Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Smyth is out indefinitely after suffering a fractured thumb in Saturday night's 4-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Smyth played only two shifts in the first period before ...

With right-winger Nikolai Zherdev set to return, the Columbus Blue Jackets assigned centre Geoff Platt to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League on Sunday. Zherdev is expected to make his regular ...

Gary Agnew has been named interim head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets. He takes over from Gerard Gallant, who was fired Monday. Agnew was promoted from his role as ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets have fired coach Gerard Gallant. The team is expected to name his replacement on Tuesday. Gallant was named head coach of the Jackets on June 25, ...

Brian Rolston scored two goals and had an assist to help the Minnesota Wild remain unbeaten with a 5-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. Manny Fernandez had 24 saves ...

MILAN, Italy (AP) _ Ronaldo's thigh injury is more serious than first feared, and the AC Milan forward could be sidelined for another month. The Brazilian was hurt July 31 during summer training ...

Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Simmons will miss at least a month because of a stress reaction in his right heel, the team said Saturday. Simmons was injured at practice Monday. He averaged 13.4 ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have decided 18-year-old forward Jordan Staal deserves to be in the NHL. The Penguins aren't going to send the young centre back to the OHL's Peterborough Petes. ...

Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies was voted the National League's Most Valuable Player on Monday after leading the majors in home runs and RBIs, beating out the St. Louis ...