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- Flyers' Shelley hit with 10-game suspension
- Philadelphia Flyers forward Jody Shelley has been suspended for five pre-season games, plus an additional five regular-season contests on Thursday for his hit on Toronto's Darryl Boyce.
- Banana thrown at Flyers' Simmonds in pre-season game
- Philadelphia Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds says he has experienced racism throughout his life and hopes what happened during a shootout loss against the Detroit Red Wings Thursday night wasn't another example of it.
- NHL to announce Rangers-Flyers Winter Classic
- The NHL is ready to formally announce that the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers will take part in this season's Winter Classic.
- Flames forward suspended 5 games
- Brendan Shanahan handed out his first suspension as the NHL's new discipline czar, suspending Calgary forward Pierre Letourneau-Leblond for five games for an incident in Tuesday's game against Vancouver.
- Nolan impresses in Canucks' win over Oilers
- Veteran Owen Nolan started the scoring before Mike Duco scored the winner on a second-period short-handed goal as a relatively no-name Canucks squad showed up a largely veteran Edmonton Oilers team 2-1 in NHL exhibition play.
- Als look to keep it clean vs. Eskimos
- Coach Marc Trestman is calling on the Montreal Alouettes to clean up their act on the football field.
- Eagles' QB Vick back at practice
- Eagles quarterback Michael Vick returned to practice Thursday, just four days after he suffered a concussion against the Falcons in Atlanta.
- Injured Romo returns to Cowboys practice
- Tony Romo is back at practice with the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, his first since he cracked a rib and tore his lung during a comeback win at San Francisco.
- Authorities track drugs to home of Bengals' WR
- For authorities tracking a marijuana shipment from California, the trail ended unexpectedly at the home of a Cincinnati Bengals player in suburban northern Kentucky where police say they found more drugs.
- 'Rocket' Ismail part of Argos folklore
- Raghib (Rocket) Ismail will forever be part of Grey Cup folklore. It was the former Notre Dame star's electrifying 87-yard kickoff return that anchored the Toronto Argonauts' 36-21 win over the Calgary Stampeders in the '91 title game.
- Yankees plan to kick Red Sox when they're down
- With their once-gaping wild-card lead down to two games, Boston tries once again to end their September struggles Friday night when they open a three-game set against the AL East champion New York Yankees.
- Jays deal walk-off blow to Angels in final home game
- Edwin Encarnacion led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a home run off reliever Garrett Richards as the Toronto Blue Jays ended their home schedule on Thursday with a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
- Rays smash Yankees, gain ground on Red Sox
- Matt Moore struck out 11 in five innings of his first major league start and the Tampa Bay Rays unloaded on the watered-down Yankees for a 15-8 victory Thursday, a night after New York clinched the AL East title.
- Marlins closer sent home to deal with ID issue
- Florida Marlins closer Leo Nunez has been playing under an assumed name, and the issue prompted him to return Thursday to his native Dominican Republic, two people familiar with his immigration status said.
- Cardinals' wild-card hopes hurt by loss to Mets
- The St. Louis Cardinals blew a four-run lead in the ninth inning and hurt their wild-card hopes when shortstop Rafael Furcal misplayed a potential double-play grounder, allowing the New York Mets to rally for an 8-6 win Thursday.
- Bryant offered $6.7M to play for Bologna
- Italian basketball team Virtus Bologna has offered Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant a €5 million ($6.7 million US), one-season contract during the NBA lockout.
- NBA to cancel training camps: report
- A person with knowledge of the plans says the NBA will cancel training camps and some pre-season games Friday after failing to reach a new labour deal with its players.
- NBA player Camby arrested for drug possession
- NBA veteran Marcus Camby is free on bond after police in suburban Houston arrested him on a charge of marijuana possession. Camby was in a Porsche pulled over Monday for what police called an equipment violation.
- Catchings named WNBA's Most Valuable Player
- Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever has been selected the WNBA's most valuable player for the first time.
- Shark fin trade fight backed by Yao Ming, Branson
- Former NBA star Yao Ming and British tycoon Richard Branson are backing the fight against eating shark fins, especially in China where consumption of the delicacy is soaring despite efforts to ban their use and trade.
- Pettersen pulls Europe even at Solheim Cup
- Suzann Pettersen sank an eight-foot putt on the final hole to pull Europe even at 2-2 against the United States in the opening session of the Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle in Dunsany, Ireland, on Friday.
- Injuries temper Wallabies romp at Rugby World Cup
- Australia sustained a grim injury toll but restored authority in its Rugby World Cup bid as it thumped the United States 67-5 on Friday, erasing the memory of an earlier loss to Ireland.
- Retired F1 driver Alesi to race in Indy 500
- Former Formula One driver Jean Alesi confirmed Friday that he intends to end a decade-long retirement from single-seater racing to compete in the Indy 500 next year.
- Ricci Bitti re-elected ITF president through 2015
- Francesco Ricci Bitti of Italy was re-elected as president of the International Tennis Federation through 2015 at a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday.
- Rogge welcomes AIBA investigation into corruption
- The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) said it will look into the allegations made by BBC TV's Newsnight on Thursday that $9 million from Azerbaijan was paid to World Series Boxing, a franchised league supported by AIBA.
