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OTTAWA - The Senators' seven-game road trip will finish where it began 鈥� but hopefully with a different result.

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani umpire suspended for four years on corruption charges plans to appeal against the ban, a decision he described Sunday as "one-sided.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Bo Porter's big league managerial career is only 11 games old.

SEATTLE - Joe Saunders didn't think he was throwing that well when he took the mound Saturday night against Texas. Judging from the Rangers' offence, he had great stuff.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Open ice and scoring chances were awfully scarce in the final Freeway Faceoff of the regular season, with Los Angeles and Anaheim both thinking about their post-season position and concentrating on playoff-style hockey.

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PHOENIX - Ian Kennedy dodged trouble for a good portion of the evening. After he retired the first two batters in the sixth, he looked like he would keep the Arizona Diamondbacks within striking distance.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Josh Hamilton homering and Albert Pujols hitting a game-ending double. Just what the Los Angeles Angels needed to end a five-game losing streak.

Sports can鈥檛 take their Olympic status for granted, as wrestling, baseball and softball can attest. On the winter side, women鈥檚 ice hockey was put on notice by the IOC at Vancouver 2010.

EDMONTON - Revenge was sweet for the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Sven Baertschi had a goal and an assist as the Flames put another crimp in the diminishing playoff plans of the rival Edmonton Oilers, coming away with a 4-1 victory.