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JC Lipon scored three times in the first period as the Kamloops Blazers downed the visiting Spokane Chiefs 5-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League action. Kelechi Osemele Jersey. Lipon currently has a five-game point streak that includes seven goals and 14 points. He now has 18 points in eight games this season, which leads the WHL in scoring. Cole Ully and Brendan Ranford also scored for the Blazers (7-0-1), while Ranford picked up two assists for a three-point outing. Liam Stewart replied for the Chiefs (5-2-0). Cole Cheveldave turned aside 36 shots for the win as Eric Williams stopped 18 shots in a losing effort. Kamloops went 2-for-6 on the power play while Spokane failed to score on four chances with the man advantage. Elsewhere in the WHL, it was: Everett 3, Brandon 2 (OT); Kootenay 4, Saskatoon 3; Lethbridge 3, Prince George 2; Portland 5, Prince Albert 2; Swift Current 3, Regina 2 (OT); Calgary 5, Edmonton 4 (SO); Red Deer 2, Medicine Hat 1; Kelowna 4, Victoria 1 and Seattle 6, Vancouver 4. At Kamloops, B.C., the first period was all about Lipon as he scored a natural hat trick to give the Blazers a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes of play. His first goal came 2:51 into the game and he scored again at 4:37. His third goal came by way of power play at 8:30. Stewart scored the only goal of the second period and it brought Spokane to within two goals heading into the final period. Ully responded for Kamloops at 5:29 of the third period and Ranford added a power-play goal at 7:58. --- Silvertips 3 Wheat Kings 2 (OT) At Brandon, Man., Landon Oslanski scored 1:17 into overtime as Everett (2-5-1) came back from two goals down to beat the Wheat Kings (5-2-1). --- Ice 4 Blades 3 At Cranbrook, B.C., Brock Montgomery scored twice and set up one as Kootenay (2-5-0) handed Saskatoon (2-7-0) its fifth loss in a row. --- Hurricanes 3 Cougars 2 At Lethbridge, Alta., Russell Maxwell scored twice on the power play and Ty Rimmer made 25 saves as the Hurricanes (3-5-0) downed Prince George (5-2-1). --- Winterhawks 5 Raiders 2 At Prince Albert, Sask., Ty Rattie and Derrick Pouliot each had a goal and an assist as Portland (6-3-1) handed the Cougars (7-1-1) their first regulation-time loss of the season. --- Broncos 3 Pats 2 (OT) At Regina, Coda Gordon scored twice, including the overtime winner, and Eetu Laurikainen made 21 saves as Swift Current (4-1-4) edged the Pats (4-5-0). --- Hitmen 5 Oil Kings 4 (SO) At Edmonton, Greg Chase scored the shootout winner and Brooks Macek had a pair of goals in regulation time as Calgary (5-0-2) slipped past the Oil Kings (5-2-2). --- Rebels 2 Tigers 1 At Red Deer, Alta., Bolton Pouliot stopped 32-of-33 shots and Turner Elson had a goal and an assist as the Rebels (5-5-1) beat Medicine Hat (3-5-1) for their third straight victory. --- Rockets 4 Royals 1 At Victoria, Henrik Nybergs second period goal stood up as the winner and Myles Bell chipped in with two assists as Kelowna (4-4-1) downed the Royals (6-4-0). --- Thunderbirds 6 Giants 4 At Vancouver, Brendan Rouse scored three times and Brandon Glover made 28 saves as Seattle (4-3-0) defeated the Giants (2-6-0). Sam Koch Jersey. -- Breaking their silence for the first time, the family of the woman shot and killed by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher said Monday their "hearts are truly broken" and asked for privacy while they grieve the loss of two loved ones. Joe Flacco Jersey. Raonic, seeded 14th thanks to his career-high ranking, kept his hopes alive for a late spot in the eight-man field at the World Tour Finals in London which starts Monday. http://www.shopravensgear.us/pernell-mcphee-ravens-jersey/. "Football has always evolved, and it always will," he told an overflow crowd of a few hundred. "Make no mistake: change does not inhibit the game; it improves it." In a long-planned appearance that came four days after three starting NFL quarterbacks were knocked out with concussions, Goodell said that the league has already improved the way it handles hits to the head. Ryan McBean Jersey. -- Scott Milanovichs gameplan for Sundays Grey Cup remains a work in progress, but it wont involve the Toronto Argonauts following the same dangerous path that they took to get to the CFL title game. Ramon Harewood Jersey. 1s Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams posted second-round wins Thursday at the Australian Open. The Wimbledon and WTA Championships titlist Kvitova advanced, but only after withstanding a test from Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Try to shove massive Vince Wilfork out of the middle. Tough to do, isnt it? The 325-pound Pro Bowl tackle keeps sticking around. Wilfork is the only defensive starter left from the New England Patriots last Super Bowl team four years ago. This season, hes rarely come off the field. And why should he? Hes earned all that playing time by crunching runners, charging quarterbacks and clogging holes that offensive linemen struggle to open. "Hes been huge," coach Bill Belichick said. "Vince has had a great year for us. Hes had obviously a great career, had an outstanding year last year, but this year its even gone a step higher." Now he has a chance to reach the top in one climactic game. Wilfork, as usual, will be in the centre of the action at the Super Bowl against the New York Giants on Feb. 5. "I dont care how many Super Bowls youve been to or won. Every chance (you) get to play at this level is the biggest game of your career," he said, but "its still a football game and theyre going to have to line up between the lines and play. "I