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Sid's surge creates talk of 50-goal season

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Sid the Kid looked like a pee wee player goofing off with his buddies on a frozen pond. Sidney Crosby dangled the puck on his stick and skated this way and that, with two or three teammates frantically trying...

Darren Eliot: Grapes' book a sweet read

11 hrs ago

This didn't start out to be a book review column this week, but I received the new Don Cherry book, Hockey Stories and Stuff, just before the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a quick read full of memories and anecdotes as...

Burnside's 5 Things: Kovalev's missing game and power-play debates

Stock Up: San Jose's Rob Blake, the soon-to-be 39-year-old defenseman, started the season like a man with a bit of rust on his game, putting up just five points in his first 13 games after signing with the Sharks as an...

Campbell's Cuts: Who are Canada's centers at 2010 Olympics?

With an abundance of talent at the pivot position, Team Canada is going to be forced to make some tough decisions. - It’s kind of funny – not ha ha funny, but strange funny – to think less than a decade ago, there was all sorts...

De la Hoya ready for dream match

Oscar de la Hoya saw a statue of his likeness unveiled in front of Staples Center arena Monday, while Manny Pacquiao kept a relatively low profile as both boxers prepared to head to Las Vegas for their ``Dream Match'' megafight...

Grocery stocker Kurt Warner coming out of retirement?

Kurt Warner is a sack expert in more ways than one. The Cardinals QB once stocked store shelves while waiting for his big NFL break ... Dwight Perry The Seattle Times Kurt Warner is a sack expert in more ways than one. The...

Buying Saturday's PPV Or Giving It A Pass?

Sometimes it stinks to be a fight fan, doesn’t it? So then how has Golden Boy been able to secure financing from advertisers which will allow those inclined to purchase Saturday’s Oscar De La Hoya/Manny Pacquiao pay per view...

Sidney Crosby: This no Pitt stop

By Associated Press / NHL Notes Sunday, November 30, 2008 - Added 1m ago If LeBron James follows the big bucks to Broadway when he becomes an NBA free agent in 2010, don’t expect NHL counterpart Sidney Crosby to follow him....

Sharks win seventh straight, Pavelski scores two

are on a long winning streak. Joe Pavelski scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 8:37 remaining, and the Sharks rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Coyotes 3-2 Saturday night for their seventh straight...

Gagne wants head shots taken out of the game

From the day he stepped into the NHL as a rookie in 1999, Simon Gagne has watched silently as Eric Lindros, then Keith Primeau, struggled through concussion symptoms that eventually ended their careers.

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