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China's Ruoteng Xiao wins gold in men's all-around at gymnastics worlds
MONTREAL - China’s Ruoteng Xiao is the new men’s all-around champion after winning gold on Thursday night at the artistic gymnastics world championships. Xiao finished with a score of 86.9...
Oct 06, 2017
Bauer power: Indians baffle Judge, Yanks 4-0 in ALDS opener
CLEVELAND - Trevor Bauer made Aaron Judge look silly, and made his manager look like a genius. One year after nearly costing the Indians a trip to the World Series, Bauer helped them take the first st...
Oct 06, 2017
NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris acquitted of assault
PHOENIX - A Phoenix jury acquitted NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris in their aggravated assault trial Tuesday. The Morris brothers have been on trial for the past two weeks on charges that they ...
Oct 06, 2017
Capitals' Tom Wilson gets 4-game suspension for boarding
ARLINGTON, Va. - After four seasons of playing on the edge without incurring a suspension, Tom Wilson has now been disciplined twice in less than two weeks and is on notice. The NHL suspended the Wash...
Oct 06, 2017
Whitecaps midfielder Yordy Reyna gets Peru call-up for World Cup qualifying
VANCOUVER - Yordy Reyna has been called up by Peru for a pair of crucial World Cup qualifiers, ruling him out of the Vancouver Whitecaps’ game against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Head co...
Oct 06, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games MLB Post-season American League Division Series Houston 8 Boston 2 (Astros lead series 1-0) Cleveland 4 New York 0 (Indians lead series 1-0) — NHL Montreal 3 Buffalo 2 (SO...
Oct 06, 2017
Balanced, four-line attack good news for swift-footed young Canadiens
BROSSARD, Que. - Coach Claude Julien likes to use four balanced lines, and that is good news for the Montreal Canadiens’ young players. Nineteen-year-old defenceman Victor Mete, 22-year-old cent...
Oct 06, 2017
New look, same booming shot: Jets' Laine ready for sophomore season
WINNIPEG - Patrik Laine isn’t a fresh-faced rookie any longer. You can tell just by looking at him. After the Winnipeg Jets selected him second overall in last year’s NHL draft, the Finnis...
Oct 06, 2017
Alex Ovechkin scores hat trick as Capitals get past Senators in shootout
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators learned the hard way that Alex Ovechkin is as good as ever. Ovechkin scored a hat trick Thursday night as his Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in a shootou...
Oct 06, 2017
Canada's Erin McLeod and wife Ella Masar McLeod sing a song for Laura
TORONTO - Call it a song for Laura. Canadian international goalkeeper Erin McLeod and wife Ella Masar McLeod have released a song in memory of a former teammate of Masar McLeod’s. Proceeds from ...
Oct 06, 2017