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Christian Olsson of Sweden and Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas split the $1 million-US Golden League bonus by winning their events at the ISTAF athletics meet Sunday.
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Filip Kuba and Brad Richards scored 36 seconds apart midway through the second period, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Sunday. Johan Holmqvist made 22 saves for the Lightning, who have won three straight and seven of 10. The goalie made a sliding pad save on Joseph Corvo's in-close shot in the second.
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Robert L. Wolfson, who helped bring the NHL to St. Louis and was a part-owner during the Blues' early success in the late 1960s, has died. He was 88.
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Free agent lefthander Steve Kline and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a $5.5 million, two-year contract on Monday. Kline went 2-2 with a 1.79 ERA in 67 appearances for the Cardinals last season.
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BERLIN, Germany - Bahamian 400-metre Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling has to continue her unbeaten streak for one more race this season, tomorrow&#39;s Berlin meet, in order to collect her share of the TDK Golden League jackpot.
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ST. LOUIS -- According to an Associated Press report, the Cardinals have chosen to buy out Woody Williams&#39; 2005 contract option.
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With everyone back on a team that made the Western Conference finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves expected to be at least as good this season. The early going hasn't been smooth at all, though. The Wolves rank just sixth in the West as 2004 comes to a close, and owner Glen Taylor can't be pleased with a 16-11 record in exchange for one of the NBA's five highest payrolls.
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Alex Ovechkin agreed to a $124 million, 13-year contract extension Thursday with the Washington Capitals, working out the details himself in negotiations with owner Ted Leonsis and general manager George McPhee.
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Evgeni Malkin skated again with several NHL players Monday at the Los Angeles Kings' practice rink, and his agent said he was optimistic the 20-year-old hockey star will soon become a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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TORONTO (CP) - The NHL Players&#39; Association believes its new proposal has the goods to salvage the NHL season. But the offer won&#39;t connect player costs to league revenues - a salary cap - when the NHL&#39;s leadership sees it for the first time Thursday.
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TORONTO -- Can the season be saved? That&#39;s the $2-billion question after NHL Players&#39; Association executive director Bob Goodenow invited commissioner Gary Bettman to a two-day bargaining session here next
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Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who each own National Hockey League teams, will split the 450-million-dollar cost of buying English soccer giants Liverpool, a US paper reported.
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Jaroslav Svoboda and Lubomir Visnovsky made it 173 NHLers in Europe after agreeing to contracts Monday. Svoboda, a forward with the Dallas Stars, agreed to play in his native Czech league with Olomouc, according
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Bob Davidson spent last season umpiring in the Class-A Midwest League, where he made just $13,000. He was on the road from April 4 to Sept.
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Sweden&#39;s triple-jumper Christian Olsson and runner Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas ensured equal shares of the $1m (Â£569,000) jackpot on offer to athletes unbeaten in their events at all six Golden League meetings.
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Yessir, that was one whopper of an offer the players laid at the feet of National Hockey League owners last week in Toronto.
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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Woody Williams filed for free agency yesterday after the team told his agent it will decline his $8 million option and pay him a $900,000 buyout.