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TORONTO - The players on the Canadian women's soccer team set a lofty goal this season, but it was about much more than winning an Olympic medal. They wanted to inspire a generation of young women coming after them.

EDMONTON - It started out as a sports arena but has become Edmonton's longest running soap opera.

The youngster widely considered sa国际传媒's best hockey prospect since Sidney Crosby didn't get his wish to play in the world junior championship.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former University of Louisville football player has sued the school and coach Charlie Strong and says he was coerced into covering up a beating in the locker room by a pair of teammates.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Clippers came roaring out of the opening tip and kept on going to their 15th consecutive victory.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Here's a new twist on the Oklahoma City Thunder's budding rivalry with the Dallas Mavericks: With a game coming down to crunch time, Dirk Nowitzki didn't want the ball.

Christmas is over, presents have been unwrapped and the turkey has been consumed.

The Victoria Royals will attempt to shake off the rust from the Christmas break and ring out 2012 with a pair of victories over the visiting Prince George Cougars this weekend.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Free agent slugger Hideki Matsui retired Thursday from professional baseball, saying he is no longer able to perform at the level that made him a star in two countries.

WASHINGTON - The best season in San Jose State history? There's a good case for it, yet it's one nobody could make if the person with the awkward role of interim, on-the-way-out coach hadn't finished the job.