Baseball Capsules: Strasburg dominates in Nationals 9-3 win over Orioles
WASHINGTON - Stephen Strasburg hit his first major league home run and struck out eight in five innings to carry the Washington Nationals past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Sunday.
Gormley scores two as host Cataractes beat Knights 6-2 at Memorial Cup
SHAWINIGAN, Que. - There was a party atmosphere at the Bionest Centre with the Shawinigan Cataractes making merry with a goal-scoring spree against the usually stingy London Knights.
Tag-Team: LeBron James scores 40, Dwyane Wade 30 as Heat rally to beat Pacers 101-93 in Game 4
INDIANAPOLIS - The coveted NBA championship, the one LeBron James needs to validate everything, was vanishing.
Rangers' Prust suspended 1 game by NHL for elbowing Devils' Volchenkov in head
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Rangers forward Brandon Prust has been suspended for one game by the NHL for his elbow to the head of New Jersey Devils defenceman Anton Volchenkov during New York's win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Tortorella takes on diving Devils, defends Prust's hard-nosed style of play
NEW YORK, N.Y. - John Tortorella stood out again at a playoff news conference. Only this time it was because of his feistiness toward the New Jersey Devils and not for his brevity and contentiousness with the media.
Now with Thunder, longtime Laker Derek Fisher closing in on eliminating former team
OKLAHOMA CITY - After chasing championships for so many years with the Los Angeles Lakers, Derek Fisher now finds himself standing squarely in their way.
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Not so fast: Coyotes avoid sweep as Shane Doan scores 2 goals, Mike Smith beats LA Kings 2-0
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Clarence Campbell Bowl was in Staples Center for the first time, waiting to be presented by Commissioner Gary Bettman to the NHL's Western Conference champions. The Los Angeles Kings' long-suffering fans gathered downtown shortly after dawn, eager to witness a series sweep and a coronation.
Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another feeling 'super' and set to have another home at Belmont
BALTIMORE - I'll Have Another poked his head out of his stall, started nibbling on his nameplate tacked to a wall and looked up at all the people watching his every move.
Mets, Francisco survive nervous ninth as New York defeats Toronto Blue Jays 6-5
TORONTO - Blue Jays fans greeted Frank Francisco with boos on Sunday afternoon, but the former Toronto reliever sent them home disappointed.
Unbeatable: Russia cruises to world championship gold with 6-2 win over Slovakia
HELSINKI - What a performance. What a team.
Rabottini wins 15th stage of Giro d'Italia; Rodriguez reclaims lead from Hesjedal
LECCO, Italy - Matteo Rabottini won the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, holding off Joaquin Rodriguez in a close finish as the Spaniard took back the overall lead from Canada's Ryder Hesjedal.
Maria Sharapova beats Li Na in three-set thriller to retain Italian Open title
ROME - Maria Sharapova retained the Italian Open title on Sunday with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory over Li Na in a match dominated by wild swings of momentum and interrupted twice by rain.
Hunter suggests Roy weigh pros and cons of leaving junior team to coach in NHL
SHAWINIGAN, Que. - Patrick Roy should weigh what he would give up against what he would gain if he decides to leave a sweet set-up in junior hockey to become an NHL coach, according to Dale Hunter, a man who knows both ends of that situation.
IIHF president Rene Fasel content to wait for NHL to make a decision on Sochi
HELSINKI - Rene Fasel is more than happy to wait for the NHL to make a decision on whether it will send its players to the 2014 Olympics.
