Since April, they’ve overcome bad weather, late-inning deficits and lingering doubts. It’s been a season of comebacks for the Cleveland Indians, who pulled off their most important one yet. “This symbolizes the way our year has gone,” pitcher Paul Byrd said. “Just when you think we’re going to fold, something miraculous happens.” Casey Blake homered with one out in the 11th inning as the Indians…
It’s a hot ticket for what could be a very cold hockey game. It took less than 30 minutes Tuesday morning for fans to buy all 42,000 tickets made available for the NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor game between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Jan. 1. “I don’t know if anybody anticipated that,” Sabres spokesman Michael Gilbert said, referring to the…
The Minnesota Wild have found quiet in the net, in more ways than one. Niklas Backstrom is the unquestioned starter, taking his two-year, $6.2 million contract and NHL-best 1.97 goals-against average from last season into this campaign. Josh Harding is the backup, but there will be no wonder about who’s in what role — as has been the case through most of this franchise’s history.
Princess Anne says she hopes the newly revamped Doncaster Racecourse will become a venue of national importance.
