Canadiens outlast Oilers in shootout (Video) Jaroslav Halak and the Montreal Canadiens took advantage of a timely game against the NHL's worst team. Andrei Kostitsyn scored on Montreal's fifth shootout attempt and Halak turned aside five shots in the tiebreaker to help the Canadiens. 3/12/2010 6:56:27 AM
Speculation mounts over Tiger Woods comeback Speculation is growing that Tiger Woods will make his return. In February, Woods said he did not know when he would return, but he has been working out with his coach Hank Haney. "If he wasn't going to play for six months, why would Hank be there?" said Australian pro Roger Allenby, a Florida neighbour of Woods. 3/12/2010 6:48:35 AM
Roberto Luongo joins Paralympic torch relay One of the most popular stars of the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team took part in the Paralympic torch relay on Thursday, but organizers say the real stars will be the Paralympians themselves when the Games open in Vancouver on Friday. 3/12/2010 5:19:55 AM
Penticton Vees prep for desperate Warriors A desperate team playing on home ice in the playoffs can be a dangerous combination. The Penticton Vees are expecting the Westside Warriors to come with their best effort tonight (7 p.m., AM-800 radio) as the best-of-seven shifts to Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna. 3/12/2010 4:48:30 AM
NHL GMs agree on blindside hit rule (next year) The NHL's general managers agreed on Wednesday to introduce a rule banning blindside hits to the head. The proposal will be sent to the league's competition committee for review and then it will go to the board of governors in the summer for approval. 3/11/2010 7:41:42 AM
Roethlisberger Admits Sexual "Contact" Ben Roethlisberger admitted to police he had sexual contact with a woman accusing him of sexual assault, but denies the two had intercourse. Roethlisberger denied there was an assault, and told cops the woman, 20, slipped and fell after the sexual contact, injuring her head. 3/11/2010 6:24:08 AM
Canucks finish road trip with a 4-3 shootout loss in Arizona Fourteen games, 42 days and nearly 20,000 kilometres since they last played at home on Jan. 27, the Vancouver Canucks had to go an extra five minutes of overtime plus a shootout on Wednesday against the Phoenix Coyotes. 3/11/2010 6:05:29 AM
Sedins donate $1.5 million toward new B.C. Children's Hospital Daniel and Henrik Sedin are exceptional hockey players — and outstanding citizens off the ice, having donated $1.5 million to a new B.C. Children’s Hospital. “Henrik and I, along with our families, feel very fortunate to live and work in this great city and province,” Daniel said 3/11/2010 5:42:10 AM
Olympic experience amazing for Justin Kripps Summerland’s Justin Kripps said his four-man team with Pierre Lueders, Neville Wright and Jesse Lumsden was pleased with fifth at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. “We got unlucky the first day with the snow and crashes in front of us but we fought hard through it and gave it our best,” he said. 3/10/2010 4:52:51 PM
Surging Canucks end lengthy road trip in Arizona When the NHL season began back in October, many in the hockey world wondered if the Vancouver Canucks could handle a gruelling 14-game road trip while the Olympics occupied the city. After all, the long grind that began more than a month ago would go along way in determining the team's playoff fate. 3/10/2010 4:37:54 PM
Gold-medallist to lend voice to Valley fete Olympic skeleton gold medallist Jon Montgomery will be the auctioneer at a fundraising event in Kelowna next month. Montgomery will attend the Canadian Cancer Society‘s sixth annual Gala of Hope, April 10 at the Delta Grand hotel. The Russell, Man., native makes his living as an auctioneer. 3/10/2010 3:51:35 PM
Disgraced track star Jones joins Women’s NBA Disgraced US athletics star Marion Jones, stripped of five medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, returned to sport on Wednesday, being named the newest player of the Women’s NBA Tulsa Shock. After years of angry denials, Jones admitted in 2007 that she was a dope cheat. 3/10/2010 3:42:57 PM
Sidney Crosby's golden stick and glove recovered: Not stolen, just missing Hockey Canada said Wednesday Sidney Crosby's gold-medal stick and glove have been found, and that they were simply misplaced rather than stolen. The missing items, which are bound to become treasured souvenirs in Canada's Hockey Hall of Fame, sparked a furious search and the offer of a $10,000 reward from manufacturer Reebok. 3/10/2010 2:06:39 PM
Adult sports and arts groups lose gambling grants An overhauled grant program will restrict non-profit sports and arts organizations to using B.C. government gambling revenues for young people and the disabled. Wildlife rescue and other environmental organizations will have to raise their own funds to keep going, as will sports and arts groups that cater to adults. 3/10/2010 5:33:53 AM
Vees power way to Game 1 win On a night they weren‘t at their best, the Penticton Vees were bailed out by their all-star goaltender and their league-leading power play. Denver Manderson and Beau Bennett notched power play goals as the Vees topped the Westside Warriors 3-1. Vernon Vipers beat Quesnel 6 - 2 in their opener. 3/10/2010 5:23:38 AM
Canucks storm back from 3-0, shock Avalanche 6-4 On a night where the Vancouver Canucks looked flat and fatigued on the 13th stop of a tortuous 14-game road trip, they lethargically fell behind 3-0 in the opening period. The issue seemed to be settled and the Canucks dead and buried. 3/9/2010 8:57:12 PM
Unfair to criticize Crosby for turning down Letterman Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ray Shero doesn't think it was fair Sidney Crosby received criticism after declining an opportunity to appear on The Late Show With David Letterman. "At some point, there's a responsibility — that he takes very seriously — about being a hockey player and preparing," Shero said. (Ed: Letterman? Big deal...) 3/9/2010 8:49:00 PM
Flames bump Red Wings from 8th in NHL West (Video) The Calgary Flames two best players pulled their teammates to a critical victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. The Flames appeared down and out in Detroit, but netminder Miikka Kiprusoff held his team close and then captain Jarome Iginla went to work in the third period. 3/9/2010 8:45:52 PM
Canadiens victorious in critical East matchup (Video) Scott Gomez scored a goal and set up two others as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Tuesday night for their fourth win in five games since the Olympic break. Mathieu Darche, with two, Glen Metropolit and Benoit Pouliot also scored for Montreal. 3/9/2010 8:44:16 PM
Tiger back in swing of things with coach Tiger Woods is swinging again - but this time it's with a golf club and his return to the PGA Tour could be imminent. Woods has been working with swing coach Hank Haney on the driving range at Isleworth since Sunday, the Daily News has confirmed through several sources. 3/9/2010 8:01:47 PM
New York Yankees star slugger Alex Rodriguez's silence is a prescription for trouble Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes admit that they were treated by Tony Galea, the Canadian doctor now being investigated by authorities in both Canada and the United States. One of the reasons that Galea is being investigated is because one of his assistants got stopped by border police in Buffalo last fall with human growth hormone. 3/9/2010 7:59:10 PM
BC Lions release quarterback Buck Pierce Casey Printers and Buck Pierce both reach their 29th birthdays later this year, but that will be the only common ground for the quarterbacks who are no longer teammates. A day after announcing a contract extension to Printers, the B.C. Lions released Pierce. 3/9/2010 6:58:15 PM
Roberto Luongo to light flame to welcome Paralympians More than 500 athletes from more than 40 countries are expected to participate in the Paralympic Winter Games. The Paralympic torch relay will have 600 torchbearers in all. (Ed: Blind Keremeos resident Heather Walkus and her service dog Nimitz will be running the torch Friday morning in Vancouver.) 3/9/2010 6:46:51 PM
A-Rod 'at ease' with investigation into Canadian doctor who treated him Alex Rodriguez says he is "at ease, no matter what" with his relationship with a Canadian sports doctor embroiled in a cross-border drug smuggling investigation involving human growth hormone and another drug. 3/9/2010 11:40:27 AM
40 wins in 65 games: How the Cancuks got to this point If the season comes apart at the seams, the record will be reduced to a thread of trivia. However, it's hard to argue that reaching the 40-win plateau faster than any team in franchise history won't propel the Vancouver Canucks to a strong stretch drive and considerable postseason success. 3/9/2010 11:28:31 AM
Olympics: Progress made in search for Crosby gear Reebok says its tipline and $10,000 reward for Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic glove and stick are already paying dividends. Len Rhodes, vice president for Reebok Hockey CCM, says the tipline is producing everything from encouraging comments to claims of “potential information.” 3/9/2010 6:56:10 AM
Canucks prospect Hodgson back on injured list with broken foot Cody Hodgson is back on the injured list. No, it's not the famously bad back. It's a fractured bone in his foot, suffered three games into his return to hockey with his Brampton Battalion junior hockey team. The good news is that the back is fine. 3/9/2010 5:50:19 AM
Penticton Peewees need win to advance The host Penticton Vees can advance to the semifinals of the provincial peewee tier 2 hockey championships with a victory in their last round-robin game today at Memorial Arena. The last round-robin game at the eight-team tourney is at 11 am. as Campbell River plays Quesnel. 3/9/2010 5:46:48 AM
Sledge hockey captain to carry Canada’s flag at Paralympics Jean Labonte, captain of the Canadian sledge hockey team, was selected Monday as flag-bearer for Canada at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. The 40-year-old native of Gatineau, Que., has competed in three previous Paralympics. 3/9/2010 5:19:21 AM
Apex Mountain Resort Busy Through Spring Break Mother Nature is helping Apex Mountain Resort this Spring Break. GM James Shalman says spring like temperatures caused some of the white stuff to melt last week, but those conditions have turned a 180 degrees which good news for those hitting the slopes. 3/8/2010 5:11:58 PM
"Everybody else gets screwed" except the Yankees and Red Sox By Craig Calcaterra - The most interesting thing to me: everyone says that those pitch-striker strike zone boxes used on TV broadcasts are ridiculously off, which is something I've suspected for a while. "They should say at the bottom of the screen, 'This is for entertainment purposes only,'" Palermo says. 3/8/2010 4:05:17 PM
NASCAR Opinion: Edwards isn't the next Intimidator.. I suspect that during his time as a college student at the University of Missouri, Carl Edwards took a lot of tests. Some were probably of the multiple-choice variety. Late Sunday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway, he took another, and if I were grading his answer, he would get a failing grade. 3/8/2010 3:53:57 PM
Jamaican dogsled team seeks Iditarod title (Video) If you're following the Iditarod, and I'm sure you are, then you know that Newton Marshall is currently in 23rd place as the event enters its third day. That's significant because Marshall is the musher for the Jamaican dogsled team, which sounds totally made up by I assure you it's real. 3/8/2010 3:26:50 PM
Pittsburg QB Roethlisberger’s attorney says no sexual assault A high-profile defense attorney hired by Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Monday disputed a college student’s claim that the two-time Super Bowl winner sexually assaulted her at a Georgia nightclub. The 20-year-old told police Roethlisberger, who had been out barhopping with friends, assaulted her early Friday. 3/8/2010 3:04:22 PM
Contador hurts leg, Henderson wins first stage Tour de France champion Alberto Contador lost time on the leaders and suffered a painful knock to his leg when he crashed toward the end of the first stage of Paris-Nice on Monday. The race favorite crashed three km from the finish in Contres after being dropped from the front. 3/8/2010 2:27:29 PM
Court told NFL sanctions inconsistent The lawyer for two Minnesota Vikings players who tested positive for a banned diuretic told a judge on Monday that the NFL's anti-doping rules are applied inconsistently. Kevin and Pat Williams, lawyer Peter Ginsberg said the players' reputations have been tainted. 3/8/2010 2:25:47 PM
Lions' Printers agrees to contract extension Casey Printers' second tour of duty with the BC Lions is set to continue. The quarterback and the CFL club have agreed to a two-year contract extension plus an option for a third which would replace his current deal, the team announced Sunday night. 3/8/2010 1:41:36 PM
Oliver Crokinole championship still has player openings They call him “Crokinole Clif,” and his current mission is to bring crokinole lovers from all over to play in the B.C. Crokinole Championship. “It's open to anyone who has played crokinole,” said Clif Antypowich, founder of a new club called the Crokinole Players of B.C. 3/8/2010 7:37:54 AM
Canucks win: More 3rd period magic (Video) The Vancouver Canucks scored three times in the third period to earn a 4-2 comeback win on the road over the Nashville Predators on Sunday. With the game tied 2-2, Predators J.P. Dumont and Denis Grebeshkov collided in the neutral zone and Kyle Wellwood found Jannik Hansen with a stretch pass. 3/8/2010 6:59:53 AM
NASCAR looking closely into incident of 'retaliation' Brad Keselowski called for fellow Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards to be suspended for at least one race after Edwards wrecked him Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition for NASCAR, said the governing body would take its time in examining all the facts. 3/8/2010 6:57:12 AM
Canada's Guay wins World Cup super-G (Video) Erik Guay had twice come within an eyelash of making the podium during the just-completed Winter Games at Vancouver/Whistler and seemed ready to break out. That's just what the Canadian did on Sunday in Kvitfjell, Norway, racing down the 1994 Olympic course to win a World Cup super-G. 3/8/2010 6:44:13 AM
Hometown Flyers defeat Leafs Jeff Carter, Simon Gagne and Danny Briere each had a goal and Chris Pronger added two assists as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Sunday evening at the Wachovia Center. Michael Leighton made 27 saves for his 15th win as the Flyers gained two big points. 3/8/2010 6:42:51 AM
Bruins' Savard leaves game on stretcher (Video) Boston Bruins forward Marc Savard left Sunday's game on a stretcher after taking a vicious hit to the head from the Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Cooke. Cooke's shoulder made clear and hard contact with Savard's head, sending him down hard. But Cooke was not penalized on the play. 3/8/2010 6:40:59 AM
Canadiens find winning ways on West Coast Tomas Plekanec and the Montreal Canadiens return home with renewed confidence as they prepare for a week that could go a long way in determining their playoff fate. Plekanec snapped a shot to the back of the net blocker side past Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller in Round 4 of the shootout. 3/8/2010 6:37:48 AM
Five-goal 2nd period lifts Wings past ’Hawks Pavel Datsyuk capped a five-goal second period and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat Chicago 5-4 on Sunday, spoiling a hat track by the Blackhawks's Andrew Ladd. Duncan Keith opened the scoring for Chicago at the 4:24 mark. Detroit came back from a 2-0 deficit to win for the fourth time in five games. 3/8/2010 6:22:17 AM
Gold medalist donates $10,000 to KGH Foundation Team Canada defenceman Shea Weber hasn't forgotten his ties to the Okanagan. The former Kelowna Rocket strongly advocated for a $10,000 donation to be made by the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation to Kelowna General Hospital Foundation. 3/8/2010 5:23:52 AM
More 3rd period magic for Canucks win The Vancouver Canucks scored three times in the third period to earn a 4-2 comeback win on the road over the Nashville Predators on Sunday afternoon. Jannik Hansen's breakaway goal at 14:18 of the third put Vancouver up for good. It was the ninth time that the Canucks have rallied after two periods. 3/7/2010 4:06:47 PM
Reservist injured in Afghanistan carries Paralympic torch Trevor Greene won a gold medal Saturday in the hearts of those who watched the former Canadian Forces reservist push his wheelchair slowly down Lyall Street in Esquimalt, moving the Paralympic flame on a 31-leg tour of Greater Victoria. No one put more effort into the task than Greene. 3/7/2010 6:25:59 AM
Kilted skiers set 'world record' More than 200 skiers and snowboarders have set a new "world record" for the most people in kilts going down a run/piste. A totals of 235 intermediate and advanced level skiers took part in the attempt, which organisers described as a "fantastic spectacle". 3/7/2010 6:11:12 AM
One third of Quebecers want own Olympic team: survey The national survey of 1,500 Canadians was conducted last week. Eighty-six per cent of the country's overall population - including 79 per cent of those polled in Quebec - said the sight of Canadian athletes on the Olympic medal podium left them feeling "a stronger sense of pride in Canada." 3/7/2010 5:58:28 AM
Peewee Vees hosting provincials starting Sunday Rod MacMurchy is realistic about the host Penticton Vees chances of winning the B.C. Peewee Tier 2 Hockey Championship that run from Sunday to Wednesday at Memorial Arena. “If we get all 17 players showing up, we should be very competitive,” said the Vees head coach. 3/7/2010 5:21:53 AM
Harvick earns seventh career Truck victory Eluding danger for most of Saturday's E-Z-GO 200, Kevin Harvick drove his No. 2 Chevrolet ahead of several wrecks and into Victory Lane at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Harvick was able to pit under caution late in the race, allowing the No. 2 to get four new tires and maintain his lead over Kyle Busch. 3/6/2010 6:48:59 PM
Sidney Crosby's double leads Pens past Stars Sidney Crosby's big game helped the Pittsburgh Penguins overcome a two-goal deficit for the second straight game. Crosby had two goals and an assist and the Penguins scored the final five goals in a 6-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday for their third consecutive win since Olympic break ended. 3/6/2010 6:17:42 PM
NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson: Swiftly to 50 It's the Fastest to 50 Club, and Sprint Cup drivers experience only a very narrow window to attempt joining the exclusive group. Once in, future success at the same amazing rate is not guaranteed. Just ask Jeff Gordon. He reached the 50-win plateau faster than anyone in the history of NASCAR, needing just 232 Cup starts. 3/6/2010 11:19:46 AM
Roethlisberger accused of sexual assault again A jovial night of bar-hopping in a central Georgia college town ended in a new allegation against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after a 20-year-old college student told police he sexually assaulted her in a nightclub. 3/6/2010 11:17:28 AM
$10K reward for Crosby's lost Olympic gear Reebok Canada is offering a $10,000 reward for the return of Sidney Crosby's stick and a glove, which went missing after he scored in overtime to give Canada the gold medal in men's hockey at the Vancouver Olympics last Sunday. Hockey Canada and Reebok, Crosby's major sponsor, want the equipment back. 3/6/2010 9:42:58 AM
Blackhawks chase Luongo (Video) The Canucks' NHL record 14-game road trip probably can't end soon enough for Roberto Luongo. Only five days removed from a gold-medal win with Team Canada at the Vancouver Olympics, he allowed five goals on 14 shots before head coach Alain Vigneault sat him after one period. 3/6/2010 5:51:48 AM
Mush! Despite money woes, Iditarod returns The 38th running of the world's most famous sled dog race begins Saturday amid depleted finances that have slashed the cash purse even as the cost of competitive mushing continues to climb. Yet the mystique of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race keeps drawing mushers from around the world. 3/6/2010 5:29:30 AM
Comrie scores in regulation and shootout as Oilers down Wild The Edmonton Oilers celebrated Fan Appreciation Night by rewarding their faithful with a rare win. Mike Comrie scored in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Oilers snapped a three-game losing skid, defeating the Minnesota Wild 2-1 Friday night. 3/6/2010 4:29:47 AM
Weems, Raptors beat Knicks without hospitalized star Bosh Somewhere, Chris Bosh was in a hospital room, hooked into an IV drip. Hedo Turkoglu, one of his Toronto Raptors teammates, was playing on an ankle so sore it needed a fresh wrapping of tape during the game, and yet another player was sent to the room for repairs on an open wound in the second half. 3/6/2010 4:27:27 AM
Langkow, Flames explode in second period to beat Devils Daymond Langkow's first goal in 22 games opened the floodgates Friday night as the Calgary Flames beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3. With just 12 goals this year after seven straight seasons with 20 or more, Langkow's struggles reflect those of the entire team. 3/6/2010 4:25:39 AM
Penticton Vees await next playoff foe Penticton Vees head coach and general manager Fred Harbinson was so pleased with how things went in the first round of the playoffs that he gave his troops a day off on Wednesday Just one day though. And there was a catch – the players have to report for practice duty on the weekend. 3/6/2010 4:13:58 AM
Olympic medalist in school during Calgary hostage-taking Police have charged a man after a secretary was held hostage at knifepoint in the office of a Calgary junior high school. During the ordeal, Carolyn Darbyshire (pictured at left), who won a silver medal in curling at the Olympics, came face-to-face with a knife-wielding man. 3/6/2010 4:08:41 AM
Chicago Blackhawks coast to easy 6-3 win over Vancouver Canucks It's been awhile since a Vancouver Canucks lineup has faced 40 minutes of garbage time. But the Chicago Blackhawks did something in the first 20 minutes on Friday night at the United Centre that they were unable to do in three whole games against the Canucks earlier this season — score five goals. 3/5/2010 8:07:50 PM
Dale Jr. on the pole for Atlanta race Dale Earnhardt Jr. captured the pole for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a blistering speed of 192.761 mph. Earnhardt's lap was faster than any pole-winning speed for a Sprint Cup race in 2009. Mark Martin was the pole-sitter last year in the spring race with a speed of 187.045. 3/5/2010 4:57:41 PM
Hundreds line up for hours in Halifax to meet Olympic champion Martin rink Shaking noticeably and tears streaming down her face, the young woman looked like she was hanging off Brad Pitt instead of Kevin Martin, but that's what a shiny medal will do for even curlers. The weeping woman was among several hundred fans who waited in line for hours Friday afternoon. 3/5/2010 4:31:07 PM
Canadian Olympians strike gold in federal budget After winning a record 14 gold medals and delighting a nation at the Winter Games, Canada’s Olympians appear to have struck gold in the new federal. Ottawa will provide an additional $44 million over the next two years to Canadian high-performance programs. Exactly what Canadian sport officials had asked for. 3/5/2010 12:13:47 PM
Canucks at Blackhawks: Kesler will stick to hockey this time He vented and got it out of his system, referring to Blackhawks forward Andrew Ladd as a coward after he'd fought Ladd and his Canucks had beaten Chicago 5-1 in January at GM Place. Now Ryan Kesler says he's just going to play hockey Friday night and not yap at the Maple Ridge native Ladd. 3/5/2010 12:08:32 PM
Canadian Mystery: The case of the missing stick The Great Train Robbery. The Brinks Robbery. The theft of the Mona Lisa . And now the case of Sidney Crosby's missing glove and hockey stick. Misplaced or stolen? Once again, Hockey Canada did all it could yesterday to locate the glove and stick that disappeared soon after Crosby scored last Sunday. 3/5/2010 5:51:59 AM
Penguins need 55 shots to beat Lundqvist (Video) Marc-Andre Fleury stopped only eight of 12 shots, but was let off the hook by his high-scoring teammates. Henrik Lundqvist made a career-best 50 saves and had only a hard-luck loss to show for it. 3/5/2010 5:39:03 AM
Canadiens cough up lead, spoil Price's gem (Video) Carey Price could have used a 27th blocked shot by his Canadiens teammates, or a second trapper. Manny Malhotra's one-time blast to the glove side from above the hash marks with five minutes left in regulation stood up for the San Jose Sharks in a come-from-behind 3-2 win on Thursday night. 3/5/2010 5:34:07 AM
Bruins trim Maple Leafs on Don Cherry Night (Video) Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas picked up more at the Olympics than a silver medal and a dozen minutes of ice time. The U.S. backup once again looked like the goalie who won the 2009 Vezina Trophy on Thursday night, returning from a slump that left him on two different teams' benches to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a shootout. 3/5/2010 5:33:03 AM
Olympian Joannie Rochette pays tribute to her mother An Olympic hero placed a medal on her mother's casket and bid farewell Thursday to the woman she called her best friend. Joannie Rochette momentarily placed her figure-skating bronze on the coffin during the funeral for Thérèse Guevremont-Rochette. 3/5/2010 5:26:47 AM
Olympics have made curling cooler than ever There perhaps has never been a cooler time to curl. Canada's gold and silver successes at the Winter Olympics had passionate fans at the rink cheering and sent TV ratings soaring. And beyond the bonspiel, the country's beloved icy pastime has been generating serious buzz. 3/5/2010 4:54:31 AM
Penticton's Duncan Keith helps Canada strike gold Agony and ecstasy is what David Keith experienced as he watched Canada’s Olympic mens hockey gold medal game. Keith, father of Team Canada and Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith, felt agony when USA’s Zach Parise scored with 25 seconds left to tie the game. 3/4/2010 4:22:37 PM
How much would you pay for Olympic hockey game puck? Interested in a hockey puck from the men’s Olympic gold-medal game? If so, you might want to participate in an online auction of Olympics paraphernalia (www.vancouver2010.com/auctions) that began Saturday and is expected to continue for another two or three weeks. 3/4/2010 1:12:20 PM
Woods' Caddie Williams says he's mad at Tiger Tiger Woods's caddy said he knew nothing about the golfer's extramarital affairs and was angry with him over the scandal. Steve Williams told TV3's 60 Minutes program in New Zealand that he also is bitter at the reaction toward him from the media and members of the public. 3/4/2010 12:57:32 PM
Gold-medal Vernon Paralympic athlete to carry torch For Vernon’s gold-medal wheelchair curler Sonja Gaudet, Wednesday was a very big day. Not only did she find out she would be carrying the torch in the Paralympic relay in Vancouver, but her Canadian curling team was named Canadian Team of the Year at the 37th Canadian Sport Awards in Toronto. 3/4/2010 12:17:23 PM
Leafs GM Burke hopes fire sale pays off down the road All things considered, Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke doesn't want to see another trade deadline like this one again. It wasn't the quality of the players involved in transactions that underwhelmed him. It was that he was a seller. "Being a seller sucks," said Burke. "I'd much rather be a buyer." 3/4/2010 11:56:01 AM
Keremeos: SESS basketball teams off to provincials History was made recently at SESS by the school’s Junior boys basketball team. The boys will be heading to Victoria on February 31. "We are the only single A school in the province to compete in the tournament,” said an excited Peter Ruocco, coach of the team. The girls senior team will be in Fernie next week to compete in the Provincials there. 3/4/2010 11:30:34 AM
Flames can’t finish in loss to Wild A 15th loss on home ice for the Calgary Flames and it really didn't figure. Yeah, there was a little bit of Winter Olympic Games recess rust. There was some sloppy defensive play, too. But in the end it was the same old story. 3/4/2010 6:46:31 AM
Paralympic opening ceremony: More performers than at Olympics When the 2010 Paralympic opening ceremony takes place March 12 at B.C. Place Stadium, it will feature 5,000 performers, more than at either the Olympic opening or closing ceremonies. "We want to show the Paralympians that Canada's ready to welcome them like no other country has." 3/4/2010 4:50:45 AM
Canucks overwhelm Red Wings 6 - 3 (Video) Ryan Kesler scored twice and Olympic gold medallist Roberto Luongo made 28 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Wednesday night. Alex Burrows, Kyle Wellwood, Sami Salo and Mikael Samuelsson also scored, and Henrik and Daniel Sedin each had three assists. 3/3/2010 7:51:59 PM
NHL's Detroit Red Wings to hold open practice in Kelowna The Kelowna Rockets are pleased to announce that the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings will hold an open practice at Prospera Place in Kelowna on Wednesday, March 17 as part of a three day stay in Kelowna. The Red Wings connection to the Okanagan is well known. 3/3/2010 5:13:32 PM
NASCAR says wings will be thing of the past very soon NASCAR is finally about to lose its wings. "We're hoping within the next two of three races that we'll be able to be at a point where we say it's time to take the wings off and put the spoiler on," NASCAR president Mike Helton said Monday. That timeline coincides with the March 28 race at Martinsville. 3/3/2010 4:57:14 PM
Formala 1: New team disorganization a joke, says Webber Mark Webber believes that the various situations surrounding Formula 1's newest teams are not something for the sport to be proud of on the run-up to the start of the 2010 World Championship, with Campos having not tested its car and US F1 looking to miss the entire season. (Ed: We like Mark. Always tells it like it is. Rare in Formula 1.) 3/3/2010 4:43:31 PM
A productive Demitra could be better than any deadline deal The Vancouver Canucks haven't yet made a trade deadline deal, but feel they have already picked up a valuable addition they hope can help carry them on a Stanley Cup playoff run. Perhaps you have heard of him. His name is Pavol Demitra. The 35-year-old Slovak led the Olympic tournament in scoring. 3/3/2010 4:37:13 PM
Canucks fail to make trade splash, add blueliner Andrew Alberts The out-indefinitely status of Willie Mitchell forced Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis to shift his focus from forward lines to backline at the NHL trade deadline Wednesday. Gillis acquired stay-at-home defenceman Andrew Alberts from the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2010 third-round pick. 3/3/2010 4:35:25 PM
Nicklaus believes Tiger will play in Masters Jack Nicklaus has no idea when Tiger Woods will return to golf, but the Golden Bear expects to see the game's No. 1 player at the Masters. "It would surprise me if he didn't [play]," Nicklaus said Wednesday. "Oh yeah, I can't imagine in a hundred years he is going to miss Augusta." 3/3/2010 3:40:41 PM
Peyton Manning recovering from neck surgery Peyton Manning has spent 12 seasons being a pain in the neck of NFL opponents. Now the four-time league MVP is trying to alleviate the pain in his own neck. The Indianapolis Colts announced Wednesday that Manning had surgery in Chicago to fix a pinched nerve. 3/3/2010 3:15:20 PM
Roberto Luongo expected to return in Detroit tonight While leading Team Canada to a gold medal Detroit coach Mike Babcock looked smart after benching all-time NHL wins leader Martin Brodeur. Given his faith in Roberto Luongo's abilities, Babcock probably won't be thrilled to be going against the Vancouver Canucks netminder on Wednesday. 3/3/2010 11:05:36 AM
Paralympic torch lit in Ottawa Just as one torch symbolizing athletic excellence was extinguished, another was lit Wednesday in Ottawa. The torch relay has three stops in central Canada before heading into B.C. on Saturday. The Games get underway with opening ceremonies at B.C. Place next Friday. 3/3/2010 11:02:02 AM
Eric Sprott's expensive gold medal pledge Eric Sprott's investment company, and the charitable foundation he runs, pledged $100,000 for every gold medal won by a Canadian athlete. The company is donating $1.4-million to the Canadian Athletes Now Fund. Athletes can apply to the fund twice a year for assistance of up to $6,000. 3/3/2010 10:30:18 AM
Penticton's Justin Pogge on the move again, going to Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Aaron Ward is on the move as he is headed to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for goaltender Justin Pogge and a fourth round draft pick. This is the second time that Pogge has been dealt this season as he was sent to the Ducks by the Maple Leafs in October. 3/3/2010 9:22:46 AM
Coach says Lance Armstrong looks better than in ’09 Lance Armstrong is looking to improve his time trial performance in the Tour of Murcia as part of his Tour de France preparations. Armstrong expects the five-day race along the southeastern Mediterranean coast, starting Wednesday, will boost his chances of winning an eighth Tour de France. 3/3/2010 7:15:57 AM
Funeral set for Joannie Rochette's mother The funeral for Therese Guevremont-Rochette, mother of bronze-medal figure skater Joannie Rochette, will be held Thursday afternoon in Berthierville, Que. The 24-year-old figure skater captured the hearts of an entire nation when she lost her mother days before she was scheduled to compete. 3/3/2010 6:59:31 AM
Penticton: Mixed Western Curling Bonspiel this weekend (**No link, test only) - The Penticton Curling Club is hosting its Annual Mixed Western Bonspiel this weekend March 5-7th. This bonspiel has a western flare to it; many of the teams will dress up in their best Western Duds. There are 26 teams signed up as of today, with 3 of them from out of town. The cut-off for sign-up is Wednesday, please call Gary at 492-5647 if you would like to enter the Bonspiel. The entry fee is $180. per team and you are guaranteed at least 3 games and a fabulous meal prepared by our caterer, The Black Iron Grill and Steakhouse. There will be live entertainment on Saturday Night, everyone is welcome. Giant FM, Sun Fm/EZ Rock, and The Penticton Western have put together a team for this bonspiel, so get out and cheer on your favorite media personality.
There will be some great curling this weekend, come down and join us for the final bonspiel of the year. 3/3/2010 6:38:36 AM
Habs roar back to beat Bruins The Canadiens picked up where the Canadians left off. In their first game back after watching the home team win the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics, the Montreal Canadiens scored four times in the third period to beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Tuesday night. 3/3/2010 6:33:36 AM
Sidney Crosby's Olympic stick, gloves missing Some very special pieces of Canadian Olympic hockey equipment are missing. The gloves and stick used by Sidney Crosby to score the winning goal in Canada's gold medal victory over the U.S. are unaccounted for. The Hockey Hall of Fame initially requested Crosby's stick for its collection. 3/3/2010 6:15:07 AM
Vancouver prepares for Paralympics After a wild 17-day party, the cauldron has been extinguished, the traffic barricades are coming down, and the throngs of tourists are leaving Vancouver. The Paralympics torch relay, which will involve 600 torchbearers through three provinces. 3/3/2010 4:55:13 AM
Canucks come back to beat Blue Jackets in O.T. (Video) Even with gold-medal winning goaltender Roberto Luongo taking the night off, the Vancouver Canucks had enough firepower to rally from behind twice. Vancouver defenceman Christian Ehrhoff scored 1:33 into overtime to lift the Canucks past the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Tuesday. 3/3/2010 4:34:49 AM
Duncan Keith’s dad shares excitement of watching son win gold medal Most hockey fans would probably tell you there‘s nothing bigger than the Stanley Cup. After watching his son win an Olympic gold medal, Penticton‘s David Keith isn‘t so sure anymore. “If you asked me before the Olympics, I‘d say there‘s nothing that could compare to the Stanley Cup,” said Keith. 3/3/2010 4:23:30 AM
Check this out: A Formula 1 car on snow tires? After a year's absence, Formula One racing returns to Canada. To celebrate, Red Bull -- the drink that "gives you wings" -- put its F1 car on ice. Red Bull prepared one of its F1 race cars to run in slippery conditions and then filmed the adventure. 3/2/2010 5:12:21 PM
Luongo brings gold medal on the road -- and shows it to Kesler Just in case Ryan Kesler never got a glance at it on Sunday, Roberto Luongo brought his gold medal along on this road trip. "I've shown it to Ryan already," Luongo said. Daniel Sedin, meanwhile, was bursting with pride. "If we wanted 20 Swedes [on the Canucks] we could easily get them, they couldn't say enough about the city." 3/2/2010 4:56:17 PM
US daredevil smashes motorcycle jump record - twice (Video) A motorcycle stuntman today broke the world record for the longest distance jumped on a motorcycle twice in one hour after the media missed the first death-defying leap. American Seth Enslow shattered the previous record, once held by legendary daredevil Evel Knievel. 3/2/2010 4:05:05 PM
Lewis Hamilton severs Formula One ties with father Anthony One of the most effective parent-offspring partnerships in professional sport came to an end on Tuesday with the announcement by Lewis Hamilton that his father, Anthony, will no longer manage his career in Formula One. 3/2/2010 3:31:01 PM
John Daly’s lengthy PGA rap sheet made public John Daly has been suspended five times and cited 21 times for not giving his best effort, according to the PGA Tour. The two-time major champion was placed on probation six times, ordered to counselling or alcohol rehab 7 times, cited for conduct unbecoming a professional 11 times and fined nearly $100,000. 3/2/2010 3:28:06 PM
Steve Yzerman would answer call in 2014 For Stevie Y, it's a case of 'Why not?' Steve Yzerman, the architect of Canada's gold-medal winning hockey team, said he'd perform the role of executive director again at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, should commissioner GaryBettman allow NHL players to take part. 3/2/2010 2:43:13 PM
Canucks back on the road to battle Blue Jackets The Vancouver Canucks will resume the longest sequence of road games in NHL history when the Northwest Division co-leaders take on the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at Nationwide Arena in the first outing for both teams after the Olympic stoppage. The Canucks return to GM Place on March 13. 3/2/2010 12:42:00 PM
Tiger tees off again after marriage counselling Tiger Woods is back at home after a week of family counselling in Arizona and is trying to get into a routine that includes golf and fitness. Woods returned to his home near Orlando on Saturday and has been hitting balls on the range at Isleworth, not far from where he ran his SUV into a tree. 3/2/2010 12:24:36 PM
Penticton's Gladish rink chases B.C. masters’ title A great season could yet turn into an extraordinary one for a Penticton senior men‘s curling foursome. The Cy Gladish rink will be battling seven other 60-and-over teams today to Thurday for the Hobbs Provincial Masters‘ Curling Championship in Trail. 3/2/2010 6:09:51 AM
Nicklas Lidstrom lifts Red Wings over Avs 3-2 Nicklas Lidstrom scored a power-play goal with 9:03 left in the third period and lifted the Detroit Red Wings past the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Monday night. Tomas Holmstrom had a goal and two assists, Pavel Datsyuk had two assists and Jimmy Howard made 22 saves for Detroit. It was the first NHL game since Feb. 14. 3/2/2010 6:05:03 AM
Penticton Vees crush Merritt Centennials 6-1 The Merritt Centennials played their first home playoff game in three years but Logan Johnston, Denver Manderson and the Penticton Vees ruined the party. Johnston scored twice and Manderson had a goal and a helper - giving the captain eight points in the three games - as the Vees pushed the Cents to the brink. 3/2/2010 5:14:40 AM
Olympians receive rock-star homecoming Autograph seekers and a media frenzy greeted several members of Canada's Olympic team as they arrived home in Calgary on Monday. The Calgary-based Olympians arrived at the airport throughout the day, with more than 20 arriving in the afternoon. Jon Montgomery was among the first to arrive. 3/2/2010 5:04:02 AM
McMurray and Montoya at odds after Las Vegas wreck The honeymoon is apparently over for Jamie McMurray, who celebrated his reunion with team owner Chip Ganassi with a career-changing Daytona 500 victory. A mere three weeks later, he's at the center of a team controversy with Juan Pablo Montoya at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 3/1/2010 4:54:45 PM
Crosby makes leap from superstar to legend It will be replayed like Paul Henderson's goal, or Mario Lemieux's, and it will be carved into this country's memory. Parents will tell their children about it; it will become myth, here. So, too, will the game. Canada 3, United States 2, on a Sidney Crosby goal in overtime that won us the last gold medal of our Games. 3/1/2010 4:47:44 PM
Ovechkin: 'Canada deserved to win' Although disappointed that he was unable to lead Russia to a medal in Olympic hockey, Alex Ovechkin says Canada deserved to take home the gold. Ovechkin participated in the closing ceremonies Sunday but returned in time to participate in practice with the Washington Capitals on Monday. 3/1/2010 3:35:26 PM
Top athletes questioned in case against Canadian Doctor A number of world-class athletes will be subpoenaed in the performance-enhancing drug case against a Canadian doctor, Sports Illustrated is reporting. The magazine says several NFL players have been contacted by federal investigators about Dr. Anthony Galea. 3/1/2010 10:13:59 AM
Zidane says he'd rather die than apologize to Materazzi Former soccer star Zinedine Zidane says he regrets headbutting Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final, but he'd rather die than apologize to the Italian. “My mother was sick. She was in hospital. This people didn't know. ... But it was a bad moment. More than once they had insulted my mother and I never responded.” 3/1/2010 9:00:27 AM
B.C. boy Niedermayer gives us Games memories to last forever The defenceman from Cranbrook nearly retired twice — actually did once, but returned to the National Hockey League halfway through 2007-08. A year ago, he said he wasn't sure he'd continue playing in the NHL. But to play in the Olympics, he re-signed with the Anaheim Ducks another year. 3/1/2010 8:40:48 AM
With golden moment, Roberto Luongo erases all doubts Roberto Luongo was clenching it Sunday, the gold medal in Olympic men’s hockey draped over his heart. It symbolized fulfilment and relief — and erased a crushing goal surrendered to Zach Parise 25 seconds left in regulation, tying a game Canada spent the whole third period trying not to lose. 3/1/2010 8:36:40 AM
Russian Olympic officials should resign - Medvedev President Dmitry Medvedev has called on Russian Olympic officials to resign, following the nation's worst ever performance in the winter games. Those in charge of preparing Russian athletes for the Vancouver games "should take the brave decision and submit their resignations," he said. 3/1/2010 8:21:32 AM
Vancouver 2010: A record haul, a nation's triumph These were indeed the best Games ever – at least if the measure is Team Canada's medal haul. Thanks to a remarkable final few days of competition, Canadian athletes won 14 gold medals in Vancouver – twice as many as the team won in Turin, and more than any nation has ever won at a Winter Olympics. 3/1/2010 5:45:27 AM
Olympic closing ceremony celebrates Canada With cheers still ringing from Vancouver to Charlottetown, after Canada's dramatic gold-medal win Sunday afternoon over the U.S. in men's hockey, the evening's Winter Games closing ceremony kicked off in hilarious fashion. 3/1/2010 4:26:26 AM
Vancouver bids a reluctant farewell When Canada's Olympic athletes pranced and danced into the stadium last night, they mugged for the cameras and happily waved Canadian paraphernalia, with some sporting gold medals around their necks. Their relief at a job well done could not have been more evident. 3/1/2010 4:17:09 AM
NASCAR: Johnson wins second straight race Jimmie Johnson needed luck to win a week ago in California. In Las Vegas, a city of chance, he didn't need any help at all. Johnson reeled in teammate Jeff Gordon, who had dominated Sunday's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, to win for the second consecutive week. 2/28/2010 3:27:47 PM
Canada defeats U.S. for hockey gold Canadian men’s hockey has a golden Olympic shimmer once again. The Canadian national team hung on for a stressful 3-2 victory in overtime to give the country a second Olympic gold medal to celebrate in eight years. The hockey win also gave Canada an Olympic record 14 gold medals in a single Winter Games. 2/28/2010 2:10:51 PM
Joannie Rochette to carry flag tonight Joannie Rochette won the hearts of Canadians with her emotional skate to win the bronze medal just days after her mother died. On Sunday, she was chosen as Canada’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. “The flag-bearer that we selected was an inspiration,” chef de mission Nathalie Lambert said. 2/28/2010 10:15:11 AM
Canada won't dare think of another U.S. loss "I haven't thought about that -- I've been thinking about what we have to do to win," Sidney Crosby said Saturday. "The past doesn't matter, or who the favorite or who the underdog is, it makes no difference right now." Crosby's linemate, Jarome Iginla, said, "We're not thinking like that at all." 2/28/2010 7:52:37 AM
Conservatives plan to cut funding to Canadian Athletes The federal Conservative government is walking away from fully-funding Canadian athletes in the middle of the Winter Olympics, says NDP MP Peter Julian. He was commenting on remarks by Secretary of State for Sports Gary Lunn that the upcoming federal budget would provide no new funding. 2/28/2010 7:40:46 AM
Canada sets Olympic gold record Who knew? Canada has rocked the Vancouver Olympics in a way nobody anticipated. The home team was assured of winning the most gold medals in the 2010 Winter Games with 13, and had a chance at a 14th heading into Sunday's men's hockey final against the U.S. 2/28/2010 5:17:33 AM
Finland grabs Olympic men's hockey bronze in 5-3 win over Slovakia Team Finland did something Saturday it couldn't manage the day before. It showed up and fought back. Spurred by the fact this is the international swan song for of its core group of veterans, Finland bounced back from one of its most humbling defeats to beat Team Slovakia 5-3, winning the men's hockey bronze medal. 2/28/2010 4:41:00 AM
Olympic skier returns to Summerland Summerland Middle School's gymnasium was packed to bursting Friday afternoon as students, parents and community members awaited the arrival of Olympian Kristi Richards. With the mogul competitions over, the freestyle skier took a break to fly home for the day and share her experiences with the community. 2/28/2010 4:33:15 AM
Penticton Vees grab 2-0 lead in series After letting them hang around for 40 minutes, the Penticton Vees hit the Merritt Centennials with a quick one-two punch early in the third period. Beau Bennett and Ryan Viselli scored in a 35-second span in the first minute of the final stanza as the Vees subdued the stubborn Centennials 3-1. 2/28/2010 4:16:18 AM
Slow Pit stops can't keep Harvick from win The best car in the Sam's Town 300 finally got to the front -- just in time to win the race. Frustrated by slow stops on pit road and a variety of different tire strategies by his competitors, Kevin Harvick passed Denny Hamlin for the lead with 25 laps left, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and pulled away. 2/27/2010 6:38:05 PM
Joannie Rochette wins Terry Fox Award Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, whose emotional performance in the wake of her mother's sudden death, was named one of two recipients of the Vancouver 2010 Terry Fox Award. Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdic, who like Rochette won a bronze medal at the Games, was also named a recipient. 2/27/2010 5:49:08 PM
Men's curling team wins Canada's Olympic-record-tying 13th gold medal Kevin Martin took the step Saturday that he's waited his whole, brilliant curling career to take — to the top of the Olympic podium. The 43-year-old Edmontonian, who's spent eight years dealing with questions about his loss in the 2002 Olympic final, put those questions, finally, to rest. 2/27/2010 5:03:39 PM
Want men's gold-medal hockey tickets? Pony up huge bucks Apparently, not everyone has their price. No amount of your money, some claim, could pry gold-medal hockey tickets from their hands on Sunday. You might have to take a five-minute fighting major and two-minute instigator penalty just to engage them in conversation. 2/27/2010 4:34:32 PM
Lyndon Rush slides to bronze in four-man bobsleigh With the USA1 sled driven by Steve Holcomb racing to a no-doubts gold medal, the first for the Americans in four-man in 62 years, German legend Andre Lange, in his final career race, clipped Canadian bobsled pilot Lyndon Rush for the silver medal by one one-hundredth of a second, dropping the Canadian to bronze. 2/27/2010 4:11:39 PM
Canada wins gold in men's speedskating pursuit There's nothing like a gold medal to wipe away a week of angst and anger. Shut out on the Richmond Olympic Oval so far and with just one more chance at the top of the podium, Canada's men's speedskaters pulled off a strong victory over the United States in the team pursuit on Saturday afternoon. 2/27/2010 2:40:16 PM
Canada's Anderson wins snowboarding gold There was only one thing left for Jasey-Jay Anderson to do. The 34-year-old from Mont-Tremblant, Que., is the most celebrated snowboarder in Canadian history. However, in four appearances at the Winter Games, he had never won an Olympic medal. 2/27/2010 2:36:26 PM
Women's team apologizes for post-victory party The Canadian women’s hockey team apologized Friday for their post-victory party, which featured beer and cigars, moving back onto the ice at Canada Hockey Place. Photos of several players, celebrating about an hour after their 2-0 gold-medal victorymade their way onto the internet late Thursday. 2/27/2010 7:45:54 AM
Luongo saves the day for Canada Before he wished his Vancouver Canuck teammate good luck in Sunday's gold-medal game, Pavol Demitra had a few choice words for Team Canada goalie Roberto Luongo. Something along the lines of, "How did you ever manage to make that save?" with a couple of unrepeatable adjectives thrown in. 2/27/2010 7:35:21 AM
Curling Final: Martin set for Olympic redemption The immortal deities of Mount Olympus are smiling on Kevin Martin's rink in Vancouver. Armed with rocks and sheer Canadian will, our noble curling skip from Edmonton has led his men to a 10-0 record at the Winter Olympics. The only real test coming in their first match against Norway. It was a 7-6 squeaker. 2/27/2010 7:27:01 AM
Blind Canadian skier won't race, team says Canadian cross-country ski coaches decided late Friday not to start legally blind skier Brian McKeever on Sunday in the 50-kilometre mass-start classic race at the Vancouver Olympics, a team spokesman says. 2/27/2010 7:21:36 AM
IOC rep downplays women's hockey party An International Olympic Committee spokesman said Friday that no formal investigation is planned into the on-ice party held by members of Canada's gold-medal-winning women's hockey team. Mark Adams told a briefing that he wasn't sure how a story spead that a formal investigation was underway. 2/27/2010 5:38:29 AM
Kelsey Serwa: Chasing the Olympic dream It seems we’ve been talking about the 2010 Olympics for so long that it’s hard to believe today marks the final day of competition for an event that was years in the making and has once again provided spine-tingling sporting moments that will not soon be forgotten. 2/27/2010 5:25:42 AM
BCHL Playoffs: Captain steers Vees to victory Denver Manderson picked up right where he left off after missing the last 10 games of the regular season due to injury. The 20-year-old captain scored twice and assisted on another as the Penticton Vees held off a late rally to beat the Merritt Centennials 4-2 2/27/2010 4:40:39 AM
Bernard settles for silver in women's curling The game appeared to be over.
Not once, but twice. Cheryl Bernard and her Calgary-based rink of Carolyn Darbyshire, Cori Bartel and Susan O'Connor fell two shots short of striking gold in Vancouver on Friday. "Eventually this silver's going to feel really great. Just right now, the gold was very close." 2/27/2010 4:26:19 AM
Canada win men's short track relay gold Canada won the Olympic men's short track 5,000 meters relay on Friday with Charles Hamelin picking up his second gold of the day. There were jubilant scenes after Canada won gold and bronze in the men's 500 meters earlier in the day through Hamelin and Francois-Louis Tremblay. 2/26/2010 8:05:00 PM
Team Canada squeaks by Slovakia into gold-medal game Team Canada is through to the men's hockey final at the Vancouver Olympics after edging Slovakia 3-2. Patrick Marleau, Brenden Morrow and Ryan Getzlaf scored for Canada, while Lubomir Visnovsky and Michal Handzus got the Slovak goals in a third-period rally. 2/26/2010 8:01:15 PM
Canada will skate for gold in men's team pursuit Canadian women will not medal in the long track speed skating team pursuit, while the men advanced to the final where they'll face the United States for gold. Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., Lucas Makowsky of Regina and Mathieu Giroux of Montreal skated past Norway in the semifinals. 2/26/2010 4:14:46 PM
Joannie Rochette opens up about her mother Finally able to tell the world about her mother Therese who died suddenly on Sunday, Joannie Rochette smiled, cried and even cracked a joke. Rochette, now 24 chose skating, and when she did she had to commit herself totally or hear about it from her demanding mother. 2/26/2010 3:55:35 PM
USA flattens Finns to reach Olympic hockey final Team USA will be going for men's hockey gold Sunday afternoon. The Brian Burke-built Americans ran roughshod over Finland in Friday's first semi-final, storming to a 6-0 first-period lead en route to an easy 6-1 triumph. Miikka Kiprusoff was ventilated for four goals on seven shots. 2/26/2010 3:50:50 PM
Nat'l Enquirer: Tiger now in rehab for drugs, not sex The National Enquirer, the source that broke this whole Tiger Woods cheating rodeo back in November is at it again. Woods, says the tabloid, is no longer in Hattiesburg, MS, being treated for sex addiction at Gentle Path. He's now checked in to The Meadows treatment center in Wickenburg, AZ, for drug addiction therapy. 2/26/2010 12:49:48 PM
Roberto Luongo enjoying the circus, but focused on showdown It's just another day for Roberto Luongo, another day he will never forget. You can see it in the way he acts, talks, looks and struts. If he could, he would slow down time. But he doesn't know how. It's all happening so fast, this moment. The most fun he's ever had. 2/26/2010 12:44:05 PM
Canadian skeleton champion Jon Montgomery to appear on Oprah Winfrey show Olympic skeleton champion Jon Montgomery is looking to talk up Canada when he appears on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The segment, recorded in Whistler, is slated to air Friday. "I tried to sell every bit of the Canadiana as I could," the 30-year-old from Russell, Man., told reporters. 2/26/2010 5:44:15 AM
IOC to probe: Hockey Canada apologizes for party on ice Canadian players, still wearing their uniforms and with gold medals draped around their necks, celebrated by drinking champagne and beer at centre ice following a 2-0 win over the United States. (Ed: That is probably all the excuse the IOC needed to drop Women's Hockey from the next Olympics.) 2/26/2010 5:23:05 AM
Joannie Rochette holds nothing back to take bronze Kim Yu-Na of South Korea blew away the competition and Canadian Joannie Rochette won the hearts of the Pacific Coliseum crowd with a gutsy performance to earn an Olympic bronze medal just days after her mother's death. Rochette is Canada's first Olympic medallist in women's figure skating since 1988. 2/25/2010 8:25:10 PM
Martin rink to go for gold in curling It’s so close now, Kevin Martin can taste it. For eight years, he’s waited to purge the disappointment of the toughest loss of his storied curling career, and he’ll get that chance Saturday at the Vancouver Olympic Centre when he steps onto the ice for the men’s curling gold-medal final. 2/25/2010 7:24:10 PM
Canada wins gold in women's hockey The Canadian women's hockey team skated up to the top step of the Olympic podium once again. Teenage whiz Marie-Philip Poulin scored two first-period goals and that was enough because netminder Shannon Szabados shut the door on the Americans with a wonderful 28-save performance. 2/25/2010 5:00:52 PM
Henrik Sedin warns Team Canada of surprising Slovaks Henrik Sedin, a star centre with both the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks and Team Sweden, is hoping the Canadians beat Slovakia on Friday. But he has a warning for them. “Canada is the favourite, for sure, and they should be. But we were the favourites and we couldn’t handle it." 2/25/2010 2:02:07 PM
Speed skater Clara Hughes donates $10,000 bronze-medal bonus to Vancouver charity Canadian speedskater Clara Hughes will give her Olympic bronze medal bonus to a Vancouver program that helps at-risk youth. Hughes said she'll give $10,000 to the Take A Hike Foundation that works with troubled youth. 2/25/2010 1:09:03 PM
Sudden death for Canadian skip Martin After breezing through the round robin with a perfect 9-0 record, the Canadian men's curling team skipped by Kevin Martin faces a do-or-die semifinal game Thursday against surprising Sweden. *Game is today, Thursday at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET). 2/25/2010 11:43:53 AM
Canada's Cheryl Bernard curls into gold-medal game Canada's Cheryl Bernard will play for Olympic gold after defeating two-time silver medallist Switzerland 6-5 in Thursday's semifinals in Vancouver. The Calgarian wasn't at her best for much of the day, curling 74 per cent as she battled a cold, but she delivered when it mattered most. 2/25/2010 11:39:53 AM
Russian president cancels Vancouver visit Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has cancelled his visit to Vancouver to attend the closing ceremonies. The announcement comes as a surprise because Russia is the next host of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014. Earlier, IOC president Jacques Rogge called out Medvedev for his country's repeated doping violations. 2/25/2010 10:47:44 AM
Kristi Richards Back in Summerland Summerland's Olympic sweetheart is back at home and will be sharing her Winter Games Spirit with the community Friday. Moguls Freestyle Skier Kristi Richards will be at Summerland Middle School at noon on Friday. 2/25/2010 10:40:04 AM
Canada's day of Olympic medal glory unleashes a swell of national pride Four more medals, a record-tying gold-medal haul and -- perhaps most importantly for Canadians -- a win over Russia in hockey, has made Wednesday the most successful day for our country at the 2010 Games. Canada has caught up to the United States and Germany for the most gold medals. 2/25/2010 9:42:14 AM
Canada-U.S. women's hockey final, a new story Jayna Hefford feels the U.S. women's hockey team has been intentionally floating theories in public this week, so she launched one herself. "We have a new story to write here. We have a chance to make history here. Playing hockey for Canada in Canada is very different than playing hockey for the USA in the U.S. 2/25/2010 9:23:48 AM
Canada comes at Russia like ‘gorillas coming out of a cage’ It wasn’t much of a game. The Canadians made sure of that. But it was a glorious, chest-thumping, flag-waving display of hockey superiority on a grand stage. The Canadians made sure of that too. “They came,” said Russia goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov of the Canadian onslaught, “like gorillas coming out of a cage.” 2/25/2010 7:21:37 AM
Canada's hockey women go for gold against mighty U.S. Canada's other hockey powerhouse takes centre stage Thursday at the Olympics in what could prove to be the most watched women's hockey game in history. Canada pushed the envelope as much as they could the last six months - including some 30 games against midget triple-A boys' teams. 2/25/2010 6:19:41 AM
Russia whines about ‘cowardly’ Canada The next Winter Olympics is shaping up as a Cold War-style battle between Canada and Russia after a blistering editorial in Pravda labeled us as cowardly, incompetent and war criminals. The editorial, entitled Vancouver: Mutton Dressed as Lamb, goes straight for the eyes from the outset. 2/25/2010 5:48:05 AM
ESPN suspends Kornheiser for comments about co-anchor ESPN has suspended host Tony Kornheiser from his TV talk show "Pardon the Interruption" for two weeks for comments he made on the radio last week about SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm's clothing. Kornheiser described an outfit Storm was wearing at ESPN last week as "horrifying." 2/24/2010 6:59:20 PM
Canada thumps Russia to advance to semifinals In one of the most hyped, heralded and anticipated hockey games ever played, Canada unleashed a devastating first-period attack Wednesday night to crush Russia, the defending world champions and in some people's minds, the gold-medal favorite, in a men's Olympic hockey quarter-final game. 2/24/2010 6:40:47 PM
Canada owns women's bobsleigh podium Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse led a one-two punch for Canada in women's bobsleigh, winning gold on Wednesday at the Whistler Sliding Centre. Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown picked up the silver medal in the Canada 2 sled. They were in fourth heading into today's final two heats. 2/24/2010 6:18:21 PM
Canada wins silver in women's short track relay It took one look at the ladies huddled at the side of the rink on Tuesday for coach Sebastien Cros to relax. “The girls are ready,” he said. “They want this final to fight and show what they can do. Like always, we don’t know the end results. But they want to skate. And they’re ready.” 2/24/2010 6:12:49 PM
Clara Hughes wins Bronze for Canada in last skate She certainly knows how to make an exit. Speedskater Clara Hughes tied teammate Cindy Klassen's all-time record with a sixth career Olympic medal on Wednesday, a bronze in the 5,000 metres. Hughes now has four Winter Olympic medals and two from the Summer Games in cycling. 2/24/2010 4:30:42 PM
Olympics seen on TV by over half of Americans NBC's online coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics has drawn nearly 33 million viewers and no shortage of buzz -- but the Web is far from overtaking television when it comes to audience size. New figures from NBC show that TV accounts for about 93 percent of the audience for the Winter Games. 2/24/2010 4:22:00 PM
U.S. men’s hockey team survives scare The Americans survived a mind-blowing litany of clutch saves by Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller, the infuriating patience of a disciplined team that denies time and space in the neutral zone and a couple of confidence-shaking calls to take a 2-0 decision that sends Team USA into the medal round. 2/24/2010 3:57:20 PM
The Pride of Canada, Especially the Grandmas The line stretched out the door of the Vancouver Curling Club on Monday afternoon, the entrance blocked by a bouncer, befitting the rock-star status of the man inside. Those fans came for Kevin Martin, the most famous, perhaps baldest and most decorated curler in Canada. 2/24/2010 1:06:58 PM
Ashleigh McIvor wins gold for Canada: 'What more could I ask for?' Call it performance on demand. Call it bragging with portfolio. Call it living up to the spirit of Canada's much-maligned goal of owning the podium, If the Olympics come down to an athlete bringing it at the moment, Ashleigh McIvor, the brazen, delivered on demand Tuesday at Cypress Mountain. 2/24/2010 11:22:41 AM
Lindsey Vonn crashes in giant slalom Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the first run of the Olympic giant slalom race Wednesday and injured her right pinkie. The American lost control around a right turn in the middle section of the course, got twisted around, landed hard on her left hip and crashed backward into the safety netting. 2/24/2010 10:51:46 AM
Joannie Rochette: First place in all their hearts They cried for her courage, for her strength; they cried because, by skating with her heart broken, Joannie Rochette broke theirs. The tears started soon after Joannie Rochette took the ice less than three days after her mother died. She received a standing, uproarious ovation when she finished. 2/24/2010 9:41:00 AM
Danica in stock car? Makes sense, and cents She's sassy, sexy and yet to crack the top 30 in her first two NASCAR races, but Danica Patrick has come to stock car racing at the perfect time for both her and her sport. Patrick, the open-wheel sensation who is trying her hand at stock car racing part-time this season, is a media darling. 2/24/2010 8:23:04 AM
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Canada-Russia preview: 'We need [Luongo] to be fabulous today' This is judgment day. Fair or not -- and it's not -- that's the situation for Luongo and Team Canada, a group which has played so much better than in 2006, only to find itself in the same situation. It's a grudge match, a quarterfinal showdown against a hungry, motivated Russian team. 2/24/2010 8:21:17 AM
Joannie Rochette in third days after her mother's death Bouquets flooded the ice after Canadian skater Joannie Rochette skated her short program tonight at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. Rochette, whose mother died suddenly of a heart attack during the Games, sits in third place with a score of 71.36. 2/23/2010 8:18:48 PM
Team Canada wins, bring on the Russians Jarome Iginla scored twice and Joe Thornton, Shea Weber, Sidney Crosby, Mike Richards, Scott Niedermayer and Rick Nash had the other goals as Team Canada beat Germany 8-2 in men's hockey at the Vancouver Olympics. With the win, Canada qualified for a quarter-final showdown with Russia. 2/23/2010 7:01:14 PM
Ferrari savages FIA over new teams In a column published on the official Ferrari website on Tuesday, the Italian team attack FIA for encouraging struggling newcomers like Campos and US F1 instead of supporting old hands such as BMW and Toyota, who have both left the sport. (Ed: And they're right.) 2/23/2010 3:51:52 PM
Canada beats Great Britain 6-5 in extra ends Here is Carolyn Darbyshire’s approach for the time between now and Thursday morning’s Olympic women’s curling semifinal. A little rest. A little practice. Some time with the Canadian team’s sports psychologist. And absolutely no further exposure to the Winter Olympics. 2/23/2010 2:21:24 PM
Canada's McIvor wins gold in women's ski cross Canadian racer Ashleigh McIvor has won the Olympic gold medal in ski cross at Cypress Mountain. McIvor, the reigning world champion, beat out Norway's Hedda Bernsten. "This is the most amazing thing, this is the most amazing moment of my entire life," McIvor said. 2/23/2010 2:06:55 PM
Grieving Rochette faces her hardest skate It isn't an exaggeration, not by a long shot. When she steps onto the ice at Pacific Coliseum Tuesday to perform her short program in the women's figure skating competition at the Vancouver Olympics, Canada's Joannie Rochette will face the most difficult skate of her life. 2/23/2010 10:15:04 AM
Canada's starting goalie, Luongo eager to prove his net worth The hardest thing about Roberto Luongo's last game was skating laps to the bench during delayed penalties. The hardest thing about his next one will be playing with 34 million people on his shoulders. The Vancouver Canuck captain is now Team Canada's starting goalie. 2/23/2010 10:11:51 AM
Why you don't see Wayne Gretzky smiling The demands for autographs and other favours are virtually endless, and being out in public is hard work. 'I don't know how he keeps it up day after day after day,' his brother says...For perhaps 30 seconds it looks like Wayne Gretzky will have peace from the autograph-seekers and the cameras. 2/23/2010 9:33:21 AM
Heart condition played role in Ironman athlete's death A coroner has determined a heart condition played a role in the death of an athlete during last year's Penticton Ironman Canada Triathlon. Walter Eugene Wiwchar was pulled from the water of Okanagan Lake after he was observed in distress during the swim portion of the triathlon. 2/23/2010 9:03:20 AM
Canada alters Crosby line, hoping for more goals It looks like the Canadian men's hockey team will break up the Sidney Crosby-Rick Nash combination at the Olympics. Crosby and Nash played together for the first three games in Vancouver with a variety of other wingers, but Nash has yet to find the net. 2/23/2010 8:24:52 AM
Canada cruises into women's hockey final For Canadian women’s hockey star Meghan Agosta, the Olympic experience has been wonderful and strange. In Canada’s 5-0 semifinal victory against Finland on Monday, she not only set the Olympic tournament record with her ninth goal, a young man in the crowd of 16,324 at Canada Hockey Place proposed marriage. 2/23/2010 5:33:02 AM
Canada's Virtue, Moir strike gold in ice dance It was a perfect 10 for Canada and for Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Their gold medal in ice dancing pushed Canada’s medal total into double figures and gave the Ontario duo the first gold ever won by a Canadian ice-dance team. “We’re very proud to be Canadian,” said Moir later. 2/23/2010 5:05:26 AM
Penticton Bantam Vees win OMAHA crown A lot of the faces changed, but the results didn‘t. With only four returning players, the Penticton Smile Enhancement Studio Vees won the Okanagan-Mainline Amateur Hockey Association bantam tier 1 hockey championship for the second straight year. 2/23/2010 4:32:10 AM
Update: Luongo will start for Team Canada Canadian coach Mike Babcock announced at a post-practice press conference today that Canuck Roberto Luongo will replace Marty Brodeur in goal. Luongo shut out Norway 8-0 in Canada's Olympic opener, before giving way to national-team incumbent starter Brodeur. 2/22/2010 4:42:21 PM
Canada-U.S. hockey game the most-watched sports program in Cdn history CTV says 10.6 million Canadians watched the Canada-United States Olympic hockey clash, making it what the network calls the most-watched sports program in the country's history. CTV says the Americans' 5-3 victory over Canada on Sunday was watched in part by nearly 21.5 million Canadians. 2/22/2010 4:17:19 PM
Canada's curlers perfect behind Martin With the top spot clinched, a spotless record, and a seat in the semifinals, Kevin Martin and company found the motivation to defeat a struggling and desperate U.S. rink 7-2 Monday. Martin, John Morris, Ben Hebert and Marc Kennedy clinched their eighth straight victory. 2/22/2010 3:16:14 PM
Own the Podium dream over: Canadian official With seven days of competition remaining, the Canadian Olympic Committee raised the white flag Monday on the host team's goal of finishing first overall in the medal count. "We are going to be short of our goal," CEO Chris Rudge said. It was like an elephant left the room. 2/22/2010 2:29:08 PM
Former Canadian baseball star admits to HGH use One of the most accomplished Canadian baseball players of all-time has admitted to using human growth hormone during the peak of his career. Eric Gagne, 34, came clean to the Los Angeles Times as he prepared to make a comeback with the Los Angeles Dodgers. 2/22/2010 2:23:47 PM
Women's hockey: USA trounces Sweden 9-1 (Video) The U.S. women’s hockey team neatly handled a Swedish squad and a Canadian crowd Monday. Coach Mark Johnson’s American team celebrated the 30th anniversary of his Miracle On Ice squad’s victory over the Soviet Union in Lake Placid by advancing to Thursday’s gold medal game. 2/22/2010 2:17:36 PM
Finnish women dream of a miracle upset of Canada By all rights, Canada should smash Finland in a women's hockey semifinal on Monday, and advance to the gold-medal game on Thursday. The Canadians have never lost to Finland in 13 all-time games, and have outscored opponents 41-2 through three preliminary-round games at the 2010 tournament. 2/22/2010 9:05:25 AM
Canada’s hockey stars falter, Groan the Podium takes hold It has been written before — and it's a horrible disservice to the 160 or so Canadian athletes who aren't competing with hockey sticks — but there's a certain amount of truth to it: Win hockey gold, and Canadians will quickly forget whether the sliders and skiers and skaters owned the podium. 2/22/2010 7:00:53 AM
IOC orders blogger to remove video The International Olympic Committee has ordered a P.E.I. blogger to remove a video of the death of a Georgian luger from his website. Stephen Pate, publisher of the online site NJN Network, published the video along with commentary about the death, and the IOC has since ordered him in an email to take it down. 2/22/2010 6:33:24 AM
Canada's Virtue, Moir lead ice dance Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have taken over the lead heading into the final portion of the Olympic ice-dance competition in Vancouver, scoring a personal best of 68.41 points in Sunday's original dance. Their total is 111.15 going into Monday's free dance. 2/22/2010 6:23:38 AM
Bennett, Vees post record-setting performances Once it was clear the Penticton Vees would win and set a new franchise record for points in a season, the focus shifted to Beau Bennett‘s chase for the BCHL scoring title. The 18-year-old rookie sensation racked up the four points he needed as the Vees beat the Trail Smoke Eaters 7-3. 2/22/2010 5:13:25 AM
Kristina Groves wins Silver in 1,500-metre final By the time this shindig is over, the lady might have stockpiled enough hardware to open her own Home Depot outlet. “I like silver,” now double Olympic medallist Kristina Groves teased. “Silver looks good on me. Better than gold.” She smiled mischievously. “Just kidding. But it is beautiful.” 2/22/2010 4:54:12 AM
Olympic Hockey: U.S. stuns Canada The coaches and players of the Canadian men's hockey team thought they played their finest game yet at the Vancouver Olympics, but their best wasn't good enough on Sunday. The United States upstaged its North American rival with an important 5-3 victory at Canada Hockey Place. 2/22/2010 4:47:40 AM
Canada's Cheryl Bernard pounds U.S. curling team, improves to 5-0 It's been something of a rarity at the Vancouver Olympics, where the host country has been largely upstaged by the medal performance of its giant neighbour to the south, but Canada finally came out on top against the United States on Sunday. 2/21/2010 2:08:33 PM
Two goals by Malkin power Russia past Czech Republic Russia has finished first in Group ‘C' thanks to hard-fought 4-2 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday. Russia's new look top-line was the difference in this one as Evgeni Malkin scored twice and Alex Ovechkin brought the crowd to their feet with a crushing open ice hit on Jaromir Jagr. 2/21/2010 1:47:56 PM
U.S. athletes are silencing host country's boasts About that "Own the Podium" thing? Right phrase, wrong country. While Canada came into the Vancouver Winter Olympics hoping to send more athletes to the podium for gold, silver and bronze medals than ever before, it is the United States atop the medals chart, running away from everyone else. 2/21/2010 12:57:00 PM
At hockey night in Kandahar, Canada trounces U.S. Though it's winter, temperatures here topped 20 degrees under overcast skies Sunday. Most of the sports capturing attention during the Winter Games wouldn't be recognized in Kandahar - asked whether he knew the Olympics were this month, the city's sports minister confessed recently he didn't. 2/21/2010 11:56:25 AM
Big push from Canada is not panning out Canadian Olympic officials very publicly announced long ago that they expected to “own the podium” and lead the medal count for the first time at an Olympics. Midway through these Winter Games, however, Canada sat in fourth place. (5th as of this morning.) 2/21/2010 10:45:22 AM
FIFA official raises potential doping concern The international governing body of soccer is concerned that players at the World Cup could use undetectable stimulants derived from traditional African medicines that aren't currently banned substances. FIFA medical committee chairman Michel D'Hooghe said he wants the World Anti-Doping Agency to analyze some African plants. 2/21/2010 10:38:52 AM
Canadian ski cross racers feeling the pressure for today’s event One guy was so unnerved this morning he wanted to vomit. Another didn’t even want to talk after morning qualification. With the pressure mounting on Canadian athletes to start to a second-week drive at the 2010 Olympics, the country’s men’s ski cross racers are apparently feeling it. 2/21/2010 10:10:13 AM
Russian curlers trounce Sweden 10-1 Russia made short work of Sweden, winning 10-1 in women's round robin curling action. The Russians, led by skip Ludmila Privivkova scored in each frame after the first. Sweden led by skip Anette Norberg, broke the shutout with a single in the sixth. 2/21/2010 10:00:37 AM
Mother of Canadian figure skating champion dies The mother of Canadian figure skating champion and Olympic medal hopeful Joannie Rochette died suddenly in Vancouver Sunday morning, shortly after arriving to watch her daughter compete. Officials said Ms. Rochette intends to compete at the Olympics, despite the shock of her mother's death. 2/21/2010 9:51:20 AM
Leafs' Grabovski arrested in Vancouver Sources tell TSN that the Toronto Maple Leafs' Belarusian forward Mikhail Grabovski was taken into custody on Friday night following an altercation in a Vancouver bar. Grabovski, was named to Belarus' Olympic team, but unable to play due to injury, was later released. 2/21/2010 6:04:51 AM
Martin slips past Britain in men's curling The most anticipated round-robin game men's curling lived up to its billing. Team Canada and skip Kevin Martin prevailed, beating the defending world champions from Great Britain 7-6 on Saturday night. It means that Canada, leading the round-robin table at 6-0, has now clinched a spot in at least a tiebreaker. 2/21/2010 6:01:22 AM
Montgomery is the life of Whistler's party No one exemplifies the festive atmosphere of this mountain-backed resort town better than beer-swilling party animal Jon Montgomery. Now that he has a gold medal — the first medal by any Canadian in Whistler — the men’s skeleton racer has become the toast of the town. 2/21/2010 5:45:36 AM
No Canadian Medals Saturday, 'Own the Podium' fading fast When Charles Hamelin was shutout of winning a medal in last week’s 1,500 metres, the short track speedskater told Canadians not to worry. That distance, he said, was his weakest, and there were many more races where he could reach the podium. Just wait and see. 2/21/2010 5:41:00 AM
Busch bests Biffle at California Nationwide race With a last-lap pass of Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch stole a win in the Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway -- a victory that came at the expense of the race's dominant driver, Busch's teammate, Joey Logano. The victory was Busch's 31st in the Nationwide Series. Danica Patrick finished 31st, three laps down. 2/20/2010 6:39:02 PM
Canadian Olympians fail to follow up on Montgomery's dazzling performance A surprise gold in skeleton by Manitoba's Jon Montgomery lifted home country spirits but couldn't energize other Canadian competitors to medal performances in early Olympic action Saturday. At the midway point in the Games, Canada has eight medals, including four golds, the latest after Montgomery's remarkable performance Friday. 2/20/2010 5:21:28 PM
Jon Montgomery: Canada's new golden hero is a classic 'wild man' Jon Montgomery is Canada's kind of hero. Coming off the gondola here Friday night after his 2010 Olympic gold medal victory in skeleton, a woman rushed up through the entourage and the security and handed him a big mug of beer. He took a big gulp. He carried the mug all the way to a television interview. 2/20/2010 5:10:51 PM
Bull and bluster: Tiger’s caddie says he won’t allow heckling Tiger Woods’ caddie Steve Williams says he won’t tolerate any heckling of his star player whenever the world’s No. 1 golfer returns to competition. Woods on Friday apologized for cheating on his wife, Elin. Williams feels Woods could get a positive reception when he returns. 2/20/2010 5:06:05 PM
Hyped rivalries mean hockey heaven Sunday: CAN-USA! CZE-RUS! SWE-FIN! Every four years, hockey goes one better and presents its Olympic version of super showdowns between bitter rivals with national pride pumping through the veins. Want hype? Want hatred? Welcome to Super Sunday, a smorgasbord of hockey delights. 2/20/2010 4:52:11 PM
Is there tax on that Olympic medal? As Canada’s Olympic medal count continues to rise, the obvious question among tax geeks is whether the bonus money Canada’s athletes receive from the Canadian Olympic Committee is taxable. The COC awards prizes of $20,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. 2/20/2010 10:43:15 AM
McMurray's victory tour continues at Fontana Jamie McMurray's extensive post-Daytona 500 victory tour finally came to an end Friday, and the driver was feeling the effects. Run down and with a sore throat, he went to the infield care center at Auto Club Speedway and was treated with an antibiotic. It's easy to understand why. 2/20/2010 8:37:25 AM
Canada Criticized, Worst Games Ever? “But in the real world there is another epithet up for grabs that is both unofficial and unwanted: worst Games ever.” — Lawrence Donegan, sports writer for the Guardian, on the Vancouver Olympics. And with those words — a sentiment echoed by many of his fellow British scribes — Canadian officials were put on the defensive. 2/20/2010 8:29:22 AM
Mellisa Hollingsworth crushed with 5th place in skeleton Mellisa Hollingsworth entered the Vancouver Olympics as an overwhelming favourite to reach the podium in women's skeleton. "It's really hard. I feel like I've let my entire country down," Hollingsworth told CTV through tears. The 29-year-old from Eckville, Alta., sat second overall heading into her fourth and final run. 2/20/2010 8:23:47 AM
Rosie DiManno: What Tiger Woods was really trying to say Why is this man telling me these things? We've barely ever even met. He shouldn't be speaking so to a stranger. And I don't believe hardly a word of it either. My mother didn't raise a dope. Who's he trying to dupe? Like that part about not getting to play by different rules than other people. 2/20/2010 8:19:23 AM
Canadian women curlers extend unbeaten streak, benefit from crowd For the first time in the Olympic curling tournament, crowd noise is being considered a factor in the outcome of a game, and Canada's Cheryl Bernard was the beneficiary. The game itself featured a brilliant shooting performance from Canadian vice-skip Susan O'Connor. 2/20/2010 5:56:43 AM
Canada's Jon Montgomery wins the Gold medal in men's skeleton He may have a turtle painted on his helmet but Jon Montgomery rocketed to gold Friday night in men’s skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The fast-talking car auctioneer from Russell, Man. pulled off a massive upset with a combined run time of 3:29.73 over four runs to hit the top of the podium. 2/19/2010 8:34:29 PM
Danica already a NASCAR force A white Chevy Tahoe pulls up in front of Danica Patrick's trailer at 11:45 a.m., 15 minutes before she goes on stage, and Patrick isn't quite sure what to expect. Of course it was crazy on the IndyCar circuit. In the days after her near-win at the Indianapolis 500 five years ago, everybody seemed to have a Danica sighting. 2/19/2010 12:51:33 PM
Fontana an important race for Earnhardt Jr.'s season Dale Earnhardt Jr. had just finished second in the biggest stock car race in the world, but he sounded as if he had just gotten bad news from his veterinarian. Few smiles emerged from his car with him after the Daytona 500, and his appearance at the post-race news conference was about as joyful as a Swedish movie. 2/19/2010 10:10:35 AM
Canada's hockey heroes hit Vancouver hot spot It was Team Canada's first official dinner at the Olympics. And all 23 of Canada's best hockey players, who often battle each other in the NHL, were in their own zone as they walked in. They just took their seat at a long table. Some wine and beer began to flow, there was lots of laughter; they're a team now. 2/19/2010 7:47:48 AM
Team Canada slips past Switzerland in shootout The Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team has given the country cause for concern. The Canadians survived a scare in their second game of the tournament only because Sidney Crosby fired in a wrist shot on his second shootout attempt to push Canada to a 3-2 victory in front of 17,019 relieved fans. 2/19/2010 7:44:16 AM
Tiger apologizes for ‘selfish behavior’ Tiger Woods has apologized for having affairs. Woods spoke for more than 13 minutes from the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass, home of the PGA Tour. About 40 people were in the room, including his mother. His wife, Elin, was not obviously present. "I brought this shame on myself." 2/19/2010 7:31:05 AM
Penticton Vees chase franchise record Though their chances of finishing atop the Interior Conference sit somewhere between slim and none, the Penticton Vees still have plenty to play for on the final weekend of the season. Penticton closes out a tremendous campaign by hosting the Westside Warriors tonight and the Trail Smoke Eaters on Sunday. 2/19/2010 5:36:51 AM
Tiger to return to therapy, Tour commish says Out of sight for almost three months, Tiger Woods will be back for a day. After that — who knows. Golf’s biggest star is to make his first public appearance Friday since he ran his SUV into a tree outside his Florida home on Nov. 27, setting off a shocking and sordid sex scandal. 2/19/2010 4:46:04 AM
Olympic roundup: What Canada did on Day 7 (Video) Canada struck gold for the third time Thursday in Vancouver. Christine Nesbitt captured Canada's first speedskating gold medal of the Winter Olympics at the Richmond Oval, winning the women's 1,000 metres. The result gives Canada three gold medals, three silvers and one bronze. 2/19/2010 4:42:59 AM
Canadian hockey hero Henderson has cancer (Video) Canadian hockey hero Paul Henderson has revealed he is battling cancer. Henderson was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in November. He made his illness public on CBC-TV on Thursday. "I have no angst in my body, no fear whatsover," Henderson told Kelley. 2/18/2010 8:36:48 PM
Team Canada slips past Switzerland in shootout Canada narrowly escaped another disaster against Switzerland. The Canadians hung on for a 3-2 shootout win when Sidney Crosby wristed a shot past stingy Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller in Crosby's second attempt. After Crosby, Switzerland's Martin Pluss could not beat a determined Brodeur 2/18/2010 8:08:48 PM
The secret to winning at team sports? It’s all talk Jen Wilkinson can’t stop talking when she gets on a dodge-ball court. She’ll yell to her teammates about how to attack the other side. If someone on her side makes a good play, she shouts praise. After six years Ms. Wilkinson has come to realize that being all talk is what wins games. 2/18/2010 7:14:58 PM
What’s hotter than a woman yelling 'harder?’ Harder,” she said. “Hard, hard!” No, honestly, she did.It was only midafternoon too. And it went on for hours. A fella could go weak at the knees. Women’s curling, my friends – sexiest thing at the Olympics. You can have your Lindsey Vonn, ouchy-shin and all. 2/18/2010 5:48:44 PM
Christine Nesbitt wins speed-skating gold for Canada Christine Nesbitt of London, Ont., claimed Canada’s third gold medal of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Thursday, delivering a sensational 1:16.56 in the women’s 1,000 metres after a mistep off the start in the second-to-last pairing of the afternoon. 2/18/2010 4:34:02 PM
Will Tiger Woods Cry? Bet on It Will Tiger Woods shed tears in front of the camera tomorrow? You can bet on it. As the world gets ready for the Tiger Woods melodrama to reach a new high (or low) with his televised statement Friday, U.K. bookmaker Paddy Power is offering up several enticing bets for viewers. 2/18/2010 10:00:56 AM
NASCAR: Danica Patrick among competitors in California IndyCar star Danica Patrick makes her second consecutive Nationwide start on Saturday at Auto Club Speedway. It will be her first taste of what most of NASCAR racing looks like - no restrictor plates or bump-drafting. Last week? Yes, she wrecked. But she and NASCAR got plenty of attention in her Nationwide debut. 2/18/2010 9:29:06 AM
Lindsey Vonn delivers with gold in Olympic women's downhill U.S. skiing princess Lindsey Vonn, whose therapy for an “excruciatingly painful” shin bruise included cheese compresses to reduce swelling, couldn’t stop flashing her pearly whites Wednesday after winning the women’s OIympic downhill in stunningly dominant fashion. 2/18/2010 6:13:14 AM
Superstar Shaun White defends his Olympic halfpipe title on Cypress With a Stars-and-Stripes bandana pulled up over half of his face, Shaun White looked about ready to rob a bank. But the only thing he stole was the spotlight. In defending his Olympic halfpipe title, the orange-maned maverick flirted with perfection Wednesday at Cypress Mountain. 2/18/2010 6:09:46 AM
Olympic roundup: What Canada did on Day 6 (Video) Marianne St-Gelais of Saint-Félicien, Que., is the latest Canadian to reach the podium at the Vancouver Olympics, winning a silver medal Wednesday in women's 500-metre short-track speedskating. Canada now has six medals (two gold, three silver and one bronze) at the Games. 2/18/2010 5:16:37 AM
Canada's hockey women continue juggernaut pace It was supposed to be the first test the Canadian women's hockey team faced in their quest for Olympic gold. The Canadians passed with flying colours, and then some. Meghan Agosta's hat trick and two assists paced Canada to a 13-1 thrashing of Sweden on Wednesday. 2/18/2010 5:14:42 AM
OT loss hampers Vees hopes The Penticton Vees hopes of a first-place finish are alive, but very much on life support. Kellen Jones scored 2:18 into the first overtime period as the Vernon Vipers shaded the Vees 3-2 in front of 2,323 fans Wednesday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. 2/18/2010 4:18:18 AM
Marianne St. Gelais wins short track silver for Canada It was a birthday that Marianne St. Gelais will not soon forget. “I realized my dreams,” said St. Gelais, who joins Nathalie Lambert and Annie Perreault as the only women to have reached the podium since short track was made an Olympic event in 1992. 2/17/2010 9:33:05 PM
Tiger Woods to finally address media Friday Tiger Woods will end nearly three months of silence Friday when he speaks to the media for the first time about his middle-of-the-night accident that sparked shocking revelations about his infidelity. Woods will speak to a small group of reporters at 11 a.m. (ET) Friday. 2/17/2010 11:48:08 AM
David Letterman skewers Vanoc and IOC over luger's death By Peter Birnie: I tuned in to his Monday-night show to see if he might be headed our way. I watched in amazement as Letterman devoted a large portion of his opening monologue to skewering both the Vancouver Organizing Committee and the IOC in the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. 2/17/2010 10:20:12 AM
Olympic roundup: What Canada did on Day 5 (Video) Canada's gold rush seems to be gaining momentum at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Maelle Ricker of North Vancouver won the women's snowboard cross event Tuesday to become the second Canadian athlete to win gold at the Games, the first Canadian woman to win Olympic gold at home. 2/17/2010 5:46:04 AM
Olympic luger's body arrives in hometown The body of the Georgian luger killed during a practice run at the Vancouver Olympics was flown Wednesday to his hometown, where his grief-stricken mother threw herself on his coffin and cried: "Why have I survived you?" 2/17/2010 4:58:53 AM
Chan has big mountain to climb for Olympic glory The ending of Patrick Chan's short program Tuesday night summed up his skating routine perfectly: Just a bit off. With the elite skaters at the top of the standings definitely hitting their stride, it will take the performance of Chan's life plus slip-ups from the men ahead of him to give Chan a sniff at medal glory. 2/17/2010 4:37:10 AM
Russia beats Latvia 8-2 in men's hockey Two hours after Canada scored eight times in a lopsided 8-0 win against lesser-skilled Norway, the host country's biggest rival took the ice looking to make a similar statement. Led by forwards Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk, Russia are considered a lock to reach the medal round. 2/17/2010 4:19:52 AM
Luongo shutout: Canada beats Norway These early Olympic men’s hockey games have never been easy for Canada. After a nervous and goal-less opening 20 minutes, Canada busted out for an 8-0 win against Norway in the Olympic tournament opener at Canada Hockey Place on Tuesday. 2/17/2010 4:11:53 AM
Olympic officials dismiss criticisms of Games Olympic officials are dismissing suggestions from British media that the Vancouver Games are among the worst in history. Britain's Guardian newspaper carried a story on its website earlier this week, for example, with the headline: "Vancouver Games continue downhill slide from disaster to calamity." 2/16/2010 5:28:40 PM
Going berserk in the House of Orange On Monday afternoon, we were walking along the Richmond river dike to get to the Olympic oval when we were stopped by a pretty blond girl wearing a toque decorated in the national colours of the Netherlands. Her name was Emilyn Edwards. 2/16/2010 5:22:36 PM
Sedins return to Vancouver — as the competition Team Canada's brain trust has likely been pleased to see how the red-hot scoring pace of Swedish Sedin twins Henrik and Daniel has cooled dramatically the last couple of weeks. It's certainly been a mystery to Vancouver Canucks fans. 2/16/2010 4:23:05 PM
