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There were no big surprises in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff series between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins.
The Habs served up deep, balanced offence to overpower the Bruins 4-1 in Thursday's series opener, posting their 12th win in a row versus their Northeast Division rival.
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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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When the Toronto Blue Jays are hot, they can rack up the runs like the best of them.
Toronto put up big numbers in last week's 10-run triumph over the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox, and in this week's two eight-run performances versus the Oakland A's and the Texas Rangers.
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By Robert Thompson
The field for next week’s Masters is now set, barring a unique winner from the Houston event this week. Interesting to see Todd Hamilton, who has struggled for several years, still gets in the field as a former British Open champ (the same factor that kept David Duval in for a long time after his game went south), as well as former PGA Championship winner Shaun Micheel. These are the kinds of silly local rules that keeps the Masters from having the best field in golf.
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I received a call this evening from an athlete that wanted some help.
So, I did what I would normally do. I asked her what was happening and instigated a conversation.
After about 15 minutes we started to explore some of the practicalities - where was she, could we meet etc.
At that point she made an interesting comment. She said that she had called a few people and only felt that she'd clicked with me. This wasn't the first time I'd had a comment that suggested we were developing rapport already, and I was genuinely interested to know: What was different about me?
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As defending Stanley Cup champions, the Anaheim Ducks shouldn't require bulletin board fodder or messages on the dressing-room blackboard for motivation.
A quick glance at Wednesday's game summary showing four Dallas power-play goals in seven chances probably is enough to get Ducks players fired up for Game 2 of the Western Conference quarter-final on Saturday in Anaheim (7 p.m. PT).
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For the second straight night, the Oakland Athletics stunned the Toronto Blue Jays by staging a ninth-inning rally off closer Jeremy Accardo.
Accardo was shelled for four runs on one hit and one walk as the Athletics beat the Blue Jays 6-3 at the Rogers Centre on Wednesday night.
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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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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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By Fairway Stevie
Do you have a booth at this weekend’s Toronto Star Golf Show? If not, why don’t you? It is the first big golf event of the season and you just know that all of the city’s most avid golfers are going to be there, their appetites whetted for the coming season.
Okay, you’re no dummy. You do have a booth at the show. But why do you have a booth at the show? What do you hope to accomplish with a booth at the show? Are you trying to encourage membership? Are you trying to find golfers that haven’t played your course before? Are you there just because you’re afraid that if you’re not there your nearest competitor will be and people won’t come to your course?
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