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Hurricanes make a big NHL trade deadline eve splash by getting Jake Guentzel from the Penguins
Jake Guentzel is heading to the Carolina Hurricanes after the biggest move of the NHL season came on the eve of the trade deadline. Carolina acquired Guentzel in a blockbuster trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins late Thursday night, sending forward Michael Bunting, three prospects and two conditional draft picks for the two-time 40-goal scorer. Add ... Read More »
Brier playoffs feature big names and underdog Jamie Koe of Northwest Territories
REGINA – A Koe made the playoffs at the Canadian men’s curling championship and it wasn’t four-time champion Kevin. Younger brother Jamie skipped a territories team to the Brier playoffs for just the second time in his 17 appearances and first since 2012 by stealing a point in an extra end in a 9-8 win ... Read More »
Kevin Durant scores 35, Grayson Allen adds 26 and the Suns beat the Raptors 120-113
PHOENIX (AP) – Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Grayson Allen added 26 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Toronto Raptors 120-113 on Thursday night. Bradley Beal had 20 points and eight assists for the Suns, who never trailed. Durant shot 11 of 19 from the field while Allen did all of his scoring in the ... Read More »
OHL: Steelheads score three unanswered to top Colts 4-3 in OT
BARRIE, Ont. – Lucas Karmiris scored the game-winning goal 2:24 into overtime as the Mississauga Steelheads earned a 4-3 comeback victory over the Barrie Colts on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action. Angus MacDonell, Chas Sharpe, and Finn Harding contributed a goal apiece in regulation for Mississauga (34-21-7). Ryerson Leenders made 22 saves between regulation ... Read More »
Biden orders US military to set up temporary aid port for Gaza as famine threatens
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military Thursday to set up a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, joining international partners in trying to carve out a sea route to deliver food and other aid to desperate Palestinian civilians cut off by the Hamas-Israel war and by Israeli restrictions on humanitarian ... Read More »
Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden turned his State of the Union speech Thursday night into an animated argument for a second term as he laced into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Over and over, Biden delivered broadsides at “my predecessor” without mentioning ... Read More »
Jeremy Swayman makes 28 saves, Bruins beat weary Maple Leafs 4-1 for 20th home victory
BOSTON (AP) – Jeremy Swayman made 28 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the weary Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Thursday night. David Pastrnak, Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie and Brandon Carlo scored to help Boston win for the 20th time at home ice this season. At 37-13-15, the Bruins trail Atlantic Division rival Florida by ... Read More »
Sharangovich has 2 goals and 2 assists, Markstrom makes 19 saves and Flames beat Lightning 6-3
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Yegor Sharangovich had two goals and two assists, Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves and the Calgary Flames won for the sixth time in seven games, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Thursday night. Dryden Hunt, Jakob Pelletier, Blake Coleman and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Flames. Calgary played for ... Read More »
Skjei scores twice, Andersen returns to Hurricanes’ net in 4-1 win over Canadiens
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Brady Skjei scored two goals, Frederik Andersen made 24 saves after a four-month absence and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Thursday night. Stefan Noesen and Andrei Svechnikov also had Carolina goals in the team’s first game since squandering Saturday’s three-goal, third-period lead against Winnipeg. The Hurricanes were ... Read More »
Karol G becomes first Latina named woman of the year at Billboard ceremony honoring global musicians
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Karol G made history at Wednesday night’s Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony. “This is the first time, ever, a Latina is named woman of the year,” Karol G began her acceptance speech after a fiery performance of her reggaetón hit, “Amargura.” And so, in honor of that incredible feat, she ... Read More »
Sharangovich has 2 goals and 2 assists, Markstrom has 19 saves, and Flames beat Lightning 6-3
Yegor Sharangovich had two goals and two assists, Jacob Markstrom made 18 saves and the Calgary Flames won for the sixth time in seven games, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Thursday night. Dryden Hunt, Jakob Pelletier, Blake Coleman and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Flames. Calgary played for the first time without ... Read More »
