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Tampa Bay Rays withdraw from planned $1.3 billion ballpark in St. Petersburg, citing storms, delays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday withdrew from a $1.3 billion ballpark project, citing hurricanes and delays that likely will drive up the proposal's cost. The team issued a ...

Mar 13, 2025

Ogden City, Utah, to host 2026 world men's curling championship

PERTH - The 2026 LGT world men's curling championship will be held in Ogden City, Utah, at the Weber County Ice Sheet, World Curling said Thursday. The 2,300-seat venue, located on the campus of Weber...

Mar 13, 2025

Three more Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal

Three more Norwegian ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport. World championships medalists Robin Pederson and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal were p...

Mar 13, 2025

Flames' Zary to have hearing with NHL Department of Player Safety for Pettersson hit

NEW YORK - Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary is set to have a hearing Thursday for a hit against Vancouver Canucks defenceman Elias Pettersson, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced. The inci...

Mar 13, 2025

Marino, Stakusic to lead Canada into Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in April

The Canadian team headed for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers has been set. Vancouver's Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., Toronto's Victoria Mboko, Kayla Cross of London, Ont., ...

Mar 13, 2025

Three more ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal

Three more ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport. World championships medalists Robin Pederson, Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal, and Robert Johanss...

Mar 13, 2025

Canada's Rachel Homan on a roll as she looks to defend world women's curling title

Rachel Homan and her juggernaut Canadian championship team know their No. 1 world ranking doesn't guarantee success at the 2025 world women's curling championship. But that doesn't mean Homan, vice-sk...

Mar 13, 2025

The Thunder swept Boston in the season series. Their next meeting would be in the NBA Finals

BOSTON (AP) - The Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a spot in the playoffs, and they did it against the team they could face when the NBA postseason reaches its peak. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, of Hamilton...

Mar 13, 2025

Brignone closes gap on super-G leader Gut-Behrami in race won by Germany's Aicher

LA THUILE, Italy (AP) - Federica Brignone closed the gap to leader Lara Gut-Behrami in the World Cup super-G standings to 45 points in a race on a shortened course won by German prodigy Emma Aicher on...

Mar 13, 2025

Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows

VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of tr...

Mar 13, 2025