tsn.ca - 10/26/2009
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CALGARY -- Canada's world junior hockey team is going green. Hockey Canada announced Saturday that the Canadian junior team will wear green jerseys during next year's IIHF world junior hockey championship in Regina and Saskatoon. The jerseys are designed to honour the CFL's Saskatchewan ...
youtube.com - 10/21/2009
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youtube.com —
Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns) is
also an investor in the MLS expansion franchise Vancouver...
Whitecaps in Canada and the Women's Professional Soccer league in the U.S. --- He comes from a big soccer family; his brother Martin plays for the defending USL-1 champion Whitecaps and CANADA.
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Video: Steve Nash Scores Into The Basket With His Foot !
olympicsportsblog.wordpress.com - 10/31/2009
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Before it begins it’s 45,000 kilometer journey, the
longest route in just one country, the torch must...
first spend some time in Victoria, its first host. The relay is not off to a good start, however, as the plane carrying it arrived around an hour late. Many protest groups are expected ...
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The Torch Has Arrived In Canada
theglobeandmail.com - 10/25/2009
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We have updated our member account system We
have listened to your feedback and are making some...
changes. We now require everyone to create a unique display name that will be shown when you leave a comment. This display name can not be changed. Your ...
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Canada unveils green jersey
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The Game Day Skate is feeling green
Four Habs Fans —
... The affront to your senses above will be worn by our juniors this year at the Regina / Saskatoon World Juniors. It's a tribute to the Roughriders or some such thing. Because, you know, CFL football has everything to do with hockey; ...
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Uni Watch —
Fairly quiet day in the NFL yesterday: Got our first looks at the Chargers’ and Jets’ road throwbacks (both really nice, right?), and this year’s London game featured a new patch. Aside from that, nothing major, unless you maybe count Larry Fitzgerald’s silver cleats. I might’ve missed a few things, though — I admit I wasn’t at my sharpest after getting back from Louisiana on almost zero sleep. More on that trip soon.
As for today, my annual NBA season-preview column will be up on ESPN.com shortly. I’ll add a link here as soon as ...
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fangsbites.com 10/22/2009 — In the whole Deadspin vs. ESPN and Steve Phillips affair stories that have dominated the sports blogosphere over the last 24 hours, I'm going to try to find links that don't mention them. I'll do my best, but I don't think I'll be too successful in trying to avoid the stories. Let's start with ...
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loopaxles.blogspot.com 10/13/2009 — Last week when I created the Quick Poll on which nation would have the greatest success in figure skating at the Vancouver Olympic Games, I had a sneaky suspicion that Canada might come out ahead. So will Canada be the cream of the crop in Vancouver? They do have medal hopefuls in all four ...
.S. Junior Select Team Falls to Canada East, 5-4, in Shootout
americanjuniorhockey.com 11/2/2009 — SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - Mike Parks (O'Fallon, Mo./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders) collected a goal and two assists, but the U.S. Junior Select Team fell to Canada East, 5-4, in a shootout here tonight at the World Junior A Challenge at Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I. "We did a lot of good ...
Canada Post Gives Canadiens Stamp Of Approval
my.thescore.com 10/20/2009 — Since I’m pretty sure that nobody who actually uses the internet has bought stamps in the last fifteen year, I’d imagine this will be the only time you’ll actually see the new, 100th anniversary Montreal Canadiens stamps that have just been ...
Canada Blaming Canada For Shaming Canada [Hockey]
deadspin.com 10/26/2009 — Our usually easygoing neighbors to the north are up in arms about Canada's junior hockey team suiting up in green jerseys. I'd make a joke about this move being made for the green, if Canada didn't use crazy monopoly money. Hockey Canada announced ...
Oh Canada. TFC Stands on Guard for Thee
24thminute.com 11/12/2009 — At TFC we're discussing requiring Academy players to commit to Canada if called. We wont develop a player who turns his back on Canada Paul Beirne's Twitter feed Well, isn't that interesting. It's not al all what you would expect the COO of a professional sports team to be saying, even in ...
A Couple of CBC Releases
fangsbites.com 11/12/2009 — I don't think I've ever had two CBC press releases in one day so I'm going to post them here for you. First, CBC has released a new Hockey Night in Canada app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA INTRODUCES iPhone & iPod APP Free App features live box scores, ...
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