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Sports

Rob Murphy’s new triplets tackle life’s challenges

By Jeff Paterson
It’s been an agonizing process for the lineman to be apart from his wife and three kids, but the 31-year-old Buffalo, New York, native has made the decision to return to his other family, the B.C. Lions.
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Simon Whitfield defies heat, hills, and smog in Beijing

By Jeff Paterson
The Victoria triathlete is at or very near the top of his game and hopes to become the first Canadian to claim gold in non-consecutive Summer Games in one of sport's truest tests of endurance.
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Vancouver Whitecaps bracing for big leap to top league

By Jeff Paterson
There’s no denying that MLS teams have bigger names and bigger payrolls, but will the level of play be so much better that the ’Caps will be able to attract 20,000 fans instead of the 5,000 loyal fans they have for USL home games at Swangard Stadium?
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Vancouver Open may leap to improve its smash

By Jeff Paterson
If the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open gets much bigger, the quality of players taking part will undoubtedly rise too. But at the same time, the chances of young Canadians even being included in the field will surely decrease
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Sports

Camera-shy Vancouver Canucks seek new mouthpiece

By Jeff Paterson
For the best part of the past eight years, Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison, and Trevor Linden were the heart, soul, and backbone of the club, and now they've gone some other players must step up and do the talking.
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Sports

Irreplaceable Bob Ackles made B.C. Lions roar again

By Jeff Paterson
There will be much discussion about permanent and memorials to the president of the football club. But there could be no better tribute to the man who gave his life to the B.C. Lions than filling the dome for the team’s next home game on July 18.
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Sports

Canada is crying out for new sporting heroes

By Jeff Paterson
As a country, we suck at sports right now. Forget “O Canada”. Lately, it’s been “Woe Canada”. It won’t always be this way, but if you can find something—anything—to get excited about, please let the rest of us know.
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Sports

Early games almost irrelevant for B.C. Lions

By Jeff Paterson
For this experienced group of players, which has finished on top of the Western Division in each of the past four years, the first two months of the new CFL season are little more than a necessary evil.
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Health Features | Sports

Boot your workout outdoors

By Jon Azpiri
Vancouverites are always looking for ways to squeeze the most out of every precious hour of summer sunlight. That means taking any indoor activity and moving it outside. For those looking to escape the four walls of the gym, here are a few outdoor fitness options that don’t involve the words Grouse and grind.
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Sports

Nat Bailey Stadium is groundskeeper’s new field of dreams

By Jeff Paterson
Tom Archibald may be chasing the dream of one day making it to the major leagues, but this season he is content to be caring for the sacred ryegrass turf at the “prettiest little ballpark in the world”.
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Sports

Corona Open highlights big attraction of beach volleyball

By Jeff Paterson
Hard bodies, skimpy swimwear, sweat, and sand are always at Kits Beach, but July's Corona Open will bring people with game—and plenty of it.
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Sports

Badminton interest whips up across B.C.

By Jack Christie
Here’s a familiar summer scene: a family arrives at a neighbourhood park, unpacks for a day of picnicking, and out pops the sports gear. It’s practically a given that along with a soccer ball and a Frisbee will be a handful of badminton racquets.
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Sports

Linden’s gifts to the city won’t be forgotten

By Jeff Paterson
The greatest career in Canucks history is now over, but Trevor Linden will surely continue to make his mark off-ice.
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Vancouver Canucks can’t ignore WHL’s feisty Kyle Beach

By Jeff Paterson
The North Vancouver–born forward is the biggest, toughest, meanest, and highest-rated British Columbian in the upcoming draft, but there are question marks over his health, discipline, and attitude.
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Barron Miles ducks “old” tag with BC Lions by not messing up

By Jeff Paterson
The 36-year-old defensive back plans to work harder than ever this season shutting down speedy receivers as he tackles his hardest assignment: staying ahead of Father Time.
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Sports

Mike Gillis must learn from class of the Detroit Red Wings

By Jeff Paterson
The Red Wings may be the gold standard of the National Hockey League, and the Vancouver Canucks would be wise to study every move that Detroit makes.
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Sports

B.C. Sports Hall of Fame to honour aboriginal achievement

By Jeff Paterson
British Columbia’s aboriginal community has had much to celebrate in its individual and team sporting accomplishments over the past 100 years, and is now getting a gallery to showcase those many achievements.
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Sports

Why Joe Sakic won't make the grade for 2010

By Jeff Paterson
With the 2010 Olympic Games on home ice, failure is not an option, and Canada's best chance of striking gold is without Burnaby Joe.
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Feel-good Habs create reluctant converts

By Jeff Paterson
This year’s Montreal Canadiens have been a great hockey story. With no apparent big egos, they skate well, play up-tempo hockey, and, perhaps more than anything, they look like they’re having fun.
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Sports

Whitecaps go on attack to erase last year’s woes

By Jeff Paterson
Their first outing may not have been the best evidence that the Vancouver Whitecaps have undergone a major overhaul. In many ways, this city’s top soccer club strongly resembled the group that had trouble scoring throughout much of last season, as it kicked off the new United Soccer League First Division campaign with a 1-0 win over the Montreal Impact on April 12.
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Sports

Nonis’s Canucks never resembled a contender

By Jeff Paterson
The harsh reality of professional sports is that winning is the only thing that matters. In the eyes of ownership, it is crunch time. And Nonis just got crunched.
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Canucks have to pay the price to get goals

By Jeff Paterson
After a season of failure and almost four decades of relatively unspectacular accomplishments, the time has come for the Vancouver Canucks to realize that good enough is no longer good enough.
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NHL got it right with late-season matchups

By Jeff Paterson
By ending the season with divisional matches, the National Hockey League ensured teams are forced to play—and win—meaningful games against their chief rivals.
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Ryan Kesler fired up for playoffs and parenthood

By Jeff Paterson
Playing a key role on a hockey club in the thick of an NHL playoff race and weeks away from becoming a father for the first time, Vancouver Canucks centre Ryan Kesler is having the time of his life.
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Canucks still have a shot at playoff glory

By Jeff Paterson
They have been called dull, boring, and not much fun to watch. Yet with each and every one of their recent results, the Vancouver Canucks have managed to take this city on a monthlong thrill ride—one that isn’t over yet. And as crazy as it sounds, and as inconsistently as they’ve played on many nights in recent weeks, the Canucks’ season may not be over for a while. Then again, it could all come crashing down on April 5.
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