Winter Sports News

Shannon Szabados is turning pro. The 27-year-old Edmontonian, who backstopped Canada's Olympic women's hockey team to gold in Sochi last month, is joining the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the rest of their season.

The American timed 1 minute, 12.66 in spring-like conditions on the Podkoren course to build a 0.43-second lead over Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen, who won the junior world title in GS four days ago.

Benjamin Raich has reached a World Cup podium for the 91st - and probably last - time in his career at the same resort where he earned his first top-three finish 15 years ago.

Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup slalom on Saturday to retain her season-long title with one race remaining.

The 18-year-old American timed 52.99 seconds on the Olympia course, 0.66 faster than Frida Hansdotter of Sweden who is also second in the discipline standings.

An RCMP investigation spanning British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan has resulted in the arrest of a former Mountie who's alleged to have sexually assaulted eight boys in the late 1970s and early '80s.

It has been 10 years since Steve Moore's NHL career ended with an attack by former Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi .

American and European politicians are boycotting the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi to protest Russian moves in Ukraine.

Heather Richardson of the United States edged local favorite Judith Hesse by one hundredth of a second to claim her first speedskating World Cup win over 500 meters on Friday.

Teddington Hockey Club's U10 girls and boys teams both secured well-deserved gold medals at the Middlesex Championships on Sunday.

The Ukrainian Paralympic Committee decided against boycotting the games, announcing a few hours before Friday's opening ceremony that its athletes would stay.

Mike Richards and Dustin Brown each netted second-period goals, giving Jonathan Quick and the red-hot Los Angeles Kings all the support they would need in a 3-1 verdict over the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre.

He might have spoken the least while perhaps saying the most, fittingly for a player who was subtly spectacular on the ice.

The Sharks will be looking for ways to shut down the NHL's leading scorer Thursday night when Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby makes his first appearance here since November 2009.

Andrei Markov scored in the sixth round of the shootout, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the NHL-leading Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Wednesday night for their sixth victory in eight games.

The Slovenian skier raced down the course 1 minute, 12.76 seconds. Nadia Fanchini of Italy was second, and Lara Gut of Switzerland was third.

Drew Carey has already set a goal for himself as he approaches the new season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars : survive the first week.

A number of environmental groups converged on the statehouse Wednesday to ask lawmakers to protect energy efficiency jobs in the state.

In the week before the NHL trade deadline, a total of 11 goaltenders were dealt.

ABC says it will air figure-skating specials with Sochi Olympic gold medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White among the performers.