June 19, 2013

NHL Roundup: Boston Bruins return to home ice following marathon bombings

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BOSTON – Hockey returned to Boston after the manhunt following the marathon bombings, and Jarome Iginla scored the tiebreaking goal that gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over the Bruins on Saturday and home-ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs. The game was pushed back by one day by the manhunt for a suspect, [...]

NHL Roundup: Penguins stretch winning streak to 14 games after beating Jets, 4-0

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PITTSBURGH — Pascal Dupuis scored twice and Evgeni Malkin had a goal in his return to the lineup, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night for their 14th straight win. Chris Kunitz had a goal and an assist and Sidney Crosby had two assists to push his [...]

NHL Roundup: Penguins edge Canadiens 1-0 for 13th straight win

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PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby scored the game’s only goal late in the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins extended their winning streak to 13 with a 1-0 victory over Montreal on Tuesday night. Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 22 shots he faced but did not play in the third period following a collision in [...]

MLS Roundup: Gershon Koffie’s goal in the 60th minute lifted the Vancouver past Toronto FC.

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CHESTER, Pennsylvania (AP) — Graham Zusi had a goal and an assist, leading Sporting Kansas City to a 3-1 win at Philadelphia Union in the Major League Soccer season opener on Saturday. Oriol Rosell and Claudio Bieler also scored for Sporting Kansas City, the defending Eastern Conference champions. Zusi’s unassisted goal came in the 41st [...]

NHL Roundup: Kopecky’s hat trick leads Panthers over Penguins 6-4

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Tomas Kopecky #82 of the Florida Panthers scores a goal past Goaltender Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins at the BB&T Center on February 24, 2013 in Sunrise, Florida. (February 23, 2013 – Source: Joel Auerbach/Getty Images North America) SUNRISE, Fla. – Tomas Kopecky recorded his first career hat trick and Tomas Fleischmann had [...]

Tennis: Sam Querrey lifts U.S. to victory in Davis Cup

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(Sam Querrey beat Thiago Alves 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) to give the U.S. a win over Brazil. Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The United States was in trouble when Sam Querrey began his Davis Cup match against Thiago Alves on Sunday. A few booming serves later, the Americans were headed for the [...]

NHL Roundup: Minnesota Wild beat Chicago on Wednesday 3-2 (SO)

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Clayton Stoner #4 and Matt Cullen #7 of the Minnesota Wild congratulate Pierre-Marc Bouchard #96 on a goal during the third period of the game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on January 29, 2013 at Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Blue Jackets 3-2. (January 28, 2013 – Source: Hannah [...]

MLS Roundup: San Jose rallies for a 2-2 draw against Los Angeles

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Defender Omar Gonzalez #4 of the Los Angeles Galaxy battles for the ball with forward Chris Wondolowski #8 of the San Jose Earthquakes during their MLS match played at Buck Shaw Stadium on October 21, 2012 in Santa Clara, California. (October 20, 2012 – Source: John Medina/Getty Images North America) SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — [...]

MLS / FIFA Soccer: Union beats Fire 3-1 / FIFA board to review Olympic ref comments

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Goalkeeper Bill Hamid #28 of the D.C. United makes a save in front of Jack McInerney #9 of the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park on September 20, 2012 in Chester, Pennsylvania. (September 19, 2012 – Source: Drew Hallowell/Getty Images North America) BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Jack McInerney had a goal and an assist in the [...]

MLS: Timbers duel to a draw with Toronto FC 2-2

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TORONTO, CANADA – August 15: Darlington Nagbe #6 of the Portland Timbers moves the ball against the Toronto FC during MLS action at the BMO Field August 15, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (August 14, 2012 – Source: Abelimages/Getty Images North America) TORONTO (AP) — Darlington Nagbe scored in the 82nd minute to give the [...]