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Defending champion Hesjedal and Tour de France winner Wiggins withdraw from Giro
BUSSETO, Italy – Calling it a “heartbreaking” decision, defending champion Ryder Hesjedal has pulled out of the Giro d’Italia after struggling to regain the form that led him to victory in 2012. The Garmin-Sharp team said the Canadian withdrew before the start of Friday’s 13th stage due to a “deteriorating physical condition.” The Victoria native,
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LA leaves it late in victory over Sharks
The LA Kings scored two power-play goals, 22 seconds apart by Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis late in the third period to pull out a 4-3 win and a 2-0 series advantage over San Jose.
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Plenty to Talk About: 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup not short on storylines
SASKATOON – The 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup won’t be short on intriguing storylines. First there are the hosts who want to make amends for an up-and-down season. Add to the mix a record-setting powerhouse from Nova Scotia, a club from Ontario that scored in the final second of Game 7 to advance, and a team
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Thursday’s Scoreboard
Thursday’s Games NHL Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals Boston 3 New York Rangers 2 (OT) (Boston leads series 1-0) Western Conference Semifinals Los Angeles 4 San Jose 3 (Los Angeles leads series 2-0) – World Hockey Championships Quarter-finals At Stockholm, Sweden Sweden 3 Canada 2 (SO) Switzerland 2 Czech Republic 1 At Helsinki, Finland U.S. 8
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Canada eliminated at World Championship
Canada’s World Hockey Championship medal hopes end with a 3-2 shootout loss to Sweden. Canucks defenceman Alex Edler was tossed from game after a knee-on-knee hit on Canada’s Eric Staal.
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Canada captain Staal injured in knee-on-knee collision with Sweden’s Edler
STOCKHOLM – Canadian captain Eric Staal had to be helped off the ice after a knee-on-knee collision with Sweden defenceman Alex Edler in the first period of the quarter-final game at the world hockey championship. Staal clutched his left knee and was in obvious pain after Edler skated into the Sweden zone and clipped Staal’s
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Guay and Osborne-Paradis headline Canada’s ski team for next season
VANCOUVER – World downhill champion Erik Guay and three-time World Cup winner Manuel Osborne-Paradis headline Canada’s 23-member alpine ski team for the Sochi Olympic season. Seventeen men and six women that Alpine Canada believe have podium potential were named to the national squad Thursday. All-rounder Marie-Michele Gagnon and slalom specialist Erin Mielzynski — the first
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MLB hoping for large instant replay expansion for umpires in 2014
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and strikes should be subject to instant replay. Replay has been in place for home run calls since August 2008. Commissioner Bud Selig initially wanted to
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Cavendish wins rainy 12th stage for 100th career victory; Nibali keeps Giro lead; Wiggins lags
TREVISO, Italy – Sprinter Mark Cavendish won the rainy 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday for his 100th career victory, while Vincenzo Nibali maintained his overall lead. Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins dropped out of contention, finishing more than 3 1/2 minutes behind the main pack as he struggled with a cold
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David Beckham says he will retire from pro soccer at the end of the season
LONDON – David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that made him a global celebrity. The 38-year-old former England captain, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain, said Thursday he
