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Bruce Kirkby has challenged the impossible and continues to do so in his expeditions - from taking on the blistering heat in the desert to challenging the ocean by paddleboard.

Game 3 Averages 4.001 Million Viewers, Making It Most-Watched Stanley Cup Final Game on Cable in 11 Years Last night's Stanley Cup Final Game 3 averaged 4.001 million viewers on NBC Sports Network , making it the most-watched NHL game in the network's history , and the most-watched Stanley Cup Final game on cable in 11 years, according to The ... (more)

SPOT BOOKED: The Black Sticks have booked a spot in the World League semifinal and is a step closer to World Cup qualification.

SWINDON'S Lyanne Diotte and Great Britain and Northern Ireland secured victory in one of their six games at the World Championships.

The Quebec capital has been without an NHL franchise since the Nordiques left in 1995.

Lolo Jones' attempt at humor in a video that's gone viral received a chilly reception from some members of the bobsledding community.

Life as one of the 'Yuna Kids' demands sacrifices few 16-year-olds are willing to make, but for budding South Korean starlets Kim Jin-seo and Kim Hae-jin the chance to learn from the "mother of figure skating" is worth every second of a childhood spent on skates.

Russian center Pavel Datsyuk said Tuesday he has signed a three-year contract extension to keep him with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings until 2017.

Some of what's happening today in sports headlines: NHL: The Boston Bruins lead the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final series.

Liev Schreiber, from left, Seann William Scott and Jay Baruchel attend the premiere of "Goon" in New York, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012.

The combined photo taken on June 18, 2013 shows the displayed pictures during a photo exhibition showing the works of Sidney D. Gamble in Beijing, capital of China.

Team Israel recorded a surprise triumph last week by claiming a bronze medal at the 2013 World Ball Hockey Championships in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Former Olympic ice dance champions Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat are to reunite for a surprise comeback, hoping to qualify for next year's winter Olympics in Sochi, Anissina has told R-Sport.

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With the Stanley Cup Finals under way and the 2014 Winter Olympics looming in February, Canada-a nation where hockey is less a sport than a cultural obsession-is getting increasingly anxious to meet one of its most troubling challenges: Finding a way to replenish the country's once-abundant supply of elite goaltenders.

The two-time Olympic hurdler turned bobsledder took to Twitter today to post a Vine video where she's cheekily complaining about her $741.84 check from the U.S. Bobsled & Skeleton Federation.

Michelle Young-Mather is one of the greatest players to have ever graced the gridiron in the Maritime Women's Football League.

Manu Ginobili had 24 points and 10 assists in a surprise start to spark the San Antonio Spurs to a 114-104 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, pushing the Spurs one... My friends and family are likely sick of my vocal admiration for the fatty oil of a coconut palm but my love won't wane.

In the five home games he has played at TD Garden in the last two months, the defenseman has been a little more concerned with making his playoff debut.

St. Paul's freshman attackman-midfielder Mitch Gordon orally committed to North Carolina on Saturday night, according to Inside Lacrosse.