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Weekend Sports Preview–June 9 & 10–Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Playoffs, French Open, Equestrian, Euro 2012, LPGA Championship & MLB

Friday, June 8th, 2012

Drew Doughty (Wikimedia Commons)

The Los Angeles Kings are one win away from capturing their very first Stanley Cup. On Saturday night the Kings will play the New Jersey Devils (CBC, 6pm) leading the Finals 3-1.

The Devils meanwhile are taking a game-by-game approach according to all-star goaltender Martin Brodeur. In game four, the Devils had a solid third period and stayed alive with a 3-1 win. For the Devils to make the Stanley Cup Finals interesting, they will need a solid performance from Ilya Kovalchuk, who only has one goal in four games so far, and that one went into an empty net.

The Kings are getting great production from Drew Doughty, who leads all blueliners with 14 playof points.

One player though nobody is talking about is New Jersey’s defenceman Bryce Salvador who has 13 points. Just how unexpected has Salvador’s point production been? Well his NHL regular season career high came in 2009 when he had 16 points in 76 games!

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Williams looks great at the U.S. Open

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

Serena Williams (Wikimedia Commons)

Serena Williams is looking to be the player to beat on the women’s side at the U.S. Open, and it just shows you can throw the seeding out the window.

Williams, 28th in the world, hammered the fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-1, 7-6 in the third round on Saturday. And it wasn’t that Azarenka didn’t play well. In fact, John McEnroe of CBS said Azarenka’s performance in the second set was the best set he had ever seen her play.

Williams had 39 winners and 12 aces, and will play Serbian Ana Ivanovic in the round of 16 on Monday. If Ivanovic has any chance, she will drastically need to improve her service game, as she has one of the most awkward ball tossing movements in the entire sport.

One of the most appealing matches today is the second ranked Vera Zvonareva of Russia against the 22nd seed Sabine Lisicki of Germany. Don’t let the rankings fool you. Lisicki is coming off a solid Wimbledon where she advanced to the semi-finals.

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