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Lakers struggle, but Kobe bails them out

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant makes the shot and is fouled by Toronto Raptors' Hedo Turkoglu in the second quarter at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

Tuesday should have been a day for an easy victory, a chance to end a three-game skid against the barely .500 Toronto Raptors, but it turned into yet another struggle for the defending NBA champions.

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Mario Scheiber from Austria (L-R), Carlo Janka from Switzerland, Erik Guay from Canada and Patrick Kueng from Switzerland celebrate on the podium after the men's Alpine Skiing World Cup Downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen March 10, 2010.

Guay third at World Cup downhill race

Erik Guay is proving he's one of Canada's most consistent skiers, hitting the podium on Wednesday after a third-place tie in a World...

NHL files lawsuit against Moyes

The long battle between the NHL and former Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes isn't over yet. The NHL has filed a breach of contract...

Olympic gold medallists Jon Montgomery and Carla MacLeod show off their gold medals Tuesday at the offices of their corporate sponsor: McLean and Partners. The pair say their lives have changed since winning at the 2010 Games.

Olympic champs hope to mine glory for gold

Jon Montgomery hasn't auctioned off a car in a month and Carla MacLeod's idea of a workout is taking a walk.

Boston Bruins centre Marc Savard is attended to by medical personnel and teammates and was later carried off the ice with a concussion after being levelled by Penguins forward Matt Cooke's blind-side hit with 5:37 remaining in yesterday's game in Pittsburgh. Savard had just taken a shot from above the circl

Head hits top GM meetings agenda

Given the spate of recent incidents, it wasn't much of a surprise that the head-hits issue took centre stage on Tuesday at the NHL...

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin keeps an eye on play during September NHL pre-season action against the Calgary Flames at Rexall Place. Khabibulin played in 18 games this season before being sidelined by a back injury.

Khabibulin stays mum on DUI charge

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin spoke to reporters on Tuesday, but would not discuss his February drunk-driving charge...

Saskatchewan skip Darrell McKee reacts after missing a shot against Ontario at the Tim Hortons Brier on Tuesday.

Curling drought leaves Sask. fans parched

It's enough to make Saskatchewanians want to consider picking up a case of Pilsner and drinking their sorrows away.

Canadian trio among top baseball prospects

Three Canadians are among Baseball America's annual list of the top 100 prospects in the minor leagues.

Two Canadians vying for NCAA award

Two Canadians were among the three finalists named yesterday for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as the top NCAA Division 1 women...

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CFL draft class gets to show its stuff

It may be hard for Jordan Sisco to heed the advice of Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Brendan Taman when it comes to this...

A worker selects baseballs for use at the 2010 Major League Baseball tournament at the Rawlings factory in Turrialba, Costa Rica March 3, 2010. The average baseball is only used for a few pitches in the U.S. Major Leagues, but for the Costa Ricans who make them each ball is the result of hours of painstaking stitching by hand.

MLB baseballs handled with care

The average baseball is only used for a few pitches in the U.S. Major Leagues, but for the Costa Ricans who make them each ball ...

Lauren Woolstencroft made history in 2002 by becoming the first disabled performer to be named Victoria female athlete of the year as she joined a list includes past winners as Olympic-medallist rower Silken Laumann, Ironman Hawaii champion Lori Bowden and Olympic runner Debbie Bowker.

Paralympics

Fleeting fame

Most Canadians would be hard-pressed to name a single Paralympian aside from wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc

Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston (L) watches team workouts with General Manager Alex Anthopoulos at the team's MLB baseball spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida February 28, 2010.

MLB

Out of the shadows

Blue Jays GM faces major challenge in restoring past glory

Vancouver Canucks' Henrik Sedin (L) fights off a check by Tampa Bay Lightning's Nate Thompson during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Tampa, Florida February 9, 2010.

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Head games

NHL officials need to elminate dangerous head hits

A woman waves the Quebec flag as she dances at Fete St. Jean festivities in Montreal in 2007.

Olympics

For the sake of sovereignty

One third of Quebecers want their own Olympic team: poll

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Olympics

Red in the face

An awful performance at the Olympics has Russia suffering from a crisis of faith

Canada's gold medallists.

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Canada's Olympic medallists

Global News takes a look at Canadians and their hardware won in Vancouver.

Canada's Sidney Crosby rejoices after scoring the winner in overtime as Canada beat the United States 3-2 in the gold medal hockey game at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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2010 gold-medal hockey

Photos from the 2010 gold-medal game between Team Canada and the U.S.A.

Wednesday,February 17, 2010 brought sunshine and blue skies and was a perfect day to walk around Vancouver and capture the vibrant atmosphere of a beautiful city hosting the winter Olympic Games.

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Olympic fans send us their happy snaps from around Vancouver during the Games.

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