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WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Jets Coach Claude Noel says his team provided their own lesson in how not to play the Pittsburgh Penguins last season.

CINCINNATI - Billy Hamilton is ready to show the major leagues that he can steal a base anywhere.

TORONTO - Canadian women's hockey captain Hayley Wickenheiser has tinkered with preparation techniques over the years to keep her game at the highest possible level.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Hold off on the confetti making. Don't start looking for a good seat along the Stanley Cup parade route. Don't bother trying to pick a spot in the Consol Energy Center rafters for the next championship banner to hang.

Shawn (The Savage) Jordan can't wait to erase the memory of his last fight. The former LSU fullback was an injury replacement for Brazilian Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira against French heavyweight Cheick Kongo last July at UFC 149 in Calgary.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - When Steve Sullivan joined the Phoenix Coyotes, he knew it was a team where players had specific roles and that his would be to create scoring chances. Three goals in his third game is a good start.

With three London Olympians in the lineup — Stephanie Horner, Alec Page and bronze-medallist Richard Weinberger — the University of Victoria Vikes swim team certainly doesn’t lack for name appeal as it prepares to host the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ West championships F

Martin Reader’s sports career was a day at the beach. Fred Winters’ career, meanwhile, is turning into the China Syndrome.

Former Victoria Mariner will attend Cubs spring training

MIAMI - After sitting around for nearly a week, the Miami Heat expected to be a little less than razor-sharp. It took an extra session, but the reigning NBA champions eventually found their groove.