Lee in control as Phillies coast to Game 1 win

In the first World Series game at the new Yankee Stadium, an unwelcome guest named Cliff Lee burnished an improbable legend of his own. Lee pitched a very good team to a complete-game 6-1 victory before 50,207 subdued partisans

Raptors near perfect in debut win over Cavaliers

Ignited by as good of a shooting night as Andrea Bargnani has had professionally, the Raptors sent a second-straight loss to the LeBron and Shaq show, beating Cleveland 101-91. Bargnani led all scorers with 28 points

Success fleeting as Leafs lose in OT

Two days after the Toronto Maple Leafs picked up their first victory of the season on Monday, the team was unable to ride the momentum and start a winning streak. Led by Brad Richards, who had two goals, the Dallas Stars defeated the Leafs 4-3 in overtime

Crosby and Penguins prove too much for Canadiens

Sid the Kid had the fourth hat trick of his career while the Canadiens fired blanks and saw their winning streak end at four games as the Pittsburgh Penguins thumped the Montreal Canadiens 6-1

Avalanche storm back to beat Flames

Ably shrugging off a two-goal deficit, the visiting Colorado Avalanche used a fancy third-period goal by Wojtek Wolski to sneak away with a 3-2 triumph in National Hockey League action

Elliott backstops Senators to win over Panthers

Backup goaltender Brian Elliott made 26 saves in relief of Pascal Leclaire and the Senators beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Wednesday night.

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?

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

Disparaging remarks cost Argos head coach, player

The CFL announced on Wednesday it had fined Argonauts head coach Andrus $1,000 and Argos linebacker Zeke Moreno an undisclosed sum for ?publicly disparaging? game officials after Toronto?s 27-16 loss to Hamilton last Friday

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