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NHL to start looking at possible expansion cities

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The Las Vegas Snake Eyes? The Seattle Salmon? The Toronto Even-Leafiers? Evidently, the race is on for the next NHL expansion hockey teams. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the formal expansion review process will begin July 6, although he cautioned that “this process does not necessarily mean that an expansion team will be granted.” Still, it seems that the league wants to learn what is available and how much revenue it might bring in. Las Vegas is among the early leaders,…

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Lightning’s Steve Yzerman named top general manager

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This time, he won in a landslide. Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman was named General Manager of the Year in the NHL Wednesday evening, compiling 80 points in an easy win. Yzerman, whose Lightning finished second in the NHL this season, won the award over Glenn Sather of the New York Rangers (49 points) and Bob Murray of Anaheim (36 points). It was the first time in the six-year history of the award a Lightning general manager has…

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Rays suffer another shutout in losing to Blue Jays

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When the hitting for the Tampa Bay Rays flickers off, it is a terrible sight to see. The Rays were shut out for the second time in four games Wednesday afternoon at Tropicana Field, losing 1-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays on a day when they flirted with being no-hit. The Rays are ranked 13th out of 15 American League teams in runs scored. This time, it was the Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada who carried a perfect game into the…

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Door to Cooperstown closing on Pete Rose

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Pete Rose was back in the news this week for the wrong reasons. Banned for life in 1988 for betting on baseball, Rose first denied the accusations entirely, before finally backing off that stance. It took 15 years to finally admit to ABC’s Charlie Gibson that he bet on baseball and his Cincinnati Reds team while he was their manager. Rule 21, posted in professional baseball clubhouses, is baseball’s foremost rule that promises a lifetime ban for gambling on the…

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Experts say FSU will be among the best teams in the nation

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At FSU, they would like to think that preseason prognostications mean a great deal. At Florida, not so much. It is the summer, and of course that means that everyone with a typewriter is prepared to tell you how your team will do. If that’s true, then it appears that FSU will be favored in every game it plays. The Florida Gators, in their first season under coach Jim McElwain, will be an underdog five times against a tougher schedule.…

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Rays’ Chris Archer keeps winning, downs Blue Jays

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At this rate, every pitcher in the American League may start dining on salmon and kale. Certainly, it helped to fuel Chris Archer of the Tampa Bay Rays to his latest superb outing, as Archer shut down the high-powered Toronto Blue Jays for his sixth straight victory Tuesday night. Archer allowed only three hits through eight innings and struck out seven. The Rays, who had lost two in a row, snapped back to beat the Blue Jays and stay ahead in…

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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier wants flag removed

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Those who remember Steve Spurrier from his days at the University as Florida understand that Spurrier isn’t one to silence his own opinion. Sometimes, that involves politics. Spurrier, the coach at South Carolina, has come out in favor of the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of South Carolina’s state Capitol in Columbia. A day earlier, Spurrier’s supervisor, athletic director Ray Tanner, had come out in favor of the removal. “The South Carolina football team, players and coaches…

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