When the National Hockey League (NHL) formed in 1917, the game was dominated by Canadians and they were the greatest players in the world. NHL'ers hailed from the Canadian Prairies, Quebec and Ontario, and most of the franchises were housed in...

The National Hockey League (NHL) (French: Ligue nationale de hockey (LNH)) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is the premier professional ice hockey league in the world,[1] and one of the North American major...

The New Jersey Devils kept a major piece of their defense together, signing Paul Martin to a three-year, $11.5 million contract on Thursday.Martin will earn $3 million this season, $4 million in 2008 and $4.5 million in 2009."Paul Martin is an all-situations type of defenseman,...

Some of the consultants who helped elect Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Michael Bloomberg are now on opposite sides of a law suit. The firm of Penn Schoen & Berland is suing one of its former partners, Michael Berland, for allegedly violating a no-competition agreement...

William Wirtz, the longtime owner of the Chicago Blackhawks notorious for driving a hard bargain, died Wednesday at age 77.In an announcement on the team Web site, the Blackhawks said Wirtz died at Evanston Hospital after battling cancer.The family, led by Arthur Wirtz, purchased the...

WASHINGTON NATIONALS_Assigned INF D'Angelo Jimenez outright to Columbus (IL).American AssociationEL PASO DIABLOS_Released LHP Chris Trevino, INF Josh Sanchez and RHP Justin Abbott.PENSACOLA PELICANS_Released RHP Nick Maness and RHP Sam Smith.SHREVEPORT SPORTS_Agreed to terms with INF Ryan Hamilton and RHP Derek Cunningham.ST. JOE BLACKSNAKES_Agreed to terms...