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Blake Griffin's 214 dunks of 2011
Got four minutes? Here’s all 214 dunks – yes, 214 – slams from this past season. It verges on the ridiculous, really, what the Clippers rookie forward did this year. You’d have to put pennies on the...
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Sergio Ramos drops Spanish King's Cup trophy
Add Sergio Ramos to the Top 10 list of trophy abusers. (We’re talking you, Memorial Cup mutilatin’ Spokane Chiefs, and U.S. Open top-popper Maria Sharapova.) The soccer star was hoisting the King’s Cup...
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Video: SportsCenter – 2011 NFL Draft Remix
With the NFL 2011 draft looming large we thought it was the perfect time to bring you this video gem produced by ESPN’s SportsCenter. Steve Porter. Ya gotta love Steve Porter.
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Canucks getting Elvis Costello to perform: a stroke of genius
OK, DJ Dave really outdid himself this time. In recent weeks, he’s been playing Elvis Costello‘s “Pump It Up” following the occasional Canucks goal. It was, interestingly enough, a dream of Province...
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No Canucks tickets? Catch the games at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom
This was one year ago. Sunil Dhir, Arnold Paguia and Ernest Ferreira heading into the Commodore Ballroom to watch game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal between the Canucks and the Chicago...
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Canucks' Ryan Kesler dances to Bhangra. Well of course he does.
Sometimes … well, sometimes, you just don’t know what to say about a YouTube video. We’ll let you decide for yourself. Ryan Kesler, celebrating the Canucks’ first-round series win over the Los Angeles...
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Richard Swarbrick’s stunning animations of Hotspur's Bale and Barca team win
Richard Swarbrick’s latest animation is a stunning celebration of Barcelona’s 5-0 thrashing of arch rivals Real Madrid last year. Commissioned by Sky Sports for their coverage of the return match in...
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Predators series clearly ages one of Canucks' youngest fans
At 1 a.m. on Thursday May 5, Bosco Kong was born. Around 5:30 p.m. that night, 16-and-a-half-hours-old Bosco hit the sack. Wisely. After all, the Canucks and Predators were set to begin Game 4 in...
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English teacher/Canucks crazy tries to convert Habs lovers
Folks, meet Diane Tomlinson. She’s an English teacher. Which is why it says “Mrs. Diane Tomlinson” over the door to her classroom. That classroom? It’s in … Montreal. Yes, Diane teaches in Montreal,...
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Kellogg's mysterious Corn Flakes box celebrated Canucks' 1994 Stanley Cup win...
Province Sports reader Marcella Munro writes: “My colleague Bruce Young is a Canucks fan and has been forever (having grown up here). In 1994, when the Canucks went to the finals, he acquired from a...
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Highest Canucks fan? Probably the one at Everest Base Camp. (Get it?)
This picture was sent to us from Province Sports reader Graeme Petrie. He writes: “A friend of mine named Gloria Flores, the biggest Canucks fan I know, sent me an image of herself at Everest Base...
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Most interesting man in the sports world?
By David Thomas McClatchy Newspapers I’m not a Dos Equis kind of guy. I’m more into tres, cuatro or cinco equis — you know, the row of X’s you’ll see on an X-out golf ball. I do, however, find Dos...
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Brandon Paris, resident of Surrey, Canucks cartoonist.
Brandon Paris has very kindly submitted this Canucks’ mascot rampage for Vancouver’s most dedicated fans to salivate over and have a laugh. I believe a bear in the mouth is worth a Cup in the hand....
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Boston Bruins win Stanley Cup of hockey marketing … in a sweep
So the Boston Bruins are on their way to Vancouver to play the Canucks for the Stanley Cup. In Vancouver, the Bruins aren’t being given much chance. They’re certainly not receiving a lot of kudos for...
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Canucks put bullet holes in Bruins. Ummm, we're serious!
Mission’s Wes Loberg is a creative fellow. When he’s not busy managing the design department at the International Play Company, the Mission man doodles around. As you can see. And, as you can see, he...
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Bono hitchhikes in WestVan, but doesn't open for Canucks
It seems legendary Irish rocker and U2 front man Bono got caught in some rain while walking in West Vancouver Tuesday, and was picked up by none other than Edmonton Oiler and Vancouver homeboy Gilbert...
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Married to the Canucks yesterday, dumping them today: a rare defection from...
Remember Richard the Mystery Fan? The guy who loved the Canucks, then decided he’d given too much of his heart to the Canucks and dumped them? Richard’s letter to The Province caused quite a splash....
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Bruins, Canucks fans duke it out on the high seas!
A great email came in to Province Sports in the hours after Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final between the Canucks and Bruins. Let’s get right to it … Dear Jonathan, Please spare a thought for us poor...
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Canadian Olympic champion on the riot aftermath: 'Nathan Kotylak should not...
Province Sports received a letter on Monday from Adam Kreek, who won a gold medal in men’s eights rowing for Canada at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. “I have a strong opintion on Nathan Kotylak, who...
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ESPN Ultimate Standings rank Canucks 43rd, kick Maple Leafs in the teeth
From our friends at Postmedia News … The Stanley Cup finalist Vancouver Canucks are the best, and the Toronto Maple Leafs the worst among Canadian NHL teams, according to ESPN The Magazine‘s Ultimate...
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Bruins get their party on with $156679.74 bar tab
In case you haven’t heard the Boston Bruins got poker-faced at an upscale suburban casino over the weekend, and their bar tab raised a few eyebrows. Zdeno Chara on the Bruins party-hardy Saturday night...
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Rafa vs. Patrick Bateman
I dunno. Maybe I’m crazy. But the Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho is a landmark piece of writing that shines a too-bright light into the dark, twisted recesses of the rich and aimless lives of...
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RIver Plate riot vs Canucks riot
This story was drawn to my attention by Province staffer Katie Mercer, and the parallels are pretty clear. While most viewed what happened June 15 in Vancouver following the Canucks ignoble defeat to...
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Kid Thriller: Check out this young dancer's sweet moves at Safeco Field
A little guy got a big ovation on “turn back the clock” night at Seattle’s Safeco Field last week. Watch him dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller — and tell us you’d look that good on the dance floor....
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Brawl breaks out at Vancouver Canadians game in Spokane
A brawl broke out between the Vancouver Canadians and Spokane Indians during the Cs’ 9-6 win yesterday in Spokane. The brawl cleared both benches after a force out at second base. Here’s the video...
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Province editorial cartoonist lambasted on Yahoo for Lions turn
Province editorial cartoonist Bob Krieger is being taken to task online at The 55-Yard Line by Andrew Bucholtz for a recent ‘toon regarding B.C. Lions defensive back Stanley Franks. Bucholtz writes:...
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Kobe and Luke help out laid-off workers
You think athletes are spoiled, rich kids? Yeah, me too. But there are cases when they rise above their trappings and do genuinely wonderful things. Case in point: Kobe Bryant. A prima donna by even...
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WLA final: Mann Cup on the horizon for Langley Thunder?
Great time last night. Being in New Westminster’s Queens Park Arena was a huge treat, particularly it being game 5 of the Western Lacrosse Association final between the New West Salmonbellies and the...
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Fox Sports apologizes to USC for targeting Asian students in video
Fox Sports has apologized to the University of Southern California for a video that took aim at the university’s Asian student population, Deadspin reports. In the video posted Friday, reporter Bob...
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Ron MacLean’s Shirtless Beer Guitar
Courtesy of Deadspin: There’s a photo of Hockey Night In Canada host Ron MacLean making the rounds on Twitter and HFBoards, and the hockey community is split on its legitimacy. (The awesomeness...
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