DENVER (AP) — Joe Pavelski had two goals and two assists, Jake Oettinger made 46 saves and the Dallas Stars ended Colorado’s 19-game point streak by beating the Avalanche 4-1. The Avalanche hadn’t lost in regulation since Dec. 16, when the Predators beat them 5-2 in Nashville. It was Colorado’s first defeat at home in
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Mikaela Shiffrin was upbeat after her final downhill training run before the women’s combined competition.
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U.S. skeleton racer Andrew Blaser explains on The Podium why equipment choice is more than just choosing uniforms.
Continue ReadingBy Swati Gupta and Rhea Mogul, CNN Indian singer and composer, Bappi Lahiri, who lent his talent to Indian cinema for nearly 50 years, died late Tuesday in Mumbai, according to a statement from his doctor. He was 69. “Bappi Lahiri was suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and recurrent chest infection,” Dr. Deepak Namjoshi
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN, CANDICE CHOI and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Avocado ice cream and boiling hot pots are some of the best foods athletes say they’ve eaten at the Beijing Olympics. Some were also eyeing the KFC, but holding off until after competition to indulge. The food options for athletes are limited
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN, CANDICE CHOI and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Avocado ice cream and boiling hot pots are some of the best foods athletes say they’ve eaten at the Beijing Olympics. Some were also eyeing the KFC, but holding off until after competition to indulge. The food options for athletes are limited
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A new study by Oregon State University scientists outlines a key advance in turning apple waste into an environmentally friendly packaging material that could serve as an alternative to plastic.
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Americans Alex Hall and Nick Goepper scored 90.01 and 86.48 on their respective first and second runs to claim men’s freeski slopestyle gold and silver, while Sweden’s Jesper Tjader put down an 85.35 on Run 1 for bronze.
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two death row inmates in Singapore have lost another appeal against their pending execution on the grounds they were mentally disabled, but their family filed a fresh legal bid to save them. A lawyer says Singapore’s High Court rejected an application to review the executions that had been scheduled for
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored in his debut with Calgary, and the Flames won their season-high seventh straight game, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2. Erik Gudbranson, Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk, Dillon Dube, and Adam Ruzicka also scored for Calgary (27-13-6), which moved past Vegas into first place in the Pacific Division, one
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The dominance of Russian women in Olympic figure skating has less to do with performance-enhancing drugs and more to do with something much simpler: math. Their coterie of teenage wunderkinds are able to pu ll of jumps nobody else can do. That gives them an unassailable
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco residents have recalled three members of the city’s school board for what critics called misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic. Tallies from the San Francisco Department of Elections show that voters overwhelmingly approved the recall Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has celebrated the 80th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il with a concert, fireworks and a rare outdoor ceremony near its border with China. It’s pushing for greater public support amid pandemic-related hardships. State media say Kim’s son and current leader Kim
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Qué podría complementar mejor la progresiva flexibilización de las normas europeas contra la pandemia? Una floreciente red ferroviaria internacional para 2022. Los trenes nocturnos del continente han pasado de estar al borde de la extinción a un resurgimiento en toda Europa, encabezado por la compañía austriaca ÖBB, con la aparición de
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Research led by Oregon State University shows that wildfires are more likely to burn their way into national forests than out of them.
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — She has raced on at least 15 different bobsled tracks in 11 countries. She’s had no fewer than 41 different teammates in her sleds. She possesses more Olympic medals than any bobsledder in U.S. history and has a chance at one more this weekend. She has
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG and SAM McNEIL Associated Press GARZE COUNTY, China (AP) — Ahead of the Beijing summer Olympics 14 years ago, Tibet was on fire. Deadly clashes between Tibetans and security forces in Lhasa made global headlines, and for weeks, monks and herders battled bullets and batons. Today, Tibet has fallen silent, even as
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG and SAM McNEIL Associated Press GARZE COUNTY, China (AP) — Ahead of the Beijing summer Olympics 14 years ago, Tibet was on fire. Deadly clashes between Tibetans and security forces in Lhasa made global headlines, and for weeks, monks and herders battled bullets and batons. But today, Tibet has fallen silent, even
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG and SAM McNEIL Associated Press GARZE COUNTY, China (AP) — Ahead of the Beijing summer Olympics 14 years ago, Tibet was on fire. Deadly clashes between Tibetans and security forces in Lhasa made global headlines, and for weeks, monks and herders battled bullets and batons. But today, Tibet has fallen silent, even
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO — DJ Davis had 14 points off the bench to lead UC Irvine to a 56-50 win over UC San Diego. Toni Rocak led the Tritons with 20 points and seven rebounds.
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