Former IOC vice president Dick Pound says the Tokyo Olympics could go ahead without fans. And he predicted the games will open on July 23 despite surging coronavirus cases in Japan and around the globe.

Bo Horvat scored the shootout winner and the Vancouver Canucks overcame Tyler Toffoli‘s hat trick to beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 on Wednesday night.

Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist, including the game-winning score early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild capped a successful season-opening road trip with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.

Leon Draisaitl broke a tie on a power play midway through the third period in the Edmonton Oilers‘ 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

Cricket Australia has run afoul of the country‘s prime minister for refusing to refer to the national holiday in the marketing of three matches on Jan. 26 after a recommendation from its Indigenous advisory committee.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott is stepping down at the end of June, ending an 11-year tenure in which the conference landed a transformational billion dollar television deal but struggled to keep up with some of its Power Five peers when it came to revenue and exposure.

Joel Embiid has been the early season MVP for the Sixers. At this rate, the All-Star center could be in contention for a bigger prize.

A Californialiberal activist,who wascharged with attempted murder after allegedly running over Trump supporters with her car last year, is facing new charges, the Orange County district attorney‘s office announced in a news release Wednesday.

Trae Young scored 38 points, John Collins had 31 and the Atlanta Hawks rallied to beat Jerami Grant and the Detroit Pistons 123-115 in overtime on Wednesday night.

President Biden laid out on Thursdaya strategy for addressing the coronavirus that included increasing funding and the number of federal employees deployed to meet an ambitious set of goals for countering the pandemic.

Baylor returned to its typical dominance against Oklahoma State.

In many ways,the newly inaugurated president‘sspeechwas onethat all Americanswhohavefeltdisillusioned by the political partisanshipofrecent years could bepleased to hear.

Josh Pastner wondered how his Georgia Tech team would respond after a 17-day layoff.

Nate Watson let himself down with his performance the first time Providence played Creighton this season.

Andrew Garcia scored 16 points, P.J. Horne amade a go-ahead layupwith 1.3 seconds left, and Georgia snapped a 14-game losing streak against Kentucky with a 63-62 victory on Wednesday night.

President Biden in a break with precedent fired the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, a Senate-confirmed position, on his first day in the White House.

Twin suicide bombings hit Iraq‘s capital Thursday killing at least six people and wounding at least 25 others, three police officials and State TV said.

When Joe Biden urged America to "stop the shouting, lower the temperature," the new president was returning to the raison d‘etre of his candidacy, that he would defuse the animosity

Security fencing placed around the U.S. Capitolin the wake of theriotous breachearlier this month began to slowly come down Wednesday evening.

Tom Hanks, who recovered from coronavirus last year, hosted the "Celebrating America" television special following the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Kansas City‘s hopes for a Super Bowl repeat hinge on getting past Cinderella Buffalo on Sunday night

"Let‘s Get Loud" singer Jennifer Lopez is receiving criticism for sneaking the iconic song into her performance at Joe Biden‘s presidential inauguration ceremony.