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NBA Draft recap

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Anthony Davis (Ian McCormick, Wikimedia Commons)

The New Orleans Hornets have drafted power forward Anthony Davis with the first overall pick in the NBA Draft.

Davis could be considered one of the best players in quite some time heading into the NBA on the defensive side of the court.

The leader of the Kentucky Wildcats can definitely be compared to Ben Wallace or Dennis Rodman.

At 6’10″, his wingspan was totally unbelievable. He had 4.6 blocks per game in leading the Wildcats to a NCAA Championship this past season.

At number eight, the Toronto Raptors went with shooting guard Terrence Ross out of the University of Washington. It’s hard to determine how good Ross can be because he didn’t play in the NCAA Tournament this past year.

Three Canadians were also chosen. At number nineteen, the Orlando Magic selected power forward Andrew Nicholson from Mississauga, Ontario out of the University of St. Bonaventure. At number 51, the Boston Celtics selected small forward Kris Joseph of Montreal out of Syracuse and at number    60, the Los Angeles Lakers selected center Robert Sacre of Vancouver out of Gonzaga.

 

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Weekend Sports Preview–March 24 & 25–Elite Eight, NHL, Women’s World Curling Championship, Soccer

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Edmonton’s Heather Nedohin is three victories away from winning the Women’s World Curling Championship in Lethbridge.

Yesterday afternoon, Nedohin got things back on track with a 9-8 victory over the United States in the fourth place tie-breaker.

Nedohin’s team got off to a commanding 4-0 lead after the second end before hanging on for the narrow victory. They now will have to face Korea’s Ji-Sun Kim in the 3-4 game this afternoon (1pm, TSN). With a win, they will then face Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott, the two-time Olympic silver medallist in the semi-final (6pm, TSN) and then if they win that, they will have to face Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson in the final (Sunday, 4:30pm).

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Weekend Sports Preview–March 19-20

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Jarome Iginla (Nathan Denette, Canadian Press)

Sunday night in Anaheim the Calgary Flames have a monumental match that could ultimately decide their fate in the 2010-11 NHL season. Currently the Flames lead the Ducks by two points in the Western Conference Standings. Calgary sits in eighth place with a record of 37-27-9, while the Ducks are in tenth with a record of 38-27-5. The game takes on added significance because the Ducks have three games in hand on the Flames.

The Ducks have remained in playoff position despite the absence of goaltender Jonas Hiller who is out with a serious case of vertigo. Dan Ellis and Ray Emery have played admirably in Hiller’s place, and have a combined 6-2-1 record. Jarome Iginla is producing at a rapid pace for the Flames. In his last nine games, he has seven goals and five assists.

The game can be seen on Sportsnet, Sunday at 6pm. Here are the other sports events I’ll be watching this weekend:

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