ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Sweden's Rasmus and Isabella Wrana handed Canada's Kadriana and Colton Lott their first loss at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Tuesday. Sweden opened up a 4-1 lead midway through the game and held on for a 6-5 win over Canada in a battle for top spot in Group B at the 20-team tournament. The Wrana siblings improved to 6-0 with the win, while the Lotts fell to 5-1. Sweden scored one with the hammer in the opening end and followed with a steal of one in the sec
In the end for the anti-doping officials, all their scientific and legal justifications for allowing nearly two dozen positive tests to go unpunished boiled down to a single explanation: they trusted China.
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks will be without all-star goalie Thatcher Demko when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. Coach Rick Tocchet says Demko is "day-to-day" and will be evaluated later today. He will be replaced in net by back-up Casey DeSmith. Demko, 28, stopped 20 shots for the Canucks in a 4-2 Game 1 victory on Sunday. Demko missed a month after suffering a knee injury on March 9, but returned for Vancouver's two final games of the regul