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Blackhawks look to rediscover offense for critical Game Four

BOSTON (Reuters) - Jonathan Toews's scoring touch has disappeared, Marian Hossa is out with injury and the Chicago Blackhawks powerplay has short-circuited.

Kings sign Russian Voynov to six-year contract

(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Kings rewarded Slava Voynov with a six-year contract after the Russian defenseman led the team in points during the playoffs, the team said on Tuesday.

Blake out of Jamaican champs, to run just 100m at worlds

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Olympic double sprint silver medalist Yohan Blake will only run in the 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow after he withdrew from this weekend's Jamaican national championships, his manager said on Tuesday.

'Yuna Kids' aim to continue Korean star's legacy

SEOUL (Reuters) - Life as one of the 'Yuna Kids' demands sacrifices few 16-year-olds are willing to make, but for budding South Korean starlets Kim Jin-seo and Kim Hae-jin the chance to learn from the "mother of figure skating" is worth every second of a childhood spent on skates.

San Antonio lead Miami by six points at halftime in Game Six

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tim Duncan scored 25 points as the San Antonio Spurs snatched a 50-44 halftime lead over the Miami Heat in Tuesday's Game Six of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals.

Massachusetts police search NFL player's home in homicide probe: report

(Reuters) - Massachusetts State Police searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday as part of a probe into a suspected homicide, according to ABC News.

California city wants team, sues Major League Baseball

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Weeks after a fight over the Sacramento Kings basketball team ended with promises of a new arena and a decision to stay in town, a tussle over another ball club is roiling professional sports in California - this time involving baseball.

Quick visit to mum puts Li Na right

EASTBOURNE, England (Reuters) - Who can a woman turn to when everything falls apart? Her mother, of course - even if, in Li Na's case, it necessitated a 12-hour flight from Paris to China after her early exit from the French Open.

Former NBA player's son seen as slam dunk for big NHL career

BOSTON (Reuters) - Given the genes and sporting pedigree it is not unusual that Seth Jones, son of former NBA journeyman Ronald 'Popeye' Jones, would one day follow in his father's athletic footsteps.

Sunny Jamaica cast into shadow after new drugs bust

LONDON (Reuters) - Jamaica, sunlit home of the world's finest sprinters, was cast into shadow on Tuesday after confirmation that the Caribbean island's most successful female sprinter has failed a drugs test.