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PHOENIX - With one swing, David Wright got the sputtering U.S. team off the mat in the World Baseball Classic. The New York Mets slugger hit a two-out grand slam and the U.S. pitching did the rest in a 6-2 victory over Italy Saturday night.

Vancouver Island secondary schools brought home a trio of medals from sa国际传媒 basketball championships on Saturday, led by a silver from Brentwood College in the boys double A event in Kamloops.

Shove over, diamond. The pitch is perfect. World Baseball Classic impact players Taylor Green of Courtenay and Mike Saunders of Victoria aren鈥檛 the only Islanders busy with Canadian national team sporting assignments this weekend.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - That famed southern hospitality didn't extend to Ryan Suter in his return to Nashville. Matt Cullen scored the shootout-winning goal to give the Minnesota Wild a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.

TORONTO - Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are the NHL's road warriors.

TAMPA, Fla. - The Montreal Canadiens used a big third period to keep their road trip going in the right direction.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - Dusty Baker managed Cesar Izturis in Chicago but the veteran shortstop was injured at the time. Now Baker gets to see what Izturis can really do.

TEMPE, Ariz. - After last year, Albert Pujols isn't overly concerned with spring training results.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Vladimir Sobotka's transition from a left wing in Europe to a part-time centre for the St. Louis Blues hasn't always gone smoothly. It is starting to pay dividends now.

The last save will be the toughest of them all for Mariano Rivera. The cities and stadiums will all be familiar after 18 years crisscrossing the country, glove in hand.