THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Dutch foreign minister says an aid worker kidnapped in June in Afghanistan has been released after 81 days and is in good health. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said Thursday night that Anja de Beer, who was seized June 22 by armed men in Kabul, was …
Read More »
VOORHEES, N.J. — The Flyers had goalies Sergei Bobrovsky, Michael Leighton and Brian Boucher on the ice here at Virtua Health Flyers Skate Zone for Saturday’s skate, but coach Peter Laviolette wasn’t announcing any decision regarding who might start for his team in Game 6. Laviolette said following Game 5 …
Read More »
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – While Brett Favre isn’t sure what he’ll be doing next year, he does know what he’ll be doing on Friday: Trying to win a Mississippi high school state championship. The three-time NFL Most Valuable Player is the offensive coordinator for Oak Grove High School near his home …
Read More »
With four Game 7s in a 30-hour span, the first round of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs went out with a bang, and given the win-or-go-home nature of each of those games, the chances that postseason brackets in office pools across North America would stay intact were tenuous at best. …
Read More »
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Nick Saban and his Alabama players kept saying that being just outside the top four in the College Football Playoff rankings didn’t really matter with big games remaining. The second-ranked Crimson Tide took care of that situation on the field with a 25-20 win over then-No. 1 …
Read More »
A playoff beard is the superstitious practice of an NHL player not shaving his beard during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The player stops shaving when his team enters the playoffs and does not shave until his team is eliminated or wins the Stanley Cup. This year, hockey fans across the …
Read More »
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Masahiro Tanaka struggled a bit in one of his final tuneups for the regular season, allowing three runs while pitching into the sixth inning, but the New York Yankees still beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 victory Saturday. Facing a close approximation of the Minnesota Twins’ opening-day …
Read More »
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies are ready to rumble again. Two years after slugging it out in a Western Conference semifinal series that went the full seven games, the two rough-and-tumble rivals will square off again starting in Game 1 in Oklahoma City on Sunday. …
Read More »
DALLAS – An autopsy has found that Dallas Cowboys practice squad player Jerry Brown Jr. was sober when he was killed in a crash that led to an intoxication manslaughter charge against the teammate at the wheel. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office reported Thursday that Brown died of head …
Read More »
Of all the statistics the Busch brothers might pore over as they prepare for Sunday’s third Sprint Cup race of the season – at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, this one perhaps stands out: Kyle Busch 1, Kurt Busch 0. Three years ago, Kyle Busch put a Joe Gibbs Racing car …
Read More »