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Man suspected of killing 6 near Philadelphia suburb still at large
PENNSBURG, Pa. — A man suspected of going to three houses in the Philadelphia suburbs and fatally shooting six people, including his ex-wife and her teenage niece, was at large, and prosecutors said...
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Steelers, Packers into playoffs; Patriots earn bye in AFC first round after...
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers both qualified for the NFL playoffs with wins Sunday. Next week, they will play for division titles at home. Dallas clinched the NFC East with a rout of...
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Romo, Cowboys reach playoffs in 42-7 rout of Colts
ARLINGTON, Texas — It won’t be the same old story for Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas ended a four-year playoff drought Sunday in a dominating 42-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, with...
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Six-foot-seven Morin could be huge for Canada’s world junior team
While rehabbing a broken jaw in Philadelphia recently, Samuel Morin wasn’t allowed to eat solid foods for a month. The 19-year-old defenceman drank a lot of smoothies and some less appetizing meals....
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Tony Romo, playoff-bound Dallas Cowboys have something to play for in finale
By Schuyler Dixon IRVING, Texas — Tony Romo hasn’t made it through his past two games against Washington without a back injury, and the most realistic playoff scenarios don’t require the Cowboys to...
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Seattle uses pair of 4th quarter TDs to clinch home-field advantage with win...
SEATTLE — For the second straight season, the road through the NFC playoffs will go through Seattle. Marshawn Lynch scored on a 9-yard run with 12:07 remaining, Bruce Irvin returned an interception 49...
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Blues’ Brodeur makes 16 saves, blanks Avalanche for record 125th shutout
By Nate Latsch ST. LOUIS — Martin Brodeur stopped all 16 shots he faced and recorded his NHL-record 125th shutout and 691st victory as the St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Monday...
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Capitals, Blackhawks prepared for sun’s glare to cause problems at Winter...
ARLINGTON, Va. — Players must prepare for the elements at the Winter Classic as the forecast is calling for plenty of sunshine. Forecasters expect a temperature of about five degrees when the...
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Cavaliers acquire JR Smith and Iman Shumpert from the Knicks
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks are trading J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who could give them a shot to fill Dion Waiters’ former role in their backcourt. The Knicks agreed to...
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Don’t expect DeMar DeRozan to cure Toronto Raptors’ defensive woes
TORONTO — Causation can be a tricky thing. For example: Through Nov. 28, when DeMar DeRozan injured his groin against the Dallas Mavericks, the Toronto Raptors ranked ninth in points allowed per...
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Connor McDavid comes down from high of winning world junior gold, gets back...
SARNIA, Ont. — Connor McDavid skated to centre ice and got a standing ovation, only this time it was from 3,221 fans in a half-empty arena instead of a packed and roaring Air Canada Centre. McDavid...
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Columbus Blue Jackets sign goalie Sergei Bobrovsky to four-year extension
TORONTO — Sergei Bobrovsky won a Vezina Trophy in 2013 and now has a contract to show for being one of the NHL’s top goaltenders. The Columbus Blue Jackets signed Bobrovsky to a $29.7-million US,...
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Selling Defoe just one of a string of deals in play at Toronto FC
By Neil Davidson TORONTO — Time is ticking on Jermain Defoe and there are a lot of moving parts for Toronto FC. While reports focus on Toronto’s price tag for the England striker, The Canadian Press...
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MLS renames MVP award after Landon Donovan, league’s career leader in goals,...
PHILADELPHIA — Major League Soccer has renamed its most valuable player award after Landon Donovan, its career scoring leader who retired last month after helping establish the league and boost the...
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FIFA says some of the Women’s World Cup artificial turf may need to be...
PHILADELPHIA — FIFA has reiterated that the Women’s World Cup will be played on artificial grass in Canada but acknowledges that some surfaces may need to be replaced. Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s head of...
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Ryan Miller’s 2nd straight shutout, big 2nd period help Canucks beat Hurricanes
By Joedy McCreary RALEIGH, N.C. — Ryan Miller stopped 27 shots in his second straight shutout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Friday night. Derek Dorsett, Shawn Matthias...