There's nothing like team spirit to ease the pain Mission resident Tanya McCracken has discovered that winning gold is great for back pain. "Gold medals must be anti-inflammatory," McCracken said Monday. She could feel the relief on Sunday as freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau brought home Canada's first gold medal during the Winter Olympics. 2/16/2010 4:21:21 PM
Canada's Maelle Ricker goes gold in womens' snowboard cross Maelle Ricker awoke from a four-year nightmare Tuesday. After crashing in the 2006 Olympic snowboard cross final, Ricker outraced everyone Tuesday to claim gold on Cypress Mountain. Ricker led the four-racer final from start to finish. 2/16/2010 4:15:33 PM
VANOC cancels second round of Cypress tickets Warm weather and rain that has plagued Cypress mountain since before the start of the Vancouver Olympics has forced a second cancellation of tickets for all remaining snowboard and ski cross events. Weather conditions have washed away more than a foot of snow. 2/16/2010 11:58:22 AM
For Patrick Chan's father, the Olympics are just the beginning Lewis Chan has sat in the stands watching his son's figure-skating practices for 13 years, but this morning's practice might just be the most memorable. Patrick, 19, will take to the ice to warm up for the men's figure-skating short program this afternoon. 2/16/2010 11:35:16 AM
Thunderous applause as Alex Bilodeau receives his gold medal The gold medal had been hanging around his neck for less than 30 minutes when Canadian moguls freestyle skier Alex Bilodeau paused while speaking to reporters to wipe his eyes and compose himself. It had been 24 hours since he made Canadian history. 2/16/2010 6:03:46 AM
Men’s super-combi postponed due to heavy snowfall Bode Miller will have to wait another day for his chance at winning another Olympic medal. Another snowstorm in Whistler has led to yet another postponement. The men's super-combined race Tuesday was called off due to heavy snowfall throughout the night and soft conditions on the lower section of the course. 2/16/2010 5:45:56 AM
B.C.'s Maelle Ricker goes for gold in snowboardcross today Canadian snowboardcross racer Maelle Ricker of Squamish leads the women's World Cup standings, having won three of her five starts this season, and is a favourite to win Olympic gold in today's event on Cypress Mountain. 2/16/2010 5:39:24 AM
Team Canada embraces Getzlaf Canada steps into the men's Olympic hockey tournament tonight with all ankles present and intact, thanks to Ryan Getzlaf. Getzlaf reported no problems from his game at Edmonton on Sunday night, the one in which he put up two goals and two assists. Getzlaf practiced with Team Canada on Monday and reported no problems. 2/16/2010 5:37:07 AM
China's Shen and Zhao win pairs gold Shen Xue beamed as she clutched the big shiny medal and husband Zhao Hongbo planted a kiss on her forehead. The Chinese pair has stood on the podium many times in many different places. Never on a stage like this. 2/16/2010 5:33:58 AM
The Simpsons poke fun at Olympic curling When you think of Marge Simpson and curling, it's probably the elaborate beehive hairdo that springs to mind. But there she was on Sunday's episode of The Simpsons showing off a natural talent for the sport while husband Homer, predictably, proved to be a disaster. 2/16/2010 5:10:31 AM
Luongo gets call for Canada against Norway When Team Canada opens the Olympic men's hockey tournament, there will be no one more at home than the man in goal. Roberto Luongo will start when Canada plays Norway on Tuesday, a somewhat surprising call from coach Mike Babcock. 2/16/2010 4:50:11 AM
Top-earning athletes of the 2010 Winter Olympics Last February energy-drink maker Red Bull built U.S. snowboarder Shaun White his own half-million-dollar half-pipe in the back country of Silverton, Colo.-- so remote he needs a helicopter to shuttle him there. (White makes in excess of $7.5 million a year.) 2/15/2010 6:03:18 PM
Wotherspoon 5th entering speedskating final Canadian speedskater Jeremy Wotherspoon's last shot at Olympic gold is underway, after an ice-resurfacing glitch delayed the men's 500-metre race Monday afternoon. The 33-year-old finished his first skate in 35.09 seconds, good for fifth heading into the second skate on Monday night. 2/15/2010 5:49:32 PM
2nd place Australian Snowboarder is 'Poor Loser' Dale Begg-Smith is the Canadian bloke who became an Australian bloke because the Canadian freestyle ski team training schedule didn't fit into his Internet business schedule - or something like that. No one knows because he doesn't give interviews. He won the gold in Turin in 2006 for Australia. 2/15/2010 4:48:13 PM
Canada's Robertson takes snowboard cross silver Snowboarder Mike Robertson spent much of Monday afternoon staring down an empty mountain, until American Seth Wescott overtook him late in the final to edge out the Canadian for Olympic gold. Robertson, 24, captured Canada's fourth medal of the 2010 Games. 2/15/2010 4:27:59 PM
Luongo lit up in final tuneup The Vancouver Canucks were tired and a little testy, perhaps prematurely looking ahead to the Olympic break. Given seven power-play opportunities against their division rival, the Minnesota Wild took full advantage of the rough stuff with one of their best all-around games of the season. 2/15/2010 5:51:54 AM
Mourinho was never targeted by kidnappers This is a story about a kidnapping that never was — or perhaps more about the power of the Internet to inform and deceive. Newspaper readers in Portugal and Britain woke up one morning last week to read headlines that screamed: “Mafia plot to kidnap Mourinho." 2/15/2010 5:43:31 AM
Canadian pairs in the hunt in figure skating Anabelle Langlois was so caught up with emotion she almost started crying. Her partner, Cody Hay, acted a bit like a deer caught in the headlights, almost forgetting why he was there. But they pulled themselves together and came up with the skate of their lives Sunday. 2/15/2010 5:41:23 AM
Australian official accuses judges of inflating Canada's score in men's moguls An Australian sport official accused judges of awarding inflated scores to Canadian Alex Bilodeau Sunday, allowing him to edge out Dale Begg-Smith for gold in men's moguls. “My own opinion is that probably Alex is not capable of a 4.8 or a 4.9 [on his turns], because five is a perfect score," Geoff Lipshut. 2/15/2010 5:38:24 AM
Westside hockey president’s comments ‘disrespectful and inappropriate’ but not harassment The president of Westside Minor Hockey Association has been cleared of sexual harassment allegations made by the parent of a player after an internal investigation, but Scott Tipton did not escape the stern words of his own executive. 2/15/2010 5:14:19 AM
Cypress general admission tickets cancelled Rains and warm conditions at the Cypress mountain snowboard course have deteriorated conditions to an extent that VANOC has decided to cancel all general admission tickets snowboard cross events on Monday and Tuesday. "It's disappointing," said Dave Cobb. 2/15/2010 4:54:29 AM
Canada's Hayden takes 3rd gold at U.S. swim meet Vancouver's Brent Hayden completed a golden sweep of the sprint freestyle events Sunday at the U.S. Swimming Grand Prix in Columbia, Mo. In the men's 100-metre race, Hayden clocked his third victory of the weekend. He also won Friday's 200-metre event and Saturday's 50-metre swim. 2/15/2010 4:50:02 AM
Downhill ski races will go on Monday International ski officials have finally given the green light for the opening alpine races. Adverse weather in recent days has hampered the staging of the men's opening downhill, and the training for the women's super-combined, but officials said they were "very optimistic" both events could be held on Monday. 2/14/2010 6:28:03 PM
VANOC must fix problems at Cypress Mountain venue immediately Three-hour lineups. Desperate shortages of food and drink. Nowhere to escape the lashing wind and rain. For North Vancouver’s Sally Roth, her “Olympic experience” on Cypress Mountain left much to be desired. “Woefully inadequate,” is how the personnel-agency owner described her weekend visit. 2/14/2010 5:40:42 PM
Moguls gold goes to Canadian Alex Bilodeau Alex Bilodeau, of Rosemere, Quebec, wowed the crowd at Cypress Mountain Sunday, by winning Canada's first gold medal on home turf, ever. Sport favourite Dale Begg-Smith captured the silver medal. Quebec's Vincent Marquis finished fourth. 2/14/2010 5:31:03 PM
Jamie McMurray wins Daytona 500, Dale Jr. comes 2nd It took a long time to get the finish in the 2010 Daytona 500. Wet weather earlier affected the track, causing pieces of asphalt to break away, stopping the race twice. After a long day, Jamie McMurray took 1st, and a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. grabbed 2nd. (Ed: Here is the finishing order.) 2/14/2010 3:55:15 PM
BMW Oracle easily wins 33rd America’s Cup U.S. challengers BMW Oracle won the 33rd America’s Cup on Sunday, beating Swiss holders Alinghi in the second race to claim the best-of-three series 2-0 in a triumph of superior design and technology. The American boat hit speeds of up to 33 knots, incredibly more than four times the speed of the wind. 2/14/2010 2:39:28 PM
Canucks lose the Wild, weary ride 6-2 The Canucks aren't road warriors, just road-weary. The Minnesota Wild were all over the Canucks Sunday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Centre, beating Vancouver 6-2 in front of the third-largest crowd in Wild history (19,342). The loss dropped the Canucks to 4-4 on this road trip. 2/14/2010 2:33:08 PM
Kristina Groves wins speed skating bronze Ottawa’s Kristina Groves collected Canada’s second medal of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, edging Germany’s Daniela Anschutz Toms by 6/100ths of a second to the bronze medal in the women’s 3000 metre long-track speed skating event at the Richmond Oval. 2/14/2010 2:28:31 PM
Canada Hockey: Crosby suffers scare Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby was seen wincing in pain and frustrated on the bench after blocking a shot during the second period of the Pittsburgh Penguins game Sunday against the Nashville Predators. A centerpiece of the Team Canada Olympic roster, Crosby took a Kevin Klein slap shot off his right shin. 2/14/2010 1:40:05 PM
Kristi Richards Olympic dream dashed in 30 seconds For freestyle skier Kristi Richards, four years of training and hundreds of practice hours came down to this: 30 seconds. The Summerland native, who qualified fourth for the ladies mogul final and in contention for the podium, crashed on the course Saturday night, putting an end to her 2010 Olympic dream. 2/14/2010 1:28:40 PM
Danica crashes in NASCAR debut Danica Patrick's debut in NASCAR's Nationwide Series ended with a need for some of her own car insurance. Involved in a wreck on Lap 68, the front end of her No. 7 Chevrolet was torn to shreds, turning her hopes for a dazzling debut into the worst three-letter acronym in the sport: DNF. 2/14/2010 6:21:09 AM
Steve Nash wins NBA Skills Challenge crown Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash won the Skills Challenge for the second time in his career, as part of NBA's All-Star Saturday night. The Skills Challenge consists of four players competing in a two-round timed obstacle course with dribbling, passing and shooting stations. 2/14/2010 5:44:15 AM
Iginla Lifts Flames Past Ducks Jarome Iginla scored twice in the second period, and Miikka Kiprusoff made 26 saves in the Calgary Flames' 3-1 victory. Iginla gave the Flames a 2-1 lead at 2:42 of the second, and added his 27th goal of the season with 6:02 left in the period. He has six goals in his last 10 games after scoring just once in his previous 15 games. 2/14/2010 5:35:39 AM
Summerland's Kristi Richards falls in final of ladies’ Olympic moguls Jennifer Heil captured Canada’s first medal, winning silver in the ladies’ moguls, while teammate Kristi Richards finished in 20th spot after falling midway through her run. After a terrific qualifying, and a solid first half, on her second run, Richards appeared to lose control before one ski fell off. 2/14/2010 4:15:32 AM
Guess who's leading Vancouver's power-play offence anucks wrap up an eight-game road trip assured of coming home at least .500; Wild have lost two straight at home. This is the Canucks' last game until they resume their road trip after the Winter Olympics, at the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 2. 2/14/2010 4:02:58 AM
Canadian Jenn Heil takes silver in moguls From the horrific death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili to the torch malfunction at the opening ceremonies to violent protests in downtown Vancouver— the first 36 hours of the 2010 Olympics veered wildly from a script seven years in the writing. 2/14/2010 3:59:07 AM
Athlete Deaths Rare During Olympics A Georgian luger's death hours before Friday's opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics adds another name to the brief list of athletes who died during the Games. Nodar Kumaritashvili died Friday after a crash while training in Vancouver. At least five other Olympians have died. 2/13/2010 6:49:20 AM
Luge track declared safe following fatal crash The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was a result of the athlete losing control of his sled and not an unsafe track, the International Luge Federation said Friday night. The men's singles luge competition will take place as scheduled at 5 p.m. PT on Saturday. 2/13/2010 6:13:11 AM
Who, when to watch Okanagan athletes at 2010 Games in Vancouver Of the 206 Canadian Olympians competing in the Vancouver Olympics beginning today, eight will represent the Okanagan. Here are profiles for competitors that will represent Kelowna, West Kelowna, Penticton, Summerland, Vernon and Sicamous. (Ed: Kristi Richards is up first, at 4:30pm today) 2/13/2010 6:01:48 AM
Canucks claw their way back in Columbus (Video) On the TV in the Vancouver dressing room, the opening ceremonies of their hometown Olympics were taking place. Mikael Samuelsson glanced occasionally at the images as he tried to explain one of the weirdest goals imaginable. "It was obviously a lucky one. Everybody saw that." 2/13/2010 5:28:15 AM
Men’s downhill postponed at Winter Games The men’s alpine skiing downhill scheduled for Saturday has been postponed by at least two days due to heavy snow and rain at the site, organizers announced. Already the women’s super-combined, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed as practice runs had not been possible. 2/13/2010 5:05:36 AM
Gretzky lights up Vancouver Olympics (Video) The Olympic flame kissed the dark Vancouver sky, a bright symbol of hope on a day of shocking loss. After months of speculation, it was hockey great Wayne Gretzky who lit the outdoor cauldron and officially launched the Vancouver Olympics on Friday night. 2/13/2010 4:58:04 AM
Opening Ceremony kicks off at BC Place The wait is over. With soaring, majestic-themed music, the opening moments included a snowboarder sliding down a ramp and jumping through a giant set of Olympic rings, several red-uniformed Mounties carrying a Canadian, and a greeting from each of the four host First Nations. 2/12/2010 5:54:08 PM
Georgian luger dies after horrifying crash at Whistler track Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili has died after launching from the track and hitting his head on a metal pole during a training run Friday at Whistler Olympic Park. The luge track is closed. Coaches are in meetings with the international luge federation. 2/12/2010 11:38:09 AM
Tiger’s latest gift to Elin: a $2M boat Tiger Woods finally got his simmering wife that “Kobe special.” And it floats. Woods has purchased Elin Nordegren a custom-built, 61-foot dive boat, People.com reports. Both Woods and Nordegren are avid divers. Basketball star Kobe Bryant famously bought his wife a gobstopping $4 million diamond ring. 2/12/2010 7:12:39 AM
Whistler fog worries skiers and organizers alike The Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee says event postponements may be inevitable if the pea soup fog hanging over Whistler does not dissipate. Poor visibility delayed men's downhill training in Whistler again Thursday – the second day weather wrecked havoc on Olympic preparations. 2/12/2010 5:29:44 AM
Oilers knock off Kings in marathon shootout Lubomir Visnovsky scored in the 10th round of the shootout after Edmonton blew a two-goal lead in the third period and the league-worst Oilers stole a point from the playoff-contending Kings with a 3-2 victory Thursday night. 2/12/2010 5:04:26 AM
Senators take over Northeast lead Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek each had a goal and two assists as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Washington Capitals 6-5, their 13th victory in the last 14 games. Ottawa put together strong first and third periods at Scotiabank Place to hand Washington its first regulation loss in the last 16 games. 2/12/2010 5:03:32 AM
Luongo, Canucks blank Panthers Roberto Luongo made 31 saves for his fourth shutout of the season in the Vancouver Canucks' 3-0 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen scored second-period goals and Ryan Kesler added a power-play goal in the third period for the Canucks. 2/11/2010 6:37:06 PM
Johnson, Kahne win qualifiers, Waltrip squeaks into Daytona 500 Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne won Thursday's Gatorade Duel qualifying races by the slimmest of margins at Daytona International Speedway, while Max Papis, Michael McDowell, Mike Bliss and Scott Speed raced their way into the Daytona 500. 2/11/2010 6:21:18 PM
30+ Olympic-bound athletes barred for doping More than 30 athletes who have violated anti-doping rules will not be at the Vancouver Olympics, proving the fight against doping is ensuring cleaner Games, WADA said. Russia had a spate of positive tests before the Vancouver Games, with top cross-country skier Alena Sidko the most recent offender. 2/11/2010 6:17:04 PM
Vancouver warmly embraces Winter Games The joke in Vancouver these days is that it’s literally not possible to give the world a warmer welcome. As one local newspaper headline put it: "Welcome to paradise. Sorry about the weather." It is a bit strange to come for the Winter Olympics and never actually see a flake of snow. 2/11/2010 3:56:38 PM
Welcome, Danica, now go kick some butt It’s terrific that Danica Patrick raced well enough in her stock car racing debut last weekend to step up to the more prestigious Nationwide series Saturday, a leap that’s been compared to jumping from Single A to Triple A baseball after one at-bat. 2/11/2010 12:55:29 PM
FIFA boss: Latins applaud adulterers If loose lips sink ships, FIFA boss Sepp Blatter could famously take down armadas. The most powerful man in the world’s biggest sport was at it again Wednesday in Vancouver, where he’s travelled for a meeting of the International Olympic Committee. 2/11/2010 10:53:59 AM
A short history of Olympic cheating In endurance sports like speed skating, cross-country skiing and biathlon, there's a worrying history of skullduggery through drug use — a trend that has given rise to squads of medical experts collecting blood samples. Here's a look at how cheaters try to prosper in some Olympic sports: 2/11/2010 10:50:23 AM
American Stacey Cook airlifted from Whistler American alpine skier Stacey Cook fell during a training run today and was airlifted from the mountain via helicopter. Cook, from Mammoth Mountain, California, fell in the top portion of the women's downhill course, and hit the fence along the side of the course. 2/11/2010 10:36:55 AM
Thirty athletes stopped from coming to Games Olympic chiefs Wednesday said 30 athletes had been prevented from attending the Vancouver Games and set up a commission to look into competitors' entourages in a bid to stamp out doping cheats. "Clearly an athlete who's caught doping will very often not be acting by themselves." 2/11/2010 10:27:14 AM
Canucks' top line has gone south The Vancouver Canucks' epic run of road games has become a problem, especially on offence. A meeting with the struggling Florida Panthers could solve their scoring issues. The Canucks try to avoid a fourth loss in five games in their only meeting of the season with the punchless Panthers. 2/11/2010 9:54:03 AM
Stephen Colbert gears up for Olympics Like many of the athletes vying for gold in Vancouver, Stephen Colbert's Olympic training has been eventful. He has already auditioned for the U.S. bobsled, skating and curling teams. He has angered a sizable portion of Canada. And he has landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Olympic preview. 2/11/2010 9:52:23 AM
Orchestrating Tiger's return The orchestration of Tiger Woods' return to competitive golf is under way, and if reports are accurate that return will take place in environments as controlled as possible. Woods, in case you're the person who hasn't heard, has been in hiding since thanksgiving weekend. 2/11/2010 9:37:52 AM
Canadian officials downplay figure skating judging controversy It's unfair and unfortunate that some skating officials and others feel there is a North American lobby against European skaters in the days leading up to the Vancouver Olympics, says Michael Slipchuk, director of high-performance for Skate Canada. 2/11/2010 7:20:13 AM
Gold-medal pressure on Canada 'unbelievable': Cherry "I don't think you have to wait for me to say it -- we're going to win," Cherry said. "I will tell you one thing, outside maybe 1972, there hasn't been a team that has had the pressure this team has. In Vancouver, a home Olympics. Everyone will be tuned in. The pressure on them is unbelievable." 2/11/2010 7:08:56 AM
Canadian slider claims Germans using illegal sled Canadian skeleton racer Jeff Pain thinks his German rivals are using an illegal sled at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and he wants the International Federation (FIBT) to do something about it. Pain said he has learned that the German sleds have a magnetic component in them and it gives them an advantage. 2/11/2010 5:59:15 AM
Habs snap Caps 14-game winning streak Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said there has never been any doubt about Sergei Kostitsyn's skill level. "In the beginning of the season, it was about fitness and his work ethic," Martin said, revisiting the decision to send the younger Kostitsyn brother to the minors to start the 2009-10 campaign. 2/11/2010 5:50:40 AM
Lindsey Vonn: Olympics' golden girl loses her smile The current World Cup women's leader in downhill, super-G and overall standings told a packed press conference at Canada Place that it's possible she won't compete in Whistler after badly injuring her right shin during a fall in slalom training last Tuesday in Lienz, Austria. 2/11/2010 5:46:10 AM
Vees edge Smokies; big game looming with Vernon Beau Bennett‘s second goal of the game one minute into the second overtime period rallied the Penticton Vees to a wild 6-5 victory over the Trail Smoke Eaters in BCHL play on Tuesday night at the Cominco Arena in Trail. 2/11/2010 4:21:02 AM
Danica Patrick trouble-free in Nationwide practice Danica Patrick has taken the next step in her stock car racing education, staying out of trouble and learning as much as she can in her first NASCAR Nationwide series practice at Daytona International Speedway. Patrick's crew chief, Tony Eury Jr., says she was comfortable in the car Wednesday. 2/10/2010 5:40:51 PM
Ovechkin downplays Olympic trash talk, other Caps disagree With only a few days to go before the start of the Olympic hockey tournament, Russia's Alexander Ovechkin says he's not thinking about it yet. Nor has he begun engaging in some friendly trash talking with his Swedish, Czech, Canadian or American teammates on the Washington Capitals, he claims. "No, not yet," Ovechkin said. 2/10/2010 5:34:13 PM
Vonn may not ski at Olympics Lindsey Vonn is worried a badly bruised right shin will keep her out of the Vancouver Olympics, a startling announcement so close to the start of an event shaping up as a showcase for the U.S. skiing star. Vonn revealed Wednesday that she was injured in a slalom training run Feb. 2 in Austria. 2/10/2010 5:28:42 PM
Danica to race Daytona after strong ARCA race Danica Patrick will make her Nationwide Series debut in the No. 7 Chevrolet Saturday at Daytona. Patrick, Earnhardt, and team officials convened Sunday following the ARCA event at Daytona, in which Patrick raced to a sixth-place finish in her stock-car debut. 2/10/2010 7:15:19 AM
Senators keep marching with win over Flames The Ottawa Senators continue to breathe down the necks of the NHL Northeast Division-leading Buffalo Sabres. The Senators notched their 12th win in the last 13 games with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the visiting Calgary Flames on Tuesday. 2/10/2010 7:12:17 AM
Canucks struck down by Lightning (Video) The Vancouver Canucks played well enough to win Tuesday night, but fell victim to a pair of red-hot hockey players in Antero Niittymaki and Martin St. Louis. Niittymaki kicked out 39 shots and St. Louis tallied twice, as the Tampa Bay Lightning struck down the Canucks 3-1. 2/10/2010 7:04:43 AM
B.C. Lions owner Braley buys Argonauts David Braley is now the owner of two CFL franchises. The Toronto Argonauts announced Tuesday night that co-owners David Cynamon and Howard Sokolowski had reached an agreement to sell their club to Braley, who also owns the B.C. Lions. The move had been rumoured for weeks. 2/10/2010 5:07:57 AM
Chinese aerial team flies at Apex It was just another Penticton city council budget meeting -- until members of the Chinese national freestyle aerials team walked in the door. Just a few days before the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, council members looked up in surprise Monday night. 2/10/2010 4:34:11 AM
Danica: 'I want more racing' How did former IndyCar star Danica Patrick think her stock car racing debut went over the weekend? Let her tell you: “I want more racing,” she said. As expected, Patrick officially announced Monday she was jump-starting her debut in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series Saturday at Daytona International Speedway. 2/9/2010 4:21:31 PM
First image of Lotus F1 car The first Lotus Formula 1 car for 15 years hit the race track on Tuesday as Fairuz Fauzy completed a secret shakedown for the team's 2010 challenger at Silverstone. The so-far unnamed machine was running in the historic green and yellow colours that were so synonymous with Lotus in the 1950s and 1960s. 2/9/2010 3:31:37 PM
Niittymaki's strategy is to keep an eye on the Sedins Antero Niittymaki has a theory about how to stop the Sedins: Watch the one without the puck. "I'm the same age as them and I've played against them a bit on the national team," Finland's MVP-winning goalie from 2006 in Turin said. "I don't know what they'll do and I don't think anybody knows what they'll do." 2/9/2010 12:00:16 PM
Newsweek: Why sports bring out the worst in us Genial, welcoming, equable Canada, shortly to be the host of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, is now the object of a stream of complaints from British and American sports officials, who say that their athletes are being denied full access to the venue's ski runs, tracks, and skating rinks. 2/9/2010 7:26:26 AM
Super Bowl XLIV breaks ratings record The New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts has become the most-watched programme in US TV history, early figures show. A record 106.5 million people, watched the game last weekend, according to Nielson media. 2/9/2010 5:14:21 AM
Lakers closing in on playoff spot The Penticton Lakers are a step closer to nailing down the last playoff spot in the KIJHL’s Okanagan-Shuswap Conference. Rudi Schiebel and Lars Hepso each had two goals and an assist and the Lakers scored twice in a 38-second span early in the second period to beat the Sicamous Eagles 6-3 on Sunday afternoon. 2/9/2010 4:38:30 AM
Gainey resigns as Canadiens GM The Montreal Canadiens didn’t have to look far to find a replacement when general manager Bob Gainey decided to step down Monday afternoon. Pierre Gauthier, who has served as Gainey’s right-hand man for the past six and a half years, is the team’s new GM. 2/8/2010 7:45:04 PM
Aussies challenge Irish women's bobsleigh team - in court The Olympic flame hasn't been lit and already the 2010 Games has it's first brouhaha. Let the games within the Games begin. Ireland's women's bobsleigh team is in jeopardy of losing its Olympic berth because Australia has submitted an appeal insisting that they deserve the spot. 2/8/2010 7:43:58 PM
IOC will allow Australians' boxing kangaroo flag to stay The Aussie "boxing kangaroo" has won a TKO over the International Olympic Committee. And the cheeky flag will keep flying proudly from the team's balcony at the Vancouver 2010 athletes village. But IOC spokesman Mark Adams insisted Sunday night the flag flap was never a real fight. 2/8/2010 8:58:10 AM
The best and the worst of the Super Bowl ads (Video) Let the record show that 2010 was the year of older women being viciously tackled in Super Bowl commercials. It’s about time: These old biddies have been getting away with far too much lately. Of course until kickoff, 2010 was known as the Year of the Tim Tebow Pro-Life ad. 2/8/2010 6:00:56 AM
Olympics: A new way to harden Cypress's snow Organizers for the 2010 Winter Olympics are pulling out all stops at troubled Cypress Mountain, including a snow-hardening technique designed to battle the unseasonably warm temperatures. Two fields of play at Cypress Mountain are being artificially frozen by the new technique. 2/8/2010 5:23:16 AM
Shorthanded Vees blank Silverbacks Ben Sexton scored two shorthanded goals and Sean Bonar kicked out 19 shots to get his third shutout of the season as the Penticton Vees blanked the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 4-0 Saturday at Sunwave Centre. The Vees played their third straight game without BCHL scoring leader Denver Manderson. 2/8/2010 4:09:27 AM
Danica proves she's a natural in stock car JR Motorsports team owners Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick could not keep their eyes off the TV screens Saturday afternoon. There were 43 cars on the racetrack during Saturday’s ARCA romp, but SPEED was focused on Danica Patrick’s debut and so were the men at the table. (Ed: She may race again in the Daytona Nationwide race on Saturday.)
2/7/2010 7:33:53 PM
NASCAR: Harvick wins Shootout in wild finish Kevin Harvick overcame a bout with the flu and a wrecked race car to earn his second consecutive victory in the exhibition Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night. Too ill to travel, Harvick turned his Chevrolet over to teammate Clint Bowyer for the first practice of the season. 2/7/2010 7:10:29 PM
Who Dat? It’s the Super Bowl champ Saints Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that’s who. Ain’t kidding. Put away those paper bags forever: Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to upset Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football’s most thrilling title games. 2/7/2010 6:42:41 PM
Habs shut out by Bruins The Boston Bruins needed a little bit of luck to break out of one of the worst stretches in the team's long and storied history. Tuukka Rask made 36 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Bruins snapped a 10-game winless streak with a 3-0 victory Sunday afternoon. 2/7/2010 5:05:12 PM
Jennifer Jones wins third straight Scotties title While most of the sport's world attention was focused on the NFL's Super Bowl in Miami, Jones was winning a third straight Canadian women's curling championship. Jones accomplished the feat with an 8-7 extra-end victory over Kathy O'Rourke of Prince Edward Island in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. 2/7/2010 4:35:32 PM
Canadian dies in Canary Islands while training for Ironman triathlon An Edmonton family is mourning the death of a daughter, a kind-hearted psychologist and athlete, after she crashed while training for an Ironman triathlon in the Canary Islands. Laura MacKay, 37, and her husband, Travis Eltom, were on their bikes on a steep, winding road when the mishap occurred. 2/7/2010 10:46:38 AM
Luongo sends Bruins to 10th straight loss (Video) Roberto Luongo stopped 41 shots in regulation and overtime, and all three shootout attempts, as the Vancouver Canucks rallied to beat the slumping Bruins 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in Boston. "If it's not for Louie, this game is not even close," coach Alain Vigneault said of his netminder. 2/7/2010 8:10:34 AM
Lightning defeat Flames in overtime (Video) Tampa Bay capitalized on a rare third-period letdown by Calgary. Andrej Meszaros scored 1:58 into overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Flames 2-1 on Saturday night in Florida. 2/7/2010 8:08:19 AM
Leafs dedicate win over Ottawa to GM's son (Video) The Toronto Maple Leafs felt the best way they could help general manager Brian Burke mourn the loss of his son was to beat the streaking Ottawa Senators. The Leafs did just that and dedicated their impressive 5-0 victory to 21-year-old Brendan Burke, killed in a traffic accident on Friday afternoon. 2/7/2010 5:09:37 AM
Anderson, Avalanche blank Oilers Wojtek Wolski heard it from everyone from his mother to his coach — shoot more. He took their advice and was rewarded with his first goal in nine games in the Colorado Avalanche's 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.
2/7/2010 5:02:12 AM
Five Pinnacles chosen to Okanagan Whitecaps College and university eyes will be on five members of the South Okanagan Youth Soccer Association. Melanie Girard was selected for the under-16 Okanagan Whitecaps, while Katie Martin, Taylor Pinto, Alana Parker and Kacia Edzinger will represent Penticton on the under-17/18 squad. 2/7/2010 4:27:54 AM
Canucks get shootout win in Boston Grinning both slightly and slyly, Roberto Luongo leaned over and, almost under his breath, asked a reporter the perfect rhetorical question. "Did I look recharged?" Redeemed, too. Torn up over his unprecedented decision this week to bow out of a game in Ottawa, Luongo proved in a focused, nearly flawless performance Saturday that, yes, rest helps. 2/7/2010 4:12:55 AM
Leafs stunned by death of GM's son Players stunned by news Brendan Burke, GM's youngest son, died in car accident. Members of the Toronto Maple Leafs expressed sorrow for general manager Brian Burke on Saturday, one day after his youngest son, Brendan, died in a car accident on a snowy highway in the United States. 2/7/2010 4:03:55 AM
Valley pair sliding toward gold medal The Okanagan, especially Summerland, will be going bobsled crazy in less than three weeks. Chris Le Bihan, 32, who was raised in Kelowna, and Justin Kripps, 23, of Summerland will be in the two Canadian bobsleds flying down the 1,450-metre track at the Whistler Sliding Centre in search of Olympic gold. 2/7/2010 4:02:44 AM
Why the Saints — or Colts — will win Super Bowl Sunday It’s almost game time. You’ve read thousands of words on Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, heard how elated the city of New Orleans is to be in the Super Bowl for the first time and received hundreds of updates on Dwight Freeney’s ankle. Consider all that your appetizer. Here’s your main course: 2/7/2010 3:57:03 AM
Training on Cypress cut to save snow for Olympics Olympic officials announced Saturday that in order to save snow, they would scale back training time for athletes at one of the mountain venues for the 2010 Winter Games. Vancouver Olympic organizers say they need to keep athletes away to preserve the courses on Cypress Mountain. 2/7/2010 3:35:36 AM
Westside Minor Hockey plagued by infighting, allegations Yet another Central Okanagan minor hockey association is mired in controversy and infighting while its president is under investigation by his own executive. Ryan Kineshanko confirmed for Kelowna.com that he is investigating an allegation of sexual harassment. (Ed: Atom team pictured here.) 2/6/2010 2:19:40 PM
'Sexualized' Sports Illustrated cover of U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn draws criticism, controversy Lindsey Vonn is an elite alpine athlete set to tackle the world of women's skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, but her appearance in this month's Sports illustrated, complete with cover shot of the skier posed bent over has drawn fire from critics as "sexualized." (Ed: Whaaat? She's a downhill skier.) 2/6/2010 5:17:46 AM
Penticton Bullrider ready to hang tight Competing against 30 of North America’s top bull riders motivates Chad Eneas. “It’s up close and personal,” said the Penticton rider. “You are seeing some really great bull riders. It makes you want to do better.” (Ed: The event started Friday night, and continues Saturday.) 2/6/2010 5:09:20 AM
‘They hug you, they love you, and they show it’ Becoming a New Orleanian is not a choice. The city takes a hold of you and doesn’t let go. Live in New Orleans for even a brief time, and the culture envelops you like the thick, humid air or the vines of the magnolias that line the streets 2/6/2010 4:33:47 AM
Jones heading to Hearts final again Jennifer Jones and her Team Canada rink are heading straight to the finals of the 2010 Scott Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Jones and company defeated Kathy O'Rourke's Prince Edward Island foursome in the 1 vs. 2 Page playoff match. Kelowna's Kelly Scott tries to play her way into the Semi finals this afternoon. 2/6/2010 4:31:26 AM
Flames use quick hands to beat Panthers (Video) The Calgary Flames were quick on the draw on Friday night, parlaying two clean faceoff wins into power-play goals as they opened a road trip with a win over the Florida Panthers. Mark Giordano's power-play blast late in the second held up as the winner in the 2-1 victory. 2/6/2010 4:28:46 AM
Devils rally to stun Maple Leafs (Video) Ilya Kovalchuk's first shift and first point as a New Jersey Devil were greeted with cheers, but he and his new teammates left the ice after the second period on Friday to a chorus of boos following three unanswered goals by the Toronto Maple Leafs. 2/6/2010 4:27:30 AM
Athletes bring Olympic spirit, cash to Valley ski areas The Olympic spirit is alive and well in the Okanagan, thanks to a record number of Olympians doing their final tune-ups on local cross-country ski trails. The most heart-warming story comes out of Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre in the North Okanagan. (Penticton's Apex/Nickel Plate ski area pictured.) 2/6/2010 4:19:08 AM
Son of Leafs’ GM Brian Burke killed in car accident Brendan Burke, son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke, has been killed in a head-on crash in Indiana. He was 21. An friend with him also died. Police said roads were slick due to a heavy snowfall when Burke apparently lost control of his Jeep and slid into another vehicle. 2/5/2010 6:55:30 PM
Danica Patrick qualifies 12th for Daytona race Saturday After all 47 drivers had taken their respective shots, Danica Patrick held the 12th starting position for her much-heralded stock car racing debut, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PT Saturday. Defending race winner James Buescher will start from the pole after a lap at 181.543 mph. 2/5/2010 5:36:57 PM
Torch touches down in Whistler, culmination of five-decades of Olympic dreaming From the sun over Greece to the snow-covered mountains of Whistler, the Olympic flame arrived Friday in the small resort community that will soon welcome the world to the Winter Games. The torch stopped at Olympic venues for the first time since the 2010 relay began more than three months ago. 2/5/2010 5:30:11 PM
Champ Downs 238 Wings to Win Philly Fight They came, they saw, they ate 'em all. For the 18th year in a row, Philadelphia sports radio station WIP-AM held its bizarre "chicken eating" tradition before a packed house at the Wachovia Center Friday morning. PJ Whelihan's in Haddonfield, Penn., cooked up 9,000 wings for the 29 contestants 2/5/2010 4:55:21 PM
Legends meet at UFC 109 when Couture takes on Coleman When Ultimate Fighting Championship hall-of-famers Randy Couture and Mark Coleman square off Saturday night in the main event of UFC 109 in Las Vegas, the setting will be noticeably different than the first time they butted heads — literally, that is, butted heads. 2/5/2010 3:38:14 PM
Hockey salivating at possible Crosby-Ovechkin Olympic clash Six hours before the Superbowl in Miami, the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Washington Capitals. Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin will clash on the ice for the final time before what most hockey nuts hope is a prelude to a Sid the Kid, Alexander the Great showdown at the Vancouver Olympics. 2/5/2010 3:33:03 PM
Vancouver mayor backs Aussies flying boxing-kangaroo flag The Australian Olympic team has vowed to defy a verbal order from the IOC to remove its cheeky boxing-kangaroo flag from the front of their athletes' condominium in downtown Vancouver. Mayor Gregor Robertson said Friday he wants the banner to continue to fly in Vancouver. 2/5/2010 2:45:49 PM
Gene doping risky for athletes Athletes and coaches might be tempted to try using the already readily available tools of gene therapy to boost performance, but the practice isn't ready to be tested on humans, researchers warn. The article says gene therapy has complicated international competitions like the Olympics. 2/5/2010 10:49:37 AM
Tampa Bay Lightning sold for $170-million The Tampa Bay Lightning have been sold to Boston money manager Jeffrey Vinik. One source said Vinik, 50, will pay $170-million (all currency U.S.) in cash for the Lightning, the management lease to the lucrative St. Pete-Times Forum and five-and-a-half acres of land around the arena. 2/5/2010 10:39:05 AM
CFL yet to ratify Argonauts sale The end appears near in the ongoing Toronto Argonauts ownership saga.
