Shane O'Brien

The Sports Xchange By Jonathan Dalton, The Sports Xchange Avalanche 5, Coyotes 4 (SO) GLENDALE, Ariz. -- P.A. Parenteau scored in regulation and again in the shootout to help lift the Colorado Avalanche past the Phoenix Coyotes 5-4 on Friday night....

The Sports Xchange By Jonathan Dalton, The Sports Xchange Avalanche get past Coyotes in shootout GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Despite all signs pointing the other direction, Matt Duchene knew the Colorado Avalanche would get a shootout victory on Friday night....

TV SPORTS TUESDAY Cycling-Tour de France, stage 10, 7 a.m. (VERSUS) Major League Baseball-All-Star Game at Phoenix, Ariz., 7 p.m. (FOX) TODAY AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys vs. Mitchell (2:30 p.m.) and Brandon Valley (5 p.m.) at...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Auto Racing-NASCAR Sprint Cup, Good Sam RV Insurance 500 pole qualifying, 9:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Drag Racing, NHRA Northwest Nationals qualifying, same-day tape, 5 p.m. (ESPN2); Indy Racing League, IndyCar Honda Indy 200 pole...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 6 p.m. (ESPN, FXSP). TODAY AMATEUR BASEBALL Class B Tournament at Mitchell Crofton, Neb., vs. Winner-Colome, 6 p.m. Alexandria vs. Redfield Dairy Queen, 8 p.m. SWIMMING...

It wasn't too hard to find Kevin Connolly among a handful of NHL players at Sutra in Costa Mesa Saturday night. He was the shortest, but he was also the most prominent celebrity during a charity benefit for Talk About Curing Autism. The actor, best known...

Ryan Getzlaf chuckles when he reveals where he keeps his gold medal. "In the drawer of my nightstand," said Getzlaf, the Anaheim Ducks captain who was on Canada's gold-medal winning team at least year's Winter Olympics. "I want to put it in a case. I...