think the more we can focus on that end and just block everything else out the better well be as a team. But its no question in my mind, these guys will do that." The leadership and inspiration Wilfork provides as a captain -- with his hard-hitting play as much as his soft voice -- pushes teammates to compete despite season-long criticism of their defence that allowed the second most yards in the regular season. But runners who challenge the heart of that defence encounter Wilforks wide body. "He is definitely hard to move," Giants running back Brandon Jacobs said. "He is strong and he is quick for his size. You cant (figure out) one way where he is going to this or he is going to that. He is not one-dimensional. He makes it really hard for people to figure out how they are going to block him." In the 23-20 win over Baltimore in the AFC championship game, Wilfork had one sack and six tackles, including a stop of Ray Rice for a three-yard loss that might have pushed the Ravens out of field-goal range with about three minutes left. Wilfork has been primarily a nose tackle since being drafted out of Miami with the 21st pick in 2004. But this season he also lined up at end and tackle in a 4-3 alignment. And he has developed into an every-down player. "You rarely see a defensive lineman playing 90 per cent of the snaps," linebacker Jerod Mayo said. "Hes one of those guys, I dont want to say his weight on camera, but hes a big guy, you can all see that. Thats very impressive in its own right." So are his imitations of fleet, 180-pound cornerbacks. Wilfork, athletic and fast despite his size, had the first two interceptions of his career in the first four games this season. He rambled 36 yards with the first to set up a field goal on the last play before halftime of a 35-21 win over San Diego. Two weeks later he grabbed another pass, returning it 19 yards in the fourth quarter of a 31-19 win over Oakland. "Legendary,"; Belichick called those picks. Anthony Allen Jersey. "A linemans dream," Wilfork said. "Too bad it wasnt a touchdown, but I ended up falling on one in Washington." Oh, yeah, there was that fumble recovery in the end zone for his first career touchdown in a 34-27 win over the Redskins. Somehow, Wilfork seems to be in the middle of the action, even when hes not expected to be. "Sometimes I make plays that are noticeable and sometimes I dont," he said. "I dont get a bunch of sacks. I dont have any sack dance or any dance you can remember me by but, trust me, I do play hard." Often, Wilfork ends up on the ground in a pile with two offensive linemen. Hardly glamorous, but thats one extra blocker his teammates dont have to worry about. "He embraces the success of the team," Belichick said. "A lot of times it comes at maybe personal (expense), eating up blockers and doing things, doing some of the dirty work that helps other players be productive. Hes done a great job with that, embraced it and performed well in whatever role weve asked him to be in." But its tough to hide such a big body, no matter how many blockers try to flatten him. So for the third straight season and fourth time in his career, Wilfork got enough notice to be chosen for the Pro Bowl. Of course, hell skip that game this Sunday to fly to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl. The Patriots won it in his rookie season then came agonizingly close to doing it again and completing a perfect 2007 season. But Eli Manning threw a touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left and the Giants won 17-14. "Thats a tough, tough feeling," Wilfork said, "but every chance you get to be in this situation is special." There was another post-season moment he wishes never happened. On the first offensive play of a wild-card playoff game two years ago, Wilfork was blocked onto his back, opening a gap that Rice dashed through on an 83-yard touchdown run. That set the tone for a 33-14 Ravens upset win. Wilfork said he and his defensive teammates havent watched that play since. "It doesnt have any relevance to what were doing," he said. "That was a couple of years ago and this is a new ball club." But Wilfork is still the man in the middle. "Hes really the elder statesman on the defence," Belichick said. "Hes got a great work ethic, very unselfish, does whatever weve asked him to do." No one had to tell him what to do last Sunday when Billy Cundiff hooked a 32-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds left. That ended the Ravens last chance and sent the Patriots to the biggest game of all. Moments after the miss, Wilfork stretched his arms to the sides with his helmet in his right hand and beamed a satisfied smile, his breath visible in the chill of the evening. "It is an unbelievable feeling," he said. "Its hard to describe, but when you play this game this is what you play for." ------ AP Sports Writer Tom Canavan in East Rutherford, N.J., contributed to this report. ' ' '

Its still early, but the Angels 3-4 hitters, Albert Pujols and Josh

June 4th, 2013 at 02:37 am

