Winter Sports News

Ron Toigo was awarded the rights to a Western Hockey League expansion franchise more than a decade ago, he pledged to bring more than junior hockey to town.

When Penguins' GM Ray Shero brought in winger Jarome Iginla - it was assumed that he would be skating alongside captain Sidney Crosby on the top line.

Rebellious athletes, drained budgets, dysfunctional management and a string of embarrassing scandals forced a major reorganization of U.S. Speedskating over the weekend.

Don Power has written about sports in Newfoundland and Labrador for more than two decades, and has extensive coaching experience in hockey.

The ITV series, which regularly pulls in more than seven million viewers, will be screened for the last time in early 2014.

Apr 9, 2013; St. Paul, MN, USA; Minnesota Wild forward Mikael Granlund against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Xcel Energy Center.

When the first structures were being built in Coney Island in the 1840s, the surrounding community was in uproar.

Music is a tough business. Thousands of artists are writing and performing tens of thousands of songs every day for little to no wage, trying to strike it big and gain some degree of relevance.

The Buffalo Sabres resign John Scott and the second round of the playoffs continue.

Sweden is the first team to win the world hockey championship at home since the Soviet Union in 1986.

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

The Vancouver Canucks playoff run was short-lived and ended in disappointment, but it gave forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin and defenceman Alexander Edler a chance to join Team Sweden at the IIHF World Championships.

Adrian Dix was inside the Hitching Post Restaurant drinking from a mug stamped with twin six-shooters while outside on the old mining town's main street, with dusk starting to cover the... Henrik Sedin scored twice as Sweden won the gold medal at the IIHF World Hockey Championship with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland on Sunday.

The Suns turned to Tonya Harding, the controversial Olympic ice skater, to attract fans in 2001.

Galchenyuk scored the tying and winning goals in the shootout, lifting Team USA to a 3-2 win over Finland in the bronze-medal game at the 2013 World Hockey Championship.

The NHL fined the San Jose Sharks $100,000 on Saturday for general manager Doug Wilson's comments criticizing the league for forward Raffi Torres' suspension for the rest of the second round of the playoffs.

Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013.

Sachin Raina signed his first autograph on May 4, scribbling his name on a young fan's Frisbee followed by his number, 61 - the way he remembers hockey players doing as a kid.

Brianwa Flores, left, and Katie Cosentino from Illinois State Lottery greet hockey fans before Game 2 of an NHL hockey playoff Western Conference semifinal between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade.