06/23/11 The Montreal Canadiens believe that Andrei Markov can once again be a top flight defenceman, signing him to a three-year deal.
06/23/11 The San Jose Sharks have signed forward Devin Setoguchi to a three-year contract worth $9 million US to prevent him from becoming a restricted free agent next month.
06/23/11 ALBANY, N.Y. -- Daredevil tightrope walker Nik Wallenda has received permission from the New York state legislature to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope, The Buffalo News reported Thursday.
06/16/11 The North Platte Telegraph Sierra Peterson is Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2012. The 21-year-old Ashland native was crowned Wednesday night at the Wild West Arena during the first performance of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo.
06/16/11 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Charlotte Checkers completed their inaugural season in the American Hockey League in giving fashion, raising more than $335,000 for local charities and non-profit organizations. The team has now raised $2 million since Michael Kahn took ownership of the ECHL Checkers in 2006.
06/16/11 The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. for much of the western part of the KOCO viewing area.
06/16/11 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Daequan Cook wants to stick around for a second season with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
06/16/11 Nebraska cowboy Steven Dent made a double sweep of two events on the opening night of the annual Buffalo Bill Rodeo. Cowboys and cowgirls pulled into North Platte for competition in slack Wednesday morning as well as the first evening performance.
06/16/11 (Rochester, NY)... As the Boston Bruins passed the Stanley Cup from player to player, Gregory Campbell and Daniel Paille took their turns raising the National Hockey League's most prized trophy. Assistant Coach Doug Houda also had his chance to hoist a Cup he coveted for nearly two decades.
06/16/11 Patric Young has played on two USA Teams, the 2010 USA U18 squad and the 2010 USA Junior National Select Team.
06/10/11 The Barking Gecko Grill is a cheerful, friendly diner offering filling, affordable food on Merritt Island.
06/10/11 All good things must come to an end. After a three-week special of the "Real Housewives of New York" in Morocco, Thursday night's episode capped off all the fun, fights, tears and colorful caftans.
06/10/11 Some people think Jesse Ventura is nuts, which is understandable.
06/10/11 Fifty years ago, in the early hours of Sunday 2 July, 1961, Ernest Hemingway, America's most celebrated writer and a titan of 20th-century letters, awoke in his house in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, rose from his bed, taking care not to wake his wife Mary, unlocked the door of the storage room where he kept his firearms, and selected a double-barrelled shotgun with which he liked to shoot ...
06/09/11 ESPN.com's recent Power Rankings of the toughest NFL venues urged a few folks to drop notes into the AFC East mailbag. Some of them were printable. Aaron in Los Angeles "can't begin to tell you how much of a moron" I am and that I "shouldn't be covering football" for ranking Lambeau Field ninth on my ballot. He can understand how I have Gillette Stadium, Heinz Field and Lucas Oil Stadium all ...
06/09/11 Troy Polamalu follows up an undeserved honor with an underwhelming performance in the Super Bowl. That makes him the NFL's most overrated player in Pete Prisco's eyes. The most underrated? Green Bay cornerback Tramon Williams.
06/09/11 Chris Nichols is Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer. Hockey Hearsay runs each weekday, 12 months a year; providing you with a mix of stories, quotes and more from around the hockey world.
05/30/11 It happened around 9 p.m. on Eller Avenue near the Cheektowaga border.
05/30/11 Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey didn't really have to say much to convince Mets manager Terry Collins he could pitch in his normal rotation start tonight. Dickey let his actions speak for him. Dickey, fighting a partial tear of the plantar fascia in his right foot, followed up a successful...
05/29/11 Brad Wilhelm and Casey Peterson fill sandbags in the rain at the Johnson County Fairgrounds Thursday. Wilhelm said the pair had to get their allotted 100 bags because water was running under his house. Bulletin photo by Tom Milstead. | 
