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Bruins shut out Flyers 3-0

BOSTON (AP) ― It took the Boston Bruins just over 2 minutes to turn a scoreless tie into a 3-0 lead.The first-period scoring outburst was more than enough offense for the Bruins in a 3-0 shutout over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.Boston played one of its best defensive games of the season, limiting Philadelphia to 23 shots as Tuukka Rask picked up his 13th career shutout despite not seeing the puck during several long stretches as his teammates controlled play at the other end of

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Knicks rout Jazz

NEW YORK (AP) ― J.R. Smith scored 24 points and the New York Knicks shook off the absence of Carmelo Anthony and the shock of Amare Stoudemire needing more knee surgery to rout the slumping Utah Jazz 113-84 on Saturday night.The Knicks learned earlier Saturday that Stoudemire will have right knee surgery that will sideline him approximately six weeks. But they still have plenty of scoring off the bench, with Steve Novak adding a season-high 20 points.Alec Burks scored 14 points and Gordon Haywar

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Nadal, Federer win at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, California (AP) ― Rafael Nadal, playing on a hard court for the first time in almost a year, defeated Ryan Harrison 7-6 (3), 6-2 in a second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday.Nadal, a two-time champion at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, had missed seven months because of a left knee injury and hadn’t played on a hard court since March 29, 2012.The Spanish star returned to the ATP Tour a month ago and played three tournaments on clay, winning two of those and saying hi

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Tevez leads City into semis

LONDON (AP) ― Carlos Tevez put Manchester City on the road to Wembley with an FA Cup hat trick on Saturday, two days after being arrested for a driving offense.The Argentine forward also played a part in goals by Aleksandar Kolarov and David Silva as City routed Barnsley 5-0 to reach the semifinals.Tevez’s goals came while he is out on bail after being arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended license.“It is his problem ― not ours,” City manager Roberto Mancini said before quipping, “If i

SoccerMarch 10, 2013

Woods stretches lead on Blue Monster

DORAL, Florida (AP) ― Tiger Woods hit a tee shot that got stuck in a palm tree. That’s about the only thing that didn’t fall his way Saturday in the Cadillac Championship.Woods made seven more birdies on the Blue Monster at Doral, the last one from 15 feet on the 18th hole that gave him a 5-under 67 and a four-shot lead over Graeme McDowell heading into the final round.Woods has made 24 birdies and taken only 74 putts through three rounds, both personal bests in his PGA Tour career.It put him in

GolfMarch 10, 2013

Korea adds silver at short track world championships

South Korea picked up a silver medal on the second day of the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on Saturday.Park Seung-hi took second place in the women’s 500 meters at 43.852 seconds. Wang Meng of China finished first at 43.718 seconds. Another Chinese, Fan Kexin, claimed the bronze at 44.202 seconds.Park had won the gold in the women’s 1,500m on Friday, as one of four South Korean medalists that day.She was the only South Korean to reach the podium on Saturday

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Korea adds silver at short track world championships

Kim Yu-na wants to stay composed ahead of world championships

Ahead of her first world championships in two years, South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na said Sunday she wants to stay calm and relaxed before the biggest event of the season.Kim departed for Canada on Sunday ahead of the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships. The 22-year-old will chase her second world title in London, Ontario. The ladies’ short program is scheduled for Thursday and free skating will be held on Saturday, all local time.At her last world championships in Moscow in 2011,

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Kim Yu-na wants to stay composed ahead of world championships

Young women golfers should first take it easy

MISSION HILLS HAIKOU, CHINA -- Korean World No. 4 Park In-bee suggested young women and girls thinking about playing professional golf should first take it easy and enjoy golf as a game.“They should just enjoy themselves first. If they try too hard then they will burn themselves out too early,” she said during a one-on-one interview with The Korea Herald on the sidelines of the World Ladies Championship, Thursday. “I really want to tell them to take it easy and try to enjoy the game, especially

GolfMarch 9, 2013

Young women golfers should first take it easy

S. Korea picks up four medals on first day of short track championships

South Korea earned four medals, including two titles, on the opening day of the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on Friday.Park Seung-hi and Shim Suk-hee swept up gold and silver medals in the women's 1,500 meters, the first race of the day. Then in the men's 1,500ｍ, Sin Da-woon and Kim Yun-jae also went first and second. In the women's race, Park came in at 2:23.634, with Shim just behind at 2:23.755. Shim took the lead midway through the race, but Park charge

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Rivera plans to retire after 2013

The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career.The New York Yankees reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after this season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because there was no official statement. A news conference was called for Saturday at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Florida.The 43-year-old closer is Major League Baseball's saves leader with 608.

