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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Ryder Hesjedal (Luca Volpi, Wikimedia Commons)
Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria will not repeat as the Giro d’Italia champion.
On Friday, Hesjedal made the decision to pull out of the race after falling to 37th place. Hesjedal was 183rd in Thursday’s stage.
It seems that Hesjedal is simply not feeling well. He cited “a deteriorating physical decision”, according to the Canadian Press, as the major reason why he decided to pull out of this marathon cycling race.
Hesjedal actually dropped 34 places in only one week as he was third last week.
Another top cyclist who has pulled out is Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain because of a chest infection. Wiggins is the 2012 Olympic Gold medallist in the time trial and is the 2010 Tour de France champion. Wiggins also has great success in track cycling as he won a Gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and won the Gold medal in the individual pursuit at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Tags: 2004 Olympic Games, 2008 Olympic Games, 2012 olympic games, bradley wiggins, cycling, giro d'italia, ryder hesjedal, tour de france, vincenzo nibali
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Thursday, May 9th, 2013
The Canadian National Women’s Basketball team is in the process of moving from Etobicoke, Ontario to Edmonton.
In an announcement made on Wednesday, the Canadian team will train out of the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton. The city of Edmonton is also supporting the move, as they are supplying $500,000.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, team Canada finished with a record of 2-3 in the round robin before losing to the United States in the quarterfinals. The Canadians beat Brazil and the host team from Great Britain.
The city of Edmonton has a rich history when it comes to women’s basketball. From 1915-1940, the Edmonton Grads were considered one of the finest women’s basketball teams in the world. They represented Canada and won four consecutive Olympic Gold medals from 1924-1936 while women’s basketball was a demonstration sport.
The Grads’ top player, Noel MacDonald, and their coach, Percy Page, are in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Tags: 2012 olympics, 2016 olympics, noel macdonald, percy page, women's basketball
Posted in Amateur Sports, Home |
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
When you think of the San Antonio Spurs, you think of great defense. Well, overtime things change and the San Antonio Spurs are no longer just a great defensive team. Monday night was a great example, as the Spurs defeated the Golden State Warriors 129-127 in game one of the Western Conference semi-final.
Sure the game did go into double overtime, but a decade ago, it was more common to see the Spurs win easily by only posting double digits in total points.
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Tags: chicago bulls, danny green, golden state warriors, indiana pacers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, san antonio spurs, tony parker
Posted in Home, NBA |
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
The 2013 World Men’s Hockey Championships will commence this weekend with Canada playing two games in Stockholm. The first will be against Denmark on Saturday (TSN, 8:00 a.m.) and the second will be against Switzerland on Sunday (TSN2, 8:00 a.m.).
There are four Oilers and one Flame on Team Canada. Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz, Devan Dubnyk and Taylor Hall are the Oilers, while T.J. Brodie is the lone Calgary Flame.
Other notable players representing Team Canada are Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith, Carolina Hurricanes sniper Eric Staal, Florida Panthers defenceman Brian Campbell (defending Lady Byng winner) and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos, who was second in the NHL in scoring with 29 goals and 57 points. (more…)
Tags: alexander steen, brent burns, brian campbell, brian elliott, calgary roughnecks, Chicago Blackhawks, colin mcdonald, devan dubnyk, Edmonton Oil Kings, eric staal, henrik samuelsson, jordan eberle, justin schultz, kyle okposo, los angeles dodgers, los angeles kings, matt cain, matt martin, michael frolik, mike smith, minnesota wild, montreal canadiens, new york islanders, new york rangers, Ottawa Senators, patrick sharp, Pittsburgh Penguins, portland winterhawks, raffi torres, san francisco giants, San Jose Sharks, seattle mariners, seth jones, shawn evans, st. louis blues, steven stamkos, t.j. brodie, Taylor Hall, toronto blue jays, ty rattie, Vancouver Canucks, washington capitals, washington stealth, world hockey championship
Posted in Home, MLB, More, National Lacrosse League, NHL, Western Hockey League |
Saturday, April 27th, 2013
The Edmonton Oil Kings are one win away from returning to the Western Hockey League’s Championship Final. On Sunday, the Oil Kings will play the Calgary Hitmen at the Scotiabank Saddledome in game six of the Eastern Conference Final, leading the series 3-2.
On Friday night in Edmonton, the Oil Kings had a similar start in game five of the series to what they had in game four. Complete dominance. The Oil Kings scored three first period goals en route to a 5-1 victory. Game six can be seen on Sunday afternoon on Shaw at 4:00 p.m.
