Devils' Lemaire retires after playoff shock

New Jersey Devils coach Jacques Lemaire has retired following his team?s first-round playoff elimination for the third straight year. Lemaire made the surprising announcement Monday, four days after the Devils were ousted by Philadelphia in five games. Lemaire says he doesn?t have the energy to coach anymore

Roethlisberger won?t appeal suspension

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says he won?t appeal his six-game suspension for violating the NFL?s personal conduct policy

Martin?s line juggling pays off for Montreal

Dave Stubbs: There are Ferraris in hockey: high-powered, nimble machines that accomplish their work efficiently and with a natural grace that?s quite beautiful to behold. Then there?s the Mack truck that is Montreal Canadiens forward Travis Moen ? the team's unlikely Game 5 goal-scoring hero

Theodore, Foster, Ortmeyer among Masterton finalists

Jose Theodore?s career has never been the same since he was the NHL?s most valuable player in 2002

Big-money contracts tie hands of Senators? Murray

Remember in the pre-lockout National Hockey League days, when Ottawa was abuzz about the great young core of the Senators? Those days are long gone

Patriots release linebacker Adalius Thomas

The New England Patriots have released linebacker Adalius Thomas, who signed as a high-profile free agent in 2007, but fell into disfavor with coach Bill Belichick last season

Late goal propels the Canucks into next round

On a night when the Vancouver Canucks couldn?t muster much of an attack for 40 minutes, they once again found a way to hang in like a boxer playing rope-a-dope before delivering a knockout punch against the Los Angeles Kings and clinch their Western Conference quarter-final. Daniel Sedin snapped a wrister into the Kings' net at 17:57 of the third to snap a 2-2 draw

Coyotes send series with Wings back to Phoenix

The Phoenix Coyotes scored their first three goals on special teams and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves in a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday to force Game 7. Phoenix will host the final game of the first-round series on Tuesday night. Lauri Korpikoski scored a short-handed goal 4:10 into the game to spark the win

Spurs push Dallas to the brink of elimination

Tim Duncan had a miserable 34th birthday and Manu Ginobili looked as bad at times as his bandaged-up nose. But George Hill scored 29 points and San Antonio beat the Mavs 92-89 on Sunday night to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round series.

Jazz take 3-1 lead on Denver with 117-106 win

The Utah Jazz slowed down the rest of the Denver Nuggets enough for the first three quarters that they could withstand Carmelo Anthony's surge in the fourth

Molina sets team record, but Jays can't find offence

Through four innings, Jose Molina erased Brandon Morrow?s every mistake. Finally, Morrow tempted fate once too often