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First musher from Jamaica completes Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The first musher from Jamaica to enter the 1,770-kilometre Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has reached the finish line at Nome, three days after Lance Mackey won for an unprecedented ...
Jankovic reaches Indian Wells final; Roddick, Soderling advance to semis
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Jelena Jankovic defeated Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 Friday to reach the women's final of the BNP Paribas Open, where she'll play Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniacki b...
Obama misses just 3 of 16 games on second day of NCAA tournament
NEW YORK - The presidential bracket is looking pretty good after the first round. U.S. President Barack Obama correctly predicted 13 of 16 winners Friday, the second day of the NCAA tournament. Tha...
NBA Roundup: Friday's action
If indeed LeBron James decides to leave Cleveland, fans in Chicago would certainly hail The King. They certainly let out enough cheers along with those oohs and aahs as he soared around the United Cen...
Minnesota-Duluth beats Minnesota 3-2, will face Cornell in NCAA hockey final
MINNEAPOLIS - Under-appreciated Cornell isn't done proving itself against the nation's best college hockey programs. Capitalizing on their first Frozen Four appearance, the Big Red have only one mo...
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Here are the sports results from Friday. NHL Minnesota 4 Columbus 2 Calgary 4 San Jose 3 Edmonton 3 Detroit 2 Anaheim 5 N.Y. Islanders 4 NBA Oklahoma City 115 Toronto 89 In...
NHL Roundup: Friday's action on the ice
The Edmonton Oilers finally got rookie goaltender Devan Dubnyk his first win, but in classic fashion they didn't make it easy on him. The Oilers were winning 2-1 and holding on for dear life in the...
Rookie Backlund sets up a pair as Flames hold off slumping Sharks 4-3
CALGARY - With the Calgary Flames getting two key points in the Western Conference playoff race, Mikael Backlund could laugh off the embarrassing mistake that almost let the San Jose Sharks back in th...
Friday's March Madness: all the NCAA basketball action
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A quick look at Friday's NCAA tournament action: East Regional No. 12 Cornell 78 No. 5 Temple 65 At Jacksonville, Fla., Ryan Wittman, Louis Dale and Jeff Foote led 12th-s...
Brule's SO winner leads Oilers over Detroit, Red Wings salvage crucial point
EDMONTON - It was beginning to look like rookie goalie Devan Dubynk would never get this first NHL win. The Edmonton Oilers were winning 2-1 and holding on for dear life in the final minutes wh...
Ryan (The Real Deal) Ford wins main event at TFC 10: High Octane
EDMONTON - TFC welterweight champion Ryan (The Real Deal) Ford submitted American Tommy (Farm Boy) Speer to win in the first round at TFC 10: High Octane on Friday night. Ford (12-2) had the best o...
No. 7 Dinos upset No. 2 Capers 82-74 to reach CIS men's basketball semifinal
OTTAWA - The Cape Breton Capers and Calgary Dinos knew their Canadian university men's basketball quarter-final was going to be physical. And when the Capers took more than their share of fouls, th...
Top-seeded Carleton Ravens defeat UQAM 83-72 in CIS men's basketball tournament
OTTAWA - Kevin McCleery scored 17 points as the defending-champion Carleton Ravens defeated the UQAM Carabins 83-72 in quarter-final action Friday at the Canadian university men's basketball tournamen...
Toronto Raptors blown out at home, fall 115-89 to Oklahoma City Thunder
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu shattered the sombre quiet of a defeated dressing room, bellowing for an assistant when he returned from the showers to complain, "I can't find my under...
Huskies edge Lancers 71-68 in CIS basketball quarter-final
OTTAWA - The fifth-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies survived a furious second-half charge by the No. 4 Windsor Lancers and held on for a 71-68 win in quarter-final action Friday at the Canadian Interuniver...
Sihota has 25 points to lead Dinos to 82-74 upset win over Capers
OTTAWA - Fifth-year forward Robbie Sihota had 25 points and 11 rebounds as the seventh-seeded Calgary Dinos upset the No. 2 Cape Breton Capers 82-74 at the Canadian university men's basketball tournam...
Canada's Jones hopes Olympic curling fever carries over into world championship
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Jennifer Jones wants buzz from last month's Olympic curling competition to spill over into the women's world women's championship starting Saturday. Swift Current, Sask., a p...
Olympic gold medal swimmer says sexual abuse problem in competitive youth swimming
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The governing body of U.S. competitive swimming hasn't done enough to address widespread sexual abuse against young girls at swim clubs across America, an Olympic gold medallist sai...
No. 3 Thunderbirds use 21-0 run to down Lakehead 79-58 at CIS championships
OTTAWA - Blain LaBranche scored 14 points while Josh Whyte added 13 and five rebounds as the No. 3 UBC Thunderbirds beat the No. 6 Lakehead Thunderwolves 79-58 Friday at the Canadian university men's ...
Fredette's illness pays off for BYU with Loyd's breakout performance
OKLAHOMA CITY - Losing leading scorer Jimmer Fredette to a mid-season bout with mononucleosis might just have provided the boost BYU needed to break a first-round jinx in the NCAA tournament. It he...
Spain leaves others to do its dirty work in battle against doping
PARIS - Lance Armstrong could not have been more wrong. Five years ago, after a picturesque but particularly tough ride in the French Alps, the soon-to-be seven-time winner of the Tour de France de...
At US Open snowboarding event, White promises some new tricks in the halfpipe
STRATTON, Vt. - You liked the Double McTwist 1260? Stay tuned. Shaun White says there are more tricks where that one came from. Snowboarding's boy wonder takes flight again Saturday, headlining the...
UCF signs deal with Nike after Air Jordan shoe controversy with Adidas
ORLANDO, Fla. - Central Florida has signed an agreement with Nike to provide shoes and apparel for all the university's sports. The joint announcement Friday comes after Adidas ended any future spo...
Olympic gold medallist says sexual abuse problem in competitive youth swimming
SAN JOSE, Calif. - An Olympic gold medallist says the governing body of the U.S. swim team hasn't done enough to address widespread sexual abuse in youth swimming. Deena Deardurff Schmidt, a 1972 O...
Jon (Bones) Jones takes on The Truth in first of four UFC cards in 20 days
The UFC kicks off one of its busiest stretches in recent memory this weekend with the first of four cards crammed into 20 days. Sunday night's main event at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo.,...
USADA: Cyclist David Clinger suspended two years for doping violation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says arbitrators have decided cyclist David Clinger should be suspended for two years after a positive doping test. USADA says Thursday a urine...
Smith brushes off report he's heading back to the SEC to take Auburn job
MILWAUKEE - Tubby Smith says a report he is close to taking over at Auburn is "just talk," and he's looking forward to returning to Minnesota. Citing unidentified sources, CBSSports.com reported Fr...
Olympic bronze medallist Joannie Rochette considering future competitions
NEW YORK - Joannie Rochette never needed figure skating more than at the Vancouver Olympics. It gave her a comfort zone as she competed days after her mother died of a heart attack, winning a bronz...
Evgeni Plushenko withdraws from world championships in Turin on doctors advice
MOSCOW - Olympic silver medallist Evgeni Plushenko will skip the world figure skating championships in Italy after experiencing pain while landing a quadruple jump. Plushenko's agent Ari Zakarian c...
March Madness upset: 12th-seeded Cornell dominates No. 5 Temple 78-65
JACKONVILLE, Fla. - Louis Dale scored 21 points, Ryan Wittman added 20 and No. 12 seed Cornell beat fifth-seeded Temple 78-65 Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Jeff Foote chipped ...
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