
Ovechkin wins Hart Trophy as NHL's MVP
Alex Ovechkin capped his great season with the NHL's biggest award. The Washington Capitals right wing won his third Hart Trophy, given to the ...
US-China climate deal was long in the works
Disparate interests ranging from environmental activists to businesses and industry are lining up to support a first-of-its-kind deal between the U.S.
Celtics to play Wolves during preseason in Canada
The Boston Celtics will play a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Montreal next season as part of the NBA's Canadian series. The NBA ...

F1 points leader Vettel wins Canadian Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel was so far ahead of the pack in the Canadian Grand Prix that only the walls and the curbs were in his way. The three-time defending ...

Avalanche hire Patrick Roy as coach
The Colorado Avalanche are rounding up the old crew to restore the downtrodden franchise. First, Joe Sakic was given more responsibility in the front ...

Avs mum on report Patrick Roy may be next coach
Patrick Roy and Joe Sakic formed a productive partnership on the ice during their playing days, leading the Colorado Avalanche to two Stanley Cup ...

Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel, 93, dies
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi ...

Pound: Drug-testing failing due to lack of will
Former WADA president Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint ...

Senators advance in 5, Canadiens go home
Hey, mom, look at me. That's how Ottawa coach Paul MacLean felt after his Senators eliminated Montreal with a 6-1 victory Thursday night for a 4-1 ...

Ottawa eliminates Montreal in 5 games
One thing the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens agreed on at the end of their sometimes-bitter playoff series was it all came down to goaltending

Senators pound Canadiens 6-1, take 2-1 series lead
After getting his first NHL hat trick, Jean-Gabriel Pageau was left with a bloody smile after the Senators' Game 3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens ...

Canadiens top Senators 3-1; series tied
After watching Lars Eller taken off the ice on a stretcher the previous night, the Montreal Canadiens, especially goaltender Carey Price, found some ...

Canadiens' Lars Eller taken off on stretcher
The Montreal Canadiens are down a game and a key player early in their series with the Ottawa Senators. Center Lars Eller suffered a concussion and ...

Done with Jets, 6 job possibilities for Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow was "excited" about coming to the New York Jets. So much so, he used the word 44 times in his introductory news conference in March 2012.

Senators beat Bruins 4-2 to grab No. 7 seed
Ottawa Senators forward Daniel Alfredsson said he's always wanted to face the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. Or was he just trying to avoid the ...

Canada terror suspect grew more radical
One of two men accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada became radicalized to the point that his father reached ...

Police: 2 arrested in al-Qaida linked Canada plot
Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, ...

Rockies-Mets game delayed due to snow on field
Dick Monfort was quite formidable on the mound — of snow, that is. Shovel in hand, the Colorado Rockies owner joined a crew of team employees helping ...

Penguins edge Canadiens 1-0 for 13th straight win
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price saw the NHL's leading scorer bearing down on him and figured he had maybe an inch or two over his right ...

Joe Weider, fitness mentor to Schwarzenegger, dies
Joe Weider, a legendary figure in bodybuilding who helped popularize the sport worldwide and played a key role in introducing a charismatic young ...

2 inmates recaptured after helicopter escape
Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison northwest of Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged ...

St-Pierre manhandles Diaz at UFC 158
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre manhandled Nick Diaz for five rounds en route to a lopsided unanimous decision at UFC 158 on Saturday ...

Stuttgart museum returns painting sold under Nazis
A Stuttgart museum has returned a 600-year-old painting to the estate of Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who was forced to sell his collection before ...