TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Dunking is not allowed ,a sign says in the Takoma Park Recreation Center’s small and dusty gym. But if the players on Eddie Jordan’s current team tried , they could not break that rule or a backboard.
As a recent practice neared its end, Jordan sensed that his players’ concentration was [...]
KELOWNA–Even out here on the west coast you can feel the frustration of Nazem Kadri and those who want him to be a Leaf.
His demotion to the Marlies on Wednesday along with defenceman Keith Aulie, ostensibly to make room for Colby Armstrong and John-Michael Liles to come off the injured list, came as a bit [...]
The 2012 golf season starts in earnest this week with all due respect to South Africa and its latest golfing sensation Branden Grace there is an overwhelming feeling.
Grace deserves plenty of respect after he secured a brilliant double when he won the Champions tournament on the Links at Fancourt on Sunday. The recent Qualifying School [...]
SYDNEY (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki lost her quarterfinal at the Sydney International on Wednesday, opening the way for Petra Kvitova to take over the No. 1 ranking before next week’s Australian Open.
Wozniacki, who needed a medical timeout in the final set to have her left wrist taped, lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska [...]
PHILADELHIA — A boyhood fantasy came to life under an evening sky burnished by a chilly wind. More than 46,000 fans stood roaring at Citizens Bank Park in 38-degree temperatures as a national television audience sat in warm homes holding its breath.
Henrik Lundqvist, playing his first game outdoors since he was a child in Sweden, [...]
The 2011-2012 NBA season is ready to tip off and the 149-day lockout is all but forgotten, and the NBA returns with a five-game Christmas feast, starting with the New York Knicks against the Boston Celtics at noon EST, and capped off by the Los Angeles Clippers at the Golden State Warriors at 10:30 [...]
Samuel Eto’o has been banned for 15 matches by the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) for his role in a players’ strike.
The strike followed a row over bonuses after a tournament in Morocco in November and led to the cancellation of a friendly against Algeria.
The Cameroon captain, 30, has 10 days to appeal against the ban.Vice-captain [...]
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Even after three consecutive wins last weekend in Lake Louise, Alberta, Lindsey Vonn was unusually nervous as she waited at the start of Wednesday’s super-G race. The super-G was the first running of a women’s World Cup event in this location — almost an extension of Vonn’s hometown, nearby Vail.
Gross domestic [...]
Cuttack: Rohit Sharma hit a responsible 72 under pressure as India survived a top-order collapse to post a thrilling one-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening one-dayer on Tuesday.
India were reeling at 59-5 following Kemar Roach’s three-wicket burst and Andre Russell’s double strike before reaching the 212-run target with seven balls to spare [...]
Glen Johnson’s late winner gave Liverpool victory as Chelsea’s indifferent run of form continued.
The Reds recorded a Premier League double over Chelsea last season – and secured three points again as Johnson produced a moment of individual brilliance to clinch victory with three minutes left.
Johnson made his spectacular intervention against his former club just as [...]
