Sports
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Svetlana Kuznetsova had a succinct explanation after losing her opening match at the BNP Paribas Open.
"The tennis ball is perfect. I am not perfect," the top-seeded Russian said after a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 loss to Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Mikael Samuelsson and Alex Burrows added to their career scoring highs Saturday as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 for their sixth straight home-ice win.
Samuelsson, now playing on the top line with Daniel and Henrik Sedin, scored twice to reach 30
ARLINGTON, Texas - Fighting on the star, Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is the biggest star.
With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering him on at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao dominated a strangely passive Joshua Clottey from the opening bell Saturday night to
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Toronto Raptors are quickly fading in the Eastern Conference and Chris Bosh is getting frustrated.
In a brief three-minute conversation with reporters following a 124-112 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, Bosh criticized his teammates and himself
Here are the sports results from Saturday.
NHL
Toronto 6 Edmonton 4
Montreal 3 Boston 2
Vancouver 5 Ottawa 1
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2
Florida 3 San Jose 2 (overtime)
N.Y. Islanders 4 New Jersey 2
Phoenix 4 Carolina 0
Detroit 3 Buffalo 2
HALIFAX, N.S. - Canadian curling's most famous kid brother had a free night on the town. Glenn Howard did not have to be anywhere on Saturday morning, following his playoff win at the Tim Hortons Brier on Friday night, but he opted against visiting the famed Brier Patch out of fear it would be
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Canada's wheelchair curling team got off to a perfect start in defence of their Paralympic gold medal.
They opened Saturday with a 9-2 seven end victory over Great Britain and followed that up with a second easy victory, 10-5 over the United States.
"We were excited
In a battle of the NHL basement dwellers, the Toronto Maple Leafs did their best to distance themselves from the long-suffering Edmonton Oilers.
The youthful top line of Tyler Bozak, Nikolai Kulemin and Phil Kessel combined for eight points Saturday as the Leafs beat the 30th-place Oilers
WHISTLER, B.C. - Hopes for an early medal haul disappeared in the fog Saturday as bad weather forced postponement of the alpine ski events on the opening day of competition at the Paralympic Games.
At least four Canadian skiers were expected to climb on the podium at Whistler Creekside.
ARLINGTON, Texas - Jose Luis Castillo, a former two-time champion who was part of one of boxing's greatest fights, quit on his stool after the fifth round Saturday against Alfonso Gomez and promptly announced his retirement.
Castillo, who has battled weight issues for years, landed just 47
ARLINGTON, Texas - After weeks of debate, April Entona finally decided to join her sister and brother-in-law to watch fellow Filipino Manny Pacquaio fight in Cowboys Stadium. So the day before the bout, she told her bosses someone would have to cover her nursing shift - in Chicago.
Lloyd
TORONTO - When you're the starting goaltender for the NHL's 30th-place team, your squad has just given up three goals in 1:36 to fall behind 5-1 to the 29th-place team and your net is being crashed, it's easy to get frustrated.
That's exactly what happened Saturday night at 8:50 of the
HALIFAX, N.S. - Alberta skip Kevin Koe has survived two playoff games to advance to the final at the Tim Hortons Brier, preserving his province's hopes of claiming its third consecutive Canadian men's curling championship.
Koe pounded an upstart team from Northern Ontario 10-3 Saturday
