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Hearts seeks administrators, gets points deduction

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49:48 -0400

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Cash-strapped Scottish team Hearts was handed over to financial administrators on Wednesday, triggering a 15-point deduction that will take effect at the start of next season.

Source: D Streit agrees to 4-year deal with Flyers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:57:37 -0400

Defenseman Mark Streit is staying in Philadelphia

Sabres owner favors keeping G Miller, LW Vanek

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:56:33 -0400

BUFFALO, New York - Sabres owner Terry Pegula wants to keep goalie Ryan Miller and forward Thomas Vanek in Buffalo beyond next season, while acknowledging both players will have a say in determining their futures.

Datsyuk, Red Wings agree on $22.5M, 3-year deal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:50:32 -0400

DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings accomplished their No. 1 goal of the offseason Tuesday by agreeing to a $22.5 million, three-year deal with Pavel Datsyuk.

St. Louis CVC pays $2M to Rams for legal fees

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:00 -0400

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission said Tuesday it has paid $2 million to the St. Louis Rams to cover the team's legal fees for the dispute over upgrades to the Edward Jones Dome that resulted in arbitration.

Nuggets hire executive Tim Connelly

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:23:34 -0400

The Denver Nuggets have settled on a general manager. Now, they can concentrate on finding a new coach.

Panthers GM Gettleman feels good about offseason

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:30:25 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Dave Gettleman isn't sure how good the Carolina Panthers will be this season.

Giants end minicamp, not work for 2013 season

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:22:36 -0400

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey - After being warned by coach Tom Coughlin that now was not the time to slack off, the New York Giants held their final workout before the start of training camp in late July.

Archery soaring after London Olympic success

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:54:37 -0400

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - From blockbuster movies to hit TV shows to greater Olympic exposure, archery seems to be hitting all the right targets.

Rangers sign both 1st-round picks from draft

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:30:07 -0400

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers have signed both of their first-round picks from last week's amateur draft.

LA Kings look ahead after repeat dreams are dashed

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:33:18 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Dean Lombardi was awake until dawn after the Los Angeles Kings' Stanley Cup defense came to a crashing end in the Western Conference finals.

Bylsma: Fleury to regain job next season

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:56:53 -0400

PITTSBURGH - As the Pittsburgh Penguins embark on an offseason that figures to include significant changes, coach Dan Bylsma insists the goalie position won't be one of them.

Lebanon to end doomed WCup campaign "clean team"

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:16:14 -0400

BEIRUT - As Theo Buecker prepares an almost entirely new team for the last match of Lebanon's World Cup qualifying campaign, he struggles with memories of a former squad that had given him reason to believe that they'd all create history.

Astros draft Stanford pitcher Mark Appel at No. 1

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:36:58 -0400

SECAUCUS, New Jersey - This time, the Houston Astros couldn't resist drafting Mark Appel with the No. 1 pick.

Stern knows flopping penalties not strong enough

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:30:12 -0400

MIAMI - Commissioner David Stern said the NBA's flopping penalties aren't strong enough to stop the act, though he doesn't know if the league will strengthen them.

Ravens undergo massive changes since Super Bowl

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:06:58 -0400

OWINGS MILLS, Maryland - Ozzie Newsome wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.

Rivera: Panthers secondary competition 'wide open'

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:51:05 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Charles Godfrey will be the Carolina Panthers starting free safety this season. That much coach Ron Rivera knows.

Allen happy he's with Vikes, in final year of deal

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:55:24 -0400

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota - Jared Allen has entered the final season of his mega contract without any guarantee from the Minnesota Vikings of an extension.

Salaries of some players linked to Biogenesis

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:59:09 -0400

A look at the 2013 salaries of some of the players linked to Biogenesis. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources.

Column: Season that almost wasn't ends with a bang

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:47:34 -0400

The season that almost wasn't has turned out better than anyone dared expect.

Nevada judge orders UFL pay dispute to arbitration

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:39:27 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A Nevada state court judge is ordering third-party arbitration for a contract dispute between former United Football League players and league founder and chairman William Hambrecht.

Valdes confirms he won't stay at Barcelona

Fri, 31 May 2013 11:09:06 -0400

BARCELONA, Spain - Victor Valdes again says he will leave Barcelona when his contract is up at the end of the 2013-14 season, without giving any hints of his future plans.

Dedicated to the Giants, OL Diehl ready to return

Thu, 30 May 2013 15:52:40 -0400

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey - It didn't take long for David Diehl to realize that he wanted to be a member of the New York Giants for his entire NFL career.

James, West, Stephenson fined for flopping

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:12:24 -0400

NEW YORK - Miami's LeBron James and Indiana's David West and Lance Stephenson were all fined $5,000 by the NBA on Thursday for violating the league's anti-flopping policy.

Egyptian becomes first African in elite sumo

Wed, 29 May 2013 04:07:07 -0400

TOKYO - An Egyptian-born wrestler has become the first African promoted to the elite division of Japan's ancient sport of sumo.