CAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) — Veteran Cagliari coach Claudio Ranieri bid an emotional farewell to the Sardinian team as well as possibly soccer management altogether on Thursday. His departure was slightly spoiled as Cagliari, which had already secured Serie A safety, lost 3-2 at home to Fiorentina in its last match of the season. Fiorentina snatched the win when Arthur converted a penalty with the last kick of the match in the 13th minute of stoppage time. The result also secured European soccer fo
NEW YORK — Patrik Allvin of the Vancouver Canucks, Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars and Bill Zito of the Florida Panthers are the finalists for this season's Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award.
VANCOUVER — The general manager of the Vancouver Canucks wasn't happy Thursday afternoon. Patrik Allvin wanted to be watching his players prepare for another playoff game. Instead he was conducting exit interviews and speaking to reporters about the season that was. "I'm not happy sitting here to be sitting here today. Definitely not satisfied," Allvin said. "We lost our last game and it was only in round two." Few expected the Canucks to be a playoff team when the NHL season began. Vancouver su
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic eliminated the United States at the ice hockey world championship with a 1-0 win to reach the semifinals on Thursday. Boston Bruins forward Pavel Zacha scored a power-play goal in the second period and Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal stopped 36 shots in front of the home fans at Prague Arena. Zacha and Bruins teammate David Pastrnak were playing in just their second game at the tournament. They joined the Czech team after Boston was eliminated from the NHL