing third to winner Fredrik Austbo in La Molina on Saturday. Lamoureux, of Squam...
'Exhausted' White withdraws from US Open snowboarding championships
STRATTON, Vt. - Shaun White is "exhausted" and will not compete at the U.S. Open snowboarding championships. The Vancouver Olympic gold medallist was scheduled to compete in the men's halfpipe Satu...
Spain's Oscar Freire Gomez wins Milan-San Remo cycling race after mass sprint
SAN REMO, Italy - Oscar Freire Gomez won the Milan-San Remo race on Saturday after a mass sprint to the finish. The Spaniard crossed the line in six hours 57 minutes 28 seconds ahead of pre-race fa...
Team New Zealand goes up on Mascalzone Latino in Louis Vuitton final
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Team New Zealand beat Mascalzone Latino of Italy by 12 seconds Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five race final at the Louis Vuitton Trophy sailing regatta for Amer...
First musher from Jamaica completes Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The first musher from Jamaica to enter the 1,770-kilometre Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has reached the finish line at Nome, three days after Lance Mackey won for an unprecedented ...
Norway's Marit Bjoergen wins cross-country World Cup pursuit race
FALUN, Sweden - Norway's Marit Bjoergen won the 10-kilometre pursuit Saturday, narrowing the gap with overall World Cup leader Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland. Bjoergen, winner of the pursuit at the Va...
Simone Hauswald of Germany wins 10K World Cup biathlon pursuit
OSLO, Norway - Simone Hauswald of Germany has won a 10-kilometre pursuit in the biathlon World Cup. Hauswald finished in 32 minutes 5.5 seconds despite three missed targets on Saturday. Darya Do...
Obama misses just 3 of 16 games on second day of NCAA tournament
NEW YORK - The presidential bracket is looking pretty good after the first round. U.S. President Barack Obama correctly predicted 13 of 16 winners Friday, the second day of the NCAA tournament. Tha...
Jankovic reaches Indian Wells final; Roddick, Soderling advance to semis
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Jelena Jankovic defeated Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 Friday to reach the women's final of the BNP Paribas Open, where she'll play Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniacki b...
Minnesota-Duluth beats Minnesota 3-2, will face Cornell in NCAA hockey final
MINNEAPOLIS - Under-appreciated Cornell isn't done proving itself against the nation's best college hockey programs. Capitalizing on their first Frozen Four appearance, the Big Red have only one mo...
NBA Roundup: Friday's action
If indeed LeBron James decides to leave Cleveland, fans in Chicago would certainly hail The King. They certainly let out enough cheers along with those oohs and aahs as he soared around the United Cen...
NHL Roundup: Friday's action on the ice
The Edmonton Oilers finally got rookie goaltender Devan Dubnyk his first win, but in classic fashion they didn't make it easy on him. The Oilers were winning 2-1 and holding on for dear life in the...
Rookie Backlund sets up a pair as Flames hold off slumping Sharks 4-3
CALGARY - With the Calgary Flames getting two key points in the Western Conference playoff race, Mikael Backlund could laugh off the embarrassing mistake that almost let the San Jose Sharks back in th...
Friday's March Madness: all the NCAA basketball action
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A quick look at Friday's NCAA tournament action: East Regional No. 12 Cornell 78 No. 5 Temple 65 At Jacksonville, Fla., Ryan Wittman, Louis Dale and Jeff Foote led 12th-s...
Brule's SO winner leads Oilers over Detroit, Red Wings salvage crucial point
EDMONTON - It was beginning to look like rookie goalie Devan Dubynk would never get this first NHL win. The Edmonton Oilers were winning 2-1 and holding on for dear life in the final minutes wh...
Ryan (The Real Deal) Ford wins main event at TFC 10: High Octane
EDMONTON - TFC welterweight champion Ryan (The Real Deal) Ford submitted American Tommy (Farm Boy) Speer to win in the first round at TFC 10: High Octane on Friday night. Ford (12-2) had the best o...
No. 7 Dinos upset No. 2 Capers 82-74 to reach CIS men's basketball semifinal
OTTAWA - The Cape Breton Capers and Calgary Dinos knew their Canadian university men's basketball quarter-final was going to be physical. And when the Capers took more than their share of fouls, th...
Sihota has 25 points to lead Dinos to 82-74 upset win over Capers
OTTAWA - Fifth-year forward Robbie Sihota had 25 points and 11 rebounds as the seventh-seeded Calgary Dinos upset the No. 2 Cape Breton Capers 82-74 at the Canadian university men's basketball tournam...
Top-seeded Carleton Ravens defeat UQAM 83-72 in CIS men's basketball tournament
OTTAWA - Kevin McCleery scored 17 points as the defending-champion Carleton Ravens defeated the UQAM Carabins 83-72 in quarter-final action Friday at the Canadian university men's basketball tournamen...
Toronto Raptors blown out at home, fall 115-89 to Oklahoma City Thunder
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu shattered the sombre quiet of a defeated dressing room, bellowing for an assistant when he returned from the showers to complain, "I can't find my under...
Huskies edge Lancers 71-68 in CIS basketball quarter-final
OTTAWA - The fifth-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies survived a furious second-half charge by the No. 4 Windsor Lancers and held on for a 71-68 win in quarter-final action Friday at the Canadian Interuniver...
Canada's Jones hopes Olympic curling fever carries over into world championship
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Jennifer Jones wants buzz from last month's Olympic curling competition to spill over into the women's world women's championship starting Saturday. Swift Current, Sask., a p...
Olympic gold medal swimmer says sexual abuse problem in competitive youth swimming
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The governing body of U.S. competitive swimming hasn't done enough to address widespread sexual abuse against young girls at swim clubs across America, an Olympic gold medallist sai...
No. 3 Thunderbirds use 21-0 run to down Lakehead 79-58 at CIS championships
OTTAWA - Blain LaBranche scored 14 points while Josh Whyte added 13 and five rebounds as the No. 3 UBC Thunderbirds beat the No. 6 Lakehead Thunderwolves 79-58 Friday at the Canadian university men's ...
Fredette's illness pays off for BYU with Loyd's breakout performance
OKLAHOMA CITY - Losing leading scorer Jimmer Fredette to a mid-season bout with mononucleosis might just have provided the boost BYU needed to break a first-round jinx in the NCAA tournament. It he...
