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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The Los Angeles Kings' defence of their Stanley Cup title looks a whole lot like their championship season so far. They just haven't got to the good part yet.

BRADENTON, Fla. - The evening had not gone well for A.J. Burnett. Five miserable innings. Six Houston Astros runs on a dozen sometimes confounding hits. The prospect of Burnett winning a 10th straight start gone.

MONTREAL - Charles Hamelin will go into the world short-track speed skating world championship looking for gold. The defending Olympic 500 metre champion dominated that event again this year on the World Cup circuit.

CHICAGO - It started on opening night, when Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks ruined the Los Angeles Kings' celebration of their first Stanley Cup title.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The New York Mets don't often give rookies and non-roster invitees lockers adjacent to the stalls of established players. Zack Wheeler is an exception.

PRETORIA, South Africa - Oscar Pistorius' agent has begun cancelling races since the Olympic athlete was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

JOHANNESBURG - Reeva Steenkamp's last wish for her family before she was shot dead at boyfriend Oscar Pistorius' home was for them to watch her in a reality TV show that went on air in South Africa on Saturday night, two days after her killing.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - Jason Giambi's days as a masher are mainly behind him. His muscular, tattooed arms are as carved as ever, but the hair around his temples is dusted grey. In the late innings of his career, he's a mentor. The stately slugger.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A little bit of playful razzing comes with the territory for Brett Bochy. He gets it. The pitcher is in his first big league camp for the San Francisco Giants. And, his dad's the manager.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It's hard for Carlos Gonzalez to reflect too much on his forgettable 2012 season.