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TAMPA BAY 36 MINNESOTA 17 Rookie Doug Martin racked up 214 total yards and two touchdowns, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers blew out Minnesota 36-17 on Thursday night to hand the Vikings their first home loss this season.

Liverpool put its Europa League