Sports News
April 22, 2008Here are the sports results from Tuesday:
TORONTO - Don't be fooled. Bringing home Norris Trophies every year is not getting old whatsoever for Nicklas Lidstrom.
Only Zdeno Chara and Dion Phaneuf stand in the way of a sixth career Norris for the Detroit Red Wings captain. "It would mean a lot," Lidstrom said on a conference call Tuesday after the NHL named the three finalists for the award.
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk was drugged with the so-called date-rape drug GHB during a business meeting at a Southern California resort hotel but she was able to seek help after spotting a pill in her drink, a sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday.
Grishuk, who won two Olympic gold medals for Russia in the 1990s, was at the St. Regis Monarch Beach on April 12 when she began to feel ill and numb, said Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco - Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters by beating Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday.
The Australian Open champion broke Ljubicic at love in the eighth game of the first set for a 5-3 lead and clinched the set with an ace.
DAVIE, Fla. - Jake Long seemed at ease in his new role as the NFL's No. 1 draft pick, leaning into a news conference microphone to talk about his mean streak while his mother sat in the corner, nodding as she smiled.
The Miami Dolphins were grinning Tuesday, too. They signed the Michigan left tackle to a five-year contract reportedly worth US$57.75-million, of which $30 million is guaranteed. And on Saturday, they will make Long the top pick in the draft.
WALTHAM, Mass. - When Kevin Garnett starts screaming, the Celtics' defence stops struggling.
For all his assets - athleticism, intensity, intelligence - it's the ability to communicate with teammates that he considers the key to Boston's skill at shutting down opponents.
LONDON - American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins is free to compete again after the World Anti-Doping Agency dropped its appeal of a U.S. arbitration ruling that cleared her of a positive drug test.
The decision means Jenkins is the first athlete to beat the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on a drug charge.
LIVERPOOL, England - John Arne Riise scored an injury-time own-goal Tuesday to give Chelsea a 1-1 draw at Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals.
Riise's diving header inadvertently went into his own net off Salomon Kalou's left-wing cross in the fifth minute of added time. The goal equalized Dirk Kuyt's first-half finish and makes Chelsea the favourite to advance to the final on May 21 in Moscow.
LAVAL, Que. - The allure of a grass field has made newly built Saputo Stadium in Montreal the venue for Canada's World Cup soccer qualifying match against St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The first leg of the Stage Two CONCACAF qualifying series will be played June 15 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The second leg goes June 20 in Montreal.
VANCOUVER - There's already an official diamond, an official bakery and even an official heating insulation - and now the Vancouver 2010 Olympics has an official brewery.
The Olympic organizing committee, known as VANOC, announced Tuesday that Molson will be the official beer supplier for the Games in a deal worth between $3 million and $15 million.
SOCHI, Russia - Getting Sochi ready for the 2014 Winter Games is a huge challenge because the Russian resort must build virtually all facilities from scratch, the head of the IOC's co-ordination panel said Tuesday.
But Jean-Claude Killy of France, a former Olympic ski champion, said he and other commission members were impressed by the initial preparations they have seen in their first visit since the Black Sea resort city was awarded the Games last year.
CALGARY - Canadian junior hockey has lost one of its most influential men with the death of Ed Chynoweth of cancer at age 66.
The longtime head of the Western Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League that encompasses the Western, Ontario and Quebec major junior leagues was a powerful figure in junior hockey for 37 years.
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Torchbearers ran laps with the Olympic flame in front of an invitation-only crowd Tuesday after officials changed the relay route from Jakarta's streets to a sports stadium amid pressure from China to keep away demonstrators.
Police arrested several protesters rallying nearby and seized Tibetan flags and banners in the latest actions against a global relay that Beijing had hoped would promote the Aug.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A tearful Mike Rucker said goodbye to football Tuesday, retiring from the Carolina Panthers as the team's second-leading tackler and one of the franchise's most beloved players.
The defensive end broke down several times as he thanked scores of people, from owner Jerry Richardson and coach John Fox to the trainers, security staff and equipment managers he befriended after spending all nine seasons of his career in Charlotte.
MONTREAL - Rookie goaltending phenom Carey Price found his top form when the Montreal Canadiens needed it most.
The 20-year-old made 25 saves and brothers Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn combined for three goals as the Canadiens routed the Boston Bruins 5-0 in Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarter-final series on Monday night. Montreal advanced to the second round against either the Philadelphia Flyers, who have a Game 7 Tuesday night against Washington, or the New York Rangers.
PHILADELPHIA - Alex Ovechkin was stifled, shut down and almost silent in his first NHL playoff series.
The league's leading scorer played like an MVP right on time in Game 6. Ovechkin truly was "Alexander the Great" with the Washington Capitals' season on the line and put them in prime position to win a Game 7 for only the second time in franchise history.
TORONTO - So far this season, victories have been very hard to come by for the Toronto Blue Jays if pitching hasn't carried the day.
That simple equation held true Monday afternoon, when an error helped lead to Shaun Marcum's undoing and forced the home side to settle for a four-game series split with the Detroit Tigers after a lacklustre 5-1 loss.
Chase Utley is on a home run tear. His defence isn't bad either.
Utley homered for the fifth straight game and made a diving stop to start a key double play in the third inning in Philadelphia's 9-5 win over Colorado on Monday night. Jayson Werth added an inside-the-park home run in the first meeting between the teams since the Rockies' first-round playoff sweep last October.