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Crosby, Malkin to miss all-star game with injuries
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby will miss the NHL all-star game because of a lower-body injury, the Penguins announced Thursday night. Crosby was playing with the injury and will need about a week to heal,...
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Messy mix of sleet, snow and rain coats Northeast as season’s first big storm...
BOSTON — Parts of the Northeast got their first real taste of winter Saturday as a storm crawling up the coast left a slushy, snowy coating from Pennsylvania to New England, but forecasters are...
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Fierce snowstorm could paralyze Northeast US for days
NEW YORK — More than 35 million people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and...
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NHL suspends Philadelphia Flyers’ Zac Rinaldo for 8 games for hit on...
NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Flyers forward Zac Rinaldo for eight games for charging and boarding Penguins defenceman Kris Letang. Rinaldo is considered a repeat offender under the terms of the...
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Luck throws 4 TDs, Colts rout Jaguars 44-17
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This was the Indianapolis Colts everyone expected to see in 2014. Playing the Jacksonville Jaguars surely helped them look so good. Andrew Luck threw four touchdown passes — three...
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Jordan Zimmermann pitches first Washington Nationals no-hitter, blanking...
WASHINGTON — Jordan Zimmermann pitched the first no-hitter for the Washington Nationals, the gem preserved when defensive replacement Steven Souza Jr. made a diving catch in left field for the final...
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Toronto FC embraces challenge of must-win game in New York against the Red Bulls
By Neil Davidson TORONTO – Toronto FC’s season may be in the balance but the team’s pulse seemed very steady ahead of what coach Greg Vanney called “the most important match of the year.” Toronto...
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Toronto FC playoff hopes take another hit in loss to New York Red Bulls
By Denis Gorman HARRISON, N.J. – At this rate, the Maple Leafs might not be the only MLSE sports property who knows about late season collapses which costs a playoff berth. Toronto FC dropped a 3-1...
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Nugent’s miss leaves Bengals, Panthers tied 37-all
CINCINNATI – Cam Newton was a dual-threat quarterback once again, rallying the Panthers to a tie in regulation. Andy Dalton was nearly perfect in overtime, missing only one pass while putting the...
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Montreal Canadiens’ Tomas Plekanec named NHL’s first star; Kuemper, Crosby...
NEW YORK – Montreal Canadiens centre Tomas Plekanec if the first star of the opening week of the NHL season. Plekanec had four goals and an assist last week as the Canadiens started the season with...
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Lou Will drops 21 points, Raptors beat Knicks 81-76
NEW YORK – Lou Williams scored 21 points and the Toronto Raptors beat New York 81-76 on Monday night in the Knicks’ preseason home opener. With starting point guard Kyle Lowry sitting this one out,...
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Rogers Sportsnet says average of 2.23 million tuned in to early HNIC games
Sportsnet says an average of 2.23 million viewers tuned in to watch the early games of its first “Hockey Night in Canada” broadcast Saturday. Five games were shown over five different channels starting...
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TFC coach says no room for divided loyalties among players
TORONTO – Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney says he’s been told he will be back for the 2015 season and will be looking for players with the right commitment to join him. Vanney believes that Toronto...
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Toronto FC out of the MLS playoffs again as Montreal plays spoiler with tie
By Neil Davidson TORONTO – Toronto FC’s playoffs hopes died for the eighth straight year Saturday afternoon, thanks to a 1-1 draw with the Montreal Impact in a game that saw three players sent off....
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Tyler Seguin, Frederik Andersen and Steven Stamkos named NHL’s three stars of...
NEW YORK – Dallas Stars centre Tyler Seguin, Anaheim Ducks goaltender Frederik Andersen and Tampa Bay Lightning centre Steven Stamkos are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Seguin earned first-star...
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Pittsburgh Penguins play O Canada to honour those affected by Ottawa attack
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins played O Canada before their game Wednesday night against Philadelphia to pay tribute to a Canadian soldier killed during an attack in Ottawa. A sell-out crowd...