BaseballMarch 8, 2013

Tiger tied at top as McIlroy struggles

DORAL, Florida (AP) ― Tiger Woods was on his game, and so were most of the world best golfers Thursday in the Cadillac Championship.Except for the world’s No. 1 player.Woods made nine birdies on the Blue Monster at Doral for a 6-under 66 that put him in a five-way share of the lead with Masters champion Bubba Watson, former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, Sergio Garcia and Freddie Jacobson.This World Golf Championship lived up to its name with Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan

GolfMarch 8, 2013

Kim Yu-na to depart for worlds

South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na will depart for Canada on Sunday ahead of the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships, for her first appearance at the annual event in two years.Kim, 22, will chase her second world title in London, Ontario.The ladies’ short program is scheduled for next Thursday and free skating will be held next Saturday.At her last world championships in Moscow in 2011, Kim finished in second place, behind Miki Ando of Japan. The 2010 Olympic gold medalist then sat

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Korea earns another win in bobsled

South Korean bobsledders Won Yun-jong and Jun Jung-lin claimed their second international victory in two days on Friday.At the Lake Placid America’s Cup event in New York, Won and Jun finished first in the two-race final at the two-man bobsled race with a time of 1:53.65. They beat out the U.S. duo of Codie Bascue and Michael McCarty, who came in second with 1:54.36.A day earlier, Won and Jun ranked first with 1:53.91. They were the fastest tandem in all four races held in the past two days.Befo

GolfMarch 8, 2013

Park In-bee strikes back on Day 2

MISSION HILLS HAIKOU, CHINA ― World No. 4 Park In-bee came back strong to a commanding Day 2 finish carding a flurry of birdies at the secondWorld Ladies Championship at Mission Hills Haikou resort in Hainan,southern China.Park bagged birdies on the second, third, sixth, eighth, 14th, 15th and 18th. She completed the second day 7-under-par, 11-under in the first two days with 133 points putting her in a commanding pole position.Meanwhile in the Team Strokeplay Competition running simultaneously,

GolfMarch 8, 2013

KBL to play out season despite scandal

The nation’s top men’s professional basketball league will play out the season despite the cloud of a match-fixing scandal involving an active coach, the league’s commissioner said Friday.Han Sun-kyo, head of the Korean Basketball League, convened an emergency board meeting Friday to discuss fallouts from the match-fixing allegations surrounding Kang Dong-hee, head coach of the Dongbu Promy.Hours after the KBL meeting, prosecutors filed for an arrest warrant for Kang, who allegedly took cash fro

BaseballMarch 8, 2013

Lawyer: Teen's dad is Jordan, not woman's ex

A lawyer for a woman who says Michael Jordan fathered her teenage son is attacking the basketball hall of famer's allegation that her ex-husband has been established as boy's dad.Pamela Smith last month sued Jordan and asked that he take a paternity test and pay child support. Jordan has said he's not the father and filed motion to have her lawsuit dismissed.A lawyer for Jordan said in a court filing last week that Smith's divorce filings established her ex-husband as the teen's father. The resp

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Prosecutors to seek arrest warrant for coach Kang

Prosecutors investigating a match-fixing scandal in professional basketball said Thursday they plan to seek an arrest warrant for an active head coach for his role in rigging games.Prosecutors in Euijeongbu, north of Seoul, said they have confirmed star coach Kang Dong-hee's involvement in match fixing and can file for a warrant later Thursday.According to prosecutors, Kang allegedly took cash from two gambling brokers on four occasions during the playoffs in the Korean Basketball League (KBL) i

SoccerMarch 7, 2013

Chung vows a better future

Chung Mong-gyu, a business executive and a former head of the country’s top pro football league, was inaugurated Thursday as the chief of the national football governing body, vowing to create a better and brighter future for new generations in the sport.Chung was elected as the head of the Korea Football Association in January. The chief executive of the construction firm Hyundai Development Co. had previously been the commissioner of the K League, which governs professional football in the cou

SoccerMarch 7, 2013

Shin Ji-yai sets sights on top player award

GOYANG (Yonhap News) ― After starting her 2013 LPGA Tour season with a victory, South Korean star Shin Ji-yai said Thursday her goal this year is to become the first golfer from her country to win the season-ending Player of the Year award.The 24-year-old claimed the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, the first tournament of 2013, in Canberra last month. She won twice last year, including her second career major at the Women’s British Open, and is currently ranked sixth in the world.“There are

GolfMarch 7, 2013

Shin Ji-yai sets sights on top player award

Euro Tour event in Korea to bring together ex-major champs

The Ballantine’s Championship, the only European Tour golf tournament held in South Korea each year, will bring three major champions to the field this spring, organizers said Thursday.Organizers said world No. 6 Louis Oosthuizen will tee off at Blackstone Golf Club in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, from April 25-28. Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open Championship winner from South Africa, is currently the highest-ranked player to have committed to the tournament. Zach Johnson of the U.S., who won the 2007 M

GolfMarch 7, 2013