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PHOENIX - The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract with Martin Prado just a week after acquiring the former All-Star infielder in the trade that sent Justin Upton to Atlanta.

ATLANTA - Gerald Laird is not letting anything interfere with his time getting to know the Braves' pitchers.

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will have to try and build on their impressive start without one of their star forwards. Jason Spezza will undergo surgery Friday in Toronto for a herniated disc and will be out for the foreseeable future.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Just three months after becoming the first Venezuelan to win the World Series MVP award, Pablo Sandoval is celebrating a new feat — the championship win of his team in Venezuela's professional league.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Nail Yakupov followed the puck after it hit teammate Taylor Hall and swiped it into the goal a split second before it hit the ice.

The Ogopogo logo on the front of the Kelowna Rockets jersey is almost laughably cartoonish, but it has bite this season. Home or away.

Two University of Victoria basketball coaches are set to be enshrined in the Basketball sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hall of Fame.

He’s the proverbial chip off the old block, and a pretty big piece of one, you might add.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The unbeaten Chicago Blackhawks gave the Minnesota Wild a significant early season test of their upgraded team. They held up quite well, from the early goalie switch to the late-game fatigue.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Alex Rodriguez was speaking on a conference call. "A huge debacle," he said. "Distasteful." That was on Dec.