James vanRiemsdyk
COLORADO SPRING, Colo. – James vanRiemsdyk, the No. 2 pick in the NHL draft, headlines the U.S. team for the world junior hockey championship later this month in the Czech Republic.
VanRiemsdyk, from the University of New Hampshire, was chosen by the Philadelphia Flyers in the draft behind Pat Kane, who is currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks and will not participate in the world junior tournament.
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) – Profits from the sale of No. 21 jerseys and other Sean Taylor items at official Washington Redskins stores will go to the trust fund established for his 1-year-old daughter, Jackie.
The course featured 24 women and girls and was setup as part of the AFN’s Coaching Pathways Programme which aims to tackle and understand the barriers faced by Asian and other minority groups in accessing mainstream coaching provision.
AFN research shows that a lack of quality coaching provision and limited pathways are the main factors that are inhibiting the progression of Asian players and coaches into mainstream football with the CCP project looking to harness the huge hidden potential in Asian communities by delivering targeted coaching courses.
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Carlos Medlock scored 18 points and Justin Dobbins added 14 to rally Eastern Michigan to a 72-63 victory over Illinois State Tuesday night, snapping the Eagles’ two-game losing streak.
Jesse Bunkley added 10 points for the Eagles (4-4), who recorded their first win over a Missouri Valley Conference school since they beat Drake in the 1997-98 season.
JUSTIN Langer became Western Australia’s most prolific batsman in four-day domestic cricket as the Warriors set their sights on inflicting Tasmania’s third outright loss of the Pura Cup at Bellerive Oval.
Batting a second time after deciding against enforcing the follow on, WA ended day three at 0-146, holding a lead of 314 runs.
The 2008 Australian Open is expected to have the best field in the tournament’s 103-year history, since only one of both top 100 ATP and WTA players won’t compete. That one player is world No.40 Vera Dushevina of Russia who was forced to withdraw due to a right-foot injury.
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley is thrilled with the strength of the lineup.
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The upcoming Davis Cup tie between Canada and Mexico will be held at the Corral in Calgary, Tennis Canada announced Tuesday.
Taking place from February 8-10, 2008, it’s mark the fifth time in Davis Cup history that Canada has played a home tie in Calgary.
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The Tri-City Americans kept pace with the high-flying Spokane Chiefs, but they needed another overtime win to do it.
Kruise Reddick scored at 1:47 of overtime to give the Tri-City Americans a 3-2 Western Hockey League win over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Tuesday.