For a second straight day, the Argos' proposed sale to B.C. Lions owner David Braley wasn't ratified by the CFL's board of governors at meetings in West Palm Beach, Fla. 2/5/2010 5:12:00 AM
Australian Olympic team defies order to take down flag Members of the Australian Olympic team say they will defy an order to take down a giant flag they've hung on the side of a condominium building at the Olympic Village in downtown Vancouver. The green and gold flag, measuring about 50 square metres, shows a golden kangaroo wearing red boxing gloves. 2/5/2010 4:51:40 AM
Danica Patrick: Confidence overtakes crew chief's concerns Tony Eury Jr. is comfortable discussing just how uncomfortable he once was with the prospect of trying to mold Danica Patrick into a stock car driver. The reason: She's already proved to her crew chief that she can do this. They expect to be up to speed in Patrick's first stock car race on Saturday. 2/4/2010 8:15:00 PM
Canucks rest Luongo, lose 3-1 to Ottawa Senators Let the second guessing begin. Slumping and apparently fatigued, Roberto Luongo got a surprise night off, so bank on some criticism. But give the Canucks this -- at least Luongo is rested. In the past eight days, he's played four periods and has had three days off. 2/4/2010 7:22:33 PM
Sumo champion retires after brawl Mongolian sumo champion Asashoryu has announced his retirement following allegations he attacked a man outside a Tokyo nightclub last month. "I feel heavy responsibility that I have caused trouble to so many people, Asashoryu said. He could not remember what happened because he was too drunk. 2/4/2010 6:13:37 PM
Another Quebec junior hockey player suspended for violent headshot The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League suspended Val-d’Or Foreurs defenceman Marco Scandella indefinitely Thursday for a violent headshot. Scandella delivered an elbow to forward Alexandre Durette, causing Durette’s visor to break into pieces. (Ed: Note, this kid is also a member of Canada's silver-medal Jr team.) 2/4/2010 3:47:27 PM
Colts take on super villain role A city devastated by Katrina in 2005 takes inspiration in the revitalized gridiron team that is finally a contender and even U.S. President Barack Obama finds himself taking sides for New Orleans in Sunday's Super Bowl XLIV. That gives the Colts a villain role. 2/4/2010 10:20:38 AM
2010 Daytona Speedweeks Schedule just posted NASCAR fans who have suffered racing withdrawl for the last couple of months are ready to go, and so is the racing. Saturday night features the Bud Shootout. The first chance to see most of the stars in real racing action. The lead-up starts today with Bud Shootout practice. 2/4/2010 7:08:13 AM
Coach fights culture of silence about Sports doping Justin Wadsworth -- a coach on the U.S. cross-country ski team, a three-time Olympian and a 14-year veteran of the World Cup circuit -- says the integrity of his sport continues to be compromised by dopers, and that means the integrity of the upcoming Olympic competition will be compromised. 2/4/2010 7:01:28 AM
Tiger Woods Reportedly Completing Sex Therapy Tiger Woods is leaving sex rehab, according to RadarOnline.com. The golfer allegedly attended a sex addiction clinic in Mississippi, although pictures placing him at the facility appear to have been phony. There has still been no confirmation that Woods ever attended the clinic. 2/4/2010 5:54:36 AM
Bulldogs, MacMillans dump depleted Vees Against a mediocre Quesnel team, the Penticton Vees got by without the captain. Against a quality team like the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, Denver Manderson and his league-best 113 points was clearly missed. The Bulldogs defeated the Vees 4-1 in Penticton. 2/4/2010 5:19:47 AM
Roberto Luongo talks about his Olympic dreams Behind the mask it's easy for Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo to keep his emotions in check. But as the Olympics approach, he's starting to get excited. Luongo is the captain of the team in a hockey crazed city (and province) and the only Vancouver Canuck player on Team Canada. 2/4/2010 5:07:25 AM
Flames: Glencross nets hat trick in Calgary win The players who comprised the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night helped get the team back in the win column, but it was a hardly a blueprint for going forward. Calgary, with six players in the lineup not on the team just four days ago, were 4-1 winners over the Carolina Hurricanes. 2/4/2010 4:51:17 AM
Senators make it 10 in a row in Buffalo It was only fitting that captain Daniel Alfredsson would notch the winner late in the third period as the Ottawa Senators earned the first 10-game winning streak in franchise history with a 4-2 road victory in Buffalo on Wednesday night. 2/4/2010 4:50:00 AM
Canucks find positives despite tough loss to Habs Teams often say they need to take the positives out of a loss, but rarely do they have as much material to build on as the Vancouver Canucks do after Tuesday night's 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens. Coach " Vigneault said. "The best player on the ice tonight without a doubt was their goaltender." 2/3/2010 5:10:39 PM
Stajan thrilled to play with Iginla Matt Stajan admits to "sucking wind" in the latter stages of his Calgary Flames debut, the final minutes of a whirlwind 24 hours for the Toronto Maple Leafs' former No. 1 centre. Dealing with the higher altitude in Alberta is just one of many adjustments that lie ahead for Stajan, a Toronto native. 2/3/2010 2:43:46 PM
Columbus Blue Jackets fire Ken Hitchcock The Columbus Blue Jackets have fired coach Ken Hitchcock less than two weeks before he'll step behind the bench as an assistant with Team Canada. It's the second time Hitchcock has been fired from a coaching job in the weeks leading up to the Olympics. 2/3/2010 2:33:34 PM
Dramatic cuts to Canadian sport expected after Olympics Nine days before athletes start competing at the Vancouver Olympics, one of Canada's top training organizations says the "sports system has been prorogued" because there's no plan for the future. Officials confirmed they've told 37 staff they should start looking for other work. 2/3/2010 12:01:40 PM
Sports Illustrated sees Canada as second-best Sports Illustrated is picking Canada to be second-best at this month's Olympics in Vancouver. In its Feb. 8 edition, which hits newsstands Wednesday, the sports magazine projects the Canadian team to finish with 30 medals at the Games – 10 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze. 2/3/2010 11:24:17 AM
Judgment Day for Peyton Manning once again More than anything, Super Bowl XLIV presents the opportunity for one of the NFL's all-time great quarterbacks to unequivocally cement his place alongside the immortals at the game's premier position. In reality, Manning has nothing left to prove in a 12-year career that will one day most certainly earn him a bronze bust in Canton. 2/3/2010 10:46:26 AM
NASCAR should hitch a ride with Johnson Wayne Gretzky is credited with saving hockey in the United States when he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988. Ditto for Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa for baseball after the divisive 1994 strike. Arguably the sport most in need of a saviour is NASCAR. 2/3/2010 10:14:30 AM
Canucks lose to Canadiens 3 - 2 (Video) Coach Jacques Martin showed confidence in Jaroslav Halak and was repaid in spades. Starting in the next game after a loss for the first time this season, the Canadiens netminder made 45 saves to help Montreal end the Vancouver Canucks' seven-game winning streak Tuesday with a 3-2 victory. 2/3/2010 7:19:01 AM
Fernando Alonso takes the wheel of Ferrari for first time Fernando Alonso took the wheel of a Ferrari for the first time Wednesday and continued the Italians' dominance of Formula One's first pre-season testing session with the week's fastest time. Around 30,000 spectators had gathered for the Spaniard's first session in the iconic red car. 2/3/2010 7:08:21 AM
Newcomers lead Leafs past Devils Brian Burke had to be pleased. On Sunday, the Toronto Maple Leafs general manager cleaned out the dressing room when he sent seven players packing in two blockbuster trades. Two days later, the three NHL players he acquired gave a glimpse of good things to come. 2/3/2010 7:03:00 AM
Odd Super Bowl circus serves its purpose As the legion of media members snaked their way through security checks outside Sun Life Stadium here, one was heard to say to another: "Were you ever a mascot? Because you have a mascot personality." 2/3/2010 6:50:46 AM
Tom Watson believes Tiger Woods must show more humility upon return to golf Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to "show some humility to the public" when he returns to golf after sorting out his personal life. Watson also said Wednesday that Woods should clean up his on-course behaviour in order to be considered among the true greats of the game. 2/3/2010 6:42:40 AM
Jones beats Scott in battle of Scotties titans Jennifer Jones and Kelly Scott have emerged as the symbols of excellence at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The skips met Tuesday at Essar Centre in a match between two of the elite teams in women’s curling. Jones gained the upper hand with a 10-7 victory. 2/2/2010 7:25:13 PM
Canadiens snap Canucks' winning streak in 3-2 win High-scoring with the hottest line in hockey, the Canucks got exactly what they wanted Tuesday. A free-for-all horse race. A track meet, which was as entertaining as anything you will see at the Olympics this month. There was just one problem, Vancouver — no Carey Price. 2/2/2010 7:10:46 PM
Olympic Fever At Apex Mountain Resort General Manager James Shalman says six Olympic training teams will be on the slopes, including those athletes close to home. Shalman says it's an exciting time with gold medal Moguls hopefuls Kristi Richards and Jennifer Heil on site. Teams from the Ukraine and Chile have arrived, the Chinese and French are expected next week. 2/2/2010 9:33:26 AM
F1 teams on track for first time in 2010, Massa fastest Ferrari and Felipe Massa remained on the top of the timesheets as testing recommenced in Valencia on Tuesday. The Brazilian set the pace with a best effort of 1:11.722 as Kamui Kobayashi finished second on his first outing for Sauber. Lewis Hamilton was driving the McLaren for the first time this year on his way to third place. 2/2/2010 8:11:06 AM
Cyclist Lance Armstrong to challenge world, Olympic champions in Corsica Lance Armstrong will take on world road cycling champion Cadel Evans and Olympic gold medallist Samuel Sanchez in next month's Criterium International in Corsica. The Criterium International is raced in three stages over two days. 2/2/2010 8:04:44 AM
Flames can't beat Emery, Flyers A day after picking up four new players (Matt Stajan, Nik Hagman, Jamal Mayers and Ian White) from Toronto in hopes of spreading out the team's scoring, the Flames managed only 18 shots on the Flyers' Ray Emery, who picked up his third shutout of the season. 2/2/2010 6:26:19 AM
Super Bowl: Less-than-Super weather hits Miami Rain drove the New Orleans Saints indoors Monday. The NFL scrambled to move Tuesday’s media day activities under cover. And tourism officials tried to shrug off the public-relations blow of a soggy start to Super Bowl week. 2/2/2010 5:58:47 AM
Oilers end 13-game losing streak It took just two days in February for the Edmonton Oilers to eclipse their win total from the previous month. Marc Pouliot and JF Jacques had a goal and an assist each as the Oilers finally ended a 13-game winless streak, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Monday night. 2/2/2010 5:32:55 AM
Commentary: The PGA is lost without Tiger Woods “Hello, I’m the PGA and I’m Tiger Woods-dependent.” Welcome to rehabilitation. Golf is experiencing Woods withdrawals strong enough to make John Daly take himself sort-of seriously. Seriously. Daly, in a veiled attempt to promote his reality TV show on the Golf Channel, announced both his retirement and un-retirement over the weekend. 2/2/2010 5:16:41 AM
Super Bowl ads sold out; some top $3 million CBS Corp. said it sold out of ads for the Super Bowl on Monday at average prices that are better than last year, with some 30-second spots topping $3 million apiece. CBS said the final spot sold Monday morning, six days before kickoff. 2/1/2010 3:45:03 PM
Flames hope shakeup sparks turnaround A big day off the ice Sunday has the Calgary Flames hoping for better things on it Monday. Calgary hosts the Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 p.m. MT) as the Flames and their fans get ready to welcome four new players into their lineup while saying goodbye to blueliner Dion Phaneuf. 2/1/2010 3:18:10 PM
Canucks' Salo might face Habs Tuesday Vancouver Canucks defenceman Sami Salo tested his sore groin Monday and gave it a thumbs up. Salo, who has missed four games with a groin injury, took part in a full practice at the Bell Centre and said he felt no pain. He expects to be in the lineup Tuesday night when Vancouver takes on the Montreal Canadiens. 2/1/2010 3:16:32 PM
Trade shocks Phaneuf He never demanded a trade. He insisted that he was surprised by the news. And, given the long look on his face Sunday morning, that’s easy to believe. “Well, it was definitely a shock,” said a puffy-eyed Phaneuf. “But I’m very, very excited about going to Toronto and being a Maple Leaf." 2/1/2010 5:08:24 AM
Canucks cut off contract talks with Kesler until after the season The Canucks have cut off contract negotiations with Ryan Kesler and don't plan to resume them until after the season. It's a decision made, in part, because the sides have reached an impasse and Vancouver is trying to avoid any distractions which can accompany in-season bargaining. 2/1/2010 4:55:54 AM
AFC outguns NFC in nearly sold-out Pro Bowl In its new role as a warmup to the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl became a series of wind sprints. Long gains were the rule and hard hitting was the exception as the AFC beat the NFC 41-34 on Sunday night. The crowd of 70,697 was the largest for a Pro Bowl since 1959 in Los Angeles. 2/1/2010 4:39:35 AM
24 Hours at Daytona: Mistake costs Ganassi Joao Barbosa powered Action Express Racing to the 24 Hours at Daytona title with an improbable victory. Ganassi's Justin Wilson was leading before he made an ill-advised stop into the garage late, believing something was wrong with the No. 01 BMW Riley. 1/31/2010 5:59:54 PM
Summerland Athletes on track for the Games Local products Justin Kripps and Kristi Richards are headed to the Olympic Games. City parks director Dale MacDonald said the city has a wonderful opportunity in Summerland with two athletes going to Vancouver. He noted that Kripps was a track and field athlete and “an amazing, low-key guy.” 1/31/2010 5:15:17 PM
Willie Mays, at 78, Decides to Tell His Story On the night of April 29, 1961, at dinner in Milwaukee, Willie Mays ate some bad barbecue. He was up all night, sick to his stomach, and so wobbly the next afternoon he told Alvin Dark, the manager of the San Francisco Giants, to erase his name from the lineup. (Pictured here with Hank Aaron) 1/31/2010 10:34:50 AM
Leafs get Phaneuf, Giguere in multi-team blockbuster Brian Burke rocked his roster and the NHL on Sunday with a seven-player trade with the Calgary Flames that landed the Toronto Maple Leafs star defenceman Dion Phaneuf. Then he acquired goaltender J.S. Giguere from the Anaheim Ducks for forward Jason Blake and goaltender Vesa Toskala. 1/31/2010 10:21:39 AM
Canucks Raycroft delights in beating Leafs It's not every day a team can rack up a three-zip lead and go home 5-3 losers, as the Leafs did against Vancouver Saturday. That takes some doing, though Toronto has done similar once before this season. For a while there, 20 minutes to be precise, the home side had everyone in awe, wondering: Who are those guys? 1/31/2010 10:13:23 AM
Leafs chase Luongo but Canucks rally from 3-goal deficit They built a three-goal lead and chased an Olympic-bound goaltender to the bench before the beginning of the second period, but the Toronto Maple Leafs were powerless against what might be the best line in hockey, falling as much to Alex Burrows and the Sedin twins as they did to the Vancouver Canucks. 1/31/2010 8:47:56 AM
Boyd, Iginla lead Flames in 6-1 rout over slumping Edmonton Oilers Jarome Iginla busted out of a slump and in doing so led the Flames to a historic victory over Edmonton in the storied Battle of Alberta. Iginla had two goals and two assists Saturday night as Calgary snapped a nine-game winless skid with a 6-1 win over the reeling Oilers. The Flames finish a perfect 6-0 against Edmonton in the season series. 1/31/2010 8:46:03 AM
Running barefoot eases impacts: researcher Harvard biologist and runner Daniel Lieberman had a simple question: "How did people run without shoes?" The answer he got is: Much better. At least running barefoot seems better for the feet, producing far less impact stress compared with feet shod in fancy, expensive running shoes, according to a study. 1/31/2010 8:18:03 AM
Keremeos massage therapist to assist Olympic Freestylers Keremeos’ Marnie Todd is off to the Olympics. Todd, a well known massage therapist who practices in Keremeos, has been the Canadian Freestyle Team’s massage therapist for the last three years. Todd has been providing sports massage therapy for the team in Canada and the U.S.A. 1/31/2010 7:21:14 AM
Phil Mickelson responds to accusations Phil Mickelson hinted at legal action Saturday for being accused of “cheating,” saying that if the PGA Tour did not do something about him being “publicly slandered,” then he would let others handle it. Mickelson didn't mention Scott McCarron by name in a series of interviews after his third round at Torrey Pines. 1/31/2010 6:00:27 AM
No Manderson, but Vees keep rolling The Penticton Vees were missing their top player but they still had the league‘s best power play. Penticton scored four goals with the man advantage in a 4-1 victory over the undisciplined Quesnel Millionaires in BCHL play Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. 1/31/2010 5:58:14 AM
Herschel Walker wins MMA debut Former NFL star Herschel Walker stopped Hungarian fighter Greg Nagy in the third round Saturday night to win his mixed-martial arts debut. Walker drove Nagy into the fence early in the third. After a flurry of punches, referee Troy Waugh called the fight. 1/31/2010 5:53:37 AM
Federer ends Murray's dream Roger Federer beat Andy Murray in three sets at the Australian Open to win his 16th Grand Slam title and end the Briton's hopes of a first major crown. The Swiss star, 28, won 6-3 6-4 7-6 (13-11) at Melbourne Park to extend his lead at the head of the all-time Grand Slam winners' list. 1/31/2010 5:38:37 AM
Aerials champ ready for takeoff at Winter Games One of the Okanagan‘s brightest medal hopes is back in the hunt for Olympic gold. Steve Omischl, the reigning World Cup champion in freestyle aerials, suffered a mild concussion during a training session a few weeks ago in Calgary. 1/31/2010 5:08:53 AM
Canucks down 3-0 to Leafs, come back for 5-3 win The last word went to Alex Burrows Saturday and there's nothing better than a four-point night to make your closing argument. In the centre of controversy, Burrows was often misunderstood and marginalized. In the centre of the universe, he showed what he means to the Canucks — everything. 1/31/2010 4:59:12 AM
Serena outlasts Henin for fifth Aussie Open title Serena Williams won her second straight Australian Open championship, ending Justine Henin's hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return from retiremen. Williams withstood a determined challenge from Henin before securing her fifth Australian Open title overall and 12th Grand Slam singles championship overall, tying Billie Jean King. 1/30/2010 4:57:13 AM
Kobe-LeBron Nike ad alludes to guns The Nike ad, which appears in several publications including Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine, has LeBron James on one page and Kobe Bryant on the other. Along with the slogan, "Prepare For Combat," is a quote from each player showing how tough he is. 1/29/2010 4:00:59 PM
Penske's Keselowski revels in his rabble-rousing role The hard feelings from their on-track feud in the final weeks of the 2009 campaign may have stretched into the offseason, but that didn't stop Brad Keselowski from sending rival Denny Hamlin a Christmas card. The message on the front was simple: Peace on earth. The personal note on the inside was laughable: "Your friend, Brad Keselowski." 1/29/2010 10:32:24 AM
Coach says speedskater Hughes to carry Canadian flag at Vancouver Games Clara Hughes, an Olympic champion speedskater and humanitarian activist, has been named Canada's flag-bearer for the Vancouver Winter Games. Ingrid Paul, a Dutch native who is a coach with the Canadian long-track team, revealed the flag-bearer's identity via Twitter. 1/29/2010 9:29:48 AM
B.C. skier Georgia Simmerling airlifted to hospital after crash at World Cup Canadian skier Georgia Simmerling crashed in the opening super-G portion of a World Cup super-combined event Friday. The 20-year-old from West Vancouver was airlifted to a hospital. No details of her injuries were immediately available. 1/29/2010 9:28:13 AM
Blues beat stumbling Oilers The Edmonton Oilers' losing streak is inching closer to record proportions. Eric Brewer and Alexander Steen had goals as the St. Louis Blues beat Edmonton 2-1 on Thursday night and handed the Oilers their 12th straight loss. 1/29/2010 5:42:59 AM
Flames burnt in overtime for eighth straight loss The Calgary Flames failed to pound another nail into an opponent they had pinned to the floor, so the beat goes on. A 4-3 loss on Wednesday night, albeit in a shootout, to the Dallas Stars has the Flames losers in eight straight for the first time in 10 years. 1/28/2010 6:51:56 AM
Canucks, CBC make peace in Burrows-MacLean affair Peace has been reached in the public-relations war between the Vancouver Canucks and the CBC. During a Wednesday morning conference call, the NHL club and the national broadcaster patched up their differences. To what degree is a matter of interpretation. 1/28/2010 6:46:45 AM
Tiger Woods’ wife stays at Brett Favre’s ranch Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, reportedly visited the golfer at the Mississippi clinic where he’s said to be undergoing sex addiction treatment. How did she go unnoticed? For starters, she wasn’t staying at a hotel. She was at the home of Minnesota Viking quarterback Brett Favre. 1/28/2010 5:21:53 AM
Serena struggles into Australian Open final Defending champion Serena Williams has advanced to her fifth Australian Open final and will put her 100 percent record here on the line against Justine Henin, who is only two tournaments into her comeback from retirement. 1/28/2010 5:14:17 AM
Raymond, Kesler have three points each in Canucks win Mason Raymond scored two goals and an assist and Ryan Kesler added three helpers as the Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Wednesday. Raymond and Kesler assisted on Christian Ehrhoff's winning power-play goal. The Canucks (33-18-2) posted a season-high sixth straight victory in their final home game. 1/28/2010 4:43:52 AM
Andre Dawson to enter Cooperstown as Expo Andre Dawson will be inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo, despite his preference to go in as a Chicago Cub. The Hall announced its decision Wednesday. Dawson told WMVP-AM in Chicago he thought Hall officials would discuss the issue with him in detail before the decision was made. 1/27/2010 12:41:03 PM
Salo close to returning, Mitchell not so much The Canucks likely only have to play one more game with three of their top four defenceman – Kevin Bieksa (lacerated ankle), Sami Salo (groin) and Willie Mitchell (concussion) out with injuries. It's likely that Salo will be ready to return to the lineup on Saturday in Toronto 1/27/2010 7:04:04 AM
Oilers nearing club futility record (Video) Jonathan Toews scored on Chicago's first shot of the game and the Blackhawks added to Edmonton's misery on Tuesday, beating the Oilers 4-2 and sending the NHL's last-place team to their 11th straight loss. 1/27/2010 7:00:53 AM
Maple Leafs no match for Kings (Video) Jamal Mayers stared straight ahead at no one in particular as he attempted to describe yet another miserable outing by the Toronto Maple Leafs. "We keep shooting ourselves in the foot with stupid mistakes and it ends up in the back of our net," the veteran winger said. 1/27/2010 6:59:55 AM
Elliott leads Senators to 7th straight win (Video) When the Devils come to town, talk inevitably shifts from the opposition to New Jersey goaltender and sure-fire Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur. But that isn't the case this week in Ottawa, where Brodeur's counterpart, Brian Elliott, is all the rage. 1/27/2010 6:58:06 AM
Vees have Vipers in crosshairs The surging Penticton Vees have a chance to pull within one point of the Vernon Vipers as they take on the Powell River Kings tonight at the SOEC Arena. Coming off a sweep of a three-game northern road trip, the Vees face the only Coastal Conference team to earn a victory against them this season. 1/27/2010 6:21:46 AM
Canucks defence hopes to hold fort against Blues The Vancouver Canucks will again be relying on a patchwork blue-line corps to preserve their NHL-leading home record before beginning a monster stretch of road games. Minor-league call-ups Brad Lukowich and Nolan Baumgartner have helped Vancouver. 1/27/2010 5:38:32 AM
Fastball teams meet to plan new season, new entries (Ed: NO LINK, STORY ONLY) -
The Penticton Men's Fastball league executive just held their first organizational meeting for the upcoming 2010 season. The league is doing it's best to find younger players. The ages last season ranged from 14 years old right up to 54. Most teams will welcome new players. It's hoped the 6 existing teams will return, with rumours a team from the Similkameen could surface. Much talent remains in both the Keremeos-Cawston area and Princeton. If you'd like to play compeitive men's fastball, contact president Dennis Thomsen(250-493-5607). (Thanks to Dennis Walker) 1/27/2010 5:26:44 AM
Carrie Underwood steals the spotlight at Ottawa Senators fundraiser It was billed as an Ottawa Senators' fundraiser, but the star of Monday night's gala at the Hilton Lac-Leamy Convention Centre wasn't a hockey player. Singer Carrie Underwood, fiancée of Sens star Mike Fisher, stole the spotlight at the hockey club’s premier charity event of the year. 1/26/2010 4:39:42 PM
Canucks, Hockey Night to resolve Alex Burrows-trashing differences The Vancouver Canucks and Hockey Night In Canada officials are expected to resolve their differences over the phone sometime this week. It was originally thought the parties would meet face-to-face Friday in Toronto with the Canucks there to play the Maple Leafs on Saturday. 1/26/2010 4:37:16 PM
Should Sidney Crosby be eligible to cash in at the Olympics? Not all Canadian Olympians are created equal. Some are born to be bobsledders, others embrace speed skating, a few will even learn to love the luge while a few more become Olympians -- almost by accident -- by being NHL superstars in an era where the pros are permitted to play for the gold medal. 1/26/2010 3:08:05 PM
Sedins, Burrows on a roll: Take 5 Is there a hotter line in the NHL right now than Daniel and Henrik Sedin with Alex Burrows? We don't think so. The threesome was dominant again in the Vancouver Canucks' 3-2 victory at home over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday, setting up Brad Lukowich's game-winner early in the third period. 1/26/2010 3:05:43 PM
Penticton: Linden named to B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame Former Vancouver Canucks captain Trevor Linden, veteran NHL winger Dallas Drake, junior hockey owner/executive Bruce Hamilton and BC Hockey executive Frank Lento have been named to the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame. "I look forward to this summer and the weekend up in Penticton," Linden said. 1/26/2010 10:38:48 AM
Speedskater Clara Hughes a no-brainer to carry Canada’s flag On Saturday, Clara Hughes hadn’t an inkling. “Haven’t been told a thing,” she said. “Sorry. I heard they won’t be letting the person know until the night before the announcement. Wish I could give you a hint.” Well, the Canadian Olympic Committee dropped a clue not even Inspector Clouseau could miss Monday. 1/26/2010 5:39:55 AM
Canucks' players ponder Hockey Night in Canada blackball The Vancouver Canucks will play a prominent on-ice role Saturday during a Hockey Day in Canada triple-header on CBC when they face the Maple Leafs in Toronto. How prominent their off-ice role with the national broadcaster will be remains to be seen. (Ed: Let's do it and show up the CBC clowns.) 1/26/2010 5:19:18 AM
Kristi Richards carried torch, named to Olympic team on same day At 7:49 a.m. in Osoyoos on Monday, just before sunrise and with the fog lifting, Kristi Richards carried the Olympic flame. “There was a moment when it was the quietest, in this neat light, when it felt like I was running alone with the torch,” said Richards, a moguls medal contender from Summerland. 1/26/2010 5:08:51 AM
Flames can't solve Conklin, scoring woes (Video) It doesn't rank as the highlight of their season but at least the St. Louis Blues and their fans — unlike their Calgary counterparts — have something to get excited about. They managed to protect a third-period lead while dealing the hometown Flames a seventh consecutive loss. 1/26/2010 4:41:44 AM
Canucks beat Sabres, Lukowich gets winner (Video) Thanks to Brad Lukowich's first goal in more than two years, the Vancouver Canucks still haven't lost at home to the Buffalo Sabres in more than a decade. Lukowich scored for the first time in 111 NHL games, with 14:39 remaining, as the Canucks beat the Sabres 3-2. 1/26/2010 4:16:44 AM
Interactive: 10 worst Super Bowl ads It’s not just the most-watched television event of the year; it’s also the one day when people actually sit down in front of the TV specifically to watch the commercials. The pressure to be among the best -- or most noticed -- has led to some of the biggest fumbles in advertising history. 1/25/2010 5:43:06 PM
Kelowna's Kelsey Serwa claims gold in ski cross; First world cup win "It's awesome," Kelowna's Kelsey Serwa said of the significance of her performance coming less than month before she competes for Olympic gold. "I had a rough part earlier at the beginning of the season, so this is nice to get that little bit of extra confidence going into the Games. It's very exciting." 1/25/2010 10:51:00 AM
Sabres another test for surging Canucks Fresh off a convincing home win over one of the top teams in the NHL Western Conference, the Vancouver Canucks will measure themselves against one of the best in the East when they face the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night (7 p.m. PT). 1/25/2010 10:35:37 AM
Former Canadian Jrs star suspended for season, playoffs Patrice Cormier, the World juniors Team Canada captain and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies centre landed an elbow on Quebec defenceman Mikael Tam during a QMJHL game on Jan. 17, leaving Tam convulsing on the ice before he was rushed off on a stretcher. 1/25/2010 8:01:56 AM
Gelowitz wins Penticton Men’s Curling Bonspiel Garry Gelowitz from Kelowna captured top honours in the Penticton Men’s Invitational bonspiel finishing the three-day, 40-rink event with a perfect 5-0 record following a 9-6 triumph over Deane Horning of Nakusp in the championship final, Sunday afternoon. 1/25/2010 5:54:54 AM
Favre's dream is over, Saints going to the Super Bowl New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Garrett Hartley's 40-yard field goal 4:45 into overtime moved the Saints into the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history, as they beat Minnesota, 31-28. The Saints will play Peyton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami on February 7. 1/25/2010 4:45:16 AM
Angry Canucks boycott 'Hockey Night In Canada' over ‘character assassination’ The cold war between the Vancouver Canucks and Hockey Night In Canada doesn’t appear ready to cool down any time soon. Viewers of Saturday night’s game between the Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks noted that no one from the Canucks appeared on the broadcast of the club’s 5-1 win. 1/25/2010 4:39:29 AM
Colts return to Super Bowl This is perfect for the Indianapolis Colts: They have Peyton Manning and they're back in the Super Bowl. The four-time MVP threw three touchdown passes and the Indianapolis Colts rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to beat the New York Jets 30-17 Sunday in the AFC championship game. 1/25/2010 4:30:15 AM
Kristi Richards boosts Olympic Torch rally The Olympic Torch may arrive in the South Okanagan today - but in Summerland on Sunday, Kristi Richards stole the show. The member of Canada‘s freestyle moguls ski team was a surprise visitor in her hometown‘s advance Olympic Torch rally at Centre Stage Theatre. 1/25/2010 4:24:06 AM
Pen Hi Lakers post its biggest win of the season It was the most stirring and biggest win of the season for the Penticton Lakers. Hayden Trupp‘s netted his second of the game with 28 seconds left in the second five-minute overtime period as the Lakers overcame the Princeton Posse 4-3. 1/25/2010 4:02:35 AM
Ageless Favre leads Vikings into New Orleans A long-awaited Super Bowl appearance will be at stake when the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings square off in this Sunday's NFC Championship Game. But the spotlight has been reserved for Brett Favre, who'll be seeking the ultimate vindication for his controversial comeback. 1/24/2010 9:37:59 AM
Cammalleri leads Habs in rout of Rangers (Video) A week ago, it looked like the Montreal Canadiens' season was coming apart after losses on consecutive nights to close rivals in the NHL Eastern Conference playoff race. But after their 6-0 thrashing of the New York Rangers on Saturday night it may not be time to write off the Canadiens just yet. 1/24/2010 6:03:21 AM
For freestyle skier Kristi Richards, nothing beats Olympics Kristi Richards is keeping her recent battles against moguls in perspective as she prepares for what could be the highlight of her freestyle skiing career at the 2010 Olympics. “The world championships are big, but we‘re still looking at the Olympics,” Richards said. “It‘s . . . a different mindset." 1/24/2010 5:35:42 AM
Vees sweep the north, gain on Vipers The Penticton Vees completed a sweep of a three-game northern road trip and gained ground on the first-place Vernon Vipers. Defenceman Luke Curadi scored the go-ahead goal with 6:05 to go in the second period and the Vees held on to beat the Quesnel Millionaires 3-2 in BCHL play Saturday. 1/24/2010 5:04:35 AM
Luongo brilliant in 5-1 Canucks' trouncing of Blackhawks It wasn't the Vancouver Canucks' best game of the season. It just felt that way. That's what happens when you whip the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 with a defence that could make a Taylor Swift video seem threatening. Undermanned, and underdogs, the Canucks weren't able to make up for the playoffs. 1/24/2010 4:36:28 AM
New exhibit celebrates history of women in Auto racing "Women in the Winner's Circle," a traveling exhibit on the history of women in racing, is now open at the Daytona 500 Experience. This unique exhibit recognizes the past history, growing achievements and the future of women in racing. (Danica Patrick, seen above, will be racing at Daytona this year). 1/23/2010 3:17:54 PM
Report: Steroid dealer said he had supplied Michael Vick According to the Dallas Morning News, steroid trafficker David Jacobs said before his death in 2008 that he had supplied the drug for then-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. The Morning News did not publish the allegation at that time because authorities had never said Vick was part of the ongoing investigation. 1/23/2010 2:00:18 PM
NFL Playoffs: Conference championships preview The 2010 NFL playoffs have been largely devoid of drama — six of the eight games so far were blowouts. The NFC's top two seeds go head to head while, over in the AFC, the team with the league's best record faces a red-hot upstart that boasts the best defence in pro football. 1/23/2010 12:31:56 PM
Canucks, Hawks rivalry one to watch The Blackhawks’ resurgence and an exciting playoff series against the Canucks last spring have sparked a nice rivalry between Chicago and Vancouver. Vancouver won the first meeting in Chicago 3-2 without a point from the Sedins. 1/23/2010 12:24:29 PM
Spezza scores winner as Senators slip past Bruins The Ottawa Senators beat the Bruins in Boston for the second time in a week, pulling off a 2-1 win for their sixth straight victory. Jason Spezza, playing in his first game for Ottawa since mid-December when he went down due to injury, scored the game-winning goal near the end of the second period. 1/23/2010 11:55:51 AM
Russian skaters' Aborigine theme causes outcry First Nations leaders in B.C. say they want to talk to a pair of Russian skating champions. Oksana Domnina, 25, and Maxim Shabalin, 27, are expected to perform the ice dance routine wearing dark-skinned bodysuits covered with leaves, feathers, white patterns and red loin cloths. 1/23/2010 5:16:54 AM
No slowing Serena, Venus at Aussie Open Serena Williams moved a step closer to successfully defending her Australian Open title and extracted some family revenge Saturday with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Carla Suarez Navarro. Last year, Suarez Navarro beat Venus Williams in the second round. 1/23/2010 5:13:49 AM
Penticton Curling Club: Olympic team in the house France‘s Olympic men‘s curling team will be competing in the annual Penticton Men‘s Open bonspiel today to Sunday at the Penticton Curling Club. The team has already took part in bonspiels in Vernon and Osoyoos the last few weeks, winning the Vernon event. 1/23/2010 4:29:10 AM
Kristi Richards expected to join Olympic team on Monday It is expected that an announcement on Summerland Freestyle skier Kristi Richards will take place on Monday. Richards will be taking part in the Olympic Torch Relay carrying the flame in Osoyoos at 7:49 a.m. on Highway 97, starting near South Valley Veterinary Hospital. 1/23/2010 4:22:16 AM
Trainer disputes McGwire's steroids reasoning A trainer who previously admitted supplying Jose Canseco with steroids now says he also gave performance enhancing-drugs to Mark McGwire. Curtis Wenzlaff told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that McGwire’s goal was to get “bigger, faster, stronger,” according to excerpts released Friday. 1/22/2010 7:10:34 PM
Ryan Kesler, Canucks look to earn 'respect' against Blackhawks Few hockey people mention the Vancouver Canucks in the same breath with the Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks. Ryan Kesler isn't among them. The Canuck centre almost bristled when it was suggested Saturday’s home date against the Blackhawks was a “measuring stick” type of game. 1/22/2010 4:19:55 PM
Victim of vicious Cormier elbow, Mikael Tam can't recall hit Quebec Remparts defenceman Mikael Tam said Friday he was "really scared" he would never be able to walk or play hockey again after being elbowed in the head during a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game last Sunday. "The last few days have been the hardest moments of my life," Tam said. 1/22/2010 4:15:43 PM
Blind Canadian skier Brian McKeever makes Olympic, Paralympic teams Canada's Brian McKeever will make history at the Winter Olympics next month in Vancouver. The legally blind cross-country skier will be the first winter-sport athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Calgarian was named to the Canadian Olympic team on Friday. 1/22/2010 4:00:07 PM
Canucks' GM Gillis's trip to Montreal raises questions Canucks GM Mike Gillis created quite a stir Wednesday with an all-hands-on-deck trip to Montreal. With assistant GM Laurence Gilman and a couple of scouts, the Canucks brain trust took in a Habs-Blues game. People couldn't help but notice the show of force. 1/22/2010 11:40:11 AM
Concussion should be termed brain injury: study Concussions in children should be renamed "mild traumatic brain injuries," to better convey their seriousness, some Canadian researchers say. Previous research suggests that children who suffer a concussion or mild brain injury are twice as likely to have another within the year. 1/22/2010 10:22:52 AM
Tampa Bay Lightning embroiled in off-ice turmoil, again According to reports, the Tampa Bay Lightning organization has defaulted on loan payments and the NHL had to advance the financially struggling franchise money to make its payroll this month. League officials would not comment on the situation. 1/22/2010 10:15:13 AM
Hollingsworth wins World Cup skeleton title Mellisa Hollingsworth did it again — and again and again and again. After reaching the podium for the seventh time in eight races, Hollingsworth was named the overall World Cup champion for the 2009-10 FIBT skeleton season on Friday. 1/22/2010 10:11:55 AM
Beliveau improving after stroke Former Montreal Canadiens great Jean Beliveau is improving in hospital and listed in stable condition Friday after suffering a mild stroke. Beliveau, 78, suffered a stroke Wednesday night, according to McGill University Health Centre spokesperson Rebecca Burns in a release on Friday. 1/22/2010 10:09:40 AM
manage 4-3 win over Stars The story never changes, only the seasons do. As Roberto Luongo said: "It happens every year." And it happens all at once. The Canucks lost Sami Salo Thursday. This time it's a strained groin. It's unclear how long he'll be out. 1/22/2010 10:07:23 AM
Brandon smacks back at UFC star Brock Lesnar She may give up several inches and a few pounds to UFC star Brock Lesnar, but the CEO of Brandon's regional health authority is taking on the martial-arts brute and his bruising views on Canadian health-care system. Carmel Olson disputes the 6-foot-3 former wrestling star's version of events. 1/22/2010 4:46:26 AM
Canucks look to hand Stars another road loss The Dallas Stars will try to bring a nine-game road losing streak to a halt when they begin a three-game trip tonight versus the Vancouver Canucks at General Motors Place. The Stars begin their trek having not won as the guest since December 11. The team has won two straight at home. 1/21/2010 1:34:44 PM
Tonight: Crosby, Ovechkin set to rock: Take 5 Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin clash when the Penguins and Capitals meet in Pittsburgh on Thursday evening for the first time since the Penguins ousted Washington in a seven-game playoff series last spring. The two superstars could not be playing much better, entering the big matchup. 1/21/2010 10:53:16 AM
Canucks extend Oilers' struggles with OT victory (Video) The Vancouver Canucks extended the struggles of their NHL Northwest Division rival Oilers with a 3-2 overtime win in Edmonton on Wednesday. Daniel Sedin scored a power-play goal in extra time and assisted on his team's first two goals, as the Canucks (29-18-2) came from behind to win their second straight game. 1/21/2010 10:29:12 AM
Olympic flame to arrive back in B.C. The Olympic flame will return to its host province Thursday afternoon after spending 10 weeks travelling across every province and territory in Canada. B.C. Lions head coach Wally Buono will meet former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed at Kicking Horse Pass on the Trans-Canada Highway. 1/21/2010 10:26:48 AM
First photos of Tiger Woods since scandal broke The first photos of Tiger Woods since he crashed his car and went into hiding as a sensational infidelity scandal blew up around him have been published. National Enquirer acquired eight photos of Woods as he walked out of Gentle Path, a sex-rehab clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 1/21/2010 10:16:37 AM
Serena and Venus answer Belgian challenge in style Serena and Venus Williams answered the challenge of Belgian pair Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin in emphatic fashion on Thursday as they both crushed second round opponents at the Australian Open. Serena demolished Petra Kvitova immediately after Venus had disposed of crafty Austrian Sybille Bammer. 1/21/2010 6:51:42 AM
Evans puts Armstrong in Tour Down Under shade World road champion Cadel Evans outshone cycling legend Lance Armstrong with a blistering ride. Armstrong, who came out of retirement last year and is targeting an eighth Tour de France win this year, overcame an early puncture but was clearly unsettled by the heat and "relentless" course. 1/21/2010 6:49:01 AM
Jets prepared for full dose of Colts QB Peyton Manning Kerry Rhodes was watching film of Peyton Manning when something jumped off the screen. There was the four-time MVP quarterback hitting the turf, trying at all costs to avoid contact. "He doesn't want to get hit," the New York Jets safety said. The trick is actually getting to Manning, of course. 1/21/2010 6:45:57 AM
UFC fighter Brock Lesnar slams 'Third World' Canadian health-care system UFC fighter Brock Lesnar says he has recovered from a serious illness and plans to resume his career this summer. But first he had some fighting words for Canada's "Third World" health-care system. Lesnar went on a hunting trip to western Canada, where he fell seriously ill. 1/21/2010 5:42:04 AM
B.C. government spends nearly $1 million on Olympic tickets I'm afraid the latest news on the taxpayer-financed Olympic freebiefest won't exactly make your day. Newly revealed government documents show that all the fat cats and freeloaders attending the Games on your tab have snapped up some of the best and most expensive seats available. 1/21/2010 5:37:00 AM
Blues beat Canadiens in OT (Video) New coach Davis Payne liked what he saw from his St. Louis Blues, even after they coughed up a third-period lead. The Blues, now 5-3-1 since Payne replaced Andy Murray behind the bench on Jan. 2, scored on their only chance in overtime as Andy McDonald beat Carey Price with a wrist shot. 1/21/2010 5:23:37 AM
Power-play propels Canucks to OT win over Oilers A couple of late power-play goals kept the Edmonton Oilers' recent run of futility intact. Daniel Sedin scored the overtime winner and added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks won 3-2 Wednesday night and handed the Oilers their ninth consecutive loss. 1/21/2010 4:47:11 AM
Snow gods win, Olympic officials get to work Olympic organizers have thrown in the towel to the snow gods at one of its key venues for the 2010 Winter Games and are now resigned to bulldozing, trucking and even helicoptering in large amounts of snow to salvage a host of freestyle and boarding events on Cypress Mountain overlooking Vancouver. 1/20/2010 7:19:28 PM
Whistler Blackcomb to be sold at auction during Olympics Banks have seized Intrawest Holdings, the owner of the Whistler ski resort that's hosting the Olympic downhill races next month, after the resort operator missed a big debt payment, and now plan to auction the company off right in the middle of the Games. In the meantime "it's business as usual." 1/20/2010 1:18:57 PM
NHL roundup: Tuesday's action on the ice Peter Regin picked up Tuesday night where Daniel Alfredsson left off one day earlier for the streaking Ottawa Senators. Regin had a goal and an assist and Brian Elliott made 29 saves to lead Ottawa to its fourth straight win, a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. 1/20/2010 6:09:13 AM
Canucks coach less than impressed with MacLean's response Asked if he was satisfied with the response from Ron MacLean after the CBC host was criticized for the one-sided attack on Alex Burrows during Saturday's Hockey Night In Canada telecast, head coach Alain Vigneault – who also rebutted McLean's segment later Saturday on Hockey Night – said on Tuesday: 1/20/2010 6:05:46 AM
Thrashers beat Toskala, Maple Leafs 4-3 Ilya Kovalchuk came out shooting against the NHL's most porous defence. Kovalchuk scored two goals for the first time in two months, giving him 30 for the season, and the Atlanta Thrashers beat Toronto 4-3 on Tuesday night to extend the Maple Leafs' road woes. 1/20/2010 6:00:58 AM
Ross Rebagliati speaks to Liberal Caucus in Ottawa Olympic gold medalist Ross Rebagliati has recounted the outpouring of support when his gold medal was in doubt. “I’ll always remember one Canadian in particular." “He said, ‘Canada supports you.’ That support made all the difference. That phone call was from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. 1/20/2010 5:36:48 AM
Canucks thin on defence as they travel to Edmonton The Vancouver Canucks will be thinner on the blue-line Wednesday when they face the Oilers in Edmonton. While top-four defenceman Kevin Bieksa continues his rehabilitation from a serious skate cut, stay-at-home rearguard Willie Mitchell, is not on the trip. 1/20/2010 5:22:13 AM
Canada poised to win Olympic medal count: professor Canada is set to win a record number of medals at the 2010 Winter Games, according to an academic who has accurately predicted Olympic medal counts since 2000. "Canada for the first time ever will win the most Olympic medals of any nation at the Games, 27 medals," said Daniel Johnson. 1/20/2010 5:07:55 AM
Burrows' parents appalled by CBC's treatment of their son The father of Vancouver Canuck winger Alex Burrows says his son was the victim of "verbal assassination" by the CBC's Ron MacLean in a weekend Hockey Night in Canada segment. "Alexandre told the truth, he's a very straight guy, he felt something happened, he told the truth," Rodney Burrows said. 1/19/2010 4:30:30 PM
Sharks score 9, douse Flames early (Video) It took the Calgary Flames about 20 minutes to ruin head coach Brent Sutter's plan for a well-rested Miikka Kiprusoff to present a formidable challenge to the high-octane San Jose Sharks. Slow afoot and out of position in their own end, the Flames fell behind 3-0 by the 15-minute mark of the first period. 1/19/2010 5:58:53 AM
Ron MacLean responds to Burrows hack-job (Ed: It's important to note that Ron McLean is also a CAHA referee. Biased? You Betcha!!) - Ron MacLean, the host of Hockey Night in Canada, stands behind his segment on Alex Burrows Saturday, while maintaining his intentions are perhaps misunderstood. 1/19/2010 5:07:21 AM
2010 Daytona 500 Wing to spoiler transition anticipated without dread Gary Nelson, one of the "fathers" of NASCAR's new car currently used in the Cup Series, and Jeff Gordon are among those who think the decision to abandon the car's rear-mounted wing in favor of a traditional flat-blade spoiler is no big deal. NASCAR is expected to announce possible changes to bump-drafting and out-of-bounds rules. 1/18/2010 8:49:19 PM
Stanley Cup misses flight to Vancouver (Video) Call it a rookie mistake by a member of Team Air Canada. A new employee, believing he was doing a favour, accidently shipped the Stanley Cup directly from Newark, N.J., back to its home in Toronto on Sunday. The intended destination was a charity event in Vancouver. 1/18/2010 8:38:50 PM
Leafs survive after blowing 3-goal lead Phil Kessel scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:48 left to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night. Alexei Ponikarovsky had a goal and assist, and Niklas Hagman and Matt Stajan also scored for the visiting Maple Leafs. 1/18/2010 8:37:09 PM
Jets are the unwashed, unloved and (so far) unstoppable underdogs The other three NFL teams in this weekend's conference championship games have the Canton-bound quarterbacks, gaudy passing numbers, and seedings that secured them first-round byes. But the New York Jets have the clear edge in one category. Disrespect. Indianapolis will play host to the Jets in Sunday's early game (noon PST). 1/18/2010 7:19:12 PM
Canadian junior captain Cormier ejected for hit to head (Video) Junior hockey was making sense of another head-hunting incident Monday after Mikael Tam of the Quebec Remparts was sent to hospital by an elbow from Rouyn-Noranda centre Patrice Cormier, who captained Canada at the recent world junior hockey championship. 1/18/2010 4:37:33 PM
Canuck's Raymond speediest at Sunday's skills comp Mason Raymond repeated as both speediest Canuck and deadliest sharpshooter, although Ryan Kesler wasn’t one of the Canucks contesting the speed event. “I wasn’t picking [who he skated against],” Raymond said, “but the young guys are taking over these skills now.” 1/18/2010 12:16:08 PM
Red-hot Heil takes 4th straight World Cup title Canadian freestyle skier Jennifer Heil still thinks there's room for improvement even though she's won four straight World Cup gold medals. "I can still ski faster," she said. "I know I can still make some changes with my body position and my skiing, being a little calmer." 1/18/2010 5:28:44 AM
Chan runs away with men's skating title (Video) After battling through a lot of adversity this season, Patrick Chan looks like he's got his groove back. The Toronto native set a Canadian record on the way to winning gold at the Canadian figure skating championships in London, Ont., on Sunday. 1/18/2010 5:20:32 AM
Flames drop 11th straight in Anaheim (Video) The Calgary Flames had no trouble scoring goals on Sunday night. They were hurt by poor goaltending, unlucky bounces and a mental mistake. As a result, the Anaheim Ducks overcame a 4-3 deficit with a pair of third-period goals for a 5-4 victory. 1/18/2010 5:19:21 AM
Bosh and Bargnani power Raptors past Mavericks The Toronto Raptors used the strong play of Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani to turn back the Dallas Mavericks 110-88 on Sunday. Bosh had 23 points and 13 rebounds and Bargnani added 22 points as Toronto won for the seventh time in their last eight home games. 1/17/2010 8:28:55 PM
Canadian Michael Lambert wins parallel giant slalom World Cup, 1st Gold Canadian snowboarder Michael Lambert has been making major strides this season, and the improvements in large part trace back to his decision to start seeing a meditation guru last spring. The Toronto native earned his first World Cup victory by beating Austrian Andreas Prommegger. 1/17/2010 7:43:04 PM
Rangers' 6-2 win over Canadiens Ryan Callahan had two goals and two assists, Brandon Dubinsky added two goals and an assist and the New York Rangers broke out of a scoring drought to beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 on Sunday night. Marian Gaborik had a goal and two assists, and Chris Drury also scored to help the Rangers. 1/17/2010 7:37:26 PM
Alain Vigneault slams Ron MacLean in a rare challenge of specific media (Video) It may have been Alain Vigneault's finest moment in Vancouver. In a reasoned and impassioned speech that lasted precisely two minutes on HNIC's After Hours, Vigneault knocked the CBC's Ron MacLean for an incredibly one-sided segment he hosted which vilified Alex Burrows and exonerated Stephane Auger. 1/17/2010 6:16:59 PM
Jets sink Chargers for spot in AFC title game The New York Jets beat the San Diego Chargers on Sunday for a spot in next week's AFC Championship game. New York trailed early, but scored 17 unanswered points, capped by Shonn Greene's 53-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter. 1/17/2010 4:07:28 PM
Favre throws four touchdowns to lead Vikings over Cowboys Brett Favre wanted all of it, and now he's got it. "This is what I came back for," he said. Four -- count 'em, four -- touchdown passes from Minnesota's 40-year-old quarterback sent the Vikings to the NFC championship game with a determined 34-3 rout of the Dallas Cowboys. 1/17/2010 3:35:07 PM
Spain's Sainz wins Dakar Rally; Mark Miller of U.S. 3rd Carlos Sainz of Spain won the Dakar Rally in his Volkswagen, finishing second in Saturday's final stage into Buenos Aires, Argentina, to maintain his overall lead. It was a 1-2-3 sweep for Volkswagen. Cyril Despres of France, on a KTM, won in motorcycle division. 1/17/2010 3:15:31 PM
Globe and Mail: Vigneault slams CBC's MacLean (Video) The Hockey Night in Canada host was criticized by Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault after his team beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in the late game of the CBC's Saturday night doubleheader. Vigneault was objecting to a pre-game segment with MacLean and NHL director of hockey operations Colin Campbell. 1/17/2010 10:04:52 AM
CBC Jerk Ron McLean bashes Canucks Alex Burrows It seems neither controversy nor something closely resembling character assassination on Hockey Night in Canada can stop Alex Burrows these days. "I'm happy he didn't see the Ron McLean bashing before the game," said coach Alain Vigneault. " I didn't think it was very fair." 1/17/2010 9:38:54 AM
Apex hosting BC Freestyle series this weekend It will be home sweet home for the Apex Freestyle Club this weekend. The Penticton club is hosting the opening race of the BC Freestyle series at Apex Mountain starting Thursday and concluding Sunday. 1/17/2010 5:45:47 AM
Peach Classic Triathlon makes changes for 2010 The Investors Group Peach Classic Triathlon will see some big changes in 2010. A sprint distance has been added to the Olympic distance which will enable athletes who prefer a shorter distance event and allow younger athletes to participate. Also, the run course to the West Bench and back has been changed. 1/17/2010 5:41:53 AM
Vees suffer rare home loss The Penticton Vees missed a great chance to gain ground on the Vernon Vipers. Josh Manson‘s goal early in the third period proved to be the winner as the Salmon Arm Silverbacks beat the Vees 4-3 in BCHL play Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. 1/17/2010 5:07:57 AM
Canucks score easy 6-2 home win over Pittsburgh The Vancouver Canucks got to hold their SuperSkills competition a day early. Marc-Andre Fleury's broken finger turned Saturday's marquee match-up into a stats-padding carnival in which the Canucks had their way with the Stanley Cup champions in a 6-2 win. 1/17/2010 5:05:56 AM
Oilers' slide continues against Sharks (Video) Devin Setoguchi scored a pair of goals in a span of 1:38 to provide the punch San Jose has been lacking on its second line and the Sharks went on to beat the visiting Edmonton Oilers 4-2 Saturday. Mired in a goal-scoring drought, Setoguchi went back to an old trick from junior hockey. 1/17/2010 5:03:48 AM
Saints score early, often to crush Cardinals 45-14 Reggie Bush danced around defenders who fell over each other trying to tackle him. Brees threw three touchdown passes, Bush scored on an 83-yard punt return and a spectacular 46-yard run, and New Orleans overwhelmed the defending NFC champion Cardinals 45-14. 1/17/2010 4:57:20 AM
Penticton Council give $5,000 to Hockey Hall of Fame The Summer Classic is likely returning to Penticton. City council voted unanimously Monday evening to give the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame $5,053 in grant monies to hold the 2010 Summer Classic hockey game this July in Penticton, along with the hall’s induction dinner and ceremony. 1/17/2010 4:38:27 AM
Colts wrap up Ravens, 20-3 There’s a price to pay for keeping the ball out of Peyton Manning’s hands. Once he gets it, he doesn’t give it back — at least not until he’s gotten the Indianapolis Colts plenty of points and a playoff win. Manning threw for two touchdowns Saturday night in a 20-3 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. 1/16/2010 7:43:40 PM
Joannie Rochette wins 6th Canadian Skating title Joannie Rochette is right where she wants to be heading into the Vancouver Olympics. That is, sporting her sixth straight Canadian title. The Ile Dupas, Que., native pulled off her best performance of the season in the women's free skate on Saturday to overtake Cynthia Phaneuf for gold. 1/16/2010 3:26:45 PM
Canada's Osborne-Paradis takes silver in Switzerland Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis captured silver at a World Cup downhill race on the longest track on the World Cup circuit Saturday in Wengen, Switzerland. Osborne-Paradis' time at the classic Lauberhorn downhill was just .66 seconds behind hometown favourite Carlo Janko. 1/16/2010 9:25:47 AM
Penticton wants to make Helmets a priority As hockey players, cyclist and skiers should wear helmets, so too should skateboarders, said city council. That is why council voted Monday evening to endorse the drafting of a bylaw that would make the wearing of helmets mandatory at all city-owned skateboard parks. 1/16/2010 7:45:38 AM
Chris Pronger wary of crossing Olympic line Rugged defenceman knows he needs to alter his play in Vancouver. "My play will have to be altered a little bit," said the 35-year-old Philadelphia Flyers defenceman, who along with Scott Niedermayer and Martin Brodeur will be visiting their fourth Winter Games when they suit up for Canada. 1/16/2010 5:28:42 AM
Flames come up empty against Nashville (Video) Add Dan Ellis to the list of goaltenders making life miserable for the Flames of late. He made 22 saves, including eight in the third period, for his first shutout of the season and 10th of his career in a 1-0 Nashville Predators victory Friday night in Calgary. 1/16/2010 5:24:59 AM
1955 Penticton Vees treated like heroes decades after winning gold More than a half-century after claiming the world hockey championship in stunning fashion, the 1955 Penticton Vees were honoured in Vancouver at a recent Canucks game. Clips of their march to the championship flashed on the big screen. They received two standing ovations. 1/16/2010 4:51:21 AM
Sports: Opportunism is on the rise France “won” the right, over Ireland, to go to the 2010 World Cup via Henry’s opportunistic use of his hands and fans around the world were stunned. How could this be? The failure of the referee or his assistants to see what millions could on television. 1/15/2010 6:35:02 PM
Canucks: Penguins burn through goalies before game in Vancouver The Pittsburgh Penguins may be scrambling to find a backup goaltender for their backup's backup when they take on the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday at GM Place. That's because Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury may not be able to dress for Saturday due to a broken finger. Fleury's backup, Brent Johnson, was put on injured reserve. 1/15/2010 6:33:43 PM
Ovechkin records five-point night in rout of Leafs For the Toronto Maple Leafs, there are good opponents, great opponents and then there is Alexander Ovechkin. The Washington Capitals superstar continued his awesome run in games against Toronto with a goal and four assists for the first time in his career while leading his team to a 6-1 win. 1/15/2010 6:31:03 PM
Summerland's Kristi Richards — On the Road to 2010 As I boarded the plane to the next venue in Deer Valley, Utah, I had mixed emotions about the last two World Cups in Calgary. I came out of the weekend with a solid 6th place finish from the first day last Friday, then a disappointing 28th on the second day. 1/15/2010 4:10:16 PM
Skeleton: Mellisa Hollingsworth on podium again Mellisa Hollingsworth added another World Cup medal to her growing collection this season, after finishing second in skeleton in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Friday. She was just 0.04 second behind Britain's Shelley Rudman, who won the gold medal. 1/15/2010 11:35:56 AM
Phaneuf leads Rochette after short program Not only is Cynthia Phaneuf on target for the second Olympic spot up for grabs, she leads five-time defending champion Joannie Rochette after the ladies short program at the 2010 BMO Canadian figure skating championships. 1/15/2010 11:32:47 AM
Home teams have the upper hand heading into NFL playoff weekend Debate heading into the weekend will centre on which teams are primed for an upset and which ones are primed to be upset. But there's no debating this one: if all goes according to script, the entertainment element will burn strongly in all four games. 1/15/2010 11:23:28 AM
Vees newcomer faces former mates Andrew Pickering didn‘t have to wait long to face his former team. The newest member of the Vees will be in the lineup tonight as Penticton visits the Merritt Centennials in a 7:30 p.m. start at the Nicola Valley Arena. 1/15/2010 8:13:16 AM
SOYSA gets city loan to start Sportsplex addition The City of Penticton will loan the South Okanagan Youth Soccer Association (SOYSA) up to $586,000 plus interest to build a two-storey 9,000 square foot addition to the Adidas Sportsplex at Kings Park. Construction should start immediately as the grant money from the WED program must be spent by March 31. 1/15/2010 6:07:28 AM
Robby Gordon fifth in Stage 12, eighth overall at Dakar Carlos Sainz won the 12th stage of the Dakar Rally by 52 seconds over Nasser Al-Attiyah, boosting his lead to more than five minutes against his Volkswagen teammate on Thursday. "I think that we could have won the special had we not had gotten stuck," Robby Gordon said. 1/15/2010 5:47:54 AM
Suns' Nash takes elbow to mouth Steve Nash left Phoenix's NBA game Wednesday night against Indiana after his mouth was bloodied when an elbow from Pacers guard Earl Watson hit him. Nash received seven stitches but returned to start the second half. The Victoria-raised guard received four stitches on his upper lip and three on the inside of his mouth. 1/15/2010 5:43:49 AM
Maple Leafs stick to scoring against Flyers (Video) It was a moment Tyler Bozak will never forget. And it was a reminder during tough times that better things might lie ahead for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Bozak earned a spot on the highlight reels with his first NHL goal Thursday night and sparked the Maple Leafs to a 4-0 victory. 1/15/2010 5:38:49 AM
Wizards' Arenas charged with gun felony Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged Thursday with felony gun possession in connection with a Dec. 21 locker-room confrontation with a teammate. Prosecutors charged Arenas with one count of carrying a pistol without a licence, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. 1/15/2010 5:36:22 AM
Ex-Cavs coach: We tanked season to get LeBron We all know teams tank to get coveted draft prospects, and there has been no more obvious example than that of the 2002-03 Cavs submarining their season to have a better chance at LeBron James. But while everyone expected it at the time, no one from the Cavs (or any team, really) has ever admitted to it. 1/14/2010 3:16:13 PM
Wilson's job security as good as gold: Burke Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke will not fire his coach this season, saying Ron Wilson's job is "as safe as the gold in the treasury at Fort Knox." "There is not going to be a coaching change," Burke said. "That has not been considered, discussed, or whatever." 1/14/2010 2:55:09 PM
NHL's Colin Campbell 'tells' referee's side of Burrows story Without a third party to corroborate, the NHL couldn't substantiate Alex Burrows' claim that referee Stephane Auger told him in a pre-game, on-ice conversation he was out to get him. No hard evidence, the NHL decided. Not much circumstantial evidence, either, according to league disciplinarian Colin Campbell. 1/14/2010 2:02:29 PM
Tiger Woods being treated for sex addiction? Tiger Woods is rumoured to be getting treatment for sex addiction at a clinic in South Africa, according to the U.K.'s Sun newspaper. Woods has been out of the public eye since details of his alleged affairs surfaced, but sources told the Sun he has been seen in Cape Town, and is believed to be attending the local Montrose Place facility. 1/14/2010 1:57:29 PM
Sweet 16 at weekend tourney in Penticton Friday Sixteen teams will hit the hardwood for the annual Penticton Junior Girls‘ Basketball Tournament Friday and Saturday at Pen-Hi and Princess Margaret secondary schools and KVR Middle School. “It should be a great tournament,” said Pen-Hi Lakers junior team coach Chris Terris. 1/14/2010 6:50:21 AM
Liverpool crashes out of FA Cup Liverpool’s troubled season took another turn for the worse when it was eliminated from the FA Cup after second-tier Reading triumphed 2-1 in their third-round replay on Wednesday. The only trophy Liverpool can realistically win is the Europa League. 1/14/2010 6:46:05 AM
Tension brewing in Leafs dressing room With the Leafs now mired in a four-game losing streak and with only three wins in their past 14 games, the growing tension among the players was clearly evident yesterday at practice as they dealt with the media. Several probing questions drew either cold looks or indifferent answers. 1/14/2010 5:33:41 AM
Old Shoe stays in Oliver For the fourth consecutive year, the Southern Okanagan Hornets put the boots to the Pen-Hi Lakers in the annual Old Shoe Classic senior boys‘ basketball game. Greet Gill and Baltej Gill collected 16 points apiece as the Hornets retained possession of the unique bronzed size 12.5 Converse hightop trophy. 1/14/2010 4:28:48 AM
Auger didn't target Burrows: Campbell "We have determined that Mr. Burrows' account of referee Auger's comments to him before the game, and specifically Burrows' suggestion that these comments indicated bias against the player or the Vancouver team, cannot be substantiated," said National Hockey League disciplinarian Colin Campbell. 1/13/2010 7:07:39 PM
Wild chase Luongo in 3rd period Antti Miettinen scored two of Minnesota's three third-period goals, and Niklas Backstrom set a franchise record for career wins in the Wild's 5-2 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night. 1/13/2010 7:05:35 PM
Formula 1 racing is facing a far rockier road in 2010 A great deal has changed in Formula 1 since the 2009 championship roared into life at the Australian Grand Prix in March. It remains one of the wealthiest and most popular television sports in the world, a potent mixture of high-powered technology and high-rent commercialism. 1/13/2010 6:03:26 PM
Update: Burrows fined $2,500 over tiff with ref (Video Vancouver Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows was hit with a $2,500 fine but avoided a suspension after accusing referee Stephane Auger of slapping him with spiteful penalties. That's the most the league could fine Burrows under league rules 1/13/2010 6:24:42 AM
Caster Semenya free to compete as woman, coach says Caster Semenya's coach says the 800-metre world champion is free to compete internationally despite an ongoing gender-test investigation. Michael Seme said Wednesday that he does not have details but learned from Semenya's lawyers that she can compete. 1/13/2010 5:51:25 AM
Penticton: Torch relay details unveiled The flame will arrive here sometime in the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 25 as part of a 106-day relay, taking the iconic torch to more than 1,030 communities in every province and territory across Canada. The event will be hosted by local masters of ceremonies Steve King and Dennis Dumas-Walker. 1/12/2010 7:28:26 PM
Update: Canucks Alex Burrows fined $2,500 for referee comments Vancouver Canucks' forward Alexandre Burrows has been fined $2,500 following his derisive comments regarding referee Stephane Auger after Monday's 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators. (Ed: Apparently no suspension. Canucks fans will be happy about that.) 1/12/2010 6:29:36 PM
Study shows popular PRP therapy no better than placebo A new study shows an increasingly popular treatment used by elite athletes to speed healing doesn't work better than a placebo when it comes to tendon injuries. The injected treatment, called platelet-rich plasma or PRP, has been used by a range of athletes, including Olympic hopeful Patrick Chan. 1/12/2010 4:27:21 PM
Steroids: The party hasn't started until Canseco shows up I'm surprised it took him a day to find a microphone. Anyway, you've been right more than you've been wrong about this Jose, so you're probably entitled to a few minutes of the floor: "I'm tired of justifying what I've said. I've polygraphed, I've proven that I'm 100 percent accurate. I never exaggerated. I told it the way it actually happened." 1/12/2010 3:00:07 PM
Bobsled: Després denied his moment on the main stage While Lyndon Rush and Pierre Lueders hogged the spotlight on the World Cup bobsleigh circuit, Serge Després beavered away in the lower-tier America's Cup series trying to make the best of long odds of qualifying a third Canadian sled for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next month. 1/12/2010 2:55:38 PM
Olympic megastar Klassen an 'underdog' She made the team. But what's so striking isn't that the long-track speedskater qualified — it's that she worried she wouldn't. Cindy Klassen is an Olympic hero. At the 2006 Games, she didn't just win one medal, or even a few. She won five Olympic medals — in one Games. 1/12/2010 2:34:41 PM
UPDATE: Hearing set up between Burrows, Gillis and Campbell to discuss ref allegations Alex Burrows, Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis and NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell will have a hearing via conference call Tuesday afternoon. The hearing is scheduled to start after the Canucks finish their practice in Minnesota. The focus will be Burrows' strong words that rocked the NHL Monday. 1/12/2010 2:22:16 PM
Curtis Joseph announces his retirement from the NHL David McNab was a big believer in the power of a baseball cap. He would send them to prospects whom he felt needed encouragement and, as a scout with the Hartford Whalers, he'd often take the extra step of writing personal letters as he did with one unheralded goaltender a little more than 20 years ago. 1/12/2010 1:48:13 PM
NHL to investigate ref accused of threatening Burrows This Alexandre Burrows-Stephane Auger situation is going to get messy. If the events of last night unfolded as Burrows has alleged – and there is plenty of evidence, circumstantial and otherwise, then the NHL will have no choice but to take some form of disciplinary action against Auger. 1/12/2010 11:36:33 AM
Update: Canucks cry foul over officiating in loss to Predators Alex Burrows scored two more goals Monday night, but it was a pair of third-period penalties that the Vancouver Canucks winger wanted to talk about following Monday night's 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators. Burrows accused referee Stephane Auger of carrying out a personal vendetta. 1/12/2010 7:45:30 AM
Danton wants to play hockey at Halifax university A former NHL player released from prison in September after serving more than five years for conspiracy to commit murder may soon be playing hockey for Saint Mary's University in Halifax. Mike Danton, 29, has been cleared to attend the school starting as early as next week. 1/12/2010 5:46:48 AM
McGwire says he wish he 'never played during the steroid era' Mark McGwire finally came clean on Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998. McGwire also used human growth hormone, a person close to McGwire said, speaking on condition of anonymity because McGwire didn't include that detail in his statement. 1/12/2010 5:33:49 AM
Pocklington seeks plea bargain to avoid jail: report Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington is seeking to negotiate a plea bargain to avoid going to a United States prison for bankruptcy fraud, CTV News reported on Monday. Pocklington, 68, who now resides California, was slated to go to trial Jan. 19 on two counts of hiding assets. 1/12/2010 5:31:46 AM
BCHL All-Stars: A huge night for Manderson Denver Manderson tuned up for Wednesday’s BCHL All-Star Game with a signature performance. The 20-year-old captain/centre scored twice and assisted on the other five as the Penticton Vees dispatched the Quesnel Millionaires 7-3 in front of a nice crowd of 1,902 fans Saturday. 1/12/2010 5:25:12 AM
Nature drops wet blanket on 2010 Games planning Olympic planners found themselves scurrying to adapt to torrents of rain and near-record mild temperatures that hit not only Vancouver, but far up Cypress Mountain, the North Shore peak overlooking the city where snowboarding and freestyle skiing events will be staged. 1/12/2010 5:08:29 AM
Anderson makes 44 saves, leads Avalanches to 3-2 shootout win over Flames A stellar performance from Craig Anderson ensured Calgary's sputtering offence remained grounded. Chris Stewart scored once in regulation and added the deciding goal in the shootout and Anderson made 44 saves as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Flames 3-2 Monday. 1/12/2010 4:58:28 AM
Canucks Burrows says, 'I'm going to get you tonight,' were referee's words It was looking like a night to remember for Alex Burrows and it proved to be one the Vancouver Canucks winger will never forget — and he'll probably pay for it following a post-game tirade that accused NHL referee Stephane Auger of seeking revenge. (Burrows also scored 2 goals.) 1/12/2010 4:40:09 AM
Volleyball player grateful for spike in community support A Kelowna woman is thanking the community for its support over the weekend. Tammy Thomas, volleyball player, is originally from Penticton, held a fundraiser Saturday night in hopes of raising money to help with her Team Canada training in Toronto this spring and was impressed with the help provided by the community. 1/11/2010 6:01:11 PM
Taking aim against Canucks laser pointing fan The culprit is still loose, ready to strike again on Monday when the Nashville Predators face the Vancouver Canucks at General Motors Place. The Canucks and arena staff are still searching for the fan who brought a laser pointer to the game Saturday against the Calgary Flames. 1/11/2010 5:07:53 PM
NHL suspends Jovanovski Phoenix Coyotes defenceman Ed Jovanovski has been hit with a two-game suspension for his elbow hit on Islanders rookie John Tavares. It is Jovanovski's second two-game suspension in just over a month. Accordingly, he forfeits US$158,536.59 in salary. 1/11/2010 5:02:46 PM
'He will fight again,' trainer says of UFC champ Brock Lesnar Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight king Brock Lesnar will return to fight another day in the UFC Octagon, according to two of his trainers. In a pair of separate reports, Greg Nelson and Marty Morgan each confirmed that Lesnar would be back sooner than later. 1/11/2010 4:08:49 PM
Super Bowl ads are going, going ... Buy your Super Bowl ads while you still can, because spots are filling fast. CBS has sold 95% of its 30-second spots and is cutting deals for the rest, according to John Bogusz, executive vice president of sports sales for the network. 1/11/2010 3:57:52 PM
B.C. ski resorts close as rain pounds south coast Warm and wet weather forced the shutdown of three B.C. ski resorts Monday, including Cypress Mountain, which will host freestyle and snowboard Olympic events. West Vancouver's Cypress closed Alpine and Nordic areas for at least a day, with mountain staff promising to reassess on Tuesday. 1/11/2010 2:32:52 PM
Mark McGwire admits using steroids fpr 10 years Mark McGwire has admitted taking steroids in 1998 when he broke Roger Maris' home run record. "I used steroids during my playing career and I apologize," McGwire said. McGwire is entering his first season as the hitting coach of the St. Louis Cardinals. 1/11/2010 2:12:51 PM
Canucks on the rebound against Predators The Vancouver Canucks will look to rebound from their first loss of 2010 when they host the Nashville Predators on Monday night. The Canucks and Predators have split a pair of games so far this season, with the home team winning each time. Vancouver (27-16-2) lost for the first time in five games on Saturday. 1/11/2010 1:32:47 PM
Penticton: Kelly Scott wins provincial championship After having her string of four straight provincial titles snapped in 2009, Kelly Scott’s rink out of Kelowna returned to the winner’s circle. Scott’s foursome captured the 2010 Scottie’s B.C. women’s curling championship with an 8-4 victory over Kelley Law in the gold medal game. 1/11/2010 5:26:24 AM
NHLers and touring rockers have a lot in common Brad Lukowich knows better than to add his playlist to the dressing-room sound system. "These guys would probably hang me if they heard some of the stuff," the Vancouver Canucks defenceman said with a considerable chuckle. He has managed bands and housed touring acts in his Dallas home that even features a rehearsal room. 1/11/2010 5:18:51 AM
'Spur-of-the-moment deal' a Daytona 500 winner A whopping field of 68 cars qualified for the second running of the Daytona 500, held that year, 1960, on Valentine’s Day at the Florida track. Among the cars was Junior Johnson, a North Carolina mountaineer and former moonshine hauler who was en route to becoming a legend. 1/10/2010 5:15:36 PM
Arizona Cardinals 51-45 over Green Bay Packers in O.T. Karlos Dansby's 17-yard fumble return for a touchdown in overtime gave the Arizona Cardinals a 51-45 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the highest-scoring playoff game in NFL history. Aaron Rodgers, who started the game with an interception but was marvellous after that, was stripped by Michael Adams. 1/10/2010 5:01:39 PM
NFL: Ravens knock off Patriots From the very first play, Ray Rice and the running Baltimore Ravens made the team of the last decade look old, overmatched and, oddly, inept. Rice ran 83 yards for a touchdown with frigid fans still settling into their seats, Tom Brady had four turnovers in the first quarter and Baltimore knocked off New England 33-14. 1/10/2010 3:08:31 PM
Harmon: Woods must risk embarrassment and humiliation Tiger Woods’s former coach Butch Harmon believes the world number one must risk the humiliation and embarrassment of a full and frank news conference over his infidelities before he can get on with his life. “The golfing public would like to see Tiger Woods do a press conference.” 1/10/2010 3:04:02 PM
Flames burn Canucks in shootout for division lead Jamie Lundmark's performance Saturday night earned him a chance to stay in the NHL for a little while longer. A day after being called up from the minors, Lundmark scored the shootout winner and added a goal in regulation as the Calgary Flames edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-2. 1/10/2010 7:21:14 AM
Gun-toting athletes becoming a familiar problem THE TASK: Delicately inform multi-millionaire athletes that wielding guns like inner-city thugs is dumb. It's in the new job description for those who handle players with egos more bloated than their bank accounts. "Athletes tend to have an inflated sense of their presence in the world." 1/10/2010 6:27:51 AM
Jets back up their words, beat Bengals One playoff game into his career, Mark Sanchez is giving a pretty good off-Broadway performance. So are the rest of the New York Jets, who are no longer an overlooked team after dismantling the AFC North champions twice within a week. Any more doubters? 1/10/2010 5:52:30 AM
‘Dallas demons are gone!’ — ’Boys post playoff win Tony Romo broke open a scoreless game with five straight scoring drives in the second quarter and Dallas’ defense kept up its recent dominance, sending the Cowboys past Philadelphia 34-14 Saturday night for their first playoff victory since 1996. 1/10/2010 5:45:12 AM
Togo will play in African Cup after deadly ambush Togo has changed its mind and agreed to play in the African Cup of Nations, according to French sports daily L'Equipe on its website on Saturday — despite a call from Togo's government to return home following the deadly attack in Angola. 1/10/2010 5:09:23 AM
Canucks cooled off by Flames in O.T. shootout (Video) Flames call-up Jamie Lundmark pulled his team even midway through the second period and then scored the shootout winner in a 3-2 decision over Vancouver that moved the visiting Flames into sole possession of first place in the Northwest Division. 1/10/2010 5:07:05 AM
Canada's Humphries 2nd in women's bob Kaillie Humphries piloted Canada 1 to a silver medal performance in a women's World Cup bobsleigh event on Saturday at Konigssee, Germany. The Calgary resident and her brakewoman, Heather Moyse, of Toronto, were fourth after the first run, and then a strong second performance. 1/9/2010 7:27:18 PM
Gonchar lifts Penguins past Leafs Sergei Gonchar gave the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins a lift on Saturday. The offensive defenceman returned to the lineup after missing four games with an undisclosed injury and made an immediate impact with two goals and an assist in the Penguins' 4-1 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs. 1/9/2010 7:24:29 PM
Parise scores in OT as Devils upend Canadiens Zach Parise scored on a breakaway in overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens went into the third period with a 1-1 tie thanks to former Devil Scott Gomez, who scored a power-play goal. 1/9/2010 7:22:18 PM
Daytona 500 one month away, NASCAR changing the rules The wing most likely will remain on the NASCAR Sprint Cup cars for at least the first few races in 2010. But two rules aimed specifically at restrictor-plate races could be eliminated. Officials are considering eliminating rules that limit contact (bumping) in the turns and passing while below the yellow line. 1/9/2010 6:39:57 PM
Vonn wins 4th straight World Cup downhill Lindsey Vonn won her fourth straight World Cup downhill Saturday and second in two days, overcoming poor visibility because of increasing snowfall. "I am very surprised to win the downhill today," said Vonn, who started 21st. 1/9/2010 11:43:21 AM
NBA star Jamison 'embarrassed', Wizards fined for gun antics Antawn Jamison pleaded with Washington fans to continue to support their team, the same day the NBA slapped four Wizard players with fines for their part in Gilbert Arenas' gun play antics. 1/9/2010 11:41:52 AM
Italian motorcyclist injured in Dakar Rally crash Italian motorcyclist Luca Manca was critically injured Thursday in the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally and placed in an induced coma after falling from his bike. Officials described his condition as "life-threatening." 1/9/2010 11:39:02 AM
Colts' Peyton Manning becomes first NFLer to win AP MVP four times Maybe the award should be renamed Most Valuable Peyton. Peyton Manning became the first player to win The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player honors four times. He received 39 1/2 votes to 7 1/2 for Drew Brees of New Orleans. 1/9/2010 10:47:42 AM
Scott and Law still deadlocked in Scotties battle Kelley and Kelly are still fighting for top spot in the 2010 B.C. women’s Scott Tournament of Hearts. Kelly Scott and Kelley Law were 8-1 after Friday morning action at the Penticton Curling Club. Playoffs are on today (Saturday) and the final game at 5 p.m. The championship match will be Sunday at 2 p.m. (Here's a link to the PCC website) 1/9/2010 9:27:37 AM
Heil wins World Cup gold in Calgary Jennifer Heil added another gold medal to her trophy case — and she won't need to go far to put it there. The Spruce Grove, Alta., native was nearly perfect at a World Cup moguls event Friday. Kristi Richards, who won gold and silver in Finland last month, qualified second-best, but settled for a sixth. 1/9/2010 6:02:06 AM
Vermette's big night buries Flames (Video) The Flames couldn't stop a big night from Columbus' Antoine Vermette on Friday, and it turned into Calgary's second straight loss. Vermette, from St. Agapit, Que., scored his 100th career NHL goal and added two assists as the Jackets hung on late for a 3-2 victory. 1/9/2010 5:57:27 AM
Special-teams nightmare for Maple Leafs (Video) Where's Wayne Primeau when the Toronto Maple Leafs need him most? The veteran centre, one of the NHL team's stronger penalty killers, is good for at least a few faceoff wins with his team short-handed and responsible defensively with his plus-1 rating. 1/9/2010 5:56:37 AM
Dog Olympics? Canine competition at Whistler At the top of Whistler Mountain yesterday, competitors bolted through starting gates, spectators groaned when entrants veered off course and cheers erupted as the winner shook the victor's banner in his teeth. The lively pooches and their human partners were at the Incredible Dog Challenge. 1/9/2010 5:43:41 AM
It's the Flames' turn to figure out how to stop the Canucks For years now, the questions have been put to the Canucks: How are you going to stop Alex Ovechkin? Sidney Crosby? Pavel Datsyuk? Jarome Iginla? But the shoe is now on the other foot. The Calgary Flames visit Vancouver Saturday and it's the Flames who must find a way to slow down the hottest line in hockey. 1/9/2010 5:26:06 AM
Seattle Seahawks, Carroll agree on 5-year deal Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times reports that Pete Carroll and the Seahawks are "close to a deal" that would pay Carroll $35 million over the next five seasons to be Seattle's coach and team president. Carroll has often attributed his mediocre record in New England to his lack of control over personnel. 1/8/2010 6:01:35 PM
Canucks vs Phoenix: NHL's pet Coyotes get all the calls Well, as long as the league continues to own the Coyotes franchise, every fan who doesn’t like a call in any given game which favours Phoenix — as many seemed to do Thursday — is going to have every reason to wonder whether officials who are paid by the league are favouring a league property. 1/8/2010 4:17:49 PM
Martin out at National curling event Kevin Martin is out at the Swiss Chalet National, stopping his streak of consecutive playoff berths at Capital One Grand Slam of Curling events at 24. Martin — the Edmonton skip - will represent Canada in men’s curling at the Canada’s 2010 Olympic Winter Games 1/8/2010 4:02:10 PM
Patrick Chan changes coaches just before Olympics Patrick Chan is changing coaches just before the the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Skate Canada announced in a press release Friday that Don Laws will instead be taking over a full-time role at a new skating facility in West Palm Beach called Palm Beach Ice Works. 1/8/2010 4:00:05 PM
Tiger Woods probably golfing again by March Tiger Woods' former coach Butch Harmon believes the world No. 1 could return to golf in March. "Those who say he won't play again are crazy," Harmon said. "If you want to put a timetable on it, I'd say you may see him in Florida before the U.S. Masters (in April)." 1/8/2010 2:42:12 PM
Tillman resigns from Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughrider general manager Eric Tillman resigned Friday, four days after pleading guilty to summary sexual assault. Tillman offered his resignation to team president Jim Hopson. He’d like to remain in the CFL. 1/8/2010 2:34:51 PM
Hollingsworth wins world cup skeleton race in Germany Canada's World Cup leader Mellisa Hollingsworth set a track record in her second run to win a skeleton race Friday, and couldn't be prouder that a Canadian now holds the top time on a German venue. She earned her second victory and fifth podium of the season. 1/8/2010 9:01:59 AM
Canucks: Burrows' 2nd hat-trick, Luongo's 50th shutout in win Alex Burrows recorded his second-straight hat trick and Roberto Luongo made 31 saves for his 50th career shut out as the Vancouver Canucks blanked the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 on Thursday night. Henrik Sedin assisted on all three Burrows goals to move into sole possession of the NHL scoring lead. 1/8/2010 6:27:05 AM
Halak turns away struggling Panthers (Video) Jaroslav Halak made 38 saves for his second shutout of the season and fifth of his career as the Montreal Canadiens won 2-0 Thursday over the Florida Panthers. Benoit Pouliot scored and Brian Gionta added another into an empty net for the Canadiens. 1/8/2010 6:16:57 AM
Penticton product primed for Olympic moment For David Keith, the story of the Little Engine That Could is a reflection of his son Duncan. “There was always all sorts of feeling that he was a good little player but he’s pretty small,” said Keith’s father after learning that his son will represent Canada on the Olympic hockey team. 1/8/2010 5:48:15 AM
Young teams shining at Scotties tourney Look at the standings for the 2010 B.C. women’s Scott Tournament of Hearts, and the usual suspects are found at the top. Kelly Scott and Kelley Law are at 6-1. Scott at the top after defeating Law 8-7 Wednesday afternoon. 1/8/2010 5:45:52 AM
Tiger not No. 1 tour issue, Ames says Stephen Ames admits he has no idea when Tiger Woods will return to tournament golf, but the veteran pro from Calgary says the extended absence of the world's No. 1-ranked player has little to do with the PGA Tour's future. Ames argues other players can pick up the slack. 1/8/2010 5:09:17 AM
Wow: Another hat-trick for Burrows, Canucks win 4 - 0 Alex Burrows left his hat on. He was about the only one. Defying his roots and challenging perceptions, Burrows did something no Canuck goal scorer had done in 23 seasons. Not Pavel Bure, Alexander Mogilny, Markus Naslund nor Daniel Sedin. 1/8/2010 4:51:06 AM
A Tiger Woods Mistress Will Claim He Had Gay Romps In Tell-All Book One of Tiger's many mistresses, Loredana Jolie Ferriolo, is penning a tell-all book about the golf ace. But Loredana recently attempted to sell her story for $1 million and graphically described group sex that included incidents of Tiger with other men. 1/7/2010 3:54:21 PM
Canucks-Coyotes preview: Tough slogging expected tonight It took 65 minutes and a shoot-out to decide a hard-fought game between the Coyotes and Canucks on Dec. 29. The hardest-fought game of the season so far for the Canucks, Alain Vigneault called it Wednesday morning. Both teams expect the same tight slogging tonight. 1/7/2010 1:34:50 PM
Ex-NHL prospect Daniel Ryder charged in robbery The younger brother of NHL star Michael Ryder, who plays for the Boston Bruins, has been charged with armed robbery in Bonavista, on Newfoundland's east coast. Daniel Ryder, 22, is accused of robbing a convenience store in his hometown Tuesday night. 1/7/2010 11:32:58 AM
Curl your way to fitness Fit curlers - isn't that an oxymoron? The question does not amuse Edmonton's Kevin Martin, skip of the team representing Canada at the Vancouver Olympics. "I've had the same personal trainer for eight years," he says. 1/7/2010 6:27:36 AM
NBA 'dropped the ball', players gun was loaded National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern suspended Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas indefinitely without pay Wednesday. It also came as new details emerged about the locker-room confrontation between Arenas and Javaris Crittenton, a teammate. 1/7/2010 5:46:33 AM
Penticton: Scott works extra for big win In the battle of Kelly versus Kelley, it was Scott who laid down the Law in an extra end. Kelly Scott of Kelowna stole two in the 11th end to edge previously-unbeaten Kelley Law 9-7 in an epic matchup between two former world champions in front of a packed house at the Penticton Curling Club. 1/7/2010 5:00:42 AM
Flyers feast on undisciplined Maple Leafs (Video) The Toronto Maple Leafs showed plenty of fight in the City of Brotherly Love on Wednesday night. But it was their ineffectiveness with the gloves on that cost them a big two points against Philadelphia, which began the game alongside the Leafs in the bottom half of the NHL East standings. 1/7/2010 4:35:18 AM
Flames snuffed in Minnesota (Video) Everything pointed to the Calgary Flames extending their season-high winning streak to six games Wednesday night. But Eric Belanger would have nothing of it. Belanger tallied twice as the Minnesota Wild snuffed the Flames 4-1, ending Calgary's recent run of success. 1/7/2010 4:32:43 AM
Whitecaps sell Canadian striker to West Brom Marcus Haber is on his way to England after the Vancouver Whitecaps confirmed Wednesday they have sold the Canadian striker to West Bromwich Albion. "We're excited for him but also disappointed that we're losing a good, young prospect," Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi told CBC. 1/7/2010 4:29:49 AM
Dakar: Robby Gordon fourth in Stage 5, up to fourth overall American Mark Miller has captured his first stage win in the Dakar Rally, winning the fifth leg to lead a Volkswagen sweep that gave Carlos Sainz the overall lead. NASCAR driver Robby Gordon finished fourth in a Hummer, 4 minutes, 48 seconds off Miller's pace. (Ed: Gordon was 9th just 2 days ago.) 1/6/2010 7:20:58 PM
Canucks find new role: They're bullies New year. New attitude. Unlike last month, when the Vancouver Canucks gift-wrapped victories for sad-sack Carolina, Anaheim and St. Louis, they have become bullies. They have kicked the poor and downtrodden where it hurts the most — on the scoreboard. 1/6/2010 5:23:21 PM
Bad gym teachers can ruin sports for kids It turns out that humiliating a child by forcing them to try to climb a rope in front of their classmates is not the way to keep them active in sports. Repetitive basketball drills, or sitting on the bench forever watching the athletic kids finish the dodge ball game, don't help either. 1/6/2010 5:19:51 PM
Andre Dawson, but not Alomar, elected to Hall Former Montreal Expos outfielder Andre Dawson was elected to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday in his ninth try, while Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven fell just short of earning baseball's highest honour. The eight-time all-star had fallen 44 votes short last year. 1/6/2010 11:29:43 AM
Penticton Pool plans go to the public Designs for the renovations of Penticton Community Centre’s pool and fitness area are now ready for public feedback. The city will be holding two open houses to exhibit the Community Centre Aquatic Expansion plans this Friday, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. in the south lobby of Convention Centre. 1/6/2010 6:00:57 AM
Penticton Vees fall in double overtime in Trail Nick Sandor scored 1:06 into the second overtime period as the Trail Smoke Eaters topped the Penticton Vees 5-4. The Vees (33-5-0-3) picked up one point for the OT loss but had their seven-game winning streak stopped as they fell in overtime for the fifth time in their last six visits to Trail. 1/6/2010 5:56:54 AM
Leafs pull off comeback against Panthers (Video) The battle is already on for the teams that have dug themselves a hole in the NHL standings. Witness Toronto's 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. "That was a big game, but it was just another game," said Leafs forward Alexei Ponikarovsky. 1/6/2010 5:55:36 AM
Coyotes nip Oilers in overtime (Video) Every time the Edmonton Oilers made a game of it Tuesday night, the Phoenix Coyotes had an answer. Shane Doan scored his second goal of the game during a power play 1:37 into overtime to lift the Coyotes to a 5-4 victory over the Oilers. 1/6/2010 5:53:56 AM
Flames too hot for Predators (Video) David Moss and Olli Jokinen each scored in the second period to snap personal goal droughts and the Flames beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 Tuesday night for their season-high fifth straight win. Moss hadn't scored a goal since Dec. 3, and Jokinen got his first goal since Dec. 9. 1/6/2010 5:52:31 AM
Penticton: Kelly Scott takes out Marla Mallett in 10th It was only the third of nine round-robin draws, but it may prove to be a pivotal win for the Kelly Scott rink from Kelowna against defending-champion Marla Mallett. Scott made a perfect takeout and stuck for two with the last rock of the 10th end to beat Mallett 8-6 at the Scotties B.C. 1/6/2010 4:50:06 AM
Canucks' top line plays its game of the year in 7-3 win Alex Burrows played out of his mind Tuesday. He forechecked like he was possessed. He killed penalties like his life depended on it. Even in the third period with a three-goal lead, he pressured everything and everyone. He stole pucks, skated like the wind, scored shorthanded and ended up with a hat trick. 1/6/2010 4:38:45 AM
World Jrs: U.S.A. Upsets Canada in O.T. The script was eerily similar to New Year’s Eve. But this time, the United States mustered some magic of their own. Defenceman John Carlson’s goal — his second of the game — 4:21 into overtime propelled the Americans to a dramatic 6-5 victory. 1/5/2010 8:00:11 PM
Ex-Renault boss Flavio Briatore has Formula 1 ban lifted Former Renault Formula 1 team boss Flavio Briatore has had his lifetime ban from motorsport overturned. The Italian was banned by the sport's governing body, the FIA, for his part in Nelson Piquet Jr's deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. 1/5/2010 4:15:15 PM
Canucks look to add to Blue Jackets road woes When the Blue Jackets and Canucks met for the first time this season, Columbus was getting off to a solid start while Vancouver was still searching for its first win. Things sure have changed. Looking to continue its climb up the standings, Vancouver begins a four-game homestand tonight at GM Place. 1/5/2010 11:11:06 AM
Saskatchewan GM Eric.Tillman gets absolute discharge The general manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has been granted an absolute discharge after admitting to sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Judge Murray Hinds said he believed Eric Tillman was sorry for his behaviour in the summer of 2008. Tillman pleaded guilty Monday. 1/5/2010 9:44:41 AM
Apex Resort blessed with 30cm/1ft. of new snow Penticton's Apex Resort wants skiers and snowboarders to know that it's heaven on the mountain. a foot of fresh snow in the past 24 hours has brought the alpine base up to 150cm. That's mid-winter numbers. And 3 out of 4 lifts operating during the week, there are 67 of 68 trails open. 1/5/2010 9:40:35 AM
The 1,000mph car: How to keep it from rolling over RAF fighter pilot Andy Green intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound car will mount an assault on the land speed record. 1/5/2010 7:14:54 AM
Canada's 'low key' Jrs coach ready for Americans Willie Desjardins does not possess the fire of Brent Sutter, the presence of Pat Quinn or the enthusiasm of Mike Babcock. But when Desjardins' Canadian junior club clashes with the United States in the gold-medal final in Saskatoon on Tuesday, the head coach will need to exhibit an aptitude common to them when they won. 1/5/2010 7:05:34 AM
Robbie Gordon 9th overall after third stage in Dakar France's Stephane Peterhansel moved into the overall lead in the Dakar Rally after the BMW driver won the third stage in the car category on Monday. "I feel we are at a major disadvantage when it comes to restrictors. My top speed is about 165 mph and the Volkswagens' are going 190 mph. 1/5/2010 6:55:18 AM
Iditarod four-time champion Jeff King donates US$50,000 to race purse Four-time champion Jeff King has made a large donation to increase the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race purse. King, a 54-year-old musher from Denali Park, is donating US$50,000 to the race. The move comes after a loss of about $1 million in sponsorship money forced a drastic reduction in this year's purse. 1/5/2010 6:40:09 AM
Jimmie Johnson, wife expecting first child, due date July Four-time defending Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and his wife are expecting their first child. A spokesperson for the driver says Chandra Johnson is due in July. No other details have been announced. Johnson won his fourth consecutive Cup title in November. 1/5/2010 6:25:02 AM
NBA roundup: Monday's action on the boards The Miami Heat ended their losing streak by taking advantage of a team suffering through a nasty skid of its own. Dwyane Wade had 28 points and eight rebounds, Michael Beasley scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half and the Heat snapped a three-game skid by easily beating the sputtering Atlanta Hawks 92-75 on Monday night. 1/5/2010 6:08:33 AM
Kings rout Sharks 6-2 ending San Jose's win streak Drew Doughty had a career-best four assists and in the tightly bunched Western Conference, the Los Angeles Kings showed again they weren't going anywhere. Six players scored in the Kings' 6-2 victory Monday night that snapped the San Jose Sharks' eight-game winning streak. 1/5/2010 6:06:59 AM
Alberta government to probe Oilers party Alberta's liquor commission is investigating a high-end Calgary Italian restaurant for allegedly serving too much alcohol to the NHL Edmonton Oilers during a New Year's Eve bash. (Ed: Sounds like a political trick to take the heat off the Oilers, and their free-spending party) 1/5/2010 5:35:55 AM
2010 Scotties B.C. Women‘s Curling Championships begin today There‘ll be no shortage of talent firing rocks down the ice at the Penticton Curling Club this week. The 2010 Scotties B.C. Women‘s Curling Championship runs today through Sunday with two former world champions included in the hunt to represent this province at the national Scotties Tournament. 1/5/2010 5:16:13 AM
No favorites in wide-open NFL postseason We could have had an epic story line or two going into the NFL playoffs, if only the Colts and Saints cared as much about our narrative as they do about their season. Indianapolis could have been undefeated and going after that prehistoric Dolphins team everybody talks about. 1/4/2010 4:37:08 PM
