Hockey

  • Wolves Take Game 1 of Calder Cup Playoffs
    May 17--With goaltender Ondrej Pavelec still hot and Jason Krog warming up at the right time, the Wolves conti...
  • Red Wings Notes
    May 17--Although Detroit's top scoring line of Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom gets most ...
  • Ribeiro Embarking on Space Expedition
    May 17--FRISCO -- Mike Ribeiro had worked his magic pretty well through the first two playoff series. But for...
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Jennifer Floyd Engel Column: Time for Turco to End Infamous 0-for-T
    May 17--For a brief moment Friday, Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco looked so much like his predecessor, Ed Bel...
  • Going, Going, Gone?: Yankee Stadium Hockey Game Faces a 'Variety of Issues' That Could Ice Puck
    May 17--The idea of the Rangers closing down Yankee Stadium in November with an outdoor NHL game isn't dead, b...
  • Both Sides Reflect on Crosby-Richards Tussle
    May 17--Generally in hockey, it's the losing team that looks to get a tussle going in the final seconds, to le...
  • The Dallas Morning News Jean-Jacques Taylor Column: An Early Shot is Dallas Stars' Only Shot
    May 17--The Stars have one chance to beat Detroit in Game 5 today and extend the series one more game: score f...
  • Despite Deficit, Dallas Stars Trying to Enjoy the Moment
    May 17--FRISCO -- Mike Modano spent a lot of his youth at Joe Louis Arena. The home site for Little Caesars P...
  • Avalanche, Coach Agree to Part Ways
    DENVER - Joel Quenneville is out as coach of the Avalanche after three seasons, a week after Colorado was swe...
  • Malkin Keeps Up Torrid Pace
    PITTSBURGH - Evgeni Malkin scored two dazzling goals 5 minutes apart to give Pittsburgh a two-goal lead, and ...

    YellowBrix Top Entertainment

  • Ellen DeGeneres Announces Plans to Marry Portia De Rossi: Gay Marriage is Now Constitutional in Cali
    May 16--Ellen DeGeneres plans to make an honest woman out of her girlfriend ... The Emmy-winning talk show ho...
  • Moore's EUR13m for 9/11 Part II
    CAMPAIGNING movie maker Michael Moore will earn millions from a planned sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11. The Irish ...
  • The World: Twain Untwined
    SHANIA Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-yea...
  • Rerelease of 'Indiana Jones' Trilogy Prepares the Way for 'Crystal Skull'
    When Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' "Indiana Jones" trilogy was finally released on DVD in 2003, it was on...
  • Rodman Charged With Spousal Abuse
    Former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman has been charged with spousal abuse in connection with an incident w...
  • Twain Splitting Up With Her Husband of 14 Years
    Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-year...
  • Pellicano Guilty of Racketeering
    World News IN BRIEF ANGELES Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private investigator, was convicted yesterday of ...
  • Angelina Tells of Twin Appeal ; The World Today
    ANGELINA JOLIE talked at the Cannes Film Festival about her pregnancy with twins well as motherhood. Confirmat...
  • Pellicano Guilty in Wiretapping Case
    A Los Angeles jury has found former private investigator Anthony Pellicano guilty of 76 federal charges, inclu...
  • Shania Twain and Husband Split
    A spokesman for Shania Twain has confirmed the country music star and her husband are breaking up. Shania Twai...

    YellowBrix Top Headlines

  • Cleveland Looks Tougher As Series Goes On
    May 17--CLEVELAND -- Celtics coach Doc Rivers was the first to meet the media after Game 6 last night. "I tho...
  • Lakers Advance to Western Conference Final With 108-105 Win Over Jazz
    SALT LAKE CITY - Kobe Bryant has some time to rest his back. Bryant scored 34 points, 12 in the fourth quarte...
  • DEFENSE DOES IT FOR CAVS: Win Forces Game 7 in Spite of Ugly Offense
    May 17--The NBA, at least in this year's playoffs, is where the predictable happens. As has been the case for...
  • Cavaliers Need That Home Attitude on the Road for Game 7
    CLEVELAND _ Hope lives. Hope lives for the Cavaliers, because they kept the Boston Celtics winless on the roa...
  • LeBron James Scores 32 As Cavaliers Beat Celtics to Force Game 7
    CLEVELAND - The Boston Celtics are going home for another Game 7. James scored 32 points - 19 in the second ha...
  • Robert Mondavi, California Winemaking Patriarch, Dies at 94
    SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Robert Mondavi, the man hailed as the ambassador of the Napa Valley and the godfather of Ca...
  • Calif. Wine Pioneer Mondavi Dies
    Robert Mondavi, a pioneer in California's wine industry, died Friday at his home in Yountville, Calif., a spok...
  • EDITORIAL: Marriage Ruling is a Key Advance for Civil Liberties
    May 16--The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that marrying someone of your own choosing is a fundame...
  • Saudis Reject Bush's Plea for Help With Oil Prices
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia _ Regular gasoline goes for less than 50 cents a gallon here in the capital of the world'...
  • MLB: Chi. Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 4
    Alfonso Soriano homered twice and knocked in four runs Friday to power the Chicago Cubs past Pittsburgh 7-4. S...

    Basketball

  • The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va., Justin Jackson Column: Mayo Ordeal Could Have Been Avoided
    May 17--WITH THE LATEST developments brewing over in California over soon-to-be NBA lottery pick O.J. Mayo an...
  • Daily Press, Newport News, Va., Dave Fairbank Column: Basketball is Broken
    May 17--The NCAA wants to clean up college basketball -- again -- and the governing body took the unprecedente...
  • Lakers hold off Jazz 108-105, reach West finals
    SALT LAKE CITY - Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a ...
  • James scores 32, Cavs beat Celtics to force Game 7
    CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown - not a few weeks on Cape Cod. LeBr...
  • D'Antoni's System Could Help With Salary Cap
    May 17--Donnie Walsh's next order of business, now that a coach is in place, is to give this roster a little c...
  • McKendree Adds Point Guard
    May 17--LEBANON -- Karrington Pettiford, a senior point guard at CBC High in St. Louis, has signed a letter of...
  • Stepheson Leaves UNC: Forward Wants to Be Closer to Home
    May 17--Because of concerns about his family in California, reserve forward Alex Stepheson won't be playing ba...
  • Another Regional Loss Ends Top-Seeded IWU Baseball's Season
    May 17--MOLINE -- Illinois Wesleyan's baseball team never got the lead Thursday against Linfield (Ore.) in the...
  • Lakers Oust the Jazz to Reach Western Conference Finals
    SALT LAKE CITY _ After Utah won Game 3 on its home floor, a Jazz fan got in Los Angeles Lakers general manager...

    YellowBrix Top Health

  • Vitamin D Tied to Cancer Outcome: Toronto Study Finds Low Level at Diagnosis Correlates With Disease
    May 17--Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D when they're diagnosed have a higher risk of their...
  • Vitamin D May Help Fight Breast Cancer
    Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spr...
  • Children's Virus Death Toll Hits 43 in China
    BEIJING - The death toll rose to 43 from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thou...
  • NEWS in Brief ; Study: Vitamin D May Play Anti-Cancer Role
    Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spr...
  • In Brief
    Study sees rise in mastectomies A growing number of women with early-stage breast cancer are choosing to have ...
  • AROUND THE WORLD: Girl Carries Her Twin
    A NINE-year-old girl who went to hospital suffering from stomach pains was carrying her embryonic twin, it was...
  • Mayo Clinic Mastectomies Have Increased
    More women are opting for mastectomy for early breast cancer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., but resea...
  • Shingles Vaccine Recommended for Elderly
    People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a painful condition, U.S. hea...
  • GSK Announces Results of First Phase III Trial Evaluating Tykerb(R) (Lapatinib) Plus Herceptin(R) (T
    LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, May 16/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- GlaxoSmithKline today announced positive data from t...
  • Vitamin D Update
    Here is the latest research on this versatile vitamin: A fascinating study from the Mayo clinic published last...

    Golf

  • Kynard High Jumps 7-0: St. John's Boys, Bowsher Girls Win CL Crowns
    May 17--Three records fell and some of the City League's top senior track and field athletes went out in style...
  • Trojans May Be Unstoppable
    May 17--BREMERTON -- The only miscalculation by the Southern California men's golf team Friday had to do with ...
  • Kids Make Opening Day of Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo Look Like Child's Play
    May 17--POMPANO BEACH -- With twin 5-year-old small-fry anglers on his boat, Danny Massa of the Child's Play f...
  • Continental Showcase
    Angel Cabrera's triumph in last year's U.S. Open made him the toast of golf in his native Argentina. If the sw...
  • Some Local Flavor
    A week after competing in last June's U.S. Women's Open, Courtney Ellenbogen captured the American Junior Golf...
  • ASSE Foundation to Host Golf Outing
    ASSE FOUNDATION As part of Safety 2008, the ASSE Foundation (ASSEF) will host the ASSEF Golf Outing on June 9 ...
  • Byrd believes time might be right to win AT&T
    - After two straight top-10 finishes at the AT&T Classic, Jonathan Byrd is poised to win the suburban Atlanta ...
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer Joe Logan Column: Byrd Takes 3-Stroke Lead in Georgia
    May 17--DULUTH, Ga. -- Jonathan Byrd took advantage of soft fairways and receptive greens at TPC Sugarloaf ye...
  • Bush Makes Subpar Sacrifice By Giving Up Golf During War
    Interrupting his golf game six years ago to field questions about possible U.S. military action against Iraq, ...
  • Decision Will Have Far-Reaching Effects
    The impact won't be immediately visible, said Michelob Ultra Open Tournament Director Wayne Nooe. Nooe said A...

    Baseball

  • Miranto, Canisius Washed Out: Slugger Leads Griffs Against Arizona Today
    May 17--HEMPSTEAD, L. I. -- To watch her walk around during Friday's rain delay, you wouldn't guess that Katie...
  • Bisons Closer Bauer Gets Job Done, Again: BASEBALL
    May 17--Not much has been automatic for the Buffalo Bisons so far this season. Bauer retired all four men he ...
  • 2008 All-Area Softball Team
    May 17--KELSEY GRABIAK To her credit: The Player of the Year did a lot of everything in leading Lakewood Ranc...
  • Ranch's Grabiak is All-Area Softball Honoree
    May 17--Roughly an hour a day, four days a week, Kelsey Grabiak hopped in a car and drove to downtown Bradento...
  • He Packs 1st Wallop: Ramirez's Long-Ball Debut Propels Sox
    May 17--SAN FRANCISCO -- The White Sox had seen glimpses of Alexei Ramirez's speed and arm strength this seaso...
  • Showing No Pitt(Y): Soriano Homers Twice As Cubs Go to 7-0 Vs. Pirates
    May 17--There's nothing like a workout with their personal punching bag (that would be the Pittsburgh Pirates)...
  • WVU Qualifies for Big East; Gets Swept By UC
    May 17--CINCINNATI -- The West Virginia baseball team received good news Saturday and then played like bad new...
  • Big Bats Lead LSU-Eunice Past Gulf Coast
    May 17--POPLARVILLE -- The Gulf Coast Bulldogs were poised to make some serious noise in the NJCAA Region 23 T...
  • Werth Drives Phils to Win: He Hits 3 Homers, Including a Grand Slam, and Drives in 8 Runs, Tying a T
    May 17--When he stepped to the plate in the seventh inning, Jayson Werth stood one swing away from a place in ...
  • Martins Creek Vying for Title Triple Play: Solid Nucleus Gives Creekers Shot at Winning 3 in a Row f
    May 17--As one of the charter members of the Blue Mountain League, the Martins Creek Creekers have done just a...

    NCAA Football

  • 2008 NBA PLAYOFFS ; Cavs Feel Right at Home
    Just before LeBron James exited TD Banknorth Garden, he vowed that no LeBron James team would be a desperate t...
  • FSU president: College football playoff inevitable
    GRAPEVINE, Texas - Here's a ray of hope for college football fans bummed by the recent rejection of the plus-o...
  • Football Coaches Favor Early Signing of Recruits
    DALLAS - After the first day of the two-day National Football Foundation's Football Forum, it appears college ...
  • Players Wanted
    A JUNIOR football team is hoping to attract new players to its sides. Annfield Plain FC Juniors will be stagi...
  • Bennett Emerges As Leader
    The first day in any new job is tough, but it was especially difficult for Eric Bennett. The 2007 season wa...
  • NMSU Boss Top Pick For LSU Post ; Martin Recruited For Louisiana Job
    Four years after taking the helm at New Mexico State University, President Michael Martin might be headed for ...
  • School Should Stand Alone
    May 15--If Northwest Pennsylvania Community College becomes a reality, the school won't be able to lean heavi...
  • Brown: Let's Finish the Job
    Phil Brown today warned there was still work to do despite guiding Hull City to the brink of the Premier Leagu...

    Football

  • In Football, a Second Season is Catching On
    May 17--KELLER -- A small trailer next to the Keller school district offices is the nerve center for something...
  • Patriots' Belichick says Walsh isn't credible
    BOSTON - New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick lashed out at the team's former video assistant Friday, say...
  • Women Face Vancouver, Seeking First Win
    May 17--Michelle Myers, the head coach of the Ventura County Fusion's women soccer team, knew the opening week...
  • Miami Dolphins Release Lineman Drew Mormino: Lineman Fails Physical; Long Can Wear 77
    May 17--At one point this offseason, Drew Mormino was considered a potential starter on the offensive line, bu...
  • Remarks Honoring the 2008 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants
    April 30, 2008 The President. It's an honor to recognize the Super Bowl champs, the New York Football Giants....
  • Daryl Johnston Likes Dallas Cowboys' Acquisition of Pacman
    May 17--GRAPEVINE -- Former Cowboys fullback Daryl Johnston knows the dynastic 1990s Dallas teams were hardly ...
  • Minority Hiring, Playoff Hot Topics at College Football Forum
    May 17--IRVING -- Washington coach Tyrone Willingham said he believes there's still a "good ol' boy network" t...
  • Bellbrook Football Standout Eyes State in Discus, Shot Put ; Sam Longo Hopes to Surpass His Personal
    Please forgive Bellbrook's Sam Longo if he mistakenly drops into a three-point stance when he competes in the ...
  • Bengals Linebacker Hurting While Healing
    CINCINNATI -- Something's wrong with Bengals' third-year veteran Ahmad Brooks. Instead of being anchored at m...
  • Ryan Begins Quest to Be Starting QB
    ATLANTA - Matt Ryan will have his first chance to prove he can be more than just another clipboard-toting roo...

    NCAA Basketball

  • Lakers Capture an Impressive Road Win
    SALT LAKE CITY _ Just a lot of noise. In the end, that's what the Lakers were up against here, some hot air es...
  • The Dallas Morning News David Moore Column: Daly Views: Coaching Legend Says Carlisle Right for Dall
    May 17--The two spoke several days before the Mavericks had the need to search for a new coach. "He told me h...
  • Jazz Didn't Play Like a Desperate Team Fearing Elimination Until It Was Too Late
    SALT LAKE CITY _ The red lights should have started flashing and the sirens whining three quarters earlier for...