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Wholesale NBA Jerseys China . -- The Portland Timbers have signed French defender Mikael Silvestre, an English Premier League veteran who played for both Manchester United and Arsenal. Timbers owner Merritt Paulson announced the signing. Silvestre recently had preseason trials with both Portland and the Seattle Sounders. The 35-year-old has played the past three seasons with Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga. He played for Manchester United from 1999-2008 before two seasons with Arsenal. The Timbers also brought in 34-year-old French striker Frederic Piquionne for a trial in advance of the season, which the Timbers open at home against the Red Bulls on March 3. Wholesale Boston Bruins Jerseys China . Even though hes been hurting, Beltre keeps producing for the AL West leaders. Beltre singled home the winning run in the ninth inning Monday night, after tying the game two innings earlier with his 35th homer, and the Rangers rallied past Oakland 5-4 to stretch their division lead over the Athletics to five games with nine to play. Wholesale Women Jerseys China . Strahan, who had 22 1/2 sacks in 2001 and 141 1/2 for his 15-year his career with the New York Giants, is joined by offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden of the Ravens and guard-tackle Larry Allen of the Cowboys and 49ers. http://www.stitchednflshop.com/soccer-club/ .Y. -- New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano is out of the hospital following surgery to treat kidney stones, but it is unknown when he will make his season debut behind the bench. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . Benitez was hoping a victory over Chelseas west London neighbour would kick start the process of winning over fans unhappy about his controversial hiring last week after the firing of Roberto Di Matteo. However this result and lacklustre performance will increase the frustration of supporters, with Chelsea creating few opportunities in a dour game. Wholesale Sports Caps China . The lawsuit was filed last week in Miami federal court against Aroldis Chapman, a left-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. The lawsuit claims that Chapman falsely accused Danilo Curbelo Garcia of involvement in human trafficking, leading to his 2008 arrest and conviction in Cuba.One of the Blue Jays best off-season moves was cutting a new Triple A affiliate agreement, leaving Las Vegas and relocating to Buffalo. Not only does that make player call-ups easier and less time consuming, it gives Blue Jays fans the chance to cross the border and see how some of the top prospects are doing firsthand. At least off Opening Day, the move is a bang-up success. The Bisons drew 15,852 fans to Coca-Cola Field, their largest Opening Day crowd since 2004, and the most theyve drawn for a weekday game since 1999. In a wild slugest, Buffalo beat Rochester, Minnesotas Triple A club by a score of 12-7 with the two teams combining for 30 hits. The Jays would-be centrefielder of the future, Anthony Gose went 3-for-4 and knocked in a run hitting out of the number two slot. But Gose also all did something I dont think anyone has ever seen before. Gose made a valiant effort to catch a Redwings homerun. He went up the wall and hit it with such force that he damaged the fence, apparently dislodging a section from its moorings. No problems, Gose got a boost from rightfielder Moises Sierra, climbed over the fence and fixed it before play resumed. What a gamer! Bisons manager Marty Brown and third baseman Andy LaRoche werent around at the finish. They were tossed out late in the game after LaRoche was hit on the wrist by a pitch that the ump ruled was a foul ball. They got the heave-ho for arguing a little to vociferously. The Blue Jays were well represented at the Bisons opener. They had a seven-man contingent on hand for the Opening Ceremonies including Paul Beeston, Alex Anthopoulos, Howard Starkman, Duane Ward and Roberto Alomar, who threw out the first pitch. Interesting note on the Buffalo starting rotation, the average age is 32.6 years old while the average age of the Blue Jays starting five is 31.8 years old. The Bisons five includes Justin Germano (30), Ramon Ortiz (turning 40 next month), Claudio Vargas (34), Dave& Bush (33) and Todd Redmond (27). Wholesale Jerseys. Why so old? Well, the Blue Jays were determined to put a winner in Buffalo, and they also wanted to gather as much veteran pitching experience as possible in case they ran into the kind of injury epidemic they did a year ago with the big club. While were talking Triple "A", catcher Travis DArnaud, the key piece going to the Mets in the R.A Dickey deal, got off to a great start for Las Vegas in their Pacific Coast League season opening win over Sacremento. Batting third for the 51s, DArnaud went 2-for-3 with a walk. Both hits were doubles, he scored four runs and knocked in another one. Weird and wonderful stuff Washington just missed shutting out Miami three straight times to open the season, which would have matched the Major League record set by the 1963, St. Louis Cardinals. The Marlins got their lone run in the second inning of the series finale and lost 6-1. Houston somehow won one game of its opening three-game set at home against Texas, despite striking out 43 times to set a record for the first three games of any season. The Astros were also shut out twice and came within one out of having a perfect game thrown at them by Yu Darvish in their second game of the year. Its still early, but the Angels 3-4 hitters, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton are hitting .091 and .083 after the Halos opening series at Cincinnati, where they dropped two out of three. Great numbers for Bingo, not baseball. For those of you worrying about the Jays (0-2) start, the Yankees were (0-3) to start 1998, and went on to win 114 games and the World Series in a four-game sweep of San Diego. The one thing that should concern you is the health of Brett Lawrie. He may not be back until the end of the month from a rib cage muscle strain, and combined over the first three games, the replacement third basemen Maicer Izturis and Mark DeRosa have made three errors. ' ' '

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