Henrik Sedin named NHL's first star for December Vancouver Canucks centre Henrik Sedin, Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov and Chicago Blackhawks right-winger Patrick Kane are the NHL's Three Stars for the month of December. Sedin led all scorers last month with 25 points (five goals, 20 assists) in 15 games. 1/4/2010 12:58:11 PM
Olympics or bust as Rawlinson removes implants Star Austalian hurdler Jana Rawlinson has had her breast implants removed to boost her chances of winning a medal for Australia at the 2012 Olympics, a magazine reported on Monday. Rawlinson, whose private life has often made headlines, said she enjoyed having larger breasts but did not want to "short-change Australia". 1/4/2010 5:25:22 AM
PGA Tour season set to start, Woods notably absent While speculation on when Tiger Woods will return from self-exile to competition remains a hot topic in the golfing world, the 2010 PGA Tour gets under way this week with the SBS Championship at Kapalua. 1/4/2010 5:17:37 AM
Vees feast on Warriors The final week of the decade couldn‘t have been any better for Ryan Viselli and the Penticton Vees. Viselli secured a scholarship to Bowling Green University, returned after missing six games due to a leg injury, scored the winning goal and earned first-star honours. 1/4/2010 5:11:30 AM
Penticton: 2010 Scotties B.C. Women’s Curling Championships begin today Last night's opening banquet, MC'd by Giant FM's Dennis Walker, saw defending Champion Marla Mallett (pictured) named female athlete of the year by Curl B.C. Ken Macdonald was named provincial coach of year. Both are from the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster. 1/4/2010 4:54:20 AM
Tillman to plead guilty in sexual-assault case Eric Tillman, general manager of the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders, is expected to change his not-guilty plea when he appears in provincial court today regarding an alleged incident in August of 2008 at his Regina home involving a 16-year-old babysitter. 1/4/2010 4:33:51 AM
Beyond Ignorant: Iran soccer chief apologizes for Israel greeting The head of Iran's soccer federation issued a public apology and a staff member resigned after the federation mistakenly sent a New Year's greeting to its counterpart in Israel. Ali Kaffashian said Iran's soccer league routinely sends New Year's greetings to all members except for Israel. 1/3/2010 4:35:05 PM
Globe and Mail interview with Ross Rebagliati Ross Rebagliati knows what you think of him. He's “that guy” – the dude who tested positive for marijuana in 1998 after winning the gold medal for Canada in snowboarding, the first year the sport was included in the Olympic Games. And he knows that mention of it will always be there. 1/3/2010 4:27:03 PM
Canada in junior final for ninth straight year Canada earned a 6-1 victory over Switzerland on Sunday at the IIHF world junior hockey championship to advance to the gold-medal game for a ninth straight year. Sweden was scheduled to play the United States in Sunday's late semifinal. 1/3/2010 3:57:28 PM
Canucks add Cranbrook's Lukowich on defence The Canucks are getting some injury relief on defence, but not today. Minor-league defenceman Brad Lukowich has cleared re-entry waivers and will join the National Hockey League team, but wasn't in the lineup against the Dallas Stars. 1/3/2010 11:34:15 AM
Rashad Evans beats Thiago Silva in UFC 108 main event To take a big leap forward, former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight kingpin Rashad Evans took a step back in his main event Saturday night against Thiago Silva at UFC 108. Evans, who in recent matches chose to rely mostly on his stand-up game, returned to his wrestling roots. 1/3/2010 11:02:00 AM
Penticton is host for Scott's Tournament of Hearts As the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Heart provincials arrive at the Penticton Curling Club Jan. 4-10, a buzz is rising. Kim Kirkham, spokesperson for the Penticton Curling Club, credited the media for helping create the interest. (Giant FM's Dennis Walker is the MC tonite for the opening banquet.) 1/3/2010 5:46:16 AM
Tiger Woods' wife plays hardball over payout Tiger Woods' betrayed wife has taken another chunk out of the love-rat golfer. Elin Nordegren revealed to friends how she extracted revenge when they asked what the shamed golfing superstar had given her for Christmas. She coolly declared, "Three hundred million dollars, thank you very much." 1/3/2010 5:34:28 AM
Stuntman's record breaking car jump in California (Video) A stuntman has beaten the record for the longest distance jumped in a car. Travis Pastrana took a 269-foot (82m) flying leap off Long Beach Pier, over open water, and landed on a floating barge in the harbour. It's the longest jump ever in a car, shattering the previous world record of 171 feet. 1/2/2010 8:59:05 PM
Swiss prepare for Canada clash Every time Switzerland left its dressing room to step onto the Saskatoon ice on Saturday, loud hoots and hollers of joy could be heard in the media centre. “That's just emotion,” said Swiss winger Nino Niederreiter. On Sunday, of course, the crowd will no longer be supporting Switzerland. 1/2/2010 8:42:28 PM
NBA gun investigation widens Amid conflicting reports on what happened in the Washington Wizards locker room, the matter clearly goes beyond Gilbert Arenas storing unloaded guns in his locker. The matter involves a dispute over card-playing gambling debts and a heated discussion between Arenas and another player. 1/2/2010 8:33:32 PM
Spectator dies, hit by race truck in Dakar Rally A woman watching the Dakar Rally in Argentina died Saturday after a vehicle in the event went off the track, striking her and other fans, race organizers said. This year's Dakar race spans from Argentina to Chile from January 1 to 17. (Ed: It's the second time in South America.) 1/2/2010 7:46:04 PM
Flames stifle Leafs, win fourth straight (Video) The Flames made Toronto's visit to Calgary just like their last four trips to the Saddledome, defeating the Maple Leafs 3-1. Jarome Iginla and Curtis Glencross scored less than a minute apart in the second period to overturn a 1-0 Toronto lead, and the Flames rode their defence the rest of the way. 1/2/2010 7:10:51 PM
Stolen jerseys replaced by Canucks, signed by players When Ron Schindel got the call from police in the middle of the night last May telling him his framing shop had been broken into, he knew right away that in hockey-mad Vancouver, part of the Mother's Day heist would have included three autographed NHL jerseys. 1/2/2010 5:59:16 PM
Sedin, Luongo carry Canucks to victory over Stars Daniel Sedin scored the go-ahead power-play goal early in the third period and Roberto Luongo made 31 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Saturday. Luongo preserved the win with a point-blank stop of Eriksson with about 30 seconds left. 1/2/2010 5:16:03 PM
A 'humbled' Evans returns, meets Silva at UFC 108 Ultimate Fighting Championship star Rashad Evans was on top of the mixed-martial-arts world at this time last year. He was undefeated, he held the light heavyweight title — perhaps the most prestigious belt in the company. Yet it took a loss in his first title defence to make him a better fighter. 1/2/2010 10:52:20 AM
Blues fire coach Andy Murray The St. Louis Blues hope a coaching change sparks another second-half turnaround, replacing veteran coach Andy Murray with Davis Payne, a 39-year-old who has built an impressive resume in the minors. The native of Kamloops coached the Blues AHL affiliate in Peoria for the past two seasons. 1/2/2010 10:20:51 AM
Heavy snowfall, freezing temperatures force cancellation of British matches Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures have led to the cancellation of several sports matches across Britain. Scotland's football league has been the hardest hit, with frozen pitches leading to the postponement of 16 of 18 matches on Saturday. 1/2/2010 9:11:41 AM
Oilers ‘went ballistic’ over $18,000 bill at Calgary restaurant Members of the Edmonton Oilers are accused of starting off the year by causing a scene at a Calgary restaurant that now has them labelled as cheapskates. The owner of the high-profile Calgary restaurant says the players refused to pay a massive New Year’s Eve tab. 1/2/2010 8:19:47 AM
NBA roundup: Friday's action on the boards Nate Robinson made an dramatic return to the New York Knicks lineup after a month glued to coach Mike D'Antoni's bench. After sitting out 14 straight games - a span covering exactly one month - Robinson scored 11 of his 41 points in overtime, and the Knicks beat the Hawks 112-108 Friday for their second win in Atlanta this season. 1/2/2010 5:33:10 AM
Canadian women's hockey team beats U.S. 3-2 For United States head coach Mark Johnson, losing comes a little easier when done in front of a record-setting crowd. Jayna Hefford had the lone shootout goal and Charline Labonte stopped all three American shootout attempts as Canada beat the U.S., 3-2 in a pre-Olympic women's hockey game Friday night. 1/2/2010 5:32:10 AM
Bruins beat Philly 2-1 in OT at Winter Classic As thousands of bundled-up fans started to go silent at Fenway Park, the Boston Bruins feared they were on the verge of spoiling a picture-perfect moment. That was all the motivation they needed to give the Winter Classic a dramatic ending. 1/2/2010 5:03:25 AM
Penticton Vees feast on Westside Warriors The final week of the decade couldn‘t have been any better for Ryan Viselli and the Penticton Vees. Viselli secured a scholarship to Bowling Green University, returned after missing six games due to a leg injury, scored the winning goal and earned first-star honours in a BCHL New Year‘s clash at Penticton. 1/2/2010 4:38:29 AM
NBA: Arenas, Crittenton draw guns in Wizards locker room Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton reportedly pulled guns on each other over a gambling debt on Christmas Eve. The New York Post cited league sources as saying Crittenton became angry when Arenas failed to pay a gambling debt, sparking the standoff. 1/1/2010 11:12:22 AM
Canucks storm back to win in OT (Video) What a comeback! Seemingly dead and buried after staking the Blues a three-goal lead, the Vancouver Canucks scored four unanswered goals to record an amazing 4-3 overtime victory in St. Louis on Thursday night. Christian Ehrhoff scored at 2:24 of overtime to complete the Vancouver comeback. 1/1/2010 6:08:51 AM
Tyson won't be charged for paparazzi scuffle U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday they wouldn't pursue charges against Mike Tyson or the photographer involved in a scuffle with the former boxer at Los Angeles International Airport last month. Tyson, who splits his time between Las Vegas and Phoenix, has been on probation since a late-2007 conviction, 1/1/2010 5:38:44 AM
Canada's juniors come back to beat U.S. in shootout Exactly a year after fighting back from a 3-0 deficit to the United States at the world championships to take a big victory, the young Canadians again staged a remarkable New Year's Eve comeback, this time in Saskatoon. 1/1/2010 5:14:32 AM
Canucks look to rebound as they visit Blues The Blues have struggled at home all season, but one of their best performances at Scottrade Center came against the Canucks. St. Louis will try to duplicate that performance in tonight's home battle versus Vancouver. St. Louis is just 6-13-2 as the host this year. 12/31/2009 11:39:55 AM
This year in sports was for mature audiences only Stop right there. Before we allow you to read any further, we'll need to see some ID. A review of the year in sleaze -- oops, we mean sports -- in 2009 is a tale for mature audiences only. Some of the randy goings-on were mildly amusing.... 12/31/2009 11:17:18 AM
Tiger Woods loses AT&T as sponsor AT&T says it will no longer sponsor top golfer Tiger Woods. The company joins Accenture and Gillette in dropping support for the golfer after he admitted to "infidelity" to his wife. AT&T said: "We are ending our sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods and wish him well in the future." 12/31/2009 7:09:25 AM
Klassen fails to qualify in 1,000 metres for Olympics On the inside of the ice, tugging off her skates as Kristina Groves and Shannon Rempel settled in for the gun, Cindy Klassen had an inkling. “After I finished my race, I knew it’d be difficult to make it,” admitted the world-record holder at 1,000 metres. 12/31/2009 6:40:08 AM
Canucks move on without Bieksa Comments The Vancouver Canucks haven't yet said how long Kevin Bieksa will be out of the lineup, but his return won't be any time soon as the club reaches the halfway point of the NHL schedule in St. Louis on Thursday. Bieksa was cut in the left leg near the ankle by a skate during the team's 3-2 shootout loss to Phoenix. 12/31/2009 6:33:43 AM
Oilers end losing streak with win over Leafs (Video) When you're neither scoring nor winning you'll take whatever help is offered. The Edmonton Oilers took advantage of three gifts on Wednesday night to beat an often befuddled looking Toronto Maple Leafs team by a 3-1 score, breaking off a seven-game losing string for the home side. 12/31/2009 6:32:30 AM
Eight stories that rocked the fitness world Our week-long recap of stories from 2009:: Whether we cheered, cringed or contemplated, the year's defining stories in athletics reverberated far beyond the soccer pitch or ski hill: If the cameras hadn't been rolling, we may never have been introduced to Elizabeth Lambert. 12/30/2009 7:38:48 PM
Habs ground Lightning in OT Tomas Plekanec scored at 3:32 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. Plekanec beat Mike Smith on a 2-on-1 after a Tampa Bay turnover for his ninth goal. Brian Gionta also scored, and Carey Price made 34 saves for the Canadiens. 12/30/2009 7:34:43 PM
Meet Team Canada for the 2010 Olympics Scott Niedermayer (of Cranbrook, B.C.) will captain Team Canada at the 2010 Olympic Games, with Sidney Crosby, Jarome Iginla and Chris Pronger to serve as alternates. The four players were among 23 named to Team Canada on Wednesday at an unveiling in Saskatoon, Sask. Roberto Luongo is among the goalies chosen. 12/30/2009 9:00:06 AM
Trail's Jason Bay reaches deal with Mets The Baywatch is set to begin at Citi Field. Free agent Canadian slugger Jason Bay and the New York Mets have reached a preliminary agreement, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday. 12/30/2009 5:32:50 AM
Canucks fall to Coyotes in shootout (Video) Lauri Korpikoski scored the only goal in the shootout as the Phoenix Coyotes defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Tuesday at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes forward beat Luongo with a wrist shot inside the left post for the eventual game-winning-goal. 12/30/2009 5:18:02 AM
Canada breezes by Slovakia at world juniors Taylor Hall scored his first three goals of the tournament and set up another as Canada breezed to an 8-2 victory over Slovakia on Tuesday night for its third straight win at the world junior hockey championship in Saskatoon. 12/29/2009 7:12:45 PM
Canucks hunting for win as they visit Coyotes Phoenix has missed out on the postseason in each of the last six seasons, but the club's strong play at home this year could put that unwanted streak to an end. The Coyotes will try to set a club record tonight as they take on the Vancouver Canucks. 12/29/2009 10:02:53 AM
Memorable sports quotes from 2009 Throw a microphone in front of any athlete, even a cliche-driven hockey player, and eventually there's bound to be something worthy of repeating. Here's a collection of some of the more memorable quotes from the past year: 12/29/2009 9:58:05 AM
Surging Canucks can pass Flames on Sunday night Nothing can throw off an already rough holiday season like looking back and seeing a large fin chasing you. That would be the Orcas from the Left Coast, who come into Calgary on Sunday night off a 6-2 homestand that allowed them to move within a point of the Flames in the Western Conference standings. 12/29/2009 7:37:51 AM
Flames maintain mastery over Oilers (Video) Calgary Flames forward Rene Bourque enjoys playing against his provincial rivals from Edmonton, and it shows. Bourque earned his second NHL hat trick as the Flames ended a three-game losing skid, defeating the Oilers 4-1 on Monday night. 12/29/2009 7:36:53 AM
Gordon looking to improve on career-best Dakar effort Coming off a first-in-class finish and third-place result in the 2009 Dakar Rally, Robby Gordon is determined to compete for the overall victory in his sixth appearance in the endurance race. "In my mind, there is no tougher race out there than the Dakar Rally," Gordon said. 12/28/2009 6:45:55 PM
Canada blanks Switzerland at world juniors Jordan Eberle scored a goal and set up four others, including three by Brandon McMillan, as Canada downed Switzerland 6-0 on Monday for its second straight shutout at the world junior hockey championship in Saskatoon. Nazem Kadri and Alex Pietrangelo also scored for Canada. 12/28/2009 4:32:54 PM
Hughes and Klassen lock up Olympic spots Clara Hughes and Cindy Klassen are headed back to the Olympics in the 3000-metres, after locking up spots in Calgary Monday. Two spots were up for grabs in the event at the Olympic trials being held this week that will determine Canada's roster. 12/28/2009 2:23:05 PM
CP's Canadian male athlete of the year: Sidney Crosby Sidney Crosby has always focused on carving out his own path. But his career is starting to resemble those of the great players who came before him. The 22-year-old was named The Canadian Press male athlete of the year Monday for the second time. 12/28/2009 2:20:29 PM
Inspired Leafs upend Penguins (Video) Who saw this coming? Not even the most die-hard Maple Leafs fan could have predicted a win for Toronto on Sunday night against the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. The Leafs, after all, were coming off a disheartening 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens. 12/28/2009 5:09:10 AM
Tiger Woods ends month of hell still an invisible man One month after his one-car crash touched off a sensational sex scandal that drew the world’s attention, Tiger Woods has become an Invisible Man even as his world has collapsed around him. In the early morning hours of November 27, Woods struck a tree and fire hydrant. 12/28/2009 4:48:34 AM
Raymond's hat trick leads Canucks over Flames Wins are just falling out of the sky for the Vancouver Canucks these days. Mason Raymond knotted up his first career NHL hat-trick in his hometown, a feat that included a 90-foot lob from centre ice that dropped right into the Flames goal, as Vancouver pummelled Calgary 5-1. 12/27/2009 7:21:13 PM
Jets end Colts' perfect season after Indy pulls starters Marques Douglas' score off a Curtis Painter fumble in the third quarter put the Jets in front for good, as New York capitalized on the Colts resting starters to hand Indianapolis its first loss, 29-15, at Lucas Oil Stadium. 12/27/2009 5:47:21 PM
Finnish ski jumper arrested for attempted murder Finnish ski jump legend Matti Nykanen, a four-time Olympic champion, has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder his wife on Christmas Day. Nykanen, 46, spent the weekend in police custody following the incident which left his wife with injuries to her forehead and hand. (Ed: Not the first time.) 12/27/2009 10:03:48 AM
Alfa Romeo leads at halfway point in slow Sydney-Hobart Leader Alfa Romeo eased past the halfway point in the Sydney to Hobart race late Sunday as the line honours contenders encountered light winds and the prospect of a slow sail to the finish on the island of Tasmania. "There was no breeze whatsoever and it's always the case that someone will get that puff. 12/27/2009 9:57:40 AM
Vikings defense looks to regain success in Chicago The quarterback-coach confrontation has gotten the headlines, but Minnesota's struggling defense has quietly become an issue. Despite ranking eighth in the league defensively, the Vikings have played poorly in losses to Carolina and Arizona the past three weeks. 12/27/2009 9:04:26 AM
Canucks win, extend Oilers' losing streak (Video) Ryan Kesler took a big hit and then scored a big goal for the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Kesler shook off a first-period leg injury to score the game-winner for Vancouver as the Canucks beat the Oilers 4-1, extending Edmonton's losing streak to six games. 12/27/2009 4:51:42 AM
Canada defeats Latvia 16 - 0 (Video) Team Canada picked up from where it left off last year, defeating Latvia 16-0 on Saturday in their first game of the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship. The reigning world champions, outshot their opponents 66-10 in Saskatoon. Star winger Gabriel Bourque led Canada with three goals and four assists. 12/26/2009 8:40:39 PM
Halak leads Habs to OT win over Leafs (Video) Jaroslav Halak continues to save the day for the Montreal Canadiens. The hottest goaltender in the NHL not only notched his fourth victory in a row, but he had to make 40 or more saves for the fourth consecutive game to keep his streak alive. 12/26/2009 8:30:57 PM
IOC chief 'disappointed' by Woods International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says he is "disappointed" with the revelations of Tiger Woods' serial infidelity. "It's a disappointment... we call for our athletes to be a role model for youngsters and that is evidently not the case with Woods." 12/26/2009 1:03:27 PM
Gustavsson, Halak starting for Leafs, Habs Canada’s oldest NHL rivalry will feature a pair of Europeans in goal when the Leafs host the Canadiens on Saturday night. Both Toronto’s Jonas Gustavsson and Montreal’s red-hot Jaroslav Halak will be back in the with no practice time following the NHL’s two-day break for Christmas. 12/26/2009 12:18:01 PM
Russian Olympic hockey team unveils roster The formidable and dynamic trio of Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk headline Russia's star-laden, 23-man provisional hockey roster for the Vancouver Olympics unveiled Friday. Other stars on head coach Vyacheslav Bykov's club include forwards Pavel Datsyuk and Alexander Semin. 12/26/2009 5:34:48 AM
Canucks face struggling Oilers at GM Place The Vancouver Canucks have enjoyed the West Coast recently, winning five of seven contests during their season-long, eight-game homestand. The Canucks hope to make it six of eight when they face the struggling Edmonton Oilers on Hockey Night in Canada tonight at 7 p.m. on CBC. 12/26/2009 5:24:16 AM
Czech Republic bounced by Canada's Jrs in final tune-up The Canadians held off the Czech Republic for a 3-2 exhibition win on Wednesday night before a sellout gathering of 6,246 at the Brandt Centre. It was Canada’s final tune-up before opening the 2010 world junior hockey championship on Saturday in Saskatoon against Latvia. 12/25/2009 9:46:11 AM
Three-time Olympic skiing champion banned for doping Triple Olympic champion Julia Tchepalova and fellow Russian nordic skier Natalia Matveeva have been slapped with doping bans by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Tchepalova is among the most successful women nordic skiers of the past decade. 12/25/2009 9:43:16 AM
Wakeboarding championship shores up city’s support A professional wakeboarding competition is likely coming to Penticton. Council voted Monday to authorize city staff to negotiate a three-year agreement with a sports and entertainment company to hold a wakeboard invitational event at Skaha Beach. 12/25/2009 9:33:41 AM
Consistency a present for Canucks faithful? The Christmas break is a good time to take stock of the Vancouver Canucks — not so much who's been naughty and nice, as what's exceeded expectations and what's been a letdown. "There's a lot of nice surprises and obviously there's a few things we're disappointed in," Canucks captain Roberto Luongo said. 12/25/2009 6:03:57 AM
'It's about showing up': Coach praises Kesler's game-changing tilt He was talking about Ryan Kesler's near suicide mission, remarking on the centre's decision to step into the ring with Shea Weber for a second-period mud wrestle. But Alain Vigneault could have been talking about the Canucks' season. He captured it nicely. 12/24/2009 5:36:15 AM
Gordie Howe carries torch near Windsor, Ont. After a daylong journey through southern Ontario, where it thrilled thousands in Leamington, Kingsville, Essex, Amherstburg and LaSalle, where it was held high by hockey legend Gordie Howe, the Olympic torch entered the City of Windsor. 12/24/2009 5:34:42 AM
Keremeos: Big league neighbour It may not be the Baseball Hall of Fame, but Wendell Clifton will have some of his baseball memorobilia displayed in perpetuity - or at least for as long as the Crowbar and Grill remains a sports bar after a surprise commemoration event at the restaurant in Keremeos last Thursday. 12/23/2009 2:26:59 PM
Cdn. Paralympic champ closer to Olympic spot (Video) Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever is closer to becoming the first winter athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 30-year-old from Canmore, Alta., won an able-bodied 50-kilometre Noram race on Tuesday, a result he needed to be eligible for the Olympic team. 12/23/2009 11:30:18 AM
Canada's hockey heart beats in Saskatchewan Count only four more sleeps, then Christmas, then another sleep, until the puck drops for the world junior hockey championships in Saskatoon and Regina. For 11 days the hockey world comes to Saskatchewan, fair turnabout from the past century, 10 decades of Saskatchewan heading off to the hockey world. 12/23/2009 6:29:42 AM
Schumacher confirms he's coming out of retirement Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is coming out of retirement to drive for Mercedes in 2010, saying Wednesday that he expects to contend for the title again. The German, who turns 41 on Jan. 3, announced his comeback after three years away from the sport that he dominated. 12/23/2009 6:00:31 AM
Canada dominates Finland in world junior tune-up If Canada’s penalty kill needed a tune-up for the IIHF world junior championship, it certainly got one Tuesday night at Pengrowth Saddledome. Despite playing 14 of the first 40 minutes short-handed and facing nine penalty kills in all, the Canadians still charged to a 3-0 victor. 12/22/2009 9:42:55 PM
Staggering prices demanded on Vancouver 2010 ticket-selling site Would you shell out $33,000 for a pair of tickets in Row 20 behind the goal at the gold-medal hockey game? That’s the kind of wishful thinking being displayed by greedy ticket holders scalping their ducats on the new Vancouver 2010 “fan-to-fan marketplace” website. 12/22/2009 9:40:18 PM
Vancouver Canucks shut down Nashville with 4-1 win The Canucks did what they’ve done several times this year already. They steamrolled the hottest team in hockey. They were ferocious on the forecheck and fearless, too. The Sedins were dominant, combining for six points. The third line was a factor, chipping in a goal. 12/22/2009 9:34:43 PM
Serena Williams picked as AP's Female Athlete of the Year Playing her best at the most important events, Serena Williams re-established herself as the top player in women's tennis in 2009 and was a landslide choice as Female Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press. Williams received 66 of 158 votes cast. No other candidate got more than 18. 12/22/2009 6:16:49 PM
Top court refuses to hear female ski jumpers' case A group of feisty women ski jumpers have lost their last attempt to leap the obstacles set in their path to competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics. In a ruling just weeks before the games, the Supreme Court of Canada refused today to hear their appeal. 12/22/2009 7:50:48 AM
Canada's McIvor wins skicross silver Ashleigh McIvor of Whistler, B.C., opened the skicross World Cup season with a silver medal Monday in San Candido, Italy. McIvor finished behind Sweden's Anna Holmlund. Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., finished 12th. 12/22/2009 5:13:05 AM
Lionel Messi wins FIFA world player award Was there ever any doubt? The Argentine ace who in 2009 led FC Barcelona to its most successful season ever in the 110-year history of the fabled Catalan club was feted by soccer's world governing body Monday at a gala in Zurich where he was presented the award. 12/22/2009 5:09:49 AM
Oliver Hornets beat Pen HI in basketball final The Pen-Hi Lakers finished runners-up in the senior boys‘ division at the 50th annual Penticton Christmas Classic basketball tournament on the weekend. In the final, the Lakers lost 73-50 to the Southern Okanagan Hornets. 12/22/2009 4:38:33 AM
Leafs still can't figure out Sabres (Video) The Toronto Maple Leafs found themselves on familiar ground against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. And that wasn't a good thing. For the ninth straight time, the Leafs lost to their division rival, falling 3-2 in overtime to the Sabres at the Air Canada Centre. 12/21/2009 8:09:30 PM
Oilers roughed up by Blues Andy McDonald scored twice as the St. Louis Blues won their second game in as many nights, blowing out the Edmonton Oilers 7-2 on Monday. David Perron, Brad Boyes, Patrik Berglund, Alexander Steen and Jay McClement also scored for the Blues. 12/21/2009 8:07:59 PM
Sawchuk eclipsed: Brodeur breaks shutout record With 104 career shutouts, Martin Brodeur stands above every other goaltender who has ever played. The New Jersey Devils goalie moved past Terry Sawchuk to the top of the NHL's all-time shutouts list Monday, stopping 35 shots during a 4-0 victory over the hometown Pittsburgh Penguins. 12/21/2009 8:04:37 PM
NBA's Steve Nash lends name to fitness chain At 35 years old, Steve Nash has found the fountain of youth, at least by professional basketball standards. A mid-career dedication to fitness and a better diet has made the Phoenix Suns star healthier and stronger than he was when he broke into the NBA 14 years ago. 12/21/2009 8:00:19 PM
Tiger Woods's dance of celebrity infidelity There are legions of beautiful women, practically dying to attach themselves, like limpets, to the relatively few very rich and unattached men in the world. The goal is to marry them, bleed them as would a medieval physician, and walk away with much of their fortune for themselves. 12/21/2009 4:44:49 PM
Salo, Johnson miss practice, but should play Tuesday Canucks defenceman Sami Salo and centre Ryan Johnson missed Monday's practice, but both are expected to play Tuesday when the Vancouver Canucks play host to the Nashville Predators. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said the pair were each taking a "maintenance day." 12/21/2009 1:08:21 PM
Leafs, Habs, Senators and Oilers in action tonight Even with the holiday season in full swing, the NHL schedule shows no signs of slowing down with 11 games - four of them featuring Canadian teams - on tap tonight. In Atlanta, Jaroslav Halak gets another start after a 3-0 shutout win on Long Island as the Montreal Canadiens visit the Thrashers. 12/21/2009 12:38:42 PM
Jimmie Johnson: AP Male Athlete of the Year There was little recognition outside the racing world when Jimmie Johnson won his first NASCAR championship. Same with his second, and again with his third. But four straight championships? That's a different story. Johnson earned mainstream recognition Monday. 12/21/2009 12:35:18 PM
Canadian women's Olympic hockey team chosen "We’re excited today to announce the 21 players who will go for gold in Vancouver," head coach Melody Davidson said. "Our country is fortunate to have unbelievable depth in hockey and this is no different in the women’s game. The selection process has been difficult, which speaks to this depth." 12/21/2009 12:33:26 PM
Blackhawks beat Red Wings 3-0 Cristobal Huet and the Chicago Blackhawks had an easier time than usual in beating the rival Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night. Huet made 20 saves for his second straight shutout, and Duncan Keith had a goal and an assist to lead the Blackhawks to a 3-0 victory over Detroit. 12/21/2009 7:27:46 AM
Richards overall moguls World Cup points leader Landing gold and silver medals in Finland last weekend released a huge amount of pressure from Kristi Richards. The feat, accomplished in back-to-back World Cups during the weekend, gave the Summerland native her second career World Cup win and a sure feeling to qualify for the Olympic Games. 12/21/2009 7:23:47 AM
Canadian juniors beat Sweden in 1st exhibition An exhibition victory over Sweden came with a small scare for Canada's world junior team. Forward Taylor Hall, a candidate to be the top draft pick in 2010, left late in the first period of Canada's 6-2 victory in Regina on Sunday night. 12/21/2009 4:39:33 AM
Blues knock off Canucks 3 - 1 The St. Louis Blues are learning from their losses, and they're motivated to avenge them. Right-winger David Backes scored twice Sunday as St. Louis earned a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, the team that knocked the Blues out of last season's playoffs. 12/21/2009 4:21:26 AM
Tiger Woods: Worse than Tony Soprano First of all, let me say quite clearly that I am not a fan of Tiger Woods. Never have been, never will be. I recognize that he can hit a golf ball quite well, for what that’s worth. Lance Armstrong can ride a bike. Barry Bonds can hit a baseball. LeBron James can dunk a basketball. 12/20/2009 4:49:35 PM
Mr. Hockey makes brief stop in Kelowna Hockey legend Gordie Howe was signing autographs Saturday at the Ramada Inn on Harvey Avenue and a constant stream of hockey fans stopped by to get an autograph or share a word or two with the four-time stanley Cup winner. Howe was only in Kelowna for a brief visit, after being honoured at the Vancouver Giants WHL game Friday night in Vancouver. 12/20/2009 4:34:08 PM
Don Cherry responds to criticism from MD (Video) Don Cherry used his Coach's Corner Saturday night to respond to criticism from a Toronto neurosurgeon who said Cherry's support for an aggressive style of hockey is dangerous for the game. Dr. Charles Tator said that commentators like Cherry are contributing to serious injuries in the sport. 12/20/2009 3:40:09 PM
Penticton: Apex Coach passes along skiing knowledge A broken leg suffered as a kid inspired Ted Dunnigan to train for skiing from dusk until dawn. “When you’re standing beside a guy like Todd Brooker and his legs are bigger than your whole body, that’s when you realize you have to train with more weights,” said Dunnigan, the new coach. 12/20/2009 8:26:55 AM
Switching from one race car to another - what's the big deal? It’s interesting how many people are suggesting that Danica Patrick won’t be able to make the transition from Indy cars to stock cars and that, in fact, she’ll likely fall flat on her kisser. Okay, perhaps all forms of car racing have become so sophisticated as compared to the "olden days" that it’s not all that easy 12/20/2009 6:06:58 AM
Oilers sunk by Ovechkin geyser Alexander Ovechkin led the way with two third-period goals and an assist as the Washington Capitals came from behind to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Saturday night, hitting the 50-point plateau in the shortest amount of time in franchise history. 12/20/2009 5:26:42 AM
Cherry calls Tator's comments unfair Charles Tator shouldn't expect to hear form Don Cherry any time soon. Tator, a doctor, called out Cherry's emphasis on “sock 'em, kill 'em type of hockey” during a Hockey Canada seminar on concussions last weekend in Regina. Cherry said he “wanted nothing to do with him.” 12/20/2009 5:15:53 AM
Tiger's mom 'disappointed,' and hurt by scandal Tiger Woods' mother, Kutilda Woods, is "hurt, angry and disappointed in Tiger," a family friend told People.com. "She wants to know how he could do this to his family." The friend also said that Kutilda "loves [Tiger] and will support him through anything, but she needs some time to work through this." 12/19/2009 6:59:57 PM
Canadian snowboarders red hot in Colorado Red-hot Maelle Ricker led another banner day for the Canadian national snowboard team Saturday, winning a World Cup snowboard cross event in Telluride, Colo. Rob Fagan, who like Ricker, lives in Squamish, got a silver medal in the men’s event. Montreal’s Dominique Maltais got the women’s bronze. 12/19/2009 6:48:09 PM
Bookies take bets on size of Woods divorce settlement If Tiger Woods and his Swedish wife get divorced, Elin Nordegren won't be the only one collecting on the settlement. British bookmaker William Hill is taking bets on just how much Nordegren will get if she decides to divorce the world's No. 1 golfer. 12/19/2009 6:21:34 PM
Predators rally on Flames Jarome Iginla scored twice and the host Calgary Flames battled back from a two-goal deficit, but it wasn't enough in a 5-3 victory by the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Cody Franson scored the game winner in the third after Marcel Goc tied it late in the second. 12/19/2009 6:10:42 PM
Sabres torch Toskala, Leafs (Video) The Buffalo Sabres burned Vesa Toskala for four goals in the second period to rally from a sluggish start and cruise to a 5-2 home victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night. Buffalo won for the fifth time in six games, improving its Northeast Division-best record to 21-10-2. 12/19/2009 5:52:03 AM
Manny golden on the Italian hills Knowing there's danger ahead and going anyway is a good measure of bravery. Manuel Osborne-Paradis showed that bravery Saturday on the steep slopes of Val Gardena, Italy, by winning the men's World Cup downhill race — his third career victory on the circuit. 12/19/2009 5:49:54 AM
Penticton Vees power past Eagles The Penticton Vees made the Surrey Eagles pay for some undisciplined play late in the first period. Joey Laleggia and Garrett Milan scored 5-on-3 power play goals in a span of 1:29 and the Vees went on to beat the Eagles 4-1 in BCHL play Friday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. 12/19/2009 4:54:33 AM
Fired Blue Bomber coach ‘totally numb’ after assault arrest Former Winnipeg Blue Bomber head coach Mike Kelly said Friday he felt "completely and totally numb" after being charged with assault in Pennsylvania and later fired by the Canadian Football League club. "Just say that I’m sorry, I’m embarrassed and they deserve better," Kelly said. 12/19/2009 4:19:33 AM
Luongo's offensive effort leads to Canucks' 3-2 win over Caps Chalk up Round 11 to Roberto Luongo. It takes his all time record to 10-1 against the Alex Ovechkin. While Ovechkin was suffocated and smothered by the Canucks' gang-tackle game plan, Luongo helped set up the Canucks final two goals, both scored by Mason Raymond. 12/19/2009 4:17:20 AM
Downhill racer VanderBeek makes tearful trip home Downhill racer and Olympic hopeful Kelly VanderBeek, of Chilliwack, B.C., lumbered along on crutches and into the arms of her husband at Vancouver International Airport Friday, a day after she crashed during a training run in Val d'Isere, France, and tore up her left knee. 12/18/2009 8:26:42 PM
Former NHLer had condition linked to concussions at time of death Even in death, Reggie Fleming’s brain is sending messages. Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine have determined the former NHL player, who endured multiple concussions during his career, suffered from degenerative brain disease at the time of his death. 12/18/2009 5:23:45 PM
Luongo, Canucks set to host the Ovie Show The Vancouver Canucks continue an eight-game homestand tonight versus the Washington Capitals at General Motors Place. The Canucks had won the first three games prior to Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Ducks. The setback denied Vancouver a season-high fourth straight win. 12/18/2009 12:11:43 PM
Tiger Woods now linked to singer Jessica Simpson POP singer and actress Jessica Simpson has become the first celebrity to be linked to Tiger Woods. It was claimed yesterday that she became close to the billionaire sportsman after singing the US national anthem at a golf tournament in which he was competing in July, the Daily Mail reports. 12/18/2009 6:04:51 AM
Vees ready to fly with the Eagles With nine straight games against upper-echelon teams, the Penticton Vees knew this could be the most pivotal stretch of the BCHL regular season. So far, so good. The Vees have won four of five so far and will be looking to keep the good times rolling with a home-and-home series against the Surrey Eagles this weekend. 12/18/2009 5:24:54 AM
Colts outrun Jaguars, improve to 14-0 Comments Peyton Manning completed every pass early and one big one late, exactly what the Indianapolis Colts needed to stay unbeaten.
Manning threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns, including a 65-yarder to Reggie Wayne to go ahead for good, and the Colts beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 35-31. 12/18/2009 5:23:09 AM
Blue Bombers fire head coach Kelly Winnipeg Blue Bombers coach Mike Kelly was fired by the CFL team's board of directors Thursday. Kelly, arrested in the U.S. after an alleged domestic violence incident on Thursday morning, was "relieved of his duties as head coach" after a short evening meeting of the Blue Bombers board. 12/18/2009 5:20:20 AM
Wild hand Habs 5th straight loss (Video) Cal Clutterbuck's third-period goal gave the Minnesota Wild a two-goal cushion and led to a 3-1 victory over the struggling Montreal Canadiens Thursday night. The feisty forward, who leads the NHL in hits, crashed the net and was rewarded with a loose puck that he buried behind Carey Price. 12/18/2009 5:18:57 AM
Dawes delivers in Flames win (Video) Miikka Kiprusoff made 34 saves and Dion Phaneuf scored with less than a second to go in the first for Calgary as the Flames hung on to beat the Western Conference-leading Los Angeles Kings 2-1. After video review, the goal stood as Phaneuf's seventh of the season and first in 20 games. 12/18/2009 5:16:03 AM
Canada takes more snowboarding gold in Telluride Already loaded with talent, Canada’s alpine snowboarding team got even stronger Thursday. Two days after Matt Morison won the World Cup parallel giant slalom season opener, world champion Jasey-Jay Anderson gave Canada its second straight gold. 12/18/2009 4:40:26 AM
Tiger Woods' wife believes divorce best for couple's kids: report "She's a strong woman, this is beyond embarrassing, and she has a daughter and son she has to think about, who will know about this one day," a friend told MSNBC's The Scoop blog. Elin will make the split "very open and official" immediately after the holidays. 12/17/2009 4:08:10 PM
Olympics’ Molson Canadian Hockey House slashes entry price to $99 Molson Canadian Hockey House officials have slashed the entry price to the Olympic hockey pavilion from $500 for an all-you-can-eat-and-drink, all-day pass to $99 for a "Fan Zone" pass that lets you stay for half a day. The passes allow access to entertainment and food but only include two drinks. 12/17/2009 3:55:04 PM
UFC gets two-year probationary approval from Vancouver council The Ultimate Fighting Championship and other mixed martial arts promoters will be allowed to resume business in Vancouver for a two-year trial period after a city staff-prepared report in favour of the move was approved by council by a 6-3 margin Thursday. 12/17/2009 3:09:16 PM
Dad, son charged in Canucks game assault A Burnaby father and son have been charged after allegedly assaulting a female security guard at a Vancouver Canucks hockey game Wednesday night. Vancouver police Const. Anne Longley said security staff at GM Place were first alerted to the duo because of their "disruptive" behaviour. 12/17/2009 12:40:34 PM
Pen Hi Lakers hosting Christmas Classic One of the longest-running high school basketball tournaments in the province hits the hardwood today.
Eight junior boys‘ and eight senior boys‘ teams will be competing in the 50th annual Penticton Lakers Christmas Classic today to Saturday at Pen-Hi and KVR Middle School. 12/17/2009 6:55:14 AM
Captain helps Vees sail past Clippers The captain steered the Penticton Vees to victory over the Nanaimo Clippers. Denver Manderson scored a pair of third-period goals and added an assist as the Vees overcame a sloppy second period to defeat the Clippers 4-2 in BCHL action Wednesday. 12/17/2009 6:49:40 AM
Bengals’ wide receiver dies after accident Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after suffering serious injuries upon falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities describe as a domestic dispute with his fiancee. 12/17/2009 6:16:32 AM
Canucks' three-game win streak broken Willie Mitchell started the day saying there was no difference between Wednesday's situation, a home game versus Anaheim, and the letdown in Carolina 10 days ago. The Vancouver Canucks then set out to prove him right. 12/17/2009 4:40:07 AM
Were Barkley, Jordan models for Woods? Tiger Woods’ “indiscretions” began with a pair of bad influences, claims one of his former mistresses. “He was always palling around with Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan,” the woman said. “They’re the ones who showed him the way.” 12/16/2009 6:26:41 PM
Bengals receiver Henry seriously hurt during 'domestic situation' Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry suffered "life-threatening injuries" after falling out of the bed of a pickup during a fight with his fiancee, police in Charlotte, North Carolina, said Wednesday. 12/16/2009 5:35:33 PM
Halladay deal becomes official (Ed: It stinks) The rebuilding is on for the Toronto Blue Jays. Ace right-hander Roy Halladay officially got his wish as a blockbuster trade sending him and $6-million to the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies was finally completed Wednesday afternoon. 12/16/2009 4:47:48 PM
Sports doctor charged with selling unapproved drug Ninety-six vials of human growth hormone and various other drugs are at the centre of a controversy that threatens to engulf the career of a respected Toronto sports medicine doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug to patients. 12/16/2009 4:42:53 PM
Elin Nordegren wants to divorce AP's Athlete of the Decade Tiger Woods was named the Associated Press's athlete of the decade on Wednesday, but his Swedish-born wife Elin Nordegren wants a divorce because of the golfing great's extramarital flings. "She plans to leave Tiger," one unidentified source "close to the golfer's wife" was quoted as saying. 12/16/2009 1:21:26 PM
Sports Illustrated features Colbert cover Television host Stephen Colbert is going the comedic distance with his image splashed on the glossy cover of Sports Illustrated decked out in a skin-tight speedskating uniform, complete with a tie. The satiric host of The Colbert Report appears on the magazine's latest issue. 12/16/2009 12:59:31 PM
Canucks look to make it four in a row at home The Vancouver Canucks will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games when they welcome the Anaheim Ducks for tonight's matchup at General Motors Place. The Canucks have won three straight at the start of an eight-game homestand. 12/16/2009 12:02:51 PM
Spain No. 1 in FIFA rankings Reigning European champion Spain held onto the top spot in the world soccer rankings released by FIFA on Wednesday. The Spanish held onto the No. 1 position they took over last month from South American champion Brazil, while Canada moved up one place to No. 56, tied with Bolivia, and one spot above Poland. 12/16/2009 6:05:45 AM
Toronto MD faces charges in doping probe A Canadian sports medicine doctor will soon be slapped with criminal charges related to performance-enhancing drugs after investigations by the FBI and RCMP. Dr. Anthony Galea is a prominent Toronto-based doctor who has treated some of the most elite athletes in North America — including superstar golfer Tiger Woods. 12/16/2009 6:04:08 AM
Oilers dealt blow by Kings (Video) The Edmonton Oilers failed on two fronts Tuesday night — failing to extend a season-high winning streak and failing to keep pace in the competitive Northwest Division. Sean O'Donnell picked an ideal time to end a personal 157-game goalless drought, potting the winner short-handed with 4:33 remaining. 12/16/2009 6:01:54 AM
Canada tops U.S. again in women's hockey Jayna Hefford of Kingston, Ont., scored a pair of goals to pace the Canadian women's hockey team a 6-2 win over the U.S. in Tuesday's exhibition game. Hefford and linemates Caroline Ouellette of Montreal and Meghan Agosta of Ruthven, Ont., were standouts. 12/16/2009 6:00:29 AM
Flames lose 3rd straight game (Video) Calgary Flames backup goalie Curtis McElhinney stemmed the tide as long as he could in the third period, but T.J. Oshie of the St. Louis Blues roofed a puck into the net for the game winner in a 4-3 result on Tuesday. 12/16/2009 5:59:37 AM
Surprise birth as athlete trains Chilean Olympic weightlifter Elizabeth Poblete has given birth to a baby boy during a training session, without having known she was pregnant. Ms Poblete, 22, who lives in Brazil, said she had felt unwell but had no idea she was expecting a baby. 12/16/2009 5:44:49 AM
Canadian snowboarder Matt Morison take PGS gold in Telluride It didn’t take long for Canada’s Matt Morison to establish himself as an early favourite for the 2010 Olympic podium. The 22-year-old snowboarder from Burketon, Ont., won the 2009-10 World Cup alpine parallel giant slalom season opener Tuesday afternoon at Telluride, Colo. 12/16/2009 5:35:37 AM
Tiger and his birdies: It's all about TV The entire, sordid Tiger Woods saga is about television. Yes, it is. And, in this instance, that coverage of sports by the TV racket is tame and often a lie. Rich male athletes are worshipped and their sponsors coddled. If TV sports coverage was more honest, we'd all be better off. 12/15/2009 12:09:33 PM
Tiger Woods speaks of family values in interview Tiger Woods spoke of his commitment to his family during an interview screened in New Zealand on Tuesday that was conducted before his car crash and subsequent admission of several infidelities. Asked in the interview "family first and golf second ... always been that way?" Woods replied: "Always. Always." 12/15/2009 9:04:13 AM
Canadian speedskating coach faces bribery allegations A coach on Canada's long-track speedskating team is under investigation in the Netherlands after allegations of trying to buy a spot in the 5,000-metre race at the 2006 Olympics. Ingrid Paul and Dutch skater Gretha Smit have been accused. 12/15/2009 6:24:44 AM
Don Cherry lashes out (Audio) Warning: Contains F-words Don Cherry is not very impressed with neurologist Charles Tator. Approached on Sunday for comment about Tator’s claim that Cherry is a “negative influence” in the fight against head injuries, the star of Coach’s Corner dismissed Tator’s allegation with a series of profane remarks. 12/15/2009 5:05:51 AM
Canadian doctor in sports doping probe A Canadian doctor with ties to golfer Tiger Woods, sprinter Donovan Bailey and many NFL and CFL football players is under criminal investigation in the United States over suspicions that he provided athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to media reports. 12/15/2009 4:55:36 AM
Canucks beat L.A. Kings 3-1 at home They're no longer the Kings of comedy. There's a serious side to the game in Los Angeles now. Instead of being a punchline to bad jokes, the surprising Western Conference powerhouse is packing considerable scoring punch and resilience in close games. 12/14/2009 9:06:27 PM
Tiger Woods wired regular payments to girlfriends According to several women who were involved with the golfer, Woods wired money to them on a monthly basis. The dollar amounts they cite range from $5,000 to $10,000 per month, and there’s talk among those women that someone out there might be getting as much as $20,000 per month. 12/14/2009 7:35:40 PM
Lotus F1 sign Jarno Trulli and Hekki Kovalainen Lotus F1 have confirmed Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen as their drivers for the 2010 Formula 1 season. Trulli joins the new Malaysian-backed team from Toyota, while Kovalainen moves after he was left without a seat due to Jenson Button's move to McLaren. 12/14/2009 7:20:07 PM
Canadiens drop 3rd in a row (Video) Goaltender Ryan Miller slid across his crease to snuff out Mike Cammalleri's power-play attempt in the final minute, preserving Buffalo's 4-3 road victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.
