Staal scored a season-high three goals in his first game since becoming Carolina’s captain and the Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Thursday night for a rare road victory. ”It was kind of neat to start off this way,” Staal said. The …

NFL star Derrick Thomas was injured when the sport utility vehicle he was driving overturned on an icy road in Missouri … The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Atlanta Falcons 27-10 to win the NFC championship game; the New England Patriots won the …

Jan. 22, 2010 12:44 p.m. | Since the play’s 2005 world premiere, the buzz surrounding Adam Rapp’s “Red Light Winter” has concerned its full nudity and violent sex. But its core involves an old-fashioned love triangle, in which everyone loves someone …

Duncan had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and scored the last 11 points for the Spurs. But with San Antonio trailing by four with 37 seconds left, Richard Jefferson (notes) missed a running jumper that all but ended the rally. It was the first road win …