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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Doctors are optimistic that New York Rangers defenceman Marc Staal will recover fully after being struck in the eye by a deflected puck.

I'll admit that watching baseball late at night from Taiwan interested me, if only for an inning or so.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Alex Gordon insists his swing doesn't feel comfortable yet. Hard to take him seriously after Wednesday.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - Jason Giambi thought he would be a manager this season. Instead, he's still playing.

The various winter sport world championships are going to give a pretty good idea of where sa国际传媒's Paralympics team is as it prepares for the Sochi Games in exactly one year, says chef de mission Ozzie Sawicki.

Rachel Homan wasn't intimidated by big names like Nedohin, Jones, Scott and Arsenault at the recent Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The young Ottawa skip beat them all en route to her first Canadian women's curling title.

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Puerto Rico is trying to return to baseball prominence. With the World Baseball Classic about to begin, the Puerto Ricans appear to have their hitting in gear.

PHILADELPHIA - If the Chicago Blackhawks stumble on their way to an NHL record for points in consecutive games, Bobby Clarke won't be popping champagne. And if they break the mark of Clarke's 1979-80 Flyers, he won't mope.

EDMONTON - Pre-game routines at the Canadian men's curling championship now resemble a yoga class. There's less standing around leaning on brooms these days and more contorting on the carpet surrounding the ice at Rexall Place.

TORONTO - They're the defending champions with Olympic gold medallists behind the bench and on the ice, yet the Calgary Dinos head into the CIS women's hockey championship flying somewhat under the radar.