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Gilgeous-Alexander ties career high of 32 points in Thunder's win over Raptors
TORONTO - Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied his career high with 32 points to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 98-97 victory over his hometown Toronto Raptors on Sunday. Gilgeous-Alexander...
Dec 29, 2019

Jack Hughes scores in overtime as New Jersey Devils top Ottawa Senators 4-3
OTTAWA - Jack Hughes scored the overtime winner as the New Jersey Devils topped the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Sunday evening. Hughes's sixth goal of the season came less than a minute into the extra...
Dec 29, 2019

Official: 1 dead from plane crash in Maryland neighbourhood
LANHAM, Md. - A small plane crashed in the Maryland suburbs of the nation's capital Sunday, hitting a home's carport and killing the lone person aboard the aircraft, authorities said. The plane came d...
Dec 29, 2019

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander credits his mom's tough love for keeping him humble
TORONTO - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's mom might be his greatest critic. And that suits the 21-year-old from Toronto just fine. Gilgeous-Alexander has been praised by coaches around the NB...
Dec 29, 2019

Spengler Cup: TPS Turku edges host HC Davos 3-1, will face Canada in semifinals
DAVOS, Switzerland - Joel Janatuinen scored two third-period goals to lift TPS Turku past host HC Davos 3-1 in the quarterfinal at the Spengler Cup on Sunday. TPS Turku will now face Canada ...
Dec 29, 2019

WJHC Roundup: USA grabs first place in Group B with 5-3 win over Russia
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Arthur Kaliyev and Nicholas Robertson scored goals six seconds apart late in the second period to help lift the United States past Russia 3-1 on Sunday at the world...
Dec 29, 2019

US Rep John Lewis of Georgia says he has pancreatic cancer
ATLANTA - Congressman John Lewis of Georgia announced Sunday that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vowing he will stay in office and fight the disease with the tenacity with which he fought racial d...
Dec 29, 2019

Schwartz scores twice, Blues beat Jets for 8th straight win
ST. LOUIS - Jaden Schwartz scored twice and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Sunday for their season-best eighth straight victory. Ryan O'Reill...
Dec 29, 2019

Canada's Joe Veleno suspended for next game of world junior hockey championship
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Canadian forward Joe Veleno was suspended for one game of the world junior championship on Sunday by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Veleno is being punished fo...
Dec 29, 2019

DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79
NEW YORK - Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial sl...
Dec 29, 2019