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Ducks dump on Canucks
After carrying the momentum from Thursday night's 2-1 shootout win over the hometown Los Angeles Kings with two goals in the opening five minutes of Friday's tilt at Anaheim, the Canucks proceeded to allow seven unanswered goals.
Activists interrupt Olympic torch relay
Simon Whitfield and Catriona Le May Doan, the first of 12,000 runners to carry the Olympic flame across Canada, have begun the 106-day, 45,000-kilometre relay leading up to the opening of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver on Feb. 12.
Canucks riding Raycroft wave
After beating the Los Angeles Kings in a 2-1 shootout win Thursday night, without all-star goalie Roberto Luongo, the Canucks face the Anaheim Ducks Friday night
Olympic flame arrives in Canada
The Olympic flame for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games has just touched down at Victoria International Airport, more than an hour late.
Raycroft shines in Luongo's absence
Mikael Samuelsson scored in the first period and again in the third round of the shootout, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.
Canucks without captain vs. Kings
Injuries are mounting for the Vancouver Canucks, and losing goaltender Roberto Luongo for at least two games might be the biggest blow. Facing the surprising Los Angeles Kings won't help either.
Canada receives Olympic flame
The Olympic flame is now in Canadian hands. The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, including Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, was entrusted with the flame at a ceremony at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens on Thursday.
Agassi admits using crystal meth in autobiography
NEW YORK — So much of Andre Agassi's life has been spent in the public eye -- the various highs and lows, on and off the court, during his transformation from tennis brat to elder statesman -- that it was possible to wonder how much more there was to be s
Woman in sex-for-tickets scheme 'embarrassed'
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets says she’s embarrassed about her arrest, but did nothing wrong and is still hopeful of attending a game.
Red Wings rally to sink Canucks
Jason Williams's power-play goal with just over five minutes left in the third period gave the Detroit Red Wings a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in an action-packed game Tuesday night.
Maple Leafs snap record-worst startANAHEIM, California - The Toronto Maple Leafs ended their worst start in franchise history by beating the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Monday, their first win of the season.
Worm turns on Maciocia"I don't believe I was fired by Richie Hall. I believe I was fired by Danny Maciocia." But he doesn't want to see Hall painted as the guy who sacked him and sent the Edmonton Eskimos from first to worst with the decision.
Canucks' Luongo shuts out Oilers
It's probably safe to say that Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo has found his stride again. That groaning sound you hear is coming from snipers across the NHL.
Extreme Makeover: NHL locker-room edition
When Mike Gillis became Vancouver Canucks general manager back in April 2008, one of the things high on his list of priorities was giving his team an extreme makeover in the locker-room department.
Riders beat Lions in OT thriller
It might have been the only mistake by Casey Printers all day, but it was costly. The British Columbia Lions quarterback was intercepted in the end zone by Saskatchewan's James Patrick, giving the Roughriders a 33-30 overtime win in front of a soldout cro
Canucks compound Leafs' misery
The Vancouver Canucks compounded the misery of the floundering Maple Leafs, defeating Toronto 3-1 at General Motors Place on Saturday.
Stampeders clinch playoff spot
The Calgary Stampeders clinched a CFL playoff spot Friday with a 30-7 win over the Edmonton Eskimos, as Stamps wideout Romby Bryant put on a show for the home crowd at McMahon Stadium.
Ticats hold on for big win over Argos
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats took another step toward returning to the CFL playoffs, and retained provincial bragging rights in the process, with Friday's 26-17 road win over Toronto.
List of hosts who were toast is long
Almost Rocky Mountain-like, the 10,000 temporary seats for the Grey Cup loom large in the north endzone of McMahon Stadium as a daily reminder to the Stampeders. For so many teams that have built temporary seats for a Grey Cup, they've represented a poten
Oilers top line was just that
Giving up four straight goals in just over 15 minutes should have amounted to a wholesale collapse. And a three-goal lead should have been all the insurance any team coached by Ken Hitchcock would ever need.
The most shocking admissions in sports
One of the best things about watching sports is the way gifted athletes can shock us with incredible feats of skill and strength. Unfortunately, as we have learned this month, sports stars can also make our jaws drop when they're nowhere near an arena or
Bug puts damper on Oilers hot start
It's a nice little run the Oilers are on right now ... too bad so many of them are too messed up to enjoy it. As Edmonton's list of illnesses and injuries grows longer, the list of merry men grows shorter.
Canucks rally over Blackhawks
The Vancouver Canucks scored twice in the third period, including Mikael Samuelsson's winning goal with 4:42 remaining, to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 at the United Center on Wednesday night.
Canucks visit site of playoff debacle
The Vancouver Canucks return to Chicago on Wednesday for the first time since the crushing 7-5 loss to the Blackhawks that eliminated them from the playoffs in the spring.
Burke bravado backfiresWhat do the Maple Leafs' playoff hopes and Balloon Boy have in common? Both stories have a large measure of hot air and a whiff of hoax about them.
Tucker gets his nose dirty with young AvsFamers staring down from the walls, unblinking.
Darcy Tucker has a different memory. He was a teenager when he reported to his first Canadiens training camp during the early-1990s after being selected in the sixth round (151st overall) of the '93 entry
Oilers slip past CanucksSam Gagner broke a deadlock with 9:27 remaining as the Edmonton Oilers trimmed the visiting Vancouver Canucks 2-1 at Rexall Place on Monday night.
Cox: Leafs should go after Brendan ShanahanIf the Maple Leafs are smart, they might want to get to Brendan Shanahan before the NHL Players' Association does.
Could Shanahan fix all that ails the Leafs? No, not even close, unless he's got a mask and some pads lying around his garage that he know
Lions come back to take Bombers
B.C. running back A.J. Harris's first start of the season ended with the game-winning touchdown in the visiting Lions' 24-21 come-from-behind win Sunday over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Backup pivot McPherson leads Als over Tiger-Cats
McPherson, who came in for injured starter Anthony Calvillo early in the second half, went 10-for-11 with two touchdowns, including a key toss to Jamel Richardson with two minutes to go that ultimately put the game away.
Canucks sneak past Wild
Mikael Samuelsson scored on a power play early in the third period to give the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 come-from-behind win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Is hottest ticket in town cooling off?
Tickets to Maple Leafs games are being sold for unprecedented low prices on the open market – in what ticket brokers and resellers say is an early sign of a backlash against the club's league-topping ticket prices and basement-dwelling performance.
Maple Leafs winless streak hits sevenNew York 4, Toronto 1
TORONTO - It was during the second intermission of Saturday's Toronto Maple Leafs game when The Beatles' 1965 hit "Help!" blared from the Air Canada Cen
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