Hockey broadcaster Dave Strader dies of cancer at 62

FRISCO, Texas (AP) -- Hockey broadcaster Dave Strader has died after battling bile duct cancer for more than a year. He was 62....

from AP Top Sports News at 10:39 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2yPHEZf

Barcelona game to be played without fans amid Catalonia vote

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Barcelona's Spanish league game against Las Palmas will be played without fans at the Camp Nou Stadium amid the controversial referendum on Catalonia's independence on Sunday....

from AP Top Sports News at 10:17 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2xTocwL

Saints kneel before, not during, anthem as NFL Week 4 begins

New Orleans Saints players, coaches and staff knelt before the start of the national anthem but stood in unison once it began ahead of their game against the Miami Dolphins at London's Wembley Stadium on Sunday....

from AP Top Sports News at 10:01 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2fAs7UO

Dolphins' Maxwell inactive vs. Saints; Tankersley to start

LONDON (AP) -- Cornerback Byron Maxwell is inactive for the Miami Dolphins' game against the New Orleans Saints at Wembley Stadium on Sunday after injuring a hamstring in the team's walk-through the day before....

from AP Top Sports News at 9:13 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2fAOnOl

Anthem has been a channel for protests since song's origins

DETROIT (AP) -- When football players kneel during the national anthem, Mark Clague sees the continuation of a tradition as old as the song itself....

from AP Top Sports News at 8:18 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2xSVLyH

Altidore, Yedlin, Cameron on US roster; Johnson dropped

CHICAGO (AP) -- Jozy Altidore, DeAndre Yedlin and Geoff Cameron returned from injuries and are on the U.S. roster for crucial World Cup qualifiers against Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago....

from AP Top Sports News at 8:04 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2fzKjO4

O.J. Simpson out of prison after 9 years for armed robbery

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist in Las Vegas that brought the conviction and prison time he avoided in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend after his 1995 acquittal in the "trial of the century" in Los Angeles....

from AP Top Sports News at 7:50 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2wrGrWt