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Wind, rain, power outages force cancellation of opener of US luge championships near Lake Placid

Lions prepare to visit the Raiders

Elina Svitolina wins again at WTA Finals

High jumper suspended for doping 1 month after worlds

miflippo/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Washington Nationals are back home after winning the World Series in Houston Wednesday. The first-time champions landed in Dulles International Airport Thursday night and are gearing up to celebrate their victory this [Read More…]

All Blacks veterans finish with bronze after win over Wales

Mi Jung Hur shot a second consecutive 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Swinging Skirts

iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONMiami 106, Atlanta 97New Orleans 122, Denver 107L.A. Clippers 103, San Antonio 97 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUECalgary 6, Nashville 5 — OTMontreal 5, [Read More…]

Fitzpatrick turns muff into unlikely par and winds up with a 1-shot lead over McIlroy in Shanghai

Thursday Sports in Brief

Juwan Howard and Jerry Stackhouse are among the new coaches to watch during this 2019-20 season

Retired NHL player turned broadcaster Eddie Olczyk only figured out how tough he really was after battling and beating cancer

Syracuse teetering on the brink as BC comes to town

South Africa and England will meet in a Rugby World Cup final at Yokohama in a rematch of the championship decider that the Springboks won in 2007.

England and South Africa will play each other for the 43rd time when they meet in the Rugby World Cup final in Yokohama on Saturday

NHL Capsules

Arizona Cardinals rally to pull with a field goal late before falling short in 28-25 loss to San Francisco 49ers

Kenyan Drake makes impressive debut

United States hooker Joe Taufete’e is a surprise inclusion on the six-man shortlist for World Rugby’s Player of the Year award for 2019

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