Mathieu Darche scored with 19.6 seconds left in overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 preseason victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night. Brad Richards, who had three assists, set up the winner. Tampa Bay took a 3-2 lead when Kyle Wanvig scored on a third-period penalty shot. Dallas’ Loui Eriksson tied it with a power-play goal with 1:01 left in regulation.
Jon Sim scored two goals in the first period and the New York Islanders went on to a 3-1 exhibition victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. Bill Guerin, signed as a free agent in the offseason, scored to give Islanders a 3-0 lead in the first period. Sergei Kostitsyn scored the only goal for the Canadiens, who played in front of a partisan crowd of almost 7,000 fans at the Moncton…
Chad Pennington stood on the sideline last Sunday with his helmet on, yearning to jog onto the field and throw a pass for the New York Jets. He’s hoping his injured right ankle has healed enough for him to be in the huddle this weekend against the Miami Dolphins. “My goal is to be available,” Pennington said Wednesday.
After seeing the videotape of Terrell Owens’ latest touchdown celebration, the NFL office wasn’t laughing. Owens said Wednesday he was fined “a good chunk of money” — which he later defined as thousands of dollars — for a celebration that included him using the goal post and football to poke fun at the New England Patriots’ spying scandal during Dallas’ 37-20 victory over Miami this past Sunday.
A Puerto Rican horse that can’t win a race now has a claim to fame. Dona Chepa, a 9-year-old brown mare, finished last in a six-horse field at Camarero Racetrack in eastern Puerto Rico on Wednesday, a 125th consecutive loss that is believed to be the longest in horse racing history. Track spokesman Joe Bruno said Wednesday’s loss surpasses an equine losing record of 0-124 set by Australian horse…
Sales rose Wednesday at Keeneland’s September yearling sale, with figures topping the same session from last year but trailing the overall numbers of 2006. A total of 286 horses were sold through the day for $14,670,600, up from last year’s $12,112,700 for 293 horses. The average was $51,296, 24.1 percent higher than the $41,340 average last year, and the median of $42,000 was 40 percent more than…
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive the No. 88 car for Hendrick Motorsports in the 2008 Sprint Cup Series, the NASCAR team announced Wednesday.
Ashley Force has been named the winner of the first annual “Hottest Athlete” poll on AOL Sports.
Barry Bonds said the man who bought his 756th home run ball and announced plans to let the public decide its fate is an “idiot.” Fashion designer Marc Ecko had the winning bid Saturday in the online auction for the ball that Bonds hit last month to break Hank Aaron’s record of 755 home runs. The final selling price was $752,467, well above most predictions.
The Philadelphia Phillies kept their rapid playoff charge going with a wild win on a long night. Pinch-hitter Rod Barajas singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the 14th inning, Jayson Werth added a two-run triple and Philadelphia beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Tuesday to move within 1 1/2 games of first-place New York in the NL East.
