Wings A Win Away From Stanley Cup
The Detroit Red Wings wrecked the Pittsburgh Penguins' home-ice advantage and gave themselves a shot to hoist the Stanley Cup in Hockeytown.
May 23, 2013
The Detroit Red Wings wrecked the Pittsburgh Penguins' home-ice advantage and gave themselves a shot to hoist the Stanley Cup in Hockeytown.
Mathew Goggin shot a 1-under 71 that was good enough to build a three-shot lead after three rounds at the Memorial. Goggin is trying to win his first PGA Tour event.
Denny Hamlin made it nine victories for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series this season. He led all but 69 laps to win at Dover International Speedway.
Lisa Leslie will lead the U.S. women's basketball team at the Olympics in China. She and Los Angeles Sparks teammate Candace Parker are two of the nine players placed on the team today.
Phil Mickelson made a 9-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational over Tim Clark and Rod Pampling.
Scott Dixon has won the Indianapolis 500, beating Vitor Meira to the checkered flag by 1.75 seconds.
Triple Crown contender Big Brown has missed two days of training with a slight injury to his left front foot, but trainer Rick Dutrow Junior says it's not going to be an issue.
Authorities in Gainesville have charged Chicago Bulls forward and former Florida star Joakim Noah with possession of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol.
Second round leader Phil Mickelson retains his spot atop the leaderboard with a 5-under-par 65 in the third round of the PGA Tour's Crowne Plaza Invitational.
They waited until the last possible day to do so, but baseball players have approved a toughened drug agreement.
Following his messy divorce with Indiana University, Kelvin Sampson was introduced today as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks.
The grandson of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt bumped his way into the field on the final day of qualifying for next Sunday's Indianapolis 500.
Big Brown kept his Triple Crown chance alive with an impressive victory in the Preakness Stakes. The Kentucky Derby winner finished five-and-a-quarter lengths ahead of Macho Again. Icabad Crane was third.
Kyle Busch continued his dominance with a strong qualifying effort to capture the pole for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. Busch is the Sprint Cup points leader with three wins and seven top-10 finishes in 11 races.
NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, which could result in a 2010 season with no salary cap.
Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for his part in a fake-check scheme.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won the right to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.
Barry Bonds hasn't seen a single fastball this season, but he's just been thrown a curve. Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment against baseball's numerical home run king, charging him with 14 counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
The San Jose Sharks fired coach Ron Wilson on Monday after the team's latest disappointing early ouster from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Prosecutors in Miami say they won't seek the death penalty against four people charged with murder in the case of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor if they are convicted.
Don't look for Michelle Wie at this year's Ginn Tribute hosted by Annika Sorenstam. A tournament spokesman says Wie was not given an exemption into the event as she was a year ago.
Annika Sorenstam has made it three victories in her eight starts on the LPGA this year by taking the Michelob Ultra Championship in a runaway.
Mike D'Antoni is set to become coach of the New York Knicks. A person within the NBA told The Associated Press on Saturday that the Suns coach has accepted an offer from the Knicks.
