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CHELYABINSK, Russia - Michael Garnett had hit the snooze button on his alarm clock, hoping to catch a few more minutes of sleep before heading to hockey practice Friday morning, when a tremendous blast jolted him out of bed.

LONDON - Photographs of Oscar Pistorius, some with a grey hood covering his head and others with him running in the Olympic Stadium in London, were splashed across newspaper front pages around the world Friday.

The Victoria Cougars’ fairy tale regular season ended Thursday much the way it began, with another win.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Los Angeles Clippers have no banners on the walls or in the rafters at Staples Center. They would need decades to measure up to the Lakers' history. And they don't care. The past is easy to overlook in Hollywood.

The goal is simple. Achieving it, not so much. The University of Victoria Vikes women’s basketball team has two games left in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West Conference regular season and they just happen to be against their longtime rival UBC Thunderbirds.

The oil patch has produced more than just Alberta crude for the Victoria Royals team bus. Nobody is protesting this pipeline that delivers hockey players to the West Coast.

When it comes to senior girls basketball in the Victoria area, most opponents tend to buckle when they come up against the Big 2 teams — Oak Bay and Claremont.

OKLAHOMA CITY - With LeBron James playing at his best level yet, the Miami Heat powered into the All-Star break with a reminder to the Oklahoma City Thunder that the NBA championship still resides on South Beach.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Predators have struggled to generate goals this season. Fortunately for them, Pekka Rinne doesn't give up many, either.

SUNRISE, Fla. - The Montreal Canadiens took advantage of solid goaltending and a puck that finally bounced their way. Rene Bourque scored 2:10 into overtime and the Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 1-0 on Thursday night.