London, England (SportsNetwork.com) – Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis left the club on Thursday by mutual consent in a surprising move on the eve of the new Premier League season. Pulis was quickly embraced by Palace fans last season when he took over in the middle of the campaign and …

Detroit, MI – Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) – Tomas Tatar scored in the third round of the shootout to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. Tatar faked from the backhand to his forehand before lifting the puck high over Viktor Fasth. Jimmy Howard …

(SportsNetwork.com) – Madison Bumgarner tries to pitch the San Francisco Giants into the World Series for the third time in five years on Thursday, as they attempt to finish off the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series at AT&T Park. Bumgarner has followed up …

SAO PAULO – Sepp Blatter has told CONCACAF football leaders that his desire to be FIFA president “burns stronger than ever.” The FIFA leader says “I am at your disposal” to be a candidate in an election next May. Blatter has been asking FIFA members in a tour of six …

TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed goaltender Ben Bishop to a two-year contract extension. The team announced the signing Saturday. Bishop, a Vezina Trophy finalist last season, went 37-14-7 with a 2.23 goals-against-average in 63 games. He set team records for single-season wins and goals-against average. Bishop …

Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) – Chris Davis hit the go-ahead two-run homer and Bud Norris pitched into the seventh, as Baltimore edged Toronto, 3-2, in Saturday’s second test of a four-game series. Nick Hundley knocked in the other run and Manny Machado added two hits for the Orioles, who have won …

Milwaukee, WI (SportsNetwork.com) – Rickie Weeks’ RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in the deciding run in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees, spoiling CC Sabathia’s return to Miller Park. Weeks’ two-out hit off Alfredo Aceves (0-1) brought home Jonathan Lucroy, one …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bobcats coach Steve Clifford says Al Jefferson’s left foot remains in a walking boot and the team’s star center is “day-to-day” for Wednesday night’s playoff game against the Miami Heat. Jefferson received treatment Monday and didn’t participate in a light workout. Clifford says “he has a lot …

Two airliners landed at Washington Reagan National early Tuesday morning after they couldn’t get any response from the airport tower. Allegedly, the controller was asleep on the job. But the real story goes a lot deeper. What the nation witnessed was yet another warning that the management of nation’s entire …

The twenty-second anniversary of the start of the Beijing Spring protests arrived this month on April 16. Twenty-two years ago, in the Chinese capital, in Shanghai, and about 370 other cities, Chinese citizens poured into the streets to mourn the death of reformist leader Hu Yaobang and plead with Chinese …