• The Canadian Press

    West Indies opens its T20 World Cup with a nervy win. Then Namibia edges Oman in a Super Over

    PROVIDENCE, Guyana (AP) — West Indies scrapped to a nervy five-wicket win before allrounder David Wieser helped Namibia edge Oman in a Super Over on Sunday as the first two Twenty20 World Cup games in the Caribbean produced low-scoring but tense contests. Namibia's Ruben Trumpelmann set a record in the dramatic Group B game in Barbados, becoming the first man to take wickets with the first two deliveries of a T20 cricket international. The left-arm fast bowler took another wicket in his second o

  • The Canadian Press

    Josh Bloom's late winner lifts Spirit past Knights 4-3 for first Memorial Cup title

    SAGINAW — In the mind of Saginaw head coach Chris Lazary, there was no chance the Spirit were going to lose Sunday night. Josh Bloom scored the game-winning goal with 21.7 seconds left to lift the host Spirit to their first Memorial Cup with a 4-3 victory over the London Knights. Sunday's final was the 12th time the two teams squared off this season. The Knights and Spirit split their four regular-season meetings before matching up in the Ontario Hockey League Western Conference final, where Lon

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers slip past Stars 2-1, advance to Stanley Cup final

    EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are headed to their eighth Stanley Cup final in franchise history.

  • The Canadian Press

    Dominant Pac-12 softball nears end with conference realignment set to scatter programs

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stanford and UCLA players and coaches were emotional when it sunk in they had finished the last game between Pac-12 softball teams before the league splits up due to conference realignment. Stanford defeated the Bruins 3-1 on Sunday night in a Women's College World Series elimination game and will carry the conference’s banner into the semifinals. “It’s sad,” Stanford coach Jessica Allister said. “It’s just sad because it has been the greatest softball conference in the coun