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Scott Stinson: Believe the standings, the Toronto Raptors are no fluke
The expression “don’t look at the standings,” when applied to the Toronto Raptors, has through most of their history been deployed in a cover-your-eyes way. That is, the Raptors might have been...
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Little Leaguer Mo’ne Davis to release memoir in March
NEW YORK — A memoir when you’re still a teenager may seem premature, but not for Mo’ne Davis, the first female pitcher to win a Little League World Series game. “Mo’ne Davis: Remember My Name” will be...
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Toronto Blue Jays hire former all-star Brook Jacoby as hitting coach
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Brook Jacoby as hitting coach. Jacoby, 54, was the hitting coach in Cincinnati from 2007-13 and served as minor league hitting co-ordinator in the Texas...
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DeMarco Murray runs for season-high 179 yards, Dallas Cowboys beat Chicago...
CHICAGO — Tony Romo has bigger goals for the Dallas Cowboys so he wasn’t about to get too excited over securing a winning season. To him, that was just one step. DeMarco Murray ran for a season-high...
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Protests of chokehold death continue mostly peacefully, but California march...
NEW YORK — Mostly peaceful protests of a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man continued around the country, but authorities said a...
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Russell Wilson leads Seattle Seahawks over Philadelphia Eagles 24-14
PHILADELPHIA — Russell Wilson made enough plays while Seattle’s top-ranked defence shut down Chip Kelly’s offence. Wilson threw two touchdown passes, ran for another score and the Seattle Seahawks...
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Enforcers going down without a fight as NHL hands out stiffer penalties
PHILADELPHIA — Dave Schultz would drop his gloves in a flash, his bare fists pummeling away at unprotected faces in fits of fury so ferocious he became known as “The Hammer.” Schultz was the...
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Woman who accused Cosby of assault files defamation suit, says he publicly...
By Denise Lavoie BOSTON — A woman who has accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her in the 1970s filed a defamation lawsuit against him Wednesday, alleging he “publicly branded” her a liar through...
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Wayne Simmonds has goal and assist to lead Flyers in rout of Hurricanes
PHILADELPHIA — Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist and four other Flyers scored in Philadelphia’s 5-1 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Scott Laughton got his first career goal and Sean...
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Photos Feb 16: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Philadelphia firefighters work the scene of an overnight blaze...
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Bulls’ Rose to have another knee surgery
CHICAGO — Bulls point guard Derrick Rose will have surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee. The team says Rose reported the knee pain on Tuesday, and an exam and MRI confirmed the injury....
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Flames’ Mark Giordano to have surgery on torn biceps tendon, out for season
CALGARY — Flames captain Mark Giordano will have surgery to repair a torn biceps tendon and is out for the season, the team announced just after the trade deadline passed. General manager Brad...
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McFadden set to join Cowboys on day after Murray bolts to Eagles: source
IRVING, Texas — A person with knowledge of the deal says the Dallas Cowboys have agreed to a contract with Darren McFadden a day after losing NFL rushing champ DeMarco Murray to NFC East rival...
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Offence lacking, defence sagging as Pens cling to playoff hopes
PITTSBURGH — Mike Johnston tried to sound upbeat. The first-year Pittsburgh Penguins coach pointed out all the positives he saw from another lost weekend, one in which his stumbling team imploded in...
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Duerson’s family to appeal NFL concussion deal
PHILADELPHIA — The family of late Pro Bowl safety Dave Duerson will appeal this week’s NFL concussion settlement amid concerns it doesn’t include future awards for the brain decay diagnosed after his...
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Milwaukee Brewers fire manager Ron Roenicke after 7-18 start
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke on Sunday night, hours after their 5-3 victory over the Cubs in Chicago. The Brewers are a major league-worst 7-18...
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New blood tests may transform cancer care
By Marilynn Marchione A new type of blood test is starting to transform cancer treatment, sparing some patients the surgical and needle biopsies long needed to guide their care. The tests, called...
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NFL moving extra points to 15-yard line
SAN FRANCISCO — The NFL is moving back extra-point kicks and allowing defences to score on conversion turnovers. The owners on Tuesday approved the competition committee’s proposal to snap the ball...
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