Organizers can't wait for first Canadian gold
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Just like most of the entire country, Vancouver organizers are waiting for the moment when Canada finally wins its first Olympic gold medal on home soil.

NEW ORLEANS -- People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Just like most of the entire country, Vancouver organizers are waiting for the moment when Canada finally wins its first Olympic gold medal on home soil.
CANTON, Mass. -- Brendan Burke, the son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke and an advocate for gay rights, has been remembered at a funeral Mass.
BOSTON - Barry Almeida scored to give Boston College a three-goal, third-period lead and the Eagles held off a late charge from Boston University to win 4-3 and claim the 58th Beanpot championship Monday night.
MILFORD, Mass. -- Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis shook off the tongue lashing from his coach, Doc Rivers, and put on a smile Monday night at the new Ira Toyota in Milford.
What Sven Kramer wants, Sven Kramer gets. What the Dutch speedskater wants is an Olympic gold medal.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tennessee safety Eric Berry has a lofty new tradition to uphold as the winner of the Jim Thorpe Award.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Wearing Mardi Gras beads and clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- As Olympians arrive by the day, the Winter Games seem to be missing something. Namely, winter.
MISSISSIPPI -- Phillips received therapy at the same Mississippi clinic where Tiger Woods was said to have been treated for his sex addiction.
BOSTON -- Tyler McNeely scored twice and Chris Rawlings stopped 27 shots to lead Northeastern to a 4-1 victory over Harvard in the Beanpot consolation game Monday night.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Former NFL star Warren Sapp was released from jail Sunday on $1,500 bond, a day after being arrested for allegedly choking a woman in his hotel room.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- If the United States Olympic moguls team is worried about the conditions at Cypress Mountain, it doesn't show.
MIAMI -- Blocked onto his butt, Peyton Manning could only watch his last, best chance to win the Super Bowl go running right past him.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Manuel Osborne-Paradis isn't shying away from the attention and high expectations of an entire nation as the Canadian Alpine ski team prepares for the Vancouver Games.
MIAMI -- Sean Payton strolled through the New Orleans Saints locker room at halftime, pausing at Thomas Morstead's locker with a simple message.
MIAMI -- The can't-miss Colts got it all wrong in the Super Bowl.
MIAMI -- Peyton Manning? Intercepted. Brett Favre, too.
BOSTON -- Vince Carter led a 19-0 surge in the third quarter and finished with 20 points as the Orlando Magic beat Boston 96-89 on Sunday, moving ahead of the Celtics and into second place in the Eastern Conference.
MONTREAL -- Tuukka Rask made 36 saves for his third shutout, Marco Sturm scored twice and the Boston Bruins ended a 10-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.