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Tags: boston celtics, brooklyn nets, calgary hitmen, carlos boozer, carmelo anthony, chicago bulls, cole hamels, del curry, denver nuggets, Edmonton Oil Kings, golden state warriors, jarret jack, jim henderson, jonathan niese, kevin garnett, Los ANgeles Clippers, los angeles dodgers, los angeles lakers, luol deng, manu ginobili, memphis grizzlies, Miami Heat, milwaukee brewers, milwaukee bucks, New York Knicks, new york mets, paul pierce, philadelphia phillies, stephen curry, tim duncan, tony parker, WHL, zach randolph
Posted in Home, MLB, More, NBA, Western Hockey League |
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Daniel Nestor (Wikimedia Commons)
This weekend is an extremely significant one when it comes to the history of Canadian tennis. Team Canada is tied 1-1 with Team Italy in the quarterfinals heading into a key doubles match today and two singles matches on Sunday.
This afternoon (Saturday, Sportsnet, 4:30 p.m., joined in progress) Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver will take on the Italian pair of Paolo Lorenzi and Daniele Braccaili. It will be interesting to see how much energy Pospisil has in the tank after he lost a five set marathon to Andreas Seppi on Friday afternoon. Canadian head coach Martin Laurendeau ridiculously went with Pospisil over Jesse Levine, who is overall a much better tennis player.
Sunday’s matches are right now Milos Raonic versus Seppi (Saturday, Sportsnet, 3:00 p.m.) followed by Pospisil versus Fabio Fognini.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:
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Tags: 2013 world men's curling championship, andreas seppi, Blake Griffin, brad jacobs, chris stewart, daniel nestor, daniele braccaili, david murdoch, davis cup, detroit red wings, Edmonton Oilers, fabo fognini, jered weaver, los angeles angels of anaheim, Los ANgeles Clippers, los angeles kings, los angeles lakers, milos raonic, nik stauskas, niklas edin, paolo lorenzi, Philadelphia Flyers, rasmus sterjne, rick pitino, russ smith, st. louis blues, Taylor Hall, texas rangers, tom brewster, university of louisville cardinals, university of michigan wolverines, university of syracuse orange, university of wichita state shockers, vasek pospisil, winnipeg jets, yu darvish
Posted in Amateur Sports, ATP World Tour, Curling, Home, MLB, More, NBA, NHL, University Sports |
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
James Hinchcliffe (Chuck Carroll, Wikimedia Commons)
The last couple of years James Hinchcliffe has been on the brink of greatness. He has steadily improved in the auto racing world and seen himself steadily climb in his efforts of being the next one. Over the last couple of decades, Canada has seen outstanding results in IndyCar as Jacques Villeneuve and Paul Tracy have performed admirably, and Canadian auto racing fans were waiting for Hinchcliffe to finally shine.
However questions remained how long it would take for Hinchcliffe to be near the conversation. I guess that time is now.
On Sunday, Hinchcliffe became the first Canadian since Tracy in 2007 to win an IndyCar race. The pride of Oakville, Ontario won in the neon coloured Go Daddy race car that Danica Patrick has made famous by winning IndyCar’s opening race of 2013 in St. Petersburg, Florida. He did it by passing legend Helio Castroneves and put himself in the position to be a force to be reckoned with.
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Tags: danica patrick, helio castroneves, indycar, jacques villeneuve, james hinchcliffe, paul tracy
Posted in Home, Indy Racing League |
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Friday can be summed up in one word for Canadian baseball. Embarrassing. Team Canada’s pitching deserved a failing grade in a 14-4 loss to Italy. With the loss, Canada’s hopes are all but dashed as it is highly unlikely they will advance to the second round.
How bad was it for Team Canada? Well, the ten run mercy rule came into effect after Canada gave up five runs in the eighth.
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Tags: adrian gonzalez, anaheim ducks, brad gushue, brad jacobs, calgary flames, Chicago Blackhawks, chicago bulls, colorado avalanche, david wright, glenn howard, graeme mcdowell, jeff stoughton, jimmy rollins, joe mauer, kevin martin, Kobe Bryant, los angeles kings, los angeles lakers, luis cruz, rod barajas, ryan braun, tiger woods, viktor fasth, world baseball classic, world golf championship
Posted in Curling, Home, MLB, NBA, NHL, PGA |
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Ryan O’Reilly (Wikimedia Commons)
In a bizarre turn of events on Thursday, the Calgary Flames offered restricted free agent Ryan O’Reilly, the Colorado Avalanche holdout, a two year contract worth $10 million.
