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Chan wins 3rd title but Ten steals show at worlds
When Denis Ten first started skating, the only rinks in Kazakhstan were outdoors. His mother would bundle him up before sending him out, often putting ...
Memorable skates put Kim, Davis-White in control
There are some programs skaters forget as soon as the season is over. There are some they'll remember with fondness, maybe even cherish. And then ...
Davis-White take big step toward 2nd world title
Meryl Davis and Charlie White sure know how to spoil a homecoming. Undaunted at skating minutes away from where longtime rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott ...
New style of papacy: Pope Francis pays hotel bill
On his first day as shepherd of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis picked up his luggage at a Vatican hotel, personally thanked each ...
Chan the exception(al) in wacky night at worlds
Patrick Chan was miserable. The two-time world champion would wake up in the morning and dread the thought of going to the rink. It wasn't the work ...
Italy's Kostner has a world of love for skating
Carolina Kostner could have taken her gold medal from last year's world championships and run. She finally had the title many had been predicting for ...
Snow ties up European planes, trains, roads
Frankfurt's airport closed, trains stopped running under the English Channel, and the French army was ordered to help clear roads — all because of a ...
Quadruple jump is the key in men's figure skating
No quad, no medal. And one might not be enough. The four-revolution jump has been around longer than some of the top men at this week's World Figure ...
Lakers beat Raptors 118-116 in OT to go over .500
Kobe Bryant's steely determination never wavers. It's his 34-year-old body he sometimes wonders about. He skipped pre-game shootaround because his ...
Knuckler Dickey says WBC role a great privilege
Many big-name pitchers found reason to say no to the World Baseball Classic. R.A. Dickey was an automatic yes. The knuckleball master, winner of the ...
Canadian singer Stompin' Tom Connors dies at 77
Canadian country-folk singer Stompin' Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada's biggest ...
Ancient Arctic camel linked to modern breed
Ancient, mummified camel bones dug from the tundra confirm that the animals now synonymous with the arid sands of Arabia actually developed in ...
Conservative Canadian a top contender to be pope
Cardinal Marc Ouellet once said that being pope "would be a nightmare." He would know, having enjoyed the confidence of two popes as a top-ranked ...
Chris Perez hopes to be back for Indians' opener
Cleveland All-Star closer Chris Perez hopes to recover from a shoulder injury in time for the Indians' April 2 opener at Toronto. Perez was diagnosed ...
Canadiens F Bourque out with concussion
Montreal Canadiens forward Rene Bourque will be out indefinitely with a concussion. Coach Michel Therrien said Tuesday that Bourque is not sure what ...
Ex-Canada ambassador pleased Affleck thanks Canada
The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis said Monday it was good to ...
Ex-Canada ambassador slighted by Affleck's "Argo"
The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis says it will reflect poorly ...
Sabres fire Ruff; Rolston is the interim coach
Lindy Ruff is out as coach in Buffalo, meaning the slow-starting, inconsistent and sometimes lethargic Sabres have now become Ron Rolston's mess to ...
Buehrle to leave family behind to care for dog
Mark Buehrle won't be experiencing the dog days of summer. While the pitcher is headed to Toronto, his family will split the season between Broward ...
Papal resignation sparks global disbelief, grief
From the parishes of Poland to the churches of Chile, Roman Catholics around the world were stunned Monday at the first papal resignation in six ...
Canada ahead of US in allowing women in combat
On May 17, 2006, in a firefight with Afghan Taliban insurgents, Canadian forces lost an artillery officer hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled ...
US airlines to halt Northeast flights
Most airlines were giving up on flying in and out of New York, Boston and other cities in the Northeast Friday as a massive storm threatened to dump ...
RIM shares up on upgrade
Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion rose 3 percent Thursday with Wells Fargo saying that better gross margins from the company's new phone ...
New keyboard BlackBerry in US could take months
A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief ...