City of Edmonton releases video of downtown arena

Edmonton city council is getting more details and images of the proposed downtown arena Wednesday. Councillors were shown 360 Architecture’s “fly-through” video revealing interior and exterior images of what the $450 million arena might look like. “The shape of building has taken on abstractly the shape of an oil drop, we were also inspired by a lot of the snow drifts,” stated the project’s architect. But the design itself is still a “blank canvas,” stated Scott Ralston, spokesperson for 360 ...

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Djokovic, Andy Murray begin well at Italian Open

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic made a solid return to red-clay courts, dominating Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 to open the defence of his Italian Open title on Tuesday night. Coming off a quarterfinal loss to fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic on the blue clay at last week’s Madrid Open, Djokovic went ahead with two early breaks and faced minimal resistance from the 19-year-old Tomic, the youngest player in the top 50 at No. 32. With the French Open less than two ...

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Friedman: Patrick Kane not a laughing matter + 30 Thoughts

It’s possible that Patrick Kane doesn’t have any kind of problem other than being youthful, but given how much the Chicago Blackhawks have invested in the forward, it’s incumbent on the team and maybe even the players’ association to closely monitor the situation. The question everyone’s asking is: Should the Blackhawks trade Patrick Kane?  The question should be: what are the Blackhawks, the NHL and the NHLPA going to do about Patrick Kane?  It is possible Kane doesn’t really have ...

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Former trainer saved Roger Clemens steroid waste, court hears

Brian McNamee testified Tuesday he saved medical waste after injecting Roger Clemens with steroids because his wife complained that McNamee was going to be the fall guy. McNamee stated his wife told him, “You’re going to go down! You’re going to go down! You’re going to go down!” McNamee, Clemens’ former strength coach, has stated he injected the seven-time Cy Young Award winner multiple times with steroids and human growth hormone. He stated he had told his wife about the ...

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Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal slips to 2nd in Giro d’Italia

Spanish rider Joaquin Rodriguez took the overall lead in the Giro d’Italia from Ryder Hesjedal of Canada on Tuesday after winning the hilly 10th stage with a sprint finish. One of the pre-race favourites, Rodriguez completed the 186-kilometre (116-mile) leg from Civitavecchia to Assisi in 4 hours, 25 minutes, 5 seconds for his first Giro stage win. The Katusha rider is 17 seconds ahead overall on Hesjedal from Victoria, B.C. Paolo Tiralongo of Italy is 32 seconds back. artoz Huzarski ...

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Montreal’s Kim Klavel advances to women’s world boxing quarter-finals

Montreal’s Kim Klavel advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s world boxing championships on Tuesday in China. Klavel defeated Derya Aktop of Ankara 17-10 in the four-round bout in the 48-kilogram weight class. Klavel began to pull away on the judges’ scorecards in the third round. She will face an opponent from the Philippines on Wednesday. Women’s boxing is making its debut at the London Olympics, with the worlds in China serving as a qualification event. The world championships are ...

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Kings seek record-tying 7th straight road win

The Phoenix Coyotes survived stretches of playing on their heels in the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs, absorbing everything the opponent threw at them before counterpunching with a winning goal. Against the Los Angeles Kings, they quickly learned that method will not work. More skilled and equally tenacious as Phoenix, the Kings hit the Coyotes hard and kept coming in Game 1 of the Western Conference final, rolling to a 4-2 win on Sunday night. With Game ...

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Manchester City begins quest to build dynasty

Winning the title is one thing. Building a dynasty is quite another. Manchester City will start next season in the unfamiliar position of championship favourites. The pressure will be on from the get-go and they will be the team everyone else wants to beat. He could have been five minutes from being fired. He was given every advantage so coming up short might not have been an option. Now he is part of history and we will never know.

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Canada easily handles Belarus at hockey worlds

Ryan O’Reilly scored twice Tuesday as Canada clinched top spot in the Helsinki pool at the IIHF world hockey championship with an simple 5-1 victory over Belarus in Helsinki, Finland. Canada’s quarter-final opponent will be determined after games later in the day. However, the No. 1 seed ensures it cannot face the powerhouse Russians until at least the final — good news given that Russia has knocked Canada out of the tournament the last four years. Corey Perry and Ryan ...

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Rangers continue to win, their way

The Rangers continued to find a way – their way – in their 3-0 win over the Devils in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final. They got huge stops from Henrik Lundqvist, broke open a scoreless third-period tie, and defied the fatigue that greatly irritates them as an interview subject by taking over the third period just 48 hours after going the limit with Washington. Zach Parise had one, two, three chances shorthanded in three rapid-fire seconds, bringing the ...

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