The decision came just hours prior to the Flames game against the Avalanche in Denver last night. Then during the first period, just moments after the Flames jumped to a quick 2-0 lead on the Avalanche, it was announced that Colorado was going to match the Flames generous contract offer to O’Reilly.
Is O’Reilly an up and coming centerman? Possibly. But at the end of the day I think Flames General Manager Jay Feaster should be relieved most of his roster is status quo since yesterday. If the Flames did acquire the rights to O’Reilly, they would have had to give the Avalanche their first and third round picks, something that might have been very steep if the Flames don’t make a strong push soon.
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Tags: brian mcgrattan, calgary flames, colorado avalanche, jay feaster, joe piskula, nashville predators, ryan o'reilly
Posted in Home, NHL |
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
The playoffs are now set for the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. After a solid week, Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones made history Friday night in Kingston, Ontario, by becoming the first female skip to go a perfect 12-0 in the round robin of the national curling championship. Manitoba will now play Ontario’s Rachel Homan in the 1-2 playoff game (Saturday, TSN, 5:00 p.m.) with the winner advancing to the final (Sunday, TSN, 5:00 p.m.) and the loser playing the winner of the 3-4 game between British Columbia’s Kelly Scott and Canada’s Heather Nedohin (Saturday, TSN, 12:00 p.m.) in the semi-final (Sunday, TSN, 7:00 a.m.).
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Tags: 2013 scotties tournament of hearts, bubba watson, calgary flames, dallas mavericks, danica partick, daytona 500, Edmonton Oilers, graeme mcdowell, heather nedohin, hunter mahan, jennifer jones, kelly scott, Kobe Bryant, los angeles lakers, martin kaymer, miikka kiprusoff, minnesota wild, phoenix coyotes, rachel homan, scott piercy, webb simpson, zach parise
Posted in Curling, Home, More, NBA, NHL, PGA |
Friday, January 25th, 2013
The weekend of March 15-17, 2013 the Ice Palace at the West Edmonton Mall will be hosting the FIRST EVER Roller Derby Association of Canada National Championships tournament. 6 regionally qualified teams from across the country will be competing for the national title.
West Edmonton Mall Ice Palace
Edmonton is a very fitting place to hold the inaugural RDAC National Tournament. Not only was roller derby in Canada started in Edmonton, when the Oil City Derby Girls were founded in 2005, but it now hosts multiple leagues within the area, and has a well established love and excitement for the sport. (more…)
Tags: alberta roller derby, E-Ville Roller Derby, Edmonton Roller Derby, Fog City Rollers, Ice Palace, Muddy River Rollers, OCDG, Oil City Derby Girls, pile o'bones derby, RDAC, RDAC Nationals, River City Riot, Roller Derby, Roller Derby Association of Canada, Saskatoon Roller Derby League, WEM, West Edmonton Mall, West Kootenay Roller
Posted in Amateur Sports, Home, Roller Derby |
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers will be playing in the Super Bowl two weeks from now in New Orleans.
On Sunday, the Ravens defeated the New England Patriots 28-13 in the AFC Championship and the 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in the NFC Championship.
With the Ravens and 49ers playing in the Super Bowl, it will mean that brothers will be coaching against each other with John Harbaugh coaching Baltimore and Jim Harbaugh coaching San Francisco.
In the AFC Championship, a major story surrounded the tight ends. The Patriots had a tough time stopping Dennis Pitta in a key Raven drive early in the third quarter. Even though Aaron Hernandez had a respectable day, having nine catches for 83 yards, it was clear the team missed Rob Gronkowski.
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Tags: aaron hernandez, anquan boldin, atlanta falcons, baltimore ravens, colin kaepernick, dennis pitta, jim harbaugh, john harbaugh, new england patriots, san francisco 49ers, vernon davis
Posted in Home, NFL |
Friday, January 4th, 2013
In one of the most controversial decisions in the history of the World Junior Hockey Championships, Edmonton Oil King defenceman Griffin Reinhart of Team Canada has been suspended four games for high-sticking American Vincent Trocheck in Thursday’s semi-final game– a 5-1 American win.
Reinhart only received a two minute minor penalty for the infraction and the IIHF decision has left Hockey Canada incensed.
Team Canada Senior Director of Hockey Operations Scott Salmond said “that’s the harshest suspension in the history of the event.”
Neate Sager of Yahoo! Sports has said that the International Ice Hockey Federation should change his name to the International Inconsistency in Hockey Fouls.
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Tags: 2013 World Junior Hockey Championship, griffin reinhart
Posted in Amateur Sports, Home |
Monday, December 31st, 2012
UFA Arena Cheerleaders (The Girls of the Support Squad) can’t help the home team overcome the Canadians!
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