Sunday, May 19, 2013
 
 

(Reuters) - Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal will not require surgery to repair knee ligament damage sustained while playing for Canada at the ice hockey world championships, the National Hockey League team said on Saturday.

Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford said on the team's website that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test revealed a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament and rehabilitation should last three months.

It is expected Staal will be healthy an
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(Reuters) - Sweden's Alexander Edler was suspended for the rest of the ice hockey world championships on Friday for a knee-on-knee hit that injured Canada captain Eric Staal.

Edler collided with Staal in the first period of Thursday's quarter-final in Stockholm, leaving the Canadia...
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By Andrea Burzynski

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, is also the capital of sloth, according to Men's Health magazine which ranked the Southern metropolis as the least active city in the United States.

It was last on the list of 100 cities...
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By Larry Fine

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Playing with controlled aggression, Tiger Woods gave notice at the Players Championship that he stands poised to reassert his dominance once again on the world of golf.

After an uncharacteristic wobble with a double...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Carrie Underwood will sing the opening theme to NBC's Sunday Night Football program, one of the United States' most-watched TV shows, when the new season kicks off in September, the network said on Tuesday.

Grammy-winner Underwood will take ...
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(Reuters) - Ron Rolston was appointed head coach of the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, having filled the role on an interim basis after long-time coach Lindy Ruff was fired in February.

Previously in charge of Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, Rolston bec...
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(Reuters) - Switzerland took another big scalp at the ice hockey world championships on Sunday, beating Canada 3-2 after a penalty shootout in Stockholm.

Goalkeeper Martin Gerber displayed nerves of steel in front of the Swiss net and Reto Suri converted twice in the shootout for Switzerla...
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