Winnipeg Free Press

Red Sox Look Poised for Series Sweep

Down 6-0, Colorado came back with two runs in the sixth, and Matt Holliday's three-run homer in the seventh on Hideki Okajima's first pitch cut the Red Sox lead to 6-5. Then [Jacoby Ellsbury] lofted an RBI double down the right-field line off Brian Fuentes in the eighth that just eluded Brad Hawpe's attempt at a sliding, backhand catch, and [Dustin Pedroia] followed with a two-run double to right that put Boston back in front by four runs. Jason Varitek added a sacrifice fly in the ninth. Bos...

What a 2nd Effort!

"The game is over, but the season isn't," said head coach Doug Berry. "What we had in our control is now gone. Now it belongs to Toronto. The only thing left in our control is to play the Montreal game in a week. So, that's what we're going to focus on, that's the next objective and then we'll see what happens." "It's obviously frustrating," said Bomber offensive tackle Dan Goodspeed. "I don't think one person in this room is happy right now. Hats off to Toronto, they balled it, they won it a...

World Series Hits Dizzying New Heights

"All-out speed is actually faster. Now, with bigger bodies, there's more resistance, but running fast isn't going to be a problem as long as it's 10-15 seconds," [Jack Daniels] said. "They'll make it from first to third in that time. That's something those sea level guys need to realize is they're not going to be slowed down running the bases." "And staying warm can be a problem. It's just colder at altitude. Dry air feels colder because your sweat evaporates and that cools your body. It's li...

Moose Missing Trio of Top Guns; Arniel Irate

Winger Jozef Balej, belted awkwardly into the boards eight minutes into Friday's game at MTS Centre, has suffered a serious knee injury, elite centre Ryan Shannon is also gone for several weeks with a knee injury and the team's leading scorer last season, winger Jason Jaffray, is out with a wrist injury. "He'll see the doctors again Monday to be checked out more fully but the first diagnosis is not good," he said. "It's jammed and twisted."

On2

"I'm thinking about how it's going to be a long process to 2010 and not where I've got to be racing so fast right now, because there's a lot of time and I'm really just trying to figure out, not just the physical part, but also the mental part," [Cindy Klassen] said Saturday at the Olympic Oval. "I think it's going to be a slow start to the season, but that's OK," she said. "I'll have faith in the program. I hope by the end of the season, by the world championships I'll be racing the way I'd ...

Dirty Hit Hospitalizes Bruins' Bergeron

'I'm not saying he's a dirty player, all I'm saying is it was a dirty hit' "I'm not saying he's a dirty player, all I'm saying is it was a dirty hit. We'll just have to let the league take care of it ... and hopefully they will," [Claude Julien] said. "That's just an innocent play by [Randy Jones]. I've had Randy Jones for a long time here. He's just going in there trying to defend and make contact and the last thing on his mind is trying to go run somebody and cause injuries," [John Stevens]...

Around the Nhl

All proceeds from the Brantford, Ont., native's sale will go toward building a new baseball stadium at Oaks Christian and various programs at nearby Carden Conejo School. Also sold was couture clothing owned by [Wayne Gretzky]'s wife, Janet, including Prada shoes and Vera Wang dresses. Ottawa's Andrej Meszaros scored the first goal in the US$380-million Prudential Center, nicknamed "The Rock" after the insurance giant's logo.

Bisons Go 8-0, but Their Work Is Far From Over

"To have back-to-back 8-0 seasons is great but until we have a (national championship) ring on our fingers, it means nothing," Justin Cooper, a third-year Bisons defensive end said in a telephone interview. Last season the Bisons lost in the conference championship to Saskatchewan Huskies, who ended up Vanier Cup national finalists. "That's the goal so really, you could look at this as a pre-season game with the real season starting now." "Some of the guys said to me, "Coach we know we haven'...

The Local Scene

IN volleyball action at the University of Manitoba Investors Group Athletic Centre, coach Ken Bentley's No. 1-ranked Bisons women's team completed an opening-weekend sweep of the Regina Cougars with a four-set victory, 18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-13. The Bisons, who were 14-0 in the pre-season, beat the Cougars 3-1 on Friday night. IN hockey action in Vancouver, the No. 3-ranked Manitoba Bisons (5-0) women's team extended its Canada West conference winning streak to five games on Friday night, do...

Point Is, Blue Can't Score Any

"It's frustrating," began [Kevin Glenn]. "Plain and simple we didn't make enough plays. That's what it comes down to: making plays. And we didn't make enough. "We didn't perform," said wide receiver Derick Armstrong. "Offensively, we didn't perform. It's like we just showed up and that was it. We've had our highs and today we had our low. Right now it just hurts that we weren't able to make the plays that we're capable of making." "It's execution," said Glenn. "That's what it comes down to: g...

Celebration of Fun &Amp; Football at Canad Inns

IT'S Football Manitoba's biggest weekend of the year and Brendon Bowman knows as much as anyone about what's at stake for the approximately 1,000 players participating in championship games over the weekend at Canad Inns Stadium. "I played for East Side Eagles since I was eight years old and it's a great organization. It's just fun to be back with them again," said Bowman, whose Rifles didn't make the playoffs. "It's great any time you get a chance to play for a championship but even better w...