January 8th, 2025

National Sports

Mahomes throws 2 TDs and Chiefs hang on to beat Dolphins 21-14 in Germany

By Ken Maguire, The Associated Press on November 5th, 2023

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes, safety Bryan Cook scored on a 59-yard fumble return, and the Kansas City Chiefs held on to beat the Miami Dolphins 21-14 on Sunday at Deutsche Bank Park. The Chiefs (7-2) did just enough to slow the NFL’s top-ranked offense in the first-ever regular season ... Read More »

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Tamirat Tola sets NYC Marathon course record to win men’s race; Hellen Obiri takes women’s title

By Doug Feinberg, The Associated Press on November 5th, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia set a course record to win the New York City Marathon men’s race on Sunday while Hellen Obiri of Kenya pulled away in the final 400 meters to take the women’s title. Tola finished in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 58 seconds, topping the 2:05.06 set by ... Read More »

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Tola sets NYC Marathon course record to win men’s race; Hellen Obiri of Kenya takes women’s title

By Doug Feinberg, The Associated Press on November 5th, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia set a course record to win the New York City Marathon men’s race on Sunday while Hellen Obiri of Kenya pulled away in the final 400 meters to take the women’s title. Tola finished in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 58 seconds, topping the 2:05.06 set by ... Read More »

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Kingsbury returns to Canadian women’s hockey team, and continues with PWHL Toronto

By The Canadian Press on November 5th, 2023

CALGARY – Gina Kingsbury has returned to Hockey Canada to oversee the national women’s team through the 2026 Olympic Games while also managing Toronto’s club in the new Professional Women’s Hockey League. Hockey Canada announced Sunday that the two-time Olympic gold medallist in women’s hockey from Rouyn-Noranda, Que., will hold dual jobs. She’d departed the ... Read More »

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Vancouver Whitecaps face LAFC in playoff match that will end or extend season

By The Canadian Press on November 5th, 2023

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Whitecaps season will end Sunday night if they don’t beat the visiting Los Angeles F.C. The Whitecaps lost the first match of the best-of-three Major League Soccer playoff series 5-2 on Oct. 28 in California, so they’ll need a victory at B.C. Place Stadium to force a third and deciding game ... Read More »

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NHL roundup: Sharks drop 11th straight, lose 10-2 to Penguins

By The Associated Press on November 4th, 2023

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Reilly Smith and Jake Guentzel each had two goals and two assists, Evgeni Malkin also scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat San Jose 10-2 on Saturday night, handing the Sharks their NHL record-tying 11th straight loss to start the NHL season and second straight while allowing 10 goals. Smith ... Read More »

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Kuwaki, Hataoka atop leaderboard after three rounds of Japan Classic

By The Associated Press on November 4th, 2023

OMITAMA, Japan (AP) – Japanese golfers Shiho Kuwaki and Nasa Hataoka each shot 6-under 66 on Saturday to sit atop the leadboard with a one-stoke lead after the third round of the LPGA’s Japan Classic. They were both at 20-under 196 for three rounds. The two Japanese were also tied for the lead after the ... Read More »

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Flames turn up heat in third to beat Kraken 6-3 in Seattle

By The Associated Press on November 4th, 2023

SEATTLE (AP) – Yegor Sharangovich and Mikael Backlund scored early in the third period to lift the Calgary Flames past the Seattle Kraken, 6-3 on Saturday night. Sharangovich broke a 2-2 tie with a tip-in at 1:33, and Backlund scored on a rebound at four minutes after goalie Philipp Grubauer made a sprawling save on ... Read More »

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WHL roundup: Tigers save best for third period to trip visiting Silvertips 4-1

By The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2023

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Third-period goals 17 seconds apart lifted the Medicine Hat Tigers to a 4-1 Western Hockey League victory over the visiting Everett Silvertips on Saturday at Co-op Place. Hayden Harsanyi scored at 1:27 of the third period to make it a 2-1 game, then Bogdans Hodass scored at 1:44 to give the ... Read More »

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Sports scoreboard for Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023

By The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2023

Saturday’s Scoreboard CFL East Division Semifinal Montreal 27 Hamilton 12 West Division Semifinal B.C. 41 Calgary 30 — NHL Vancouver 2 Dallas 0 Calgary 6 Seattle 3 Nashville 5 Edmonton 2 Winnipeg 5 Arizona 3 Buffalo 6 Toronto 4 St. Louis 6 Montreal 3 Tampa Bay 6 Ottawa 4 Vegas 7 Colorado 0 Detroit 5 ... Read More »

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Demko shines as hot Canucks squeeze past Stars 2-0

By Carol Schram, The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2023

VANCOUVER – Thatcher Demko recorded his second shutout of the year and the Vancouver Canucks improved their home record to 4-0-1 with a 2-0 win over the Dallas Stars in front of a dialed-in crowd on Saturday at Rogers Arena. Vancouver got goals from Pius Suter and Elias Pettersson to improve their NHL record to ... Read More »

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