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NHL playoffs: Fresh start for Canadiens tonight
The Montreal Canadiens didn't have 24 hours to bask in the glow of ousting the Washington Capitals, a team that was 33 points superior to Montreal during an obviously meaningless regular season.
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NBA: LeBron to be named MVP again
Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is set to be named the NBA's MVP for a second consecutive year.
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CFL: Argos remain coy about draft strategy
The Toronto Argonauts’ strategy for Sunday’s Canadian Football League draft remains a mystery as questions about what the team will do with the first overall pick have gone unanswered.
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CFL: 7 CIS players invited to NFL mini-camps
There could be some interesting developments at CFL draft on Sunday
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Soccer: Ribery won't face questioning until after World Cup
French star currently at the centre of an underage sex scandal
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NFL: Vikings' Favre needs surgery, talks of retirement
Veteran quarterback Brett Favre, who led the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC title game last season, said on Friday he would need surgery on his left ankle to play the coming season and had not ruled out retirement.
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Tennis: Djokovic succumbs to Verdasco again in fine tussle
Serb loses out to Spaniard for second time in two weeks at Rome Masters
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Kentucky Derby: Draws, wet weather open door for upset
Foul weather and perilous post positions for favourites Lookin At Lucky and Sidney's Candy have heightened the chances for a big-money upset at this weekend's Kentucky Derby.
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Golf: Van Pelt snatches early lead as Woods wobbles at Quail Hollow Championship
Tiger Woods struggled in his second comeback tournament on Thursday, limping to an opening two-over-par 74 at the Quail Hollow Championship.
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Soccer: Whitecaps fall to the Timber, losing 2-1 in Portland
League-leading scorer Ryan Pore ended the Vancouver Whitecaps undefeated season Thursday. Whitecaps head coach Teitur Thordarson wasn't pleased with the goal but liked his team's overall performance and felt the Caps deserved a better result.
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NHL playoffs: Pavelski scores twice as Sharks take opener over Detroit
Joe Pavelski scored a pair of goals, including the eventual game-winner early in the third period, as the top- seeded San Jose Sharks held off the fifth-seeded Detroit Red Wings, 4-3, in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series at the Shark Tank.
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NBA: Spurs finish off second-seeded Mavs in six games
Manu Ginobili scored 26 points and George Hill added 21, as the seventh-seeded San Antonio Spurs sealed their Western Conference quarterfinal series over the second-seeded Dallas Mavericks with a 97-87 Game 6 victory at AT&T; Center.
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AHL: Heat draw first blood against Bulldogs
The Abbotsford Heat are becoming the road warriors of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup playoffs.
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NASCAR’s Keselowski thankful after monoxide scare
Think again if you believe race car drivers aren’t athletes.
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MLB: Buck blasts three HRs as Jays snap skid
No one expected much offence from John Buck, but things were getting ridiculous.
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LPGA: Miyazato seizes lead, Ochoa in hunt in farewell event
Japan’s Ai Miyazato fired a first-round 63 Thursday to seize the spotlight at LPGA star Lorena Ochoa’s farewell event.
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Golf: Tiger Woods reportedly confessed to cheating with 120 women while married
Tiger Woods confessed to cheating with 120 women while married to his wife Elin Nordegren, the National Enquirer is reporting.
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NHL playoffs: Sidney Crosby’s successes magnify Alex Ovechkin’s failures
It isn’t easy to work up sympathy for a superstar with a $124-million contract, but did you not feel just a tinge of sympathy for Alex Ovechkin in the Washington Capitals’ historic Game 7 loss to the Montreal Canadiens?
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WHL: Vancouver Giants go local in league bantam draft
The Vancouver Giants stayed close to home for the majority of their picks in Thursday's annual WHL bantam draft in Edmonton.
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NHL playoffs: Blackhawks’ Dustin Byfuglien tries to get in Canuck Roberto Luongo's way, Patrick Kane tries to get inside goalie's head
CHICAGO — Blackhawks agitator Adam Burish said today there isn't one Canuck player he'd have a beer with. Just as well, because there isn't one Canuck player who'd offer him one. As the Blackhawks geared up for their National Hockey League playoff second-round opener Saturday against the Canucks, the theme in Chicago was similar to the one in Vancouver: disdain for the opponent.
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NHL notebook: Capitals owner Ted Leonsis credits Canadiens for series upset
Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis was gracious in defeat Thursday, a day after his Presidents’ Trophy-winning team was upset in the first round of the playoffs by the Montreal Canadiens.
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Boxing: World champion Amir Khan stranded in Vancouver
Amir Khan's U.S. debut has hit complications because he is stranded in Vancouver as he awaits the confirmation of a work visa.
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Videos: Blackhawks’ scoring-celebration song out of tune for Canucks
So it’s not Here Come the Hawks, that cheese-fest of a circa-1970 jingle that serenaded the Chicago Blackhawks of the Hull and Mikita days. But The Fratellis’ Chelsea Dagger — which rings from the PA system after every goal that today’s Blackhawks score at the United Center — seems to get under the skin of the Vancouver Canucks.
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NHL playoffs: Capital(s) gesture from Brooks Laich coming to aid team's stranded fans
Brooks Laich could have been excused for not stopping to help two stranded people on Roosevelt Bridge Wednesday night — after all his Stanley Cup dream had just been dashed.
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Golf: Ochoa’s departure leaves LPGA Tour in a bind
Will Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer or Michelle Wie become the new “face of the franchise” for the LPGA Tour?
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Soccer: Fulham clinch dramatic Europa League final spot
Fulham completed their fairytale run to the Europa League final as the unfashionable English club defeated Hamburg 2-1 in the semi-final second leg on Thursday.
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Soccer: Forlan, Atletico compound Liverpool misery
Diego Forlan’s 102nd minute goal ended Liverpool’s hopes of a first trophy in four years as Rafa Benitez’s side were denied a place in the Europa League final by Atletico Madrid on the away goals rule.
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CFL: Toronto Argos not dropping hints about CFL draft's first-overall pick
The Toronto Argonauts hold the coveted No. 1 pick in Sunday’s 2010 CFL Canadian draft and they’re determined to make it count.
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NBA playoffs: Strained elbow won’t sideline LeBron James
A strained right elbow has LeBron James practicing his left-handed layups, but the Cavaliers said Thursday their superstar likely won’t miss any NBA playoff games.
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NBA playoffs: Nuggets get good news on Nene knee sprain
Denver center Nene stayed behind as the Nuggets headed to Salt Lake City on Thursday, but the NBA team were relieved to learn his left knee sprain didn’t involve a torn ligament.
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Hockey: Americans fill out world championship roster
Joe Sacco’s season isn’t over after all.
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Golf: Tiger Woods struggles to 74 at Quail Hollow
Tiger Woods shot a mediocre two-over-par 74 in the opening round at the Quail Hollow Championship on Thursday, but it could have been far, far worse.
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It's up to the Canucks to help 'The Voice' get his winter vacation
SCENE & HEARD: John Ashbridge, the hockey P-A announcer with that rich, booming voice, has jokingly said on several occasions that he would consider taking his first winter vacation in 25 years once he had accomplished the near impossible.
