Army golfers — you know . . . left, right, left, right — can became straight shooters, or at least straighter shooters, with the new TaylorMade R9 and the Nike Dynamo STR8-FIT drivers.
Kelowna 2 Calgary 0
KELOWNA, B.C. — The Kelowna Rockets are one victory away from claiming the Western Hockey League championship and finishing an amazing four-game sweep of the Calgary Hitmen.
Finland 4 Canada 3
KLOTEN, Switzerland — At least Canada finally knows what it’s up against at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.
CALGARY — Calgary GM Darryl Sutter doesn’t plan major changes even though the Flames were ousted from the first round of the NHL playoffs for the fourth straight year.
Canadian champion thoroughbred Mine That Bird stood regally, his ears pricked, his gaze fixed on the rows of clicking cameras.
Jamall Lee’s hometown team liked him so much they traded up to take him No. 3 overall in the draft.
A quick look at Sunday’s NBA playoff action:
As per his usual routine, Sidney Crosby took to the practice rink Sunday and replayed the top scoring chances he missed in his previous game.
The young, speedy Blackhawks are back in Chicago buoyed by splitting the first two games of their Stanley Cup playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks.
The Red Deer Riot won a pair of home games in the Rocky Mountain Junior Girls’ Lacrosse League during the weekend.
Standing on the 18th tee, Sean O’Hair asked his caddie where he stood in the Quail Hollow Championship and got word that he had a one-shot lead.
“Over who?” O’Hair replied.
The third overtime was only about a minute old when Anaheim’s Todd Marchant flicked a wrist shot through traffic toward the net.
The “desperate” Boston Bruins kept firing shots at Cam Ward. The “rock” of the Carolina Hurricanes kept stopping them.
When Diarmuid Kelly scored in double overtime to give the Bentley Generals a 4-3 win over the South East Prairie Thunder in this year’s Allan Cup final at Steinbach, Man., team president Wes Gyori admitted he had envisioned the championship goal “a thousand times”, with no particular names and/or conditions attached.
Lindy Ruff thinks his Canadian team might have too much of a good thing at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.
In a series featuring several of the NHL’s most notable stars, a couple of role players and a rookie goaltender made the difference for the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of their showdown against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Blackhawks are making comebacks a winning habit in the playoffs.
Calvin Borel was in a familiar place, along the rail and urging Canadian champion Mine That Bird to fly through the mud. Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. was someplace he never imagined — the Kentucky Derby, with his horse in the lead.
Together they pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the Derby’s 135 year history.
Nicklas Lidstrom usually plays a subtle style of hockey appreciated most by coaches, players and die-hard fans.
Competing on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour wasn’t something that Ryan Plitz spent a lot of time thinking about.
