Canucks' Luongo out with fractured rib

Vancouver's all-star goalie Roberto Luongo has a hairline fracture to a rib and won?t play again until at least next week. Luongo, who played hurt two full games after getting hit in the ribs by Toronto Maple Leaf Niklas Hagman?s shot on Saturday, said the pain reached a critical level during Tuesday?s 5-4 loss to Detroit

Aces put friendship aside as Series opens

They are friends from way back. So on April 16, when both were in town, CC Sabathia invited Cliff Lee to his home for dinner. Sabathia and Lee were teammates for five years in Cleveland. On Tuesday, the question was put to Lee: How do you think the folks in Cleveland will be feeling on Wednesday night?

Raptors Preview: Will Bosh stay or will he go?

Bruce Arthur: Somewhere up ahead, there is a fork in the road. We don?t know where either road leads after the crossroads are reached; we don?t know exactly what the road looks like between here and there. But we know that for the Toronto Raptors, the highway splits somewhere between here and the horizon

Leafs have a tougher test in Crawford's Stars

For one night, anyway, it appeared the Toronto Maple Leafs had it all figured out. After the longest, most dispiriting month to start a season in franchise history, a winning formula suddenly emerged on Monday at the Honda Center in Anaheim

Safina's back pain hands Serena year-end No. 1 ranking

Dinara Safina?s dream of becoming the first Russian to end the year as world No. 1 was left in tatters on Wednesday when her aching body finally gave out at the WTA Championships

NFL Rankings, Week 8: The all-fantasy bust edition

It's about that time of year. Fantasy football owners are beginning to pedal big names for whatever they can get in return

Goodell defends NFL policies on concussions in Congress

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell would not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league?s policies on concussions before Congress

Re-sale of Coyotes 'not imminent': NHL

While it expects to complete its purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes next week, the National Hockey League has not committed to a timeline of when it will flip the troubled franchise to another buyer, with the NHL deputy commissioner saying a re-sale is "not imminent"

Whan hired as new LPGA commissioner

The LPGA Tour picked Michael Whan as its new commissioner, turning to a former marketing executive in golf and hockey equipment to rebuild the tour's relationships with sponsors

Agassi admits taking crystal meth and lying to ATP

Eight times grand slam winner Andre Agassi has admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men?s governing body the ATP to escape a ban

Bobsled, skeleton World Cup teams unveiled

The Canadian World Cup teams in bobsled and skeleton were unveiled Wednesday morning in a ceremony at Calgary?s Old City Hall

Phelps leads US team into duel against Europe

Michael Phelps will lead the U.S. against a team of European swimmers at Duel in the Pool, likely the last major international meet for high-tech bodysuits