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The Toronto Raptors rewarded Monday's crowd of 18,855 with a 91-75 victory over the woeful Miami Heat on Fan Appreciation Night at the Air Canada Centre, but head coach Sam Mitchell might have appreciated a stronger effort.
"Well, both teams played last night and they [the Heat] made shots," Mitchell said, somewhat diplomatically.
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Let's forget about the PGA for a minute and have a look at the amateur golfer. And not just the occasional amateur, but the freshly-formed golf enthusiast. In the 25 years I've been interested in golf, I've had more than a few opportunities to witness the subtle encroachment of golf obsessive behavior.
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It is interesting to note the furore over the latest Speedo swimsuit, the LZR Racer bodysuit. It has been designed with the help of NASA and, get this, apparently "aids streamlining and reduces skin vibration and muscle oscillation". It has welded, rather than stitched, seams, and is partly made from neoprene, so may increase buoyancy.
Of course people are going to say that it has been responsible for 36 world records so far since its release 2 months ago, but there's another side to this story.
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Carlos Delfino had 24 points and Chris Bosh scored 21 plus nine rebounds as the host Toronto Raptors cruised to a 113-85 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Friday night.
The win officially eliminated the Nets from the post-season, one year after Jersey beat Toronto in the first round of the playoffs.
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Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin didn't disappoint in his NHL playoff debut, scoring the winning goal with 4:32 left in the third period to give his team a 5-4 comeback win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Ovechkin, the league's top scorer this season, also added an assist. Defenceman Mike Green scored twice in the third period to help the Capitals overturn a 4-2 Philadelphia lead, with David Steckel and Donald Brashear also scoring.
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Scoring depth, which plagued the Vancouver Canucks for much of the season, hurt them most the last two weeks and is a big reason why they won't compete for the Stanley Cup.
Marty Reasoner and Jarret Stoll scored second-period goals and Dwayne Roloson stopped 37 shots to help Edmonton end the Canucks' run for a playoff spot with a 2-1 win Thursday night.
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The Chicago White Sox have 13 games remaining against Detroit this season, and you can bet Gavin Floyd would like to start the bulk of them.
Floyd flirted with a no-hitter through 7 1/3 innings Saturday afternoon and settled for a one-hit gem in his team's 7-0 blanking of the visiting Tigers.
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Major League Soccer's all-star team will square off against English Premiership club West Ham United in the 2008 MLS All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday.
The annual all-star game, which pits the league's best players against a top European club, takes place this year at Toronto's BMO Field on July 24 (7 p.m. ET, CBC).
West Ham currently sits 12th in Premiership with a 12-12-8 record with six matches remaining in the season.
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On the same night Miikka Kiprusoff had his worst-ever playoff outing, Curtis Joseph returned to the playoff stage and reminded everyone why he was once considered one of the best post-season goalies in the game.
The San Jose Sharks jumped out to a 3-0 lead after just 3:33, chasing Kiprusoff in the process, but Calgary scored four unanswered goals to record a thrilling 4-3 victory on home ice Sunday night in Game 3 of their Western Conference quarter-final.
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The Ladies of the LakeByMulligan Stu
Posted on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 09:00:46 PM EDT
That's what the golfers who've made the "Champion's Leap" after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship are called. (Quick aside: Doesn't every city in America have a ghost story of some sort about a supposed 'Lady of the Lake' apparition?)
The Champion's Leap is so ingrained in the lore of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and is such a recognizable part of women's golf, that it's surprising to realize just how recently this "tradition" was established. And how difficult it was to Read more... »
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