Marleau leads Sharks to third straight win

Patrick Marleau had a goal and two assists for the San Jose Sharks, who stretched their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. Marleau's 42nd goal gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead with 10:31 left in the second. Joe Pavelski scored two minutes later, and Ryan Clowe added an empty-netter to make it 4-2

St-Pierre successfully defends welterweight title

Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Georges St-Pierre refused to let history repeat itself on Saturday night at UFC 111

Leafs overcome early scare to down Rangers

If anything, this is good practice. For the eighth time this month, the Toronto Maple Leafs required extra time to decide a game. And once again, the team showed it has no problems handling the pressure. Toronto erased a 2-0 first period deficit by defeating the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime on Saturday. Nikolai Kulemin scored the game-winner

Jones loses shot at world curling title

Canada?s Jennifer Jones is in a sudden-death battle for a medal after a 10-4 eight-end loss to Scotland?s Eve Muirhead in the semi-final

West Virginia stuns top-seeded Kentucky

Joe Mazzulla scored a career-high 17 points in his first start of the season to help West Virginia beat No. 1 Kentucky 73-66 in the East Regional final Saturday to advance to its first Final Four since 1959

Devils clinch playoff spot with victory over Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin is fond of saying that goaltending and special teams are the keys to success. That was the case Saturday night at the Bell Centre, but it was the New Jersey Devils who had the edge in both categories

Els takes a one-shot lead at Bay Hill

Ernie Els finished with two tough pars Saturday at Bay Hill, enough to go from a two-shot deficit to a one-shot lead over Ben Curtis going into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational

Vettel, Webber on front row at Australian GP

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has taken his second straight pole of the Formula One season, besting teammate and local hope Mark Webber in qualifying

Huskies to play Bears in CIS hockey final

The Saint Mary?s Huskies will play for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men?s hockey title on Sunday. The Huskies advanced easily to the final with a 5-0 pasting of Manitoba on Saturday afternoon, and will have to beat the nation?s top-ranked team on Sunday

Toronto FC drops season-opener to Columbus

Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored one goal and assisted on another to lead the Columbus Crew to a 2-0 win over Toronto FC on Saturday in the MLS season opener for both teams

Jays beat up on Pittsburgh's McCutchen

Daniel McCutchen was hit hard in his first start since being named the Pirates' No. 5 starter, and Pittsburgh lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 11-2 on Saturday

Asada edges rival Kim for gold at figure skating worlds

Mao Asada beat Olympic champion Kim Yu-na to win her second title at the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday.The rivalry between the 19-year-olds had gone quiet recently as Kim dominated the last two seasons, losing just one competition. That was to Asada