Jo Villaverde
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Sports Briefs
Steroid testing proving to be costly; Canadian basketball players face long, tough road; Arms and legs are overrated anyway; MMA fighter drinks his own pee; University of Winnipeg names new athletic director
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That’s two for Canada and maybe more
Canada’s soccer image is about to expand.
Alongside the fairly young Toronto FC, the Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) will join the other 16 Major League Soccer (MLS) franchises in the expansion year of 2011.
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Sports Briefs
This is the game that never ends; Fine line crossed between victory and defeat, literally; YouTube: The new parenting tool; Founder of Tapout killed in motor accident; Now this is determination
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Forget Vancouver 2010, what about Portage la Prairie?
Although much attention will be on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Portage la Prairie will offer some local sporting flavour a little closer to home.
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March Madness preview
Uniter staff members Jo Villaverde, Kevin Chaves and Mike Collins, along with the man who picked Kansas to go all the way last year, Marko Bilandzija, chime in with their favourite teams and players to watch for during March Madness.
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Back from the dead
Ever wonder why your grandpa has a bad back? If he played a lot of sports as a kid, he probably has a cool story behind it (no pun intended).
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Sports Briefs
Vancouver is gearing up ; Gretzky says no ; Good steroid news? ; Politics and sport still don’t mix ; Like father, like son
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Sports Briefs
Not guilty for murder charge; There is no gold in pot smoking; Blood, violence and controversy at CFC; Fight not over yet
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Sports, sponsors and cold hard cash
AC/DC sang that “money talks” and when it comes to professional sports, money talks big. In Canada and the United States, the NHL alone has 17 major corporate partners. That’s just for the league, not to mention the individual advertising contracts that the teams and players have signed.
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Now is the time to win
Winning heals all wounds. The lowly Winnipeg Wesmen (8-8) men’s volleyball team lost five of their last six games and needed a win over the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds (9-7) for their confidence.
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Have fun and leave it at that
We’ve all had birthdays – we know what they’re like. People make you drink much more than you’re comfortable with. Your friends buy you a shot when you have already had too many and you’re thinking, “This one is gonna make me throw up.”
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NFL Picks
Welcome back! Our final installments of the NFL Picks will highlight the culmination of the NFL season as the post-season winds down. This week, we look over the AFC and NFC conference championships. The regular season doesn’t matter anymore. Every game could be the last. Check your insight against ours, including last year’s NFL Picks champ: Scott!
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Awards for excellence and idiocy in sport
While everyone has made their New Year’s resolutions for 2009 (and probably already broke them), we at The Uniter decided to look back at 2008, and found it was full of everything from dominant performances to hilarious parody.
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Sports Briefs
Manchester City going coo-coo for Kaka ; How young is too young? ; The church of the Habs ; Heart problems for Russians in hockey ; Un-retiring: a new trend
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NFL Picks
Welcome back! Our final installments of the NFL Picks will highlight the culmination of the NFL season as the post-season winds down. This week, we look over the AFC and NFC conference championships. The regular season doesn’t matter anymore. Every game could be the last. Check your insight against ours, including last year’s NFL Picks champ: Scott!
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Sports Briefs
Former Wesmen star signs with Harlem Ambassadors ; Why you should never mess with a golfer ; You’re fired! Just kidding! ; Ends of eras ; Race driver caught speeding