Miller finished with 21 saves at Montreal's Bell Centre and stood tall as Montreal pulled goalie Jaroslav Halak to gain a two-man advantage as the game wound down. 12/14/2009 7:05:12 PM
Maple Leafs hold off Senators (Video) Francois Beauchemin's third-period shot lifted the Toronto Maple Leafs to a one-goal victory on Monday night, turning the tables on the Ottawa Senators. Jason Blake and Phil Kessel also scored in the 3-2 home win at Air Canada Centre. Vesa Toskala was again solid in net, finishing with 22 saves. 12/14/2009 7:01:31 PM
It's Canucks vs Kings in Vancouver tonight The Los Angeles Kings will try to post their longest winning streak in almost four years tonight in a matchup with the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place. The Kings have won a season high-tying four straight games for the third time this year. 12/14/2009 1:38:50 PM
What?? Edmonton lacrosse players to get MMA training Pity the fool who looks to drop the gloves with the Edmonton Rush this season. After announcing a partnership deal earlier this week with Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Randy Couture, the National Lacrosse League team should have an edge this season when it comes to fisticuffs. 12/14/2009 1:09:10 PM
Phillies set to land Halladay: report Two-time defending National League champion Philadelphia has agreed to a three-team Major League Baseball trade that will bring the Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay, Sports Illustrated reported Monday. Halladay, a 32-year-old right-hander, would power the starting rotation for the Phillies. 12/14/2009 1:06:54 PM
Kristi Richards wins Gold and Silver at World Cup It's only one weekend, but Summerland's Kristi Richards appears to be back. The 2007 world moguls champion, who struggled through the last two seasons, backed up Friday's season-opening win with a second-place finish Saturday in Suomu, Finland. 12/14/2009 10:01:57 AM
Golf is just as messy-real as any other sport, and now everyone knows it There are many reasons why the Tiger Woods saga has expanded to fill so much airspace. The story blows a hole in the last layer of protective cellophane around the game, vaporizes what was left of golf's pedestal that kept it somehow above the fray and beyond reproach. 12/14/2009 9:15:56 AM
NFL: Fourteen things you need to know on heels of Week 14 1. The 16-0 talk is radioactive. No one wants to touch it. It's almost like going undefeated, and talking about going undefeated, is going to turn your season to dust. Whatever happened to seeking excellence and wanting to be the best? 12/14/2009 9:04:24 AM
Plea deal in Erin Andrews case A man accused of taping ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews in the nude through hotel peepholes and posting the videos online will plead guilty to a federal stalking charge. Andrews, 31, is a sideline reporter for ESPN, traveling around the country covering college football games. 12/14/2009 8:59:52 AM
Negative influence on game: A shot At Don Cherry With concern over hockey concussions mounting, a Toronto brain surgeon has singled out television personality Don Cherry for promoting an aggressive on-ice culture he believes is leading to more hits to the head. "I think he is a negative influence because he applauds aggressive hockey," Dr. Charles Tator said. 12/14/2009 8:02:15 AM
Canucks coach happy Sedins are clicking It has taken Vancouver Canuck head coach Alain Vigneault four long years to tell twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin apart but he can’t explain his secret. “All I know is I can finally tell them apart and I can’t figure out how come it took me four years." 12/14/2009 6:06:19 AM
Looks like some of Tiger's girlfriends were hookers Jamie Jungers, one of the women who claimed to have a relationship with golfer Tiger Woods, has insisted to news outlets that she was in no way a paid escort. But according to onetime madam Michelle Braun, that’s not the case. 12/14/2009 5:44:34 AM
Christine Nesbitt's golden speedskating weekend continued Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt won her second gold in as many days at the Utah Olympic Oval, while the men's and women's pursuit teams also won medals. Nesbitt, from London, Ont., won the 1,000 metres in a personal best time. 12/14/2009 5:37:49 AM
Avalanche moves into first place in NW with 3-2 win over Flames With a new coach and a young squad, the Colorado Avalanche were picked by many prognosticators to finish in the back of the pack. Nearing the midway point of the season, though, the Avalanche are sitting in first place in the Northwest Division after a 3-2 win over Calgary. 12/14/2009 5:24:31 AM
Manning leads Colts to NFL record for regular season wins The unbeaten Indianapolis Colts broke the NFL record for consecutive regular season wins when they held off the Denver Broncos 28-16 on Sunday for their 22nd successive victory. The Colts (13-0) have not lost a regular season game since Oct. 2008. 12/13/2009 9:21:21 PM
Kevin Martin dominates Glenn Howard 7-3 to gain Olympic berth Olympic silver medallist Kevin Martin will get his opportunity to go for gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The Edmonton skip lived up to his top billing Sunday beating long-time rival Glenn Howard 7-3 in the final of the Canadian Olympic curling trials. 12/13/2009 3:06:58 PM
Accenture dumpingTiger Woods after 6 years Global consulting firm Accenture Ltd. has ended its relationship with Tiger Woods, marking the first major sponsor to cut ties altogether with the golfer since his alleged infidelities surfaced. Accenture said Sunday the golfer is "no longer the right representative." 12/13/2009 3:00:42 PM
Henrik Sedin has milestone night in Canucks win Henrik Sedin says he hasn't played much basketball, but you wouldn't know it by how the Vancouver Canucks centre was dishing behind-the-back passes on Saturday night. Sedin was at his assist-giving best with three pretty helpers. 12/13/2009 12:22:18 PM
I knew nothing, says Tiger Woods's caddie Tiger Woods's caddie Steve Williams has strenuously denied having any knowledge of the world number one's "infidelity". "I had no knowledge of what was going on," "If I did, I would say I did. I'm an honest person. New Zealander Williams has been the caddie for Woods for all but one of his 14 major championship wins. 12/13/2009 10:54:19 AM
Hockey coaches, trainers talk safety, pressure to play at concussion seminar Former NHL defenceman Jamie Heward says he was "bred to be a hockey player." "I've been playing hockey since I was five years old," says Heward. "It's what I do." That is until a series of concussions left Heward on the sidelines. 12/13/2009 10:40:42 AM
Tiger's timetable in Elin's hands Here's the depths to which Tiger Woods has sunk: He is receiving unsolicited relationship advice from John (Fourwives) Daly. Woods's decision to take a hiatus from golf is the first demonstrably smart thing he has done since bumping that fire hydrant. 12/13/2009 10:11:44 AM
Bertuzzi the hero (again) for Red Wings (Video) Different night, different city, same hero. Todd Bertuzzi scored in regulation and overtime for the second straight night, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 road victory over Nashville on Saturday night. 12/13/2009 8:52:08 AM
The legend grows: BJ Penn dominates Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 It took less than one minute for Ultimate Fighting Championship legend BJ Penn to send a message to Diego Sanchez in Saturday night’s main event at UFC 107: you haven’t seen anyone like me. Penn (15-5-1), the reigning UFC lightweight champion, floored Sanchez in the first 30 seconds of the match, setting the tone. 12/13/2009 8:48:15 AM
Bernard to represent Canadian women's curling at Vancouver Olympics Cheryl Bernard (left) will represent Canadian women's curling at the Vancouver Olympics. Bernard knocked off fellow Calgarian and 2006 Olympic bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink 7-6 on Saturday night to win the Canadian Olympic curling trials and cement her place at the 2010 Games. 12/13/2009 8:45:25 AM
Woods unlikely to play in Masters: Lyle Tiger Woods's chances of returning to action in time for next year's first major look grim, according to former Masters champion Sandy Lyle. Lyle thinks the challenge of breaking the record of 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus will help him get his career back on track. 12/13/2009 8:38:51 AM
Saints striving to stay on par with Colts The undefeated New Orleans Saints showed plenty of determination in their last game, much as they did in their first meeting with the Atlanta Falcons, whose injuries could be too much to overcome when the NFC South rivals meet again Sunday. 12/13/2009 8:34:37 AM
Vees win double-OT thriller in front of home crowd Defenceman Matt Paltridge scored with 1:20 left in the second overtime period as the Penticton Vees posted a thrilling 3-2 victory over the Vernon Vipers in front of a near-sellout crowd of 4,522 Saturday at the South Okanagan Events Centre. 12/13/2009 5:58:17 AM
Henrik Sedin sets up Vancouver Canucks' 4-3 win over Wild Henrik Sedin better be careful. If he keeps this up, people might start noticing. The private, humble, unflappable centre will always choose wins and points over headlines and jersey sales. Oddly, many Canucks fans seem to like that way, too. 12/13/2009 5:43:05 AM
MD blames Don Cherry for hockey violence "He's a negative influence," Toronto neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Tator told CBC News in reference to Cherry, a popular personality on Hockey Night in Canada. "The aggressive, lack-of-respect hockey that he preaches — we need to get that out of the game." 12/12/2009 7:59:32 PM
Steelers linebacker's mom charged after brawl Police in Ohio say the mother of Pittsburgh Steelers star James Harrison has been charged with assault following a brawl at a game-watching party in a community hall. Mildred Harrison, 62, was one of three people cited after Thursday's fight. 12/12/2009 7:42:52 PM
Kovalev gets hat trick in Sens victory Alex Kovalev broke out with a hat trick as the host Ottawa Senators claimed a 4-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. Kovalev snagged the first goal of the night early in the first period. He pushed Ottawa (15-11-4) into the lead again to break a 2-2 tie in the third. 12/12/2009 7:36:12 PM
Leafs overcome Ovechkin, Capitals What appeared early on to be another disastrous night at Air Canada Centre was salvaged by the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 6-3 comeback win over the Washington Capitals. Matt Stajan scored twice and drew an assist in the victory, with linemate Phil Kessel notching a goal and two assists. 12/12/2009 7:33:56 PM
Canucks-Wild preview: Surging Minny hot on Vancouver's heels Not too long ago, opponents for this Canucks eight-game home stand appeared to be lined up like bowling pins. A bunch of patsies the Canucks could take down as long as they remained centred and kept their game out of the gutter. But after a 3-9 start, the Wild is on an 8-1-1 run. 12/12/2009 2:23:26 PM
Summerland's Kristi Richards is back, another World Cup medal Saturday It's only one weekend, but Summerland's Kristi Richards appears to be back. The 2007 world moguls champion, who struggled through the last two seasons, backed up Friday's season-opening win with a second-place finish Saturday in Suomu, Finland. 12/12/2009 12:30:53 PM
John Daly offers support, advice for Tiger and wife Tiger Woods’ decision to take “an indefinite break” to repair his marriage was greeted with surprise, bemusement and even relief Saturday as golfers, fans and commentators contemplated the immediate future of a sport without its biggest draw. John Daly sympathized. 12/12/2009 9:42:04 AM
Coyotes close to being sold to Ice Edge The Ice Edge investment group has signed a letter of intent to purchase the financially floundering Phoenix Coyotes from the NHL with a long-term commitment to keep the team in Arizona. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said much remains to be done before the sale closes. 12/12/2009 5:31:50 AM
Kiprusoff shines, but Backstrom wins (Video) Look out for Finland at the Vancouver Olympics. That's what many fans at the Saddledome may have been thinking as they witnessed a brilliant display of goaltending Friday night by the two men expected to contend for the Finns' No. 1 job at the Winter Games. 12/12/2009 5:30:40 AM
Improbable Oilers rally caps road trip The Edmonton Oilers scored five unanswered goals in a span of just over 17 minutes to erase a three-goal deficit in St. Louis, returning home a five-game win streak under their belts. The Oilers simply wanted it more than the Blues in the final stanza. 12/12/2009 5:29:26 AM
NFL Patriots mascot nabbed in prostitution sting I don't know how to say this so I'm just going to say it; Pat the Patriot, beloved mascot of the New England Patriots and inspiration to Boston-area children since 1960, has been arrested in a prostitution sting. But it gets worse: Evidently Pat was caught answering a naughty ad on Craigslist. 12/12/2009 4:55:32 AM
Tiger Woods taking 'indefinite leave' from golf Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word “infidelity” for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site. “After much soul searching, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf,” Woods said. 12/11/2009 3:36:14 PM
Summerland's Kristi Richards wins mogul gold at World Cup Freestyle moguls skier Kristi Richards won a gold medal at the first World Cup event of the season Friday, renewing hopes that she will clinch an Olympic berth despite poor standings last season. Richard's victory is her first World Cup podium finish in a moguls event. 12/11/2009 12:11:09 PM
Court grants injunction to bar naked photos of Tiger British lawyers acting on behalf of Tiger Woods have won a British court order banning publication in Britain of any photos or video showing him nude or having sex. Several outlets have reported that Playgirl is in possession of nude photos of a man resembling Woods. 12/11/2009 9:33:49 AM
Hot-headed minor hockey coaches are crossing the line By the time Tom Maccarone's confrontation with a referee reached a crescendo of profanity last October, the minor hockey assistant coach had earned penalties for threatening an official, making an obscene gesture and committing a "travesty of the game." The blowup wasn't an isolated incident. 12/11/2009 9:21:53 AM
F1: Mercedes to offer 7m euros for Schumacher return Mercedes is reportedly proposing to pay Michael Schumacher 7 million euros if he agrees to return to F1 as Nico Rosberg's teammate in 2010. Bild newspaper said the offer will be made by the German marque's competition boss Norbert Haug. 12/11/2009 8:37:19 AM
Skeleton racer Mellisa Hollingsworth wins silver at World Cup Canadian Mellisa Hollingsworth has won a silver medal at a skeleton World Cup race in Winterberg, Germany. The Eckville, Alta., native finished a half-second behind winner Kerstin Szymkowiak of Germany. Hollingsworth leads the overall standings after four of eight events. 12/11/2009 7:30:06 AM
Vees play at Westside tonight, host Vipers on Saturday The Big 2 is quickly becoming the Big 3 in the BCHL‘s Interior Conference. A sweep of the Penticton Vees in a home-and-home series Nov. 13-14 set the Westside Warriors on course for a 10-1-1 run that suddenly has them mentioned in the same breath as the Vees and the first-place Vernon Vipers. 12/11/2009 7:18:37 AM
Tiger Woods ready to quit golf, tabloid says A British tabloid is reporting that Tiger Woods is ready to quit golf to save his marriage. The Sun, which published what it described as an “exclusive” report on Friday, says Elin Nordegren, Mr. Woods's wife, gave him an ultimatum: “It's golf ... or me.” 12/11/2009 5:54:15 AM
Browns hand Steelers fifth straight defeat The Pittsburgh Steelers continued their debilitating tailspin, as the defending Super Bowl champions dropped their fifth straight contest, a 13-6 decision to the rival and previously one-win Cleveland Browns. 12/11/2009 4:54:19 AM
Daniel Sedin's hat-trick lifts Canucks over Thrashers Daniel Sedin hasn't missed a step, even though a broken bone in his left foot kept him out of the Canucks lineup for 18 games. Sedin scored Vancouver's first three goals as the Canucks kick-started a crucial eight-game homestand with a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. 12/11/2009 4:18:00 AM
Bruins too strong for Leafs Mark Recchi scored twice in the final three minutes, and Tuukka Rask stopped 32 shots for Boston, which opened a three-goal lead and held on to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Thursday night. 12/10/2009 6:51:13 PM
Disgruntled Habs edged at home by Penguins Pascal Dupuis broke a tie at 13:21 of the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Montreal Canadiens’s three-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night. Penguins (21-10-1), ended a two-game skid. 12/10/2009 6:49:21 PM
Jones eliminated at Olympic curling trials Three teams have tied for third place heading into the playoffs at the Canadian Olympic curling trials. Amber Holland, Stefanie Lawton and Krista McCarville will all take to the ice Friday to determine who gets the final playoff spot. Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones, considered the favourite coming in, was officially eliminated. 12/10/2009 6:26:48 PM
Canucks begin 8-game homestand The Vancouver Canucks' lacklustre finish to a four-game road trip prompted Alain Vigneault to implore his team to be mindful of the standings before it's too late. A season-high eight-game homestand could provide a good opportunity to move up those standings. 12/10/2009 3:34:43 PM
Armstrong to continue cycling for two more years Cycling legend Lance Armstrong revealed he plans to ride on for another two years. Armstrong made a comeback to professional cycling this year, finishing 12th in the Tour of Italy before claiming third and a podium spot in July’s Tour de France. 12/10/2009 12:35:10 PM
UFC champ Brock Lesnar recovering, no return date set Though there is no timeline on a return to the Octagon, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight title holder Brock Lesnar is on the road to recovery and anxious to get back in the gym. On November 16, Lesnar underwent surgery to close a perforation in his intestine. 12/10/2009 12:31:39 PM
Stuck in the middle with the Canucks Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis nicely captured the maniacal mood swings of the rabid sports fan this week. "It's either the heights of euphoria or the worst-case scenario you could possibly imagine," Gillis said. "And 100 per cent of the time, it's somewhere in between." 12/10/2009 12:29:32 PM
Barbara Ann Scott carries Olympic Torch to Parliament The Olympic Torch made an historic visit to the House of Commons Thursday in what the tiny torchbearer called the "greatest honour anyone could have." Barbara Ann Scott is affectionately known as Canada's sweetheart after her gold medal win at the 1948 Winter Games. 12/10/2009 12:00:23 PM
Jack Nicklaus steers clear of Tiger's tale Jack Nicklaus says the fallout over Tiger Woods' car crash and allegations of extramarital affairs is “none of my business.” “Our public is pretty forgiving at times,” Nicklaus said Thursday. “Time usually heals all wounds. I think the hardest thing is obviously his family. That's a private matter for him and his family.” 12/10/2009 10:35:14 AM
NHL considers new names for its trophies Paul Coffey, three-time Norris Trophy winner and esteemed member of the Hockey Hall of Fame (class of 2004), is currently a minor hockey coach in the Toronto area. On a recent evening Coffey could be seen working the defencemen's door for his six-year-old son Christian's team. 12/10/2009 9:41:41 AM
Tiger Woods' absence felt by golf sponsors Even the prospect of a golf landscape temporarily minus Tiger Woods is not one PGA Tour officials, advertisers and sponsors care to ponder as speculation swirls around the (once) popular athlete's private life, which has kept him secluded in his Florida home. 12/10/2009 9:38:39 AM
Vees fans invited to score for charity Duane Jordan loves junior A hockey and watching it in the South Okanagan Events Centre. However, he said “there’s just no ambience” watching the Penticton Vees games. Part of the reason is because usual attendance hovers around 1,500 fans for a BCHL game. 12/10/2009 6:00:41 AM
Outrigger Canoes: Radical ocean racing Two local outrigger paddlers recently competed in the Vaka Eiva Outrigger canoe races in Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands. Seven days of racing and ceremonies saw paddlers competing in one and six-person boats at varying distances. 12/10/2009 4:44:56 AM
Penticton spends $1,500,000. on pool architects Penticton city council will spend $1.5 million on architectural services for the $23-million expansion of the community centre pool. However, some council members remain concerned over it can be constructed in time to avoid losing out on some of the $15.2 million in grants. 12/10/2009 4:41:54 AM
Late goal lifts Maple Leafs over Islanders Now that the Toronto Maple Leafs have exorcised some demons with Dwayne Roloson and the New York Islanders, they're hoping to do the same with the Boston Bruins. Jason Blake squeezed a shot past Roloson at 15:55 of the third period Wednesday as the Maple Leafs edged the Islanders 3-2. 12/9/2009 7:42:33 PM
Stortini powers Oilers to 4th straight road win (Video) Zack Stortini's goal midway through the second period sent the Edmonton Oilers to their fourth consecutive victory on the road, a 3-2 triumph Wednesday night in Tampa Bay. Stortini registered the so-called Gordie Howe hat trick (a goal, assist and fight in the same game), and then some 12/9/2009 7:40:07 PM
Tom Brady and wife welcome baby boy New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have welcomed a baby boy. Brady announced the birth Wednesday. He said the boy was born Tuesday and that he and Bundchen had not chosen a name. "Everyone's great," Brady said. 12/9/2009 6:57:57 PM
Tiger Woods news: sports agent Leigh Steinberg on Woods Curious to know how a sports agent would deal with Tiger Woods' enormous problems, I turned to Steinberg. Leigh Steinberg is credited with creating the era and the industry of the Super Sports Agent. With his background, I knew Leigh would have a valuable perspective on Tiger Woods problems. 12/9/2009 6:40:56 PM
91-year-old almost-Olympian carries torch in Quebec With more than a thousand people cheering Peter Duncan skied down Quebec’s Mont Tremblant ski resort, his arms in the air, and one hand holding the Olympic torch. At the bottom he handed the torch over to 91-year-old Peggy Austin who would have made the Olympics but for WW11. 12/9/2009 6:12:22 PM
Hockey coach charged with sex offences A hockey coach has been charged with several sex offences involving a 15-year-old female player. Following a three-week investigation by Calgary police, investigators allege the coach was involved in a sexual relationship with the girl. 12/9/2009 1:10:24 PM
NHL slaps Jovanovski with two-game suspension Phoenix Coyotes defenceman Ed Jovanovski was suspended on Wednesday by the National Hockey League for two games for a forearm hit. Jovanovski hit Minnesota centre Andrew Ebbett with a forearm to the head during Monday’s game in Glendale, Ariz. 12/9/2009 10:30:44 AM
Barry Bonds son arrrested for assaulting his mother Nikolai Bonds was an omnipresent cheerleader during his father's quest for history. Now he's 19 and arrested for assaulting his mother. They grow up so fast. For unknown reasons, Nikolai went after Sun Bonds, Barry's wife from 1988 to 1994. 12/9/2009 6:25:10 AM
Why is the NBA getting a pass in Donaghy, referee scandal? You get the feeling that a bunch of real-life Tony Sopranos and Don Corleones could sit courtside at an NBA game, hand out $100 bills to the refs as they run by, and the league executives would still insist that the NBA is clean as a whistle. Credibility problems? What credibility problems? 12/9/2009 6:04:23 AM
NBA roundup: Tuesday's action on the boards After losing their share of offensive shootouts this season, the Toronto Raptors may found a way to win by playing ugly, tough basketball. Antoine Wright hit a critical three-pointer with just over a minute remaining as the Raptors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 94-88 Tuesday. 12/9/2009 5:34:16 AM
Canadian doctor who treated Tiger Woods charged with drug offences A Canadian doctor who used a pioneering ’blood-spinning’ technique to help Tiger Woods recover from his knee surgery will be questioned in court after being charged with three counts of illegally importing and selling drugs. Dr Tony Galea is one of Canada’s most prominent sports injury experts. 12/9/2009 5:21:11 AM
NHL roundup: Tuesday's action on the ice Jaroslav Halak came up with a big effort on a night when the Montreal Canadiens were left short-handed in many ways. Halak made 45 saves, and Tomas Plekanec had three assists as Montreal extended its winning streak to three with a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Halak made his second start in four games, improving to 6-4. 12/9/2009 4:58:18 AM
Could Vonn be the Phelps of Winter Olympics? If you hear anything about Alpine skiing these days, you hear that Lindsey Vonn is supposed to be the star of February's Vancouver Olympics. Supposed to win medals, plural, not merely one. Supposed to win golds, not any old color. 12/9/2009 4:53:21 AM
Howard unbeaten at Olympic curling trials Glenn Howard hasn't exactly been dominant at the Canadian Olympic curling trials, but his opponents haven't found a way to beat him yet. "We've still got room for improvement there's no doubt about it. We're not stellar," admitted Howard after his rink improved to 4-0. 12/9/2009 4:39:14 AM
Good times for Pen-Hi’s Goodis Cassandra Goodis grew up around basketball, so it‘s no surprise she‘s a dominant player on the court. The Grade 12 student from Pen-Hi not only stars for her high school team, but she was a member of Team B.C.‘s under 17 team, which won silver this past summer. 12/9/2009 4:31:44 AM
Halak stands tall for Habs Mike Cammalleri is holding the hot stick, but he credits Tomas Plekanec for the Montreal Canadiens’ current hot streak. “Plecks is playing really well. He’s creating a lot and we’re getting a lot of production as a result,” Cammalleri said after he scored his fifth goal in three games — all Montreal wins. 12/8/2009 8:40:40 PM
Another stinker: Canucks shaken by Predators Martin Erat had his second NHL hat trick and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night. Ryan Kesler and Daniel Sedin scored for Vancouver. 12/8/2009 8:06:25 PM
Excerpts From The Book The NBA Doesn't Want You To Read "To have a little fun at the expense of the worst troublemakers, the referees working the game would sometimes make a modest friendly wager amongst themselves: first ref to give one of the bad boys a technical foul wouldn't have to tip the ball boy that night." 12/8/2009 7:01:15 PM
Gatorade Ditches Tiger Woods Drink If it’s possible, Tiger Woods’ week just got worse. PepsiCo announced today that it will discontinue Tiger Focus, a Gatorade beverage inspired by the now-scandal-plagued athlete, though the company claims the cut is part of a larger series of changes 12/8/2009 6:32:38 PM
Update: Hawaii holds rare surfing contest as 12m waves roll in A rare surfing competition has been held in Hawaii as waves reaching 12m (40ft) pounded the north shore of Oahu. Thousands of people have gathered on beaches and cliffs to watch the world's greatest surfers. It is only the eighth time in 25 years that the Eddie Aikau competition has taken place. 12/8/2009 5:30:34 PM
Canucks try to end road trip on a high note The Vancouver Canucks will try to cap a four-game road trip on a positive note when they visit the Nashville Predators tonight. The Canucks began the swing with two straight wins over New Jersey and Philadelphia, but were then dealt Saturday's setback in Carolina. 12/8/2009 2:59:11 PM
Danica Patrick to race in NASCAR Danica Patrick ended months of speculation when she announced on Tuesday a deal to race part-time in NASCAR's Nationwide Series. The only woman to win an IndyCar race will suit up for JR Motorsports, a team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick. 12/8/2009 2:51:03 PM
Giant waves crash on Hawaii’s beaches Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii's beaches to see the biggest waves in years crash ashore. Some of the world's most daring surfers took on the powerful and dangerous waves which forecasters say could reach heights of 50 feet (15 meters). 12/8/2009 8:54:47 AM
Kelowna's Kelly Scott rocked with first loss at trials A little pregame prep work paid off in spades for Shannon Kleibrink. The Calgary skip benefited from a Sunday night rock-matching session from alternate Heather Nedohin and coach Ron Meyers in an impressive 9-6 victory over Kelly Scott on Monday morning at the Roar of the Rings. 12/8/2009 8:34:03 AM
Vees dodge bullet with Viselli The Penticton Vees decisively lost a game in Salmon Arm, but they scored an important win on the injury front.
Veteran forward Ryan Viselli, who had to be helped off the ice during Friday‘s big 4-1 win in Vernon, could be back in the lineup as early as this weekend. 12/8/2009 7:51:06 AM
Tiger's Wife moves out, and there may be shots of Tiger nude As the tally of alleged Tiger Woods mistresses continues to climb--it's now at 10--it looks as if his wife, Elin Nordegren, has had enough. Another report Monday said someone is offering naked photos of Tiger to Playgirl magazine, and it's a fairly legit story. 12/8/2009 7:42:46 AM
Dead snowshoer was popular U.K. triathlon competitor The snowshoer who fell 400 metres to his death Saturday afternoon on the North Shore mountains was Peter Holmes, a 24-year-old distance runner who recently emigrated from the U.K. Holmes was hiking with friends on Goat Mountain on Saturday when he slipped and fell. 12/8/2009 7:35:49 AM
Reality show looks at lives of ‘Basketball Wives’ A VH1 reality series that promises an inside look at the lives of NBA players' wives and girlfriends is set to air early next year. VH1 said Monday that "Basketball Wives" will show the upside of the women's lives and the drawbacks. 12/7/2009 3:48:13 PM
Convicted ref Donaghy says Iverson targeted by refs Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who admitted betting on league games for about four years, said in his first major television interview since serving a prison sentence that stars Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant were hot-button players whose presence could affect a game's outcome. 12/7/2009 7:29:45 AM
Canucks seek redemption in Music City tonight Great, now the Canucks get a couple days off. It’s exactly what they didn’t need. Even in Music City, where the sappy, lovesick twang of country isn’t enough to make them forget about their loss to the NHL’s worst team. Maybe music can help them heal wounds from lost loves, but not lost opportunity. 12/7/2009 7:14:57 AM
Montana saddle bronc rider Kruse wins at NFR Jesse Kruse won the fourth round of saddle bronc riding at the National Finals Rodeo on Sunday night to increase his lead in the world standings, scoring 90 points on Hell's Half Acre. Kruse, from Great Falls, Mont., leads the world standings with US$148,576. 12/7/2009 7:11:05 AM
NFL roundup: Sunday's action on the gridiron The New Orleans Saints are still perfect. Garrett Hartley kicked an 18-yard field goal 6:29 into overtime Sunday, and the Saints improved to 12-0 with a 33-30 victory over the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md. The Saints clinched the NFC South with a far-from-perfect win that shows just how charmed their season is becoming. 12/7/2009 7:06:24 AM
Warner, Cardinals blow past Favre, Vikings That “kid” Kurt Warner got the best of old-timer Brett Favre on Sunday night. Warner, a mere 38 to Favre’s 40, threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns and the Arizona Cardinals’ defense stifled Favre and the Minnesota Vikings in a stunningly one-sided 30-17 victory. 12/7/2009 6:18:35 AM
Vees: Businesses pledge $5,000 for charity if 3,500 fans attend Five Penticton businesses have banded together in an effort for a Christmas Charity Challenge for this Saturday‘s home game between the Penticton Vees and their arch rival Vernon Vipers. It‘s also two admissions for the price of one night provided you bring a non-perishable food item for the Salvation Army. 12/7/2009 5:59:24 AM
List of Woods’ legion of ladies likely to grow The number of women connected to Tiger Woods could topple a dozen by week’s end, according to several sources familiar with Woods’ behavior during his frequent trips to Las Vegas. “He wasn’t one to send away someone who was interested. There was a revolving door of women with Tiger,” said one. 12/7/2009 5:35:42 AM
Minor-league coaches, hockey dad brawl at bar Jail was the penalty box for three Ontario men who allegedly attacked police during a drunken hotel-bar brawl while visiting New York state on the weekend to take part in a popular children's hockey tournament. For Canadian minor hockey, it's another black eye. 12/7/2009 5:30:10 AM
Australian Olympic swim team 'sex abuse cover up' AN OLYMPIC medallist has blown the lid on what he calls "child sex abuse cover-up" at the highest levels of Australian swimming which spanned 12 Olympic Games. "I was all set to testify but the police pulled the plug on the whole thing," he said. 12/6/2009 3:43:24 PM
Saints edge Redskins on OT field goal to remain unbeaten Garrett Hartley kicked an 18-yard field goal in overtime as the unbeaten New Orleans Saints rallied to defeat the Washington Redskins 33-30 on Sunday. The Saints (12-0) never led in the game until Hartley aced his fourth field goal of the game 6:29 into overtime 12/6/2009 3:07:52 PM
America's new fun pastime: Tiger Woods jokes Tiger Woods jokes are currently sweeping the nation. And unlike the joke tsunamis that always seem to hit after tragedies and natural disasters, this concerns illicit affairs and a car accident in which no one was seriously injured. In other words, potential comedy gold. 12/6/2009 8:27:43 AM
Sony signs 3-D video deal for 2010 World Cup The 2010 World Cup is going 3-D. Sony Corp said Friday it has signed a deal with FIFA, the international football governing body, to record up to 25 World Cup games in 3-D – a technology that gives viewers an illusion of depth on the screen. Sony plans to sell 3-D TVs for homes next year. 12/6/2009 5:34:17 AM
Langkow's third period goal lifts Flames over Sharks Miikka Kiprusoff low-keyed his kick save. The rest of his teammates were a little more jubilant. Daymond Langkow scored early in the third period, and the Calgary Flames held on to beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 in a matchup of division leaders on Saturday. 12/6/2009 5:07:28 AM
Tiger Woods, alleged mistress No. 5, and the big cover-up Here is alleged mistress No. 5 (drumroll) ... Mindy Lawton, a waitress from Orlando. She's telling her story to the London Daily Mail. Two sources are claiming that one of Tiger's alleged sexual rendezvous with Lawton occurred in the back seat of his SUV while it was in the parking lot of a church. 12/6/2009 5:05:27 AM
Penticton rink cherishes national curling tourney B.C.’s provincial club champs are Lil Blashko, left, Cindy Curtain, Sandy Heath and Tammy Brennan along with Leigh Armstrong, chairman of the Dominion Curling Club championship during provincials. The Dominion Curling Club Championship is Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers. 12/6/2009 4:55:18 AM
Groves takes gold, Nesbitt wins silver at World Cup event The best of the Canadian long-track speedskating team was on display in different ways during Saturday's World Cup races, with the women benefiting from their positive internal competition to claim a pair of medals, and the men boosting their Olympic hopes through an act of selflessness. 12/5/2009 8:07:15 PM
Crosby misses game with groin injury Sidney Crosby was ruled out of Saturday's game with the Chicago Blackhawks because of a groin injury. "I have hurt my groin before where I've felt like it was going to be a couple weeks. I feel like this is going to be day-to-day if I handle it right." 12/5/2009 8:03:55 PM
Horcoff gives Oilers shootout win It may be a touch early to say things are looking brighter for the Edmonton Oilers, but they certainly are less dark than just a few days ago. Shawn Horcoff scored in the fifth round of shootout to give the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 victory over the host Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon in Texas. 12/5/2009 7:37:03 PM
Bruins slam door on Maple Leafs (Video) Marc Savard scored a hat trick as the Boston Bruins skated to a 7-2 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Patrice Bergeron, Marco Sturm and Zdeno Chara each had a goal and an assist for Boston. Defenceman Johnny Boychuk scored his first NHL goal for the Bruins, while veteran Mark Recchi got his 550th. 12/5/2009 7:31:12 PM
Careless Canucks lose to lowly Hurricanes A sloppy second period doomed the Vancouver Canucks in Saturday afternoon's 5-3 road loss to the NHL-worst Carolina Hurricanes. Carolina scored three unanswered goals in the decisive frame, with plenty of help from the Canucks. 12/5/2009 5:27:08 PM
Okanagan ski resorts ready for Olympic-class season The Valley‘s downhill ski and snowboard resorts have high hopes for their Olympic year. Apex resort west of Penticton opens for 7-day-a-week operation for the public today. “All the way across the runs, we did all kinds of summer grooming,” said general manager James Shalman. 12/5/2009 7:06:16 AM
Cammalleri nets hat trick in historic Habs win (Video) The current edition of the Montreal Canadiens may be a far cry from the legendary teams of the past but, for one night at least, they looked like world-beaters in a pasting of Boston on Friday night. Mike Cammalleri scored a second-period hat trick as the Canadiens romped to a 5-1 win. 12/5/2009 5:37:08 AM
Science and sport go head-to-head Neurosurgeon Charles Tator is leading a team of researchers at Toronto Western Hospital who are asking NHL and other competitive hockey players to donate their brains after their deaths for a new research project aimed at understanding the long-term effects of concussions. 12/5/2009 5:09:35 AM
The Secret World of Golf Groupies Tiger Woods isn’t the only golfer with carousing issues. Retired players and current caddies tell Gerald Posner about the game inside the real PGA: The “Party Groupie Association.” Plus, Posner on exclusive details of Tiger's new prenup. 12/4/2009 7:11:40 PM
Red hot Canucks storm into Carolina Saturday The Vancouver Canucks have dominated the first two opponents on their road trip. A meeting with the NHL-worst Carolina Hurricanes should enable them to keep it up. Vancouver looks for its third straight victory Saturday afternoon when it takes on a Carolina team trying to end another long losing streak. 12/4/2009 4:49:28 PM
Brazil, Portugal in World Cup Group of Death The Samba Boys are in tough in 2010, but they're not the only ones with a difficult path to World Cup glory. Brazil was drawn into the Group of Death with Ivory Coast, Portugal and North Korea when the World Cup draw ceremony ended Friday in Cape Town, South Africa. 12/4/2009 4:43:48 PM
Canada's Brydon 2nd in Lake Louise downhill Canadian Emily Brydon finished second in the women's World Cup downhill season opener Friday at Lake Louise, Alta. American Lindsey Vonn, the two-time defending World Cup downhill and overall champion, won. Britt Janyk of Whistler, B.C., finished fourth 12/4/2009 4:20:26 PM
Danica Patrick says no deal done, but serious about NASCAR Danica Patrick said Tuesday she’s still serious about driving in NASCAR next season but does not have a deal done yet to drive a partial stock-car schedule. “I’d be very prepared to start small and grow and really learn the cars.” 12/4/2009 9:14:35 AM
Dale Jr. is NASCAR's most popular driver for the 7th time Dale Earnhardt Jr. is NASCAR's most popular driver for the seventh consecutive year. Earnhardt's win keeps him at third on the career list behind Bill Elliott's record 16 times, and Richard Petty, who won the award nine times. 12/4/2009 9:07:11 AM
BBC: Five things about the World Cup draw England will find out on Friday evening who and when they will be playing at next year's football World Cup in South Africa. And the ramifications go far beyond football. Here are five reasons why. 12/4/2009 5:58:42 AM
Luongo makes 38 saves, shuts out Flyers (Video) Roberto Luongo kept the Philadelphia Flyers' offence in a funk. Luongo made 38 saves and the Vancouver Canucks topped the struggling Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Thursday night. "It was one of those nights where you feel like the puck is just hitting you." 12/3/2009 9:27:24 PM
Shanahan signs on as NHL exec Brendan Shanahan, the three-time Stanley Cup winner who retired last month to end a 21-year National Hockey League playing career, launched a new career as a league executive on Thursday. Shanahan retired on November 17 as the NHL's 11th-leading goal scorer with 656. 12/3/2009 3:30:20 PM
Canucks-Flyers preview: Philly coach on the hot seat For a team that The Hockey News picked to win the Stanley Cup this season, the Philadelphia Flyers find themselves in a funk that is threatening the job of head coach John Stevens. Philly is a demanding hockey market and there are always high expectations for the Flyers. 12/3/2009 1:23:29 PM
Apex provides prime training ground Since Ryan Blais was a kid, he dreamed about being an Olympic athlete. With the 2010 Games in Vancouver, the Grande Prairie, Alta., native would love nothing more than to earn his spot with the Canadian national Aerial team. 12/3/2009 10:23:46 AM
Even Woods' handlers can't control the news anymore They thought they were almost there - that by stonewalling and issuing lukewarm denials and tepid mea culpas on Tiger Woods' official website, they were close to keeping the lid on Pandora's box. After all, if Tiger's extravagantly paid image-polishers and truth-benders couldn't get the job done, who could? 12/3/2009 6:21:30 AM
Canadian Speed Queens smiling again The first training run day of a new World Cup women's downhill season leading to a home country Olympics had the yellow-and-red clad Canadian Speed Queens smiling on Tuesday. "We've learned a lot from our past and we're ready to grow and to be dominant again," said Fernie, B.C., native Emily Brydon. 12/3/2009 6:18:08 AM
Ron Artest says he used to drink alcohol at halftime Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest has said that he drank alcohol during games when he was a member of the Chicago Bulls. "I used to drink Hennessy at halftime," Artest said in an interview with Sporting News. "I (kept it) in my locker. I'd just walk to the liquor store (near the stadium) and get it." 12/3/2009 6:13:14 AM
B.C. hockey trainer denies sex allegations A North Vancouver hockey trainer and coach accused of numerous sex offences involving a young player denies the charges against him. RCMP Cpl. Marlene Morton said the alleged assaults took place at various locations, including hockey arenas and at the suspect's residence. 12/3/2009 4:48:14 AM
Lawyer for woman in Woods story to discuss allegations (Video) A woman who denied having an affair with Tiger Woods will hold a news conference today. Attorney Gloria Allred said she will make a statement about Rachel Uchitel's relationship with Woods. Allred said Uchitel will attend the 11:30 a.m. PT news conference but will not speak. 12/3/2009 4:32:10 AM
Vees ready for Vernon showdown The Vees will be facing the league‘s heavyweights for the next nine games, with that run of difficult opposition taking Penticton right into the first week of 2010. It starts with a bang, as the Vees visit Wesbild Centre on Friday to play the only team with a superior won-loss record. 12/3/2009 4:26:03 AM
Canucks win over Devils 5 - 2 (Video) The Vancouver Canucks roared out with three early goals in New Jersey and after nearly squandering the lead, finished strongly for an impressive 5-2 victory on Wednesday night to open their road trip. 12/3/2009 4:22:54 AM
Tiger Woods apologizes to family as alleged phone call to mistress released (with clip) Tiger Woods said Wednesday he let his family down, as he made his first public statements since allegations of an affair with a Los Angeles cocktail waitress broke on Tuesday. Wednesday's statement culminates nearly week of turmoil for Woods, and his wife, Elin Nordegren. 12/3/2009 4:19:10 AM
Matches announced for The Ultimate Fighter finale The official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut of Kimbo Slice is one of the matches confirmed for Saturday night’s finale of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights. Slice — the Internet sensation-turned-UFC fighter — will take on knockout artist Houston Alexander in a match rumoured for weeks. 12/3/2009 4:15:23 AM
North Van hockey coach charged with seven counts of sexual assault A North Vancouver minor-hockey coach and owner of a North Shore hockey training centre, Dusan Benicky, has been charged with seven counts of sexual assault involving a 10-year-old youth over a four-year period. 12/2/2009 1:36:23 PM
UFC 110 in Australia confirmed; Mayweather-Pacquaio closer to reality The long-talked about UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia was officially added Tuesday to the company’s list of events for 2010. One of the few boxing matches of interest right now is one step closer. Floyd Mayweather has agreed to terms on a welterweight title bout versus Manny Pacquiao, ESPN.com reported Tuesday. 12/2/2009 1:26:12 PM
Canadian GP organisers willing to help Villeneuve The organisers of the Canadian Grand Prix hope to see Jacques Villeneuve return to Formula 1 next season. "People here love him. We saw how popular he is when he raced NASCAR here. I would be fan No. 1 if Jacques is back in a Lotus car and if we can help him, that's what we'll do." 12/2/2009 1:16:35 PM
Massive crowd engulfs downtown for Montreal Alouettes victory parade It was a sky of blue and sea of good cheer above and along Ste. Catherine St. on Wednesday as the city of Montreal staged a upbeat Grey Cup parade for the victorious Montreal Alouettes. Under a bright sun and amid unseasonably mild temperatures, fans lined both sides of the parade route in large numbers. 12/2/2009 12:17:05 PM
I am profoundly sorry, Tiger Woods says Golfer Tiger Woods has apologized for his "transgressions" and for letting "his family down" after the release Wednesday of a voicemail message that suggests he had an extramarital affair. In it, Woods asks would-be reality star Jamiee Grubbs, 24, to change the outgoing message on her voicemail. 12/2/2009 11:07:56 AM
City takes cost-conscious approach to pool upgrade contract In choosing Vancouver company Pivotal Projects Inc. as project managers for the $23 million upgrades to the Penticton Community Centre pool and fitness centre, the city will also be acquiring the cost consultant services of Kelowna’s Spiegel Skillen and Associates at a combined cost of $315,000 plus GST. 12/2/2009 11:03:48 AM
Red hot Devils host Canucks tonight Following one of their most dominating performances of the season, the New Jersey Devils look to win their fourth straight overall and seventh in a row at home Wednesday night when they face the Vancouver Canucks. 12/2/2009 10:31:15 AM
Dany Heatley's two assists lead Sharks past Senators 5-2 In the past five days, Dany Heatley faced the team he demanded a trade from and the team he refused to go to and came out on the winning end both times. Heatley assisted on two goals in his first game against Ottawa since his blockbuster trade to San Jose. 12/2/2009 6:17:40 AM
Alleged Tiger Woods voice mail released by Us Weekly magazine Tiger Woods' private life took a new hit Wednesday. A cover story in Us Weekly magazine alleges that a Los Angeles cocktail waitress had a 31-month affair with the world's No. 1 golfer. Jaimee Grubbs told the magazine she met Woods at a Las Vegas nightclub. 12/2/2009 6:15:18 AM
Is Ovechkin a dirty player? Every interested hockey eye has been turned towards Alex Ovechkin on Tuesday, but this time it's for all the wrong reasons. The Capitals superstar was ejected from Monday's game against Carolina after a knee-on-knee hit on Tim Gleason left both players sprawling. 12/2/2009 6:03:18 AM
Maple Leafs beat Montreal, lose Gustavsson (Video) The Toronto Maple Leafs' goaltending tandem of Jonas Gustavsson and backup Joey MacDonald combined to shut out the Canadiens 3-0 on Tuesday in Montreal. MacDonald made 17 second- and third-period saves after Gustavsson was sent to hospital as a precaution during the first intermission. 12/2/2009 6:01:17 AM
Vees stand pat at roster deadline Fred Harbinson wasn‘t going to make a deal just for the sake of making a deal. The Dec. 1 roster deadline came and went and the Vees decided to stand pat with the group they have. “We know what we‘d like to add (to the team), but we‘re going to be patient,” said the Vees general manager. 12/2/2009 4:54:25 AM
All positives so far in Ehrhoff's career as Canuck A frown is just a smile turned upside down. And, in Christian Ehrhoff's case, a minus-12 rating last season and a plus-11 rating so far this year with the Canucks just indicates two ways the puck can bounce. “It just happened,” Ehrhoff shrugs when the disparity is pointed out. 12/1/2009 6:51:49 PM
Martin Brodeur became a U.S. citizen Tuesday but that won't mute his desire to be Team Canada's No. 1 goalie in pursuit of a gold medal. Brodeur may make his home in the States but when it comes to the international hockey scene, Brodeur is all Canada. Martin Brodeur became a U.S. citizen Tuesday but that won't mute his desire to be Team Canada's No. 1 goalie. Brodeur may make his home in the States but when it comes to the international hockey scene, Brodeur is all Canada. Much will be made of the Roberto Luongo versus Brodeur matchup Wednesday. 12/1/2009 6:43:48 PM
Female ski jumpers to appeal to Supreme Court Female ski jumpers who want their event included in the 2010 Olympics will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, hoping a decision can be made before February. Deedee Corradini, spokeswoman, said they hope Canada's top court will decide whether to hear the case within the next two weeks. 12/1/2009 1:34:15 PM
Woods to be cited for careless driving Tiger Woods will be cited for careless driving in a car crash outside his Orlando-area mansion, but will not face criminal charges. Woods faces a $164 fine and four points against his driver’s license, not close to enough to have it suspended. The citation closes the investigation of last week’s crash. 12/1/2009 12:12:30 PM
Penticton racers had great finishes at Ultraman Hawaii At the just completed Ultraman World Championships in Hawaii, Penticton racers held the distinction of being the youngest and oldest finishers. Sheena Miller, 26, knocked an hour off her Penticton time. Ellis Andrews, 65, was the oldest finisher in the field, breaking legendary Ultraman Bill Bell's record. (*Complete results) 12/1/2009 12:06:05 PM
Saints pound Patriots, still perfect at 11-0 With one pinpoint throw after another, Drew Brees put New Orleans' pursuit of perfection into overdrive and left Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the dust. Brees threw for a season-high 371 yards and five touchdowns, carving up coach Bill Belichick's defence like few quarterbacks ever have. 12/1/2009 6:03:33 AM
NHL roundup: Monday's action on the ice The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting tired of Ryan Miller's Olympic audition. The Sabres netminder stopped all 38 shots he faced Monday to lead Buffalo to a 3-0 victory over Brian Burke's Toronto Maple Leafs. "Their goalie over there has stolen two games against us," said Leafs forward Matt Stajan. 12/1/2009 5:39:43 AM
NHL roundup: Monday's action on the ice The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting tired of Ryan Miller's Olympic audition. The Sabres netminder stopped all 38 shots he faced Monday to lead Buffalo to a 3-0 victory over Brian Burke's Toronto Maple Leafs. "Their goalie over there has stolen two games against us," said Leafs forward Matt Stajan. 12/1/2009 5:38:58 AM
NBA roundup: Monday's action on the courts As the Philadelphia 76ers flirt with the possibility reuniting with Allen Iverson, Jason Terry made sure their dreadful start to the season continued Monday. Terry made a 17-footer with 1.4 seconds left and Dirk Nowitzki had 28 points as the Dallas Mavericks handed the 76ers their seventh straight loss, 104-102. 12/1/2009 5:30:47 AM
Reality bites back for Tiger Since bursting on the scene more than a decade ago as the most exciting golfer alive and living up to his promise as the most dominating athlete in professional sports, Eldrick (Tiger) Woods has been in the spotlight precisely because he seems unlike anyone else. 12/1/2009 5:20:46 AM
Ovechkin injured, ejected for knee-on-knee hit Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin left Monday night's game at Carolina with an apparent right knee injury. Ovechkin was injured with 7:55 left in the first period. He appeared to initiate a knee-to-knee collision with Carolina's Tim Gleason. 11/30/2009 6:36:01 PM
Canadian hip hop artist's song named World Cup's anthem (Audio clip) No Canadian team, but Soccer's showcase tournament will be without Canadian content. A remixed version of Wavin' Flag, a song by Somalia-born Canadian hip hop artist K'Naan, has been chosen as the official song of next year's World Cup in South Africa. 11/30/2009 6:32:31 PM
Habs are closest thing to 'Canada's team,' poll says Canada's oldest hockey team is also this country's most revered, according to a new poll released Monday in celebration of the Montreal Canadiens' 100th anniversary. A third of respondents named the Habs compared with a quarter who said the same for archrival Toronto Maple Leafs. 11/30/2009 5:58:55 PM
Grey Cup draws record viewership The Montreal Alouettes’ win for the ages Sunday night was also the most-watched Grey Cup game in history. When Damon Duval’s 33-yard final-second field goal produced a stunning 28-27 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 8.35 million viewers were watching on TSN and RDS. 11/30/2009 3:28:24 PM
Danica resigns with Andretti racing, what about NASCAR? Danica Patrick unveiled her splashy new car in New York's Times Square, its bright green, black and orange color scheme right at home with the flashy billboards and lights above. A car with fenders could be next for IndyCar's most marketable star. 11/30/2009 11:53:02 AM
Tiger Woods tourney this week? He's not coming out Tiger Woods has pulled out of this week's Chevron World Challenge and won't appear at the tournament in Thousand Oaks, Calif., the golfer announced on his website Monday. Woods cited the injuries he suffered in a car accident outside his Florida home on Friday as the reason for his withdrawal. 11/30/2009 11:28:35 AM
Canucks don't measure up to big boys If you want yardsticks, the San Jose Sharks are as good as any you'll find at Rona. And while they're at the hardware store, the Canucks may as well pick up some sandpaper, too. They could use the grit. The Sharks, best team in the NHL at the moment, gave the Canucks a lesson. 11/30/2009 10:56:01 AM
Serena Williams gets record fine for tirade Serena Williams was fined a record $82,500 for her U.S. Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another “major offense” at any Grand Slam in the next two years, Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock told The Associated Press on Monday. 11/30/2009 6:23:52 AM
Canucks lose to Sharks 4-2 San Jose Sharks coach worried before the game that he might have all his eggs in one basket. "We can't win consistently if we only have one scoring line," McLellan said after his Sharks took their pregame morning skate. 11/30/2009 5:36:30 AM
Vees Manderson too tricky for P.G. Denver Manderson and the Penticton Vees power play were too much for the Prince George Spruce Kings. Manderson scored a natural hat trick and added an assist and the Vees scored three times on as many power plays en route to a 6-3 victory at the South Okanagan Events Centre. 11/30/2009 4:52:13 AM
Grey Cup: A Riders goof, an Als victory The Saskatchewan Roughriders were in full party mode, galloping onto the field to celebrate the franchise’s second Grey Cup win in three seasons after Montreal’s Damon Duval missed a 43-yard field-goal attempt that would have won the game for the heavily-favoured Alouettes. 11/30/2009 4:41:04 AM
Tiger calls his accident a ‘private matter’ Despite presenting his side of the car-crash story and asking that it remain “a private matter,” Tiger Woods may still not be in the clear. Yet several public-relations experts believed there was little chance of that request being honored. 11/30/2009 4:27:25 AM
Why Tiger's crash is raising eyebrows GOLF.com It was not a happy Thanksgiving for Tiger Woods. When Woods was involved in a late-night, one-car accident near the driveway of his home in the wealthy gated community of Isleworth in Windermere, Fla., it took 13 hours for news of it to become public. 11/29/2009 10:47:40 AM
Canada's Grey Cup, more than a game Athletes and fans alike are savouring the festivities leading up to the much anticipated Grey Cup game in Calgary on Sunday (3:30 PT) when the Saskatchewan Roughriders play the Montreal Alouettes. Extra airline flights were added between Calgary and Regina and Saskatoon. 11/29/2009 8:00:11 AM
Canucks beat up Oilers starter (Video) The Vancouver Canucks scored four goals in the first eight and a half minutes on Saturday night for a 7-3 victory at GM Place. Alex Edler and Mason Raymond both had a goal and two assists, while Daniel Sedin and Christian Ehrhoff each had a goal and an assist. Alex Burrows, Tanner Glass and Mikael Samuelsson were the other scorers. 11/29/2009 7:55:46 AM
Soccer flap: Sport + bad rules = trouble Everyone in the world saw Thierry Henry handle the ball except the referee. The obvious question is why, if we can see such a thing happening live on television, the referee can't see it shortly afterwards, even if he couldn't see it at the time? 11/29/2009 7:26:52 AM
Crosby's hat trick leads Pens to victory Sidney Crosby had his fourth career hat trick and added two assists for his second five-point game and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the fourth time in five games, 8-3 over the New York Rangers on Saturday night. The Rangers have allowed 13 goals in their past two games. 11/29/2009 6:38:59 AM
Flames' Lundmark nabs OT winner Jamie Lundmark scored the shootout winner to give the Calgary Flames a 4-3 comeback victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. "You're on the bench, then all of a sudden, you're all alone on the ice. It can be intimidating," Lundmark said. 11/29/2009 6:36:49 AM
Ovechkin steals the show as the Capitals down the Canadiens 4-3 in a shootout Alexander Ovechkin had a very interested observer in the stands, and he didn't disappoint. Eric Fehr's second of the game tied it late and Nicklas Backstrom scored the shootout winner for Washington as the Capitals came back after blowing a two-goal lead. 11/29/2009 6:34:19 AM
Penticton's Sheena Miller in 4th place at Hawaii Ultraman Day 2 is complete at the Ultraman World Championships in Hawaii. Penticton's Sheena Miller, 26, remains in mid-pack overall, and 4th in the women's division. Brazil's Alexandre Robeiro leads, Texan Shanna Armstrong is top woman. Day 3 is now underway. Steve King is the race announcer. (Here's a link). 11/29/2009 6:14:28 AM
Canucks start, finish strong in 7-3 win over Oilers They were driven and determined to end the mismatch with a first-round knockout. Then the Vancouver Canucks got cute and sloppy and allowed the injury ravaged Edmonton Oilers to gather themselves off the GM Place canvas before scoring a 7-3 decision on Saturday. 11/29/2009 4:28:43 AM
CFL's Grey Cup showdown set for Sunday It's a showdown in Cowtown, between East and West, surrounded by a sea of green. Canadian football fans from coast to coast to coast will turn their attention to Calgary on Sunday to watch the CFL's annual Grey Cup classic. The Als are the heavy favourites. 11/28/2009 7:43:30 PM
Elin Nordegren Scratched Tiger Woods Up Before Wreck Rumors of golfing great Tiger Woods having had an alleged affair with Rachel Uchitel (photos) appear to be closer and closer to the truth than any of us could have imagined just days ago. TMZ has confirmed that the lacerations to Tiger’s face weren’t from wrecking his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant. 11/28/2009 7:53:58 AM
NBA roundup: Friday's action on the courts Reserve Antoine Wright put the latest Raptors' loss in perspective Friday. "There's a lot of frustration in this locker-room, and we have to say 'enough is enough,"' said Wright. "If we continue to go forward like this, it's going to continue to happen to us. 11/28/2009 5:29:25 AM
NHL roundup: Friday's action on the ice Dany Heatley was the villain when the night started, but Patrick Marleau broke the hearts of the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. Joe Pavelski scored the shootout winner and Marleau had a hat trick and added an assist as the San Jose Sharks downed the Oilers 5-4. 11/28/2009 5:26:41 AM
Dad‘s visit couldn‘t be more special This being “Parents Weekend” for the Penticton Vees, mothers and fathers have travelled from as far away as Montreal, California, and Minnesota. None, though, came farther than Rich Curadi, who last week was flying helicopters in Iraq as a member of the U.S. Army National Guard. 11/28/2009 4:53:56 AM
Vees whip Wolves; Vernon streak stopped While the Westside Warriors ended the Vernon Vipers 19-game winning streak, the Penticton Vees roughed up the Williams Lake Timberwolves. Kyle Singleton scored at 1:42 of the second overtime period as the Warriors beat the Vipers 2-1 at Wesbild Centre in Vernon. 11/28/2009 4:35:41 AM
Handicapping the 97th Grey Cup Sitting at 2-2 for the playoffs (and 4-5 going back two years), we're ready to make our choice for this weekend's winner of the annual Grand National Drunk. The Montreal Alouettes (16-3) will defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders (11-7-1) on Sunday at Calgary and win the 97th Grey Cup game. 11/27/2009 4:05:06 PM
Montreal Grand Prix confirmed for 5 years Formula One will return to Montreal for at least the next five years, government officials announced Friday. The Quebec race was removed from the Formula One circuit in October 2008 over a contractual dispute, to the dismay of civic leaders and merchants. 11/27/2009 4:01:00 PM
Jilted Oilers fans ready to heckle Heatley Edmontonians will be hoping the Beat the Heat goal-tracker scoreboard gets a big workout Friday night at Original Joe's Restaurant on 109th Street. It will mean the Oilers are filling the net against Public Enemy No. 1 — Dany Heatley and the visiting San Jose Sharks (7:30 p.m. MT). 11/27/2009 3:59:41 PM
Cops: Wife used golf club to help rescue Tiger Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident early Friday outside his Florida mansion, and a local police chief said his wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and help get the world’s No. 1 golfer out of the SUV. 11/27/2009 3:38:09 PM
Canucks 4-1 victory over LA Kings First Kyle Wellwood, next the world. Anything appears possible for the Canucks. If they can save Wellwood's season, what can't they do? The Canucks got Wellwood a pity goal, an empty netter Thursday. It was the season's first Christmas miracle. A playoff spot can't be far behind. 11/27/2009 5:37:22 AM
U.S. Thanksgiving offers NFL feast, famine Isn't it generally around this time of the season when Mercury Morris opens up, whether requested to or not? With just six weeks of football remaining in the regular schedule, two teams remain in the annual Shut-Mercury-Up-Already Sweepstakes 11/26/2009 10:26:57 AM
Shaquille O’Neal pays for slain girl’s funeral Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying received national news coverage. More than 2,000 people attended her funeral Sunday. The girl's body was found Nov. 16 beside a rural road. 11/26/2009 10:14:53 AM
Olympic Doping: 30 key minutes for athletes A little bit of blood and urine — and a whole lot of questions. That’s what athletes competing in the 2010 Olympic Games can expect if they get called upon to be tested for performance-enhancing drugs. Members the VANOC anti-doping program were in Kamloops as part of an international training workshop. 11/26/2009 7:13:30 AM
Noose tightens on Canucks Wellwood That leash Kyle Wellwood is on, it's slipping into a noose. Carbon date the last puck he scored with, its half-life might not register on a radiometer. What happened to this once-upon-a-time story with the potential happily-ever-after ending? 11/26/2009 6:46:36 AM
Maple Leafs triumphant in Tampa Bay (Video) A strong defensive third period helped the Toronto Maple Leafs get a rare win. Niklas Hagman had two goals and Matt Stajan scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lead the Maple Leafs past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3 on Wednesday night. 11/26/2009 5:40:37 AM
Penguins pepper Price, Habs (Video) Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby scored the game's opening goal and added an assist in a 3-1 home win over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. Bill Guerin and Sergei Gonchar added goals between Carey Price's pads in a big second period for Pittsburgh, which held a 30-19 shot advantage. 11/26/2009 5:36:58 AM
Late goal lifts Flames over Coyotes (Video) Finally, someone other than Jarome Iginla sparked the Calgary Flames. Daymond Langkow opened the scoring and assisted on Nigel Dawes' game-winner Wednesday night as the Calgary Flames beat the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1. Phoenix applied late pressure but was unable to beat Calgary netminder Miikka Kiprusoff. 11/26/2009 5:34:51 AM
She's gone: 2-year ban for speedskater Pechstein Five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein lost her appeal against a two-year ban for blood doping Wednesday and will miss the Vancouver Games. The Court dismissed the German's appeal against a ban imposed by the International Skating Union. 11/25/2009 7:32:20 AM
Canadiens come back to beat Blue Jackets 5-3 As their injuries continue to mount, the Montreal Canadiens keep wracking up the points. Marc-Andre Bergeron's second of the night was the winner Tuesday as the Canadiens scored three times in the third period for a 5-3 comeback win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. 11/25/2009 7:21:24 AM
No overtime loser points hurt Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are discovering close counts. Turns out, NHL games aren’t all that different from darts, horseshoes and slow dancing. Getting near your target is worth something. In the NHL, it’s loser points, of which the Canucks have none. 11/25/2009 5:50:23 AM
Don Cherry says new CBC biopic doesn't pull any punches: 'I was selfish' "There's no lying about it. I guess I was a selfish guy. ... I only thought of myself, I never thought of the family a lot - that's the way it comes out (in the film). It's tough to see yourself like that, but that's the way it was." 11/24/2009 5:24:27 PM
Penticton Curling Club looking for volunteers Take at look at the person next to you and chances are, at some point in their life, he or she has given time in a volunteer activity. Generosity is fundamental to the concept of volunteering. Volunteering is a commitment to our future. An active form of good citizenship. 11/24/2009 3:33:21 PM
Pujols a unanimous pick as repeat MVP winner Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04. It was the third MVP award for the St. Louis Cardinals star, who also won in 2005. 11/24/2009 2:36:45 PM
Injured $4-million man Pavol Demitra eager to prove worth The forgotten man is easy to spot in the bowels of GM Place. He’s the one wearing a designer suit while his colleagues are clad in battle gear. He’s the one with an understandably dour demeanour while his teammates revel in the rigours of competition. 11/24/2009 6:46:36 AM
Oilers set record in beating Coyotes Jeff Deslauriers's first career NHL shutout didn't come easy. Deslauriers made 36 saves, including 15 in the third period to preserve the shutout, as the Edmonton Oilers recorded a 4-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday. 11/24/2009 6:08:39 AM
And the Leafs just keep on losing (Video) Determined not to remain league doormats, the Toronto Maple Leafs unleashed 61 shots Monday night — and still lost. Dwayne Roloson's career high 58 saves and Josh Bailey's goal 4:18 into overtime propelled the New York Islanders past the last-place Maple Leafs 4-3. 11/24/2009 5:19:14 AM
Ducks nip Flames in shootout (Video) Although Jean-Sebastien Giguere's career has changed drastically since he lost his starting job in Anaheim, the veteran goalie is eager to remind the Ducks — or any potential suitors — that he can still make stops when they matter. 11/24/2009 5:13:57 AM
Pen Hi Lakers off to B.C.’s despite loss The Valley 3A boys‘ volleyball championships were a low-risk proposition for the Pen-Hi Lakers. Mount Boucherie, KSS and the Lakers knew coming into the event that they had already qualified for the provincial 3A championships Dec. 1-4 at UBC-Okanagan in Kelowna. 11/24/2009 4:53:16 AM
Emergency Fifa meeting after Ireland's controversial defeat Sepp Blatter has called an emergency meeting of Fifa’s executive committee. The president of football’s world governing body has been forced to gather the 24-man panel on December 2 because of the furore surrounding the match in Paris last Wednesday. 11/23/2009 6:37:35 PM
Johnson races to 4th straight NASCAR title All Jimmie Johnson ever wanted was a chance to race with the best in NASCAR. Maybe even win a race or two. Never did he expect to be a champion. Especially four times over. Johnson stands atop NASCAR as a one-man dynasty, much like Tiger Woods, Roger Federer and Lance Armstrong. 11/23/2009 7:47:41 AM
Penticton Ironman Winner, Jordan Rapp, wins IM Arizona The men’s race was won in a time of 8:13:35 by American Jordan Rapp, who was also the winner of this year’s Ironman Canada race held in Penticton at the end of August. Kelowna triathlete Gillian Moody, 33, finished eight in the pro women’s division. 11/23/2009 5:32:08 AM
Virtue, Moir clinch Skate Canada gold The relief was written all over the faces of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir on Sunday afternoon. One day after bobbling their original dance, the Canadian champions and world bronze medallists put down a superb free program to win the ice dance competition. 11/23/2009 5:27:46 AM
Roughriders will meet Alouettes in Grey Cup Darian Durant and the Saskatchewan Roughriders ruined the biggest party to begin Grey Cup Week by kicking the hosts and defending champions to the sideline. Durant passed for 204 yards and threw touchdown passes to Andy Fantuz, Chris Getzlaf and Rob Bagg in a 27-17 win. 11/23/2009 5:08:55 AM
Lions no match for Montreal in East final They lost games this year when they couldn't stop the run and they dropped ones when they couldn't get a yard in a crucial situation. When it came to extending their highly-uneven CFL season Sunday, the Lions simply lost to a better team. 11/23/2009 4:48:35 AM
Blackhawks 1-0 victory over Canucks Antti Niemi didn't see two shots that hit him in the third period Sunday. But the Chicago Blackhawks backup goaltender did hear one that clanged off the post before recording his second shutout of the season in a surprising 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place. 11/23/2009 4:45:46 AM
Alouettes blow out the Lions in CFL East final Anthony Calvillo tied a CFL playoff record with five touchdown passes as the Montreal Alouettes romped to a 56-18 victory over the BC Lions before 53,792 fans on Sunday afternoon to advance to the Grey Cup game. The Alouettes will play in their seventh Grey Cup since 2000 next Sunday; 11/22/2009 3:12:26 PM
Kessel, Hagman score in shootout as Leafs end losing skid The Toronto Maple Leafs figured they had nothing to lose. Locked in a winless slide and facing another potential loss in the shootout, the Toronto players decided to turn around their helmets in an effort to turn around their luck. 11/22/2009 6:12:52 AM
Blackhawks earn 5-2 win over Oilers The Chicago Blackhawks wanted to become a better road team. After opening their recent six-game trip with two wins in Alberta, it seems they have succeeded. Jonathan Toews scored two goals and added an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks won their sixth game in a row. 11/22/2009 6:11:08 AM
Griffin gets revenge at UFC 106, beats returning Ortiz Three years ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Forrest Griffin lost a hugely-disappointing split decision to Tito Ortiz. Though they once again fought three furious rounds in the main event on Saturday at UFC 106, the end result was different this time around. 11/22/2009 5:31:20 AM
Rush drummer to record new version of The Hockey Theme Neil Peart, the drummer of the rock band Rush, will record a special rendition of The Hockey Theme, the iconic theme song originally written by Delores Claman in 1968, TSN and Anthem Entertainment Group announced Friday. The date the song airs has yet to be announced. 11/22/2009 5:06:13 AM
Golden night for Rochette at Skate Canada Canadian champion Joannie Rochette wasn’t flawless, but she fought through an exhausting long program Saturday night to win the women’s event at Skate Canada International. In fact, the 23-year-old from Ile Dupas, Que., blew away the competition. 11/22/2009 5:02:54 AM
Lions Gameday: Only constant for B.C. Lions is change It seemed accurate on a tangible level when players like Korey Banks walked into Olympic Stadium Saturday to suggest that the Lions truly were in a place they had not been before. They certainly don't have any experience as a group playing the Montreal Alouettes. 11/22/2009 4:19:57 AM
Iginla's hat trick lifts Flames over Kings Jarome Iginla scored three times to pace the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in National Hockey League action Saturday afternoon at the Staples Center. Daymond Langkow, short-handed, in the third period broke the 2-2 stalemate. David Moss also scored on the power play. 11/21/2009 4:17:31 PM
Harwick wins season finale, wife wins owners championship Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night. Kevin Harvick made a late pass to cap a dominating show to win the season-ending Trucks Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and wife Delana clinched the owners' championship. 11/21/2009 12:30:19 PM
French hand-wringing over dubious Soccer win For a nation not particularly known for its moral qualms - it once hailed a head-butting footballer as a hero - the French feel surprisingly chastened about their questionable qualification for next year's World Cup. Reactions to Thierry Henry's handball have ranged from embarrassment to outrage. 11/21/2009 7:15:48 AM
Rochette holds Skate Canada lead (Video) Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette achieved a personal best in the short program on Friday to take the lead at the HomeSense Skate Canada International in Kitchener, Ont. Rochette has a third title in four years clearly in her sights after receiving a score of 70 points. 11/21/2009 5:46:58 AM
Vancouver Canucks storm back, beat Avs 5-2 Christian Ehrhoff is proving you can still get something for nothing in the NHL. Given away by San Jose, who did it happily, Ehrhoff needed about one period this season before he started paying dividends for the Canucks. Ehrhoff scored two goals and added a brilliant assist to lead the way for the Canucks. 11/20/2009 8:58:40 PM
Johnson claims pole for season finale Jimmie Johnson's run for his fourth straight Cup title starts from the pole. Johnson turned a lap of 173.919 mph on Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a big boost for the Hendrick Motorsports star as he tries to become the first driver in NASCAR history to win four consecutive championships. 11/20/2009 8:51:13 PM
Habs withstand Caps comeback The Montreal Canadiens were leading by a goal late in the game, ready to pull off a road upset of the Washington Capitals. Then Maxim Lapierre gets sent off for hooking with 1:52 left. The Capitals pull their goaltender for the final minute. 11/20/2009 8:46:15 PM
Match-fixing inquiry probes 200 European Soccer games (Video) - About 200 European football games are under investigation in a match-fixing inquiry, German prosecutors have said. At least three of the games were in the Champions League and another 12 were in the Uefa Europa League. It's the biggest match-fixing scandal ever to hit Europe. 11/20/2009 7:13:34 PM
Hollingsworth slides to gold Mellisa Hollingsworth woke up Friday morning to gray skies, drizzle and cast-iron clouds and her first thought was: this doesn't feel like a race day. It did at the end, however: bouquet of flowers in hand, and World Cup medal after a first-place finish in the women's skeleton event. 11/20/2009 3:33:13 PM
Lions at Als: Family affair for Geroy Simon The playoffs bring out the usual attempts at team-bonding, though the Lions have not opted for growing beards. This year, it doesn't matter anyway. Any claim that the Lions or Montreal Alouettes, who play host to the CFL's East Division final, can completely become a happy family is just talk. 11/20/2009 3:01:45 PM
Red ink flowing at record rate in Phoenix Winning games hasn’t done much for the Phoenix Coyotes’ bottom line. The club is 12-9-0 as of yesterday, but it lost $5-million (all currency U.S.) in October, the first full month of the NHL season, according to documents filed in an Arizona bankruptcy court this week. 11/20/2009 5:46:34 AM
Cardiac 'Canes beat Maple Leafs in OT (Video) The Carolina Hurricanes looked like the cardiac 'Canes of old as they rallied to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 after a shootout Thursday. Shrugging off a first-period deficit of three goals, Carolina can thank Erik Cole who scored with 1.9 seconds left to tie the game at 5-5 and send it into O.T. 11/20/2009 5:45:16 AM
Chicago power play crushes Flames (Video) The Chicago Blackhawks couldn't have scripted a better result for their opening match in a six-game road trip. Chicago rolled over the Flames on the strength of four power-play goals en route to a 7-1 win in Calgary on Thursday night. 11/20/2009 5:40:05 AM
Nothing funny as James hurt, Cavs lose Cleveland superstar LeBron James was nursing a sore left wrist Wednesday after banging it on the rim of the basket in the Cavs’ 108-91 National Basketball Association loss to Washington. "It’s like you hit your funny bone, but it’s not funny at all." 11/19/2009 4:26:44 PM
Daniel Sedin pain-free at practice Vancouver Canucks left-winger Daniel Sedin skated with his teammates for a full practice Thursday and, after a pain-free session, said he will return to the lineup on Sunday against the Chicago Blackhawks. Daniel broke his left foot Oct. 7 in a game against the Montreal Canadiens. 11/19/2009 4:20:27 PM
Quinn calls hit 'headshot' The two zebras didn't call Colorado Avalanche rookie defenceman Ryan Wilson for either a shoulder block or flying elbow to Edmonton Oilers captain Ethan Moreau's skull on Wednesday, but coach Pat Quinn thought it was as obvious as the grey in his hair. 11/19/2009 4:17:47 PM
World Cup: Irish ask Fifa for France replay (Video) The Football Association of Ireland has lodged a complaint with Fifa asking for their World Cup play-off against France to be replayed. Republic of Ireland were beaten 2-1 on aggregate after France won with goal scored when captain Thierry Henry handled the ball. 11/19/2009 12:02:31 PM
Soccer-Irish justice minister calls for replay of France match Irish justice minister Dermot Ahern led calls for a replay of the World Cup qualifying playoff against France on Thursday after a controversial goal robbed Ireland of a place in next year's finals. "If that result remains, it reinforces the view that if you cheat, you will win." 11/19/2009 6:06:06 AM
Semenya to keep gold medal despite gender probe Caster Semenya will keep her world gold 800 medal and a probe into her gender will not be made public. Leaked test results said Semenya was a hermaphrodite, sparking anger from the South African public and government, who have rallied behind the athlete. 11/19/2009 5:55:36 AM
Oilers never say die, beat Colorado (Video) It took more than two and a half periods, but the Edmonton Oilers made their first lead against the Colorado Avalanche stick in a 6-4 win at home on Wednesday. The win snaps the Oilers (9-10-3) four game winless skid. 11/19/2009 5:38:22 AM
Whaaat? Meet the Olympic Ticket King....from Bosnia The suitcases of cash and tickets he lugged around for shadowy Olympic accomplices in Bulgaria and Poland are long gone. The $131,000 in under-the-table donations made to leaders of Salt Lake's successful bid for the 2002 Winter Games is history, too. 11/19/2009 5:24:14 AM
No excuses, but there are reasons for Burrows slump Alex Burrows can finally come clean. For two weeks he played through nagging groin and hip flexor injuries. Both came courtesy of L.A. Kings defenceman Drew Doughty, who nearly broke him in half Oct. 29 with one of the best hip checks you will see this year. 11/19/2009 4:52:57 AM
France qualifies for World Cup in controversial fashion A controversial goal in extra time by defender William Gallas sent France to next year’s World Cup with a 2-1 aggregate playoff win over Ireland on Wednesday. Captain Thierry Henry appeared to handle the ball twice before feeding Gallas. 11/18/2009 5:50:34 PM
Sedin twins offer exponential potential Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Call it synergy, call it Gestalt Theory, call it a metaphysical riddle if you want. The Canucks call it Henrik and Daniel Sedin, and on the chalkboard it reads 1 + 1 = 3. 11/18/2009 5:41:11 PM
Fleury intends to press charges against James Theo Fleury says he wants to pursue charges against Graham James, the junior hockey coach he alleges sexually assaulted him as a teenager, but it might not be entirely up to the former NHL forward. 11/18/2009 5:28:54 PM
BC Lions have had Alouettes number While the Montreal Alouettes had seven more players named to the CFL's all-star team Wednesday than B.C., it's another number seven that could bode well for the Lions heading into the East Division final Sunday (10 a.m. PT). 11/18/2009 5:27:03 PM
Sidney Crosby runs with Olympic flame in Halifax Sidney Crosby has added another iconic piece of hardware to the collection he's hoisted in his stellar hockey career - the Olympic torch. Hundreds of people lined a downtown Halifax street today to watch the captain of the Stanley Cup-winning Pittsburgh Penguins carry the torch. 11/18/2009 3:51:21 PM
Vees Johnston’s A game won’t change Logan Johnston’s efforts on and off the ice haven’t gone unnoticed by the Penticton Vees coaching staff. When the Vees alternate captain Adam Zamec was dealt to the Wellington Dukes last week, the Vees brass decided to have that A stitched onto Johnston’s sweater. 11/18/2009 3:44:02 PM
F1: British 'dream team' Button joins Hamilton at McLaren Jenson Button has signed to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton in an all-English line-up at McLaren next season. The world champion's move was announced on Wednesday following news that former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will not race in F1 next year. 11/18/2009 6:37:34 AM
Sens down Leafs in fight filled affair The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs may be off to uninspiring starts this season, but they proved to a surprisingly low turnout Tuesday that their rivalry is alive and well. Mike Fisher scored twice, including the winning goal in the second period, to lift Ottawa over the Maple Leafs 3-2. 11/18/2009 6:24:14 AM
Price backstops Canadiens to shootout win over Hurricanes Despite moments earlier this season when he felt he needed a new approach, Carey Price stuck with what he was doing. Now, he's reaping the rewards. Price stopped all six Carolina attempts in the shootout, Maxim Lapierre scored the winner and the Montreal Canadiens won 3-2. 11/18/2009 6:23:03 AM
Cheating woman soccer player now has 'so much regret' Nearly two weeks later, the University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert said she still could not fully explain what led her to yank an opponent from Brigham Young down by her ponytail. “I look at it and I’m like, ‘That is not me,’ ” said Lambert. (See the video). 11/18/2009 5:55:06 AM
Flames fall in battle for Northwest Lack of motivation should not have been an issue. Because there was the fresh memory of the most recent visit from the Colorado Avalanche -- A game, well in hand, that turned into a 3-2 loss on Oct. 28. 11/18/2009 5:30:27 AM
Stephen Colbert invited as Olympic Oval ombudsman Ticked off by Stephen Colbert's criticisms of Canadians and the Richmond Olympic Speed skating Oval, the city is inviting the comedian “to find yourself some sled dogs and venture forth to our great frozen wasteland." (Pictured here with former U.S. speedskater Dan Janzen.) 11/17/2009 7:05:05 PM
Field of potential Coyotes owners looks pretty thin Gary Bettman was in Phoenix the other day, spinning a few tales about the impending sale of the Coyotes. The commish said, he has six potential buyers on the line. But as anyone selling real estate knows, a potential buyer is anyone who stops in front of your For Sale sign. 11/17/2009 6:55:47 PM
SOEC: City makes $300,000 (and rising) mistake on Vees As of September this year, the City of Penticton has subsidized the BCHL hockey franchise’s presence at the South Okanagan Events Centre to the tune of $299,809, according to a city SOEC financial report. “Yes, we are subsidizing the Vees significantly,” Jack Kler told council. 11/17/2009 6:45:47 PM
UFC's Lesnar in 'stable' condition UFC president Dana White said Monday that heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is recovering from a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract. "He's in stable condition and should be released soon," UFC president Dana White said. 11/17/2009 8:50:42 AM
Leaf chances of getting to playoffs? 1.7% You don't need to think too much to know the Leafs are abysmal. They're 29th in the 30-team league standings. They're 125-1 Las Vegas long shots to win the Stanley Cup, the second-longest odds on the board behind the 150-1 Islanders. (Ed: Must be tough being Brian Burke these days.) 11/17/2009 8:32:32 AM
Beckham left off MLS all-star team David Beckham may have led the Los Angeles Galaxy to the MLS championship game but he has been left off the league's all-star squad. While Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan and Swedish star Freddie Ljunberg made the squad there was no room for Beckham. 11/17/2009 8:29:23 AM
Mayweather's boxing challenge to Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will begin negotiations on a mega blockbuster fight within the next 24 hours, USA Today newspaper has reported. "Manny Pacquiao doesn't say anything directly about fighting me because he might just know it's not a fight he can win." 11/17/2009 8:27:30 AM
NBA roundup: Monday's action on the courts Back-to-back playoff appearances have transformed the Atlanta Hawks from perennial losers into a power in the NBA's Eastern Conference. Joe Johnson scored eight of his 35 points in overtime and the Hawks beat the Trail Blazers 99-95 on Monday night. 11/17/2009 8:25:08 AM
NHL roundup: Monday's action on the ice For the first time this season, the streaking New Jersey Devils came away from their opponent's rink with a loss. Darroll Powe, Scott Hartnell, and James van Riemsdyk scored as the Philadelphia Flyers edged New Jersey 3-2 to snap the Devils' eight game winning streak on Monday night. 11/17/2009 5:48:18 AM
Sale, Simpson win 'Battle of the Blades' Two-time Stanley Cup winner Craig Simpson has a new title to add to his name — figure skating champ of Battle of the Blades. The former NHL’er and his partner, Olympic gold medalist Jamie Sale, emerged victorious in the inaugural season of the CBC-TV hit Monday after earning the most viewer votes. 11/17/2009 5:45:00 AM
Ovechkin appears set to return Tuesday Two-time reigning league MVP Alex Ovechkin appears set to return from his injury layoff when the Washington Capitals visit the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Ovechkin sustained an upper-body injury against Columbus on Nov. 1. Ovechkin has 14 goals and nine assists this season. 11/16/2009 2:59:11 PM
Injuries, illness decimating UFC's heavyweight class No fewer than three of the UFC’s best 265-pound bruisers have been sidelined with illnesses and injuries, placing the future of the entire weight class in jeopardy and opening the door for its chief rival to gloat a little bit. Brock Lesnar is in hospital in North Dakota with an undisclosed illness. 11/16/2009 2:57:00 PM
Goodell fines Titans owner $250,000 for obscene gesture (Video) Warning: The video above contains not one, but two middle fingers. The NFL has fined Titans owner Bud Adams US$250,000 for making an obscene gesture at Buffalo fans while celebrating Tennessee’s victory over the Bills. 11/16/2009 2:51:01 PM
Hard to rate injury-riddled Canucks The Canucks are 25 per cent through the season but, as indicators go, predicting where they'll finish on this trajectory is as meaningless as the first-quarter score in a CFL game. It's taken 91 to 96 points the past four years to make the West playoffs. 11/16/2009 10:37:46 AM
Dominating Christine Nesbitt crashes Dutch party The good news for Canada is that speed skater Christine Nesbitt is a dominant force right now. The even better news is that she believes there's a lot more in the tank. Nesbitt was not a very polite guest Sunday, spoiling a potential podium sweep by the Dutch on their home ice. 11/16/2009 8:29:30 AM
F1 Shock: Mercedes buys Brawn GP, dumps McLaren Mercedes-Benz is taking over Formula One champion Brawn GP and plans to end its stake in McLaren. Brawn will race in 2010 as the Mercedes GP team. The German car maker had previously supplied Brawn with engines and will continue to supply both Ross Brawn's team and McLaren. 11/16/2009 5:39:32 AM
NBA roundup: Sunday's action on the courts The Toronto Raptors were one near miss away from beating the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns on their own court. Hedo Turkoglu's last-second shot rimmed out and the Suns held on for a 101-100 win over the Raptors on Sunday. 11/16/2009 5:35:45 AM
NHL roundup: Sunday's action on the ice Jussi Jokinen helped the Carolina Hurricanes end a lengthy winless streak by doing what he does best. Jokinen scored the winning goal in the shootout and the Hurricanes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 Sunday to end a 14-game winless drought. "It's one of the best feelings," Jokinen said. "We'll take the two points." 11/16/2009 5:34:33 AM
Colts’ stunning win is ‘bummer’ for Patriots (Video) Bill Belichick risked everything on one play Sunday night. After the New England coach failed on a stunning gamble deep in his own territory, Manning threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne with 13 seconds left that rallied the unbeaten Colts to a 35-34 win over the Patriots. 11/16/2009 4:41:41 AM
CFL: Stamps slip past Eskimos The Calgary Stampeders advanced to the CFL's West Division final with a 24-21 win over the Edmonton Eskimos on Sunday. The Stampeders earned a rematch with the Saskatchewan Roughriders next Sunday in Regina, where Calgary lost 30-14 to end the regular season. 11/15/2009 5:36:37 PM
Fans to Cherry: Leafs heckling deserved Toby Glanville and his buddy were in the stands in Toronto watching a dismal Leafs effort. As the Leafs struggled, Glanville and Sims put "Upset Fan" bags over their heads. Cherry called the bag-wearers "jerks" for not backing their team through thick and thin. 11/15/2009 5:20:35 PM
Michelle Wie claims first LPGA Tour title Michelle Wie earned her first LPGA Tour victory Sunday, firing a three-under par 69 for a two-shot triumph in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Wie won with a 13-under par total of 275. She had started the day tied for the lead with fellow American Cristie Kerr. 11/15/2009 4:32:20 PM
Printers leads Lions to OT win over Cats Casey Printers threw for over 350 yards and led the winning drive in overtime as the B.C. Lions beat the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34-27 on Sunday in the CFL's crossover semifinal game. With the victory, the Lions move on to the East Division final next Sunday. 11/15/2009 1:00:57 PM
UFC champ Brock Lesnar deemed 'very sick' after collapse in Canada Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Brock Lesnar's career might be in jeopardy. UFC president Dana White told reporters at UFC 105 in Manchester that Lesnar took a vacation to Canada while battling what doctors thought was mononucleosis. 11/15/2009 12:26:42 PM
TiCats look to keep Lions' Printers in the pocket Marcel Bellefeuille wants the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to take Casey Printers' legs from underneath him. Keeping the elusive quarterback in the pocket and taking away his running lanes will be the plan of attack Sunday when Hamilton takes on Printers and the B.C. Lions today.(TSN, 10 a.m., PT). 11/15/2009 9:34:41 AM
Penticton Vees lose to Westside again Saturday night The Westside Warriors halted the Vees 10-game win streak in Penticton on Friday night at the Event Centre, and the Vees were looking for revenge on Saturday night. But it didn't turn out the way the Vees hoped, the Warriors won 7-3 last night. Here's the latest from the Vees website. 11/15/2009 8:32:03 AM
45,000 attend Enke's memorial (Video) More than 45,000 fans, friends and team mates have paid their last respects to Germany's national goalkeeper Robert Enke, who killed himself on Tuesday. His flower-draped coffin was put in the middle of the stadium of his team, Hanover 96, for the memorial ceremony. 11/15/2009 5:23:47 AM
Henrik gets 3 as Canucks pound Avs (Video) Henrik Sedin's first career hat-trick and a pair of goals from Steve Bernier powered the Vancouver Canucks to an 8-2 win over the Avalanche in Colorado on Saturday night. "It was huge for us, especially after the last few games where we haven't scored a whole lot of goals," said Sedin. 11/15/2009 4:36:10 AM
F1 star Trulli keeping his eyes on NASCAR Jarno Trulli has visited NASCAR tracks in the past. And although it's the first practice at Phoenix International Raceway, the 35-year-old Formula One pilot is looking at stock cars in a whole different light — with the possibility of driving one instead of being a spectator. 11/14/2009 10:33:05 AM
Time for Canucks' defence to stand up and score Based on their scoring rates the last three years, the hard-shooting defence trio of Sami Salo, Alex Edler and Kevin Bieksa should combine over a full season to contribute 31 goals. Through the first quarter of this season, they have combined for one. It was scored by Bieksa on opening night. 11/14/2009 8:34:40 AM
Penticton Vees lose at home Friday night The Penticton Vees were in action on Friday night against the Westside Warriors with the visitors winning 5-4. The Vees got 2 goals on the power play. Top point-getter for the locals was Denver Manderson with 3 assists, Beau Bennett had 2 goals for the Vees. Next game is tonight with Westside at home. 11/14/2009 6:45:50 AM
Hey Bettman, No one showing up for Coyotes games So where have all the fans gone? The players are beginning to wonder. A combination of prolonged ineptitude — the Coyotes haven't made the playoffs since 2002— and skepticism over the team's future is hampering the team at the gate. 11/14/2009 4:49:24 AM
Leafs lose to Chicago (Video) Head coach Ron Wilson talked extensively about the need for his Toronto Maple Leafs to play a strong first 10 minutes in Chicago on Friday night. Goaltender Vesa Toskala, who was searching for his first win of the season, delivered. But equally struggling defenceman Luke Schenn did not. 11/14/2009 4:46:07 AM
Sabres to win over Flames in shootout (Video) The scoring may have started quickly but the game went the distance as the Sabres topped the Calgary Flames in a shootout in Buffalo on Friday night, snapping the Flames winning streak at four. 11/14/2009 4:41:59 AM
Nanaimo hockey league accused of discrimination Bill Hardy, whose 12-year-old daughter, was part of the cancelled program, says the city is setting a bad example for the rest of the country especially when interest in Canadian female hockey athletes is high with the Olympics around the corner. 11/14/2009 4:16:30 AM
Elizabeth Lambert is the modern female athlete (Video) Elizabeth Lambert, who achieved Internet and now television fame by basically hitting, hair-pulling, and beating the tar out of BYU's women's soccer team, is the picture of the modern female athlete.
What?
Yes. And no, this is not an endorsement of her actions. 11/13/2009 7:47:47 PM
Sports widows need their own hobbies Anne Young's husband Nathan spends three nights a week watching sports and playing poker with his buddies – and devotes his weekends to the NFL six months of the year. Instead of nagging him, Ms. Young, a 28-year-old fourth grade teacher, started a Facebook group. 11/13/2009 4:58:00 PM
BC Appeal Court dismisses appeal by women ski jumpers The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by women ski jumpers to force Vancouver 2010 organizers to let them compete in the Winter Games. The women were appealing a lower court ruling that allowed Games organizers to hold a men's ski jumping competition but not a women's event. 11/13/2009 4:21:41 PM
Calgary Stampeder stabbed at concert, out for playoff game A Calgary Stampeder and former NFLer was stabbed at a concert in Calgary on Thursday night. Running back Teyo Johnson is resting in hospital with injuries that aren't considered life-threatening. The 27-year-old native of White Rock, B.C., will miss this weekend's playoff game against the Edmonton Eskimos. 11/13/2009 4:10:40 PM
No sick Canucks allowed on team flights The Vancouver Canucks have confirmed that players sick with the flu or other illnesses are banned from the team's chartered aircraft, but they say the players fly home, or on to the next city, by commercial airlines only after they have recovered. 11/13/2009 4:00:03 PM
Olympic champ crashes at speed skating World Cup Canadians Kristina Groves and Clara Hughes narrowly missed the podium Friday at a speedskating World Cup meet overshadowed by an injury to two-time Olympic champion Marianne Timmer. Timmer ruptured a left ankle ligament when she fell rounding the final bend in her 500-metre race. 11/13/2009 3:25:38 PM
NASCAR down to last 2 races to decide Championship If Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon are hoping for a slip from the points leader in the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway 11:30 a.m. PT, ABC/TSN), history shows they better not get too excited. 11/13/2009 6:13:14 AM
Habs score late to beat Coyotes Comments The Montreal Canadiens finally got their power play rolling. Marc-Andre Bergeron and Glen Metropolit scored 1:02 apart in the third period, the second goal on the power play, and Carey Price made 18 saves in the Canadiens' 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. 11/13/2009 5:13:49 AM
Streaking Flyers dominate Sens It was a sweet reunion for (Sugar) Ray Emery as the Flyers defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-1 Thursday night in Philadelphia. Emery, the former Senator, breezed through his first meeting with Ottawa since their nasty divorce. 11/13/2009 5:11:19 AM
Canucks lose 3-1 in Detroit They outworked the Red Wings for much of Thursday’s game here, but the Vancouver Canucks couldn’t beat their skill. Red Wings all-world forward Henrik Zetterberg scored a highlight reel goal at 8:00 of the third period to snap a 1-1 tie to put Detroit ahead for good. 11/13/2009 4:42:04 AM
Big snow for Big White “All the indicators … are in our favour,” said Big White director of guest services Blair Ireland. “Opening Saturday is not just one of our earliest openings ever, but the good snow and the improved economy means were looking forward to a great season.” 11/13/2009 4:27:05 AM
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