Winter Sports News

Ralph Krueger has been appointed Southampton chairman just weeks after helping Canada to ice hockey gold at the Winter Olympics.

Svindal earned 45 points to move 41 ahead of two-time defending overall champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who skips downhills.

Greg Westlake scored the game's only goal while Corbin Watson made seven saves for his second straight shutout Tuesday as Canada defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 in sledge hockey at the Sochi Paralympics.

Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got its first test ahead of November's midterm elections and... Republican David Jolly defeated Democrat Alex Sink on Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where President Barack Obama's health care ... (more)

Henrik Sedin is about to play his 1,000th NHL game - but he's not in the mood to celebrate the occasion.

Surging across the ice as chants of "Ro-ssi-ya! Ro-ssi-ya!" from raucous Russian fans filled the venue, Joshua Sweeney felt the rush of adrenaline he used to experience as a soldier.

A Tennessee man has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the 2011 disappearance of nursing student Holly Bobo, but little else is known about the investigation.

Not since 2002 have the Austrians held both the men's and women's overall titles, but Hirscher and Fenninger can achieve that at the World Cup Finals this week.

Skeleton racer Noelle Pikus-Pace has a lot to be happy about. She recently won her first Olympic silver medal at Sochi.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock band Kiss put down their instruments, wiped away the face paint and unveiled their own arena football franchise on Monday, promising to pair the niche sport with the pyrotechnic theater of their concerts.

Fans filed into the First Niagara Center and took their seats shortly before the players took the ice - for the morning skate.

Henrik Lundqvist earned his 300th NHL victory and 49th career shutout in the New York Rangers' 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.

As the fate of the icon of disability sport is determined, some of the athletes who aspire to match the global recognition of the "Blade Runner" hang on the verdict.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing "I Boobies!" bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness among young people.

Evgeny Kuznetsov, shown during the 2013 IIHF International Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki on May 12, 2013, encouraged those curious about his play to come to the Capitals' game Monday.

Oshie and Alexander Steen scored shootout goals and the St. Louis Blues took over the top spot in the NHL standings with a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.

Chloe Kim affirmed her position as heir to the U.S. snowboarding throne Saturday at the Burton U.S. Open, capping a spectacular season with a third-place finish at snowboarding's most venerable contest.

Born with a paralysed arm and left homeless by Japan's 2011 tsunami, schoolgirl skier Yurika Abe has overcome severe hardships to compete at the Sochi Paralympics -- and she carries the hopes of her fellow disaster victims with her.

Pushing through pain in her debut at the Winter Paralympics, Tatyana McFadden only had to remember who was watching to draw inspiration on this emotional homecoming.

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press Four years after the tea party rocked the political world by ousting several prominent Republicans in Congress, the ultra-conservative movement finds itself... By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press Four years after the tea party rocked the political world by ousting several prominent Republicans in Congress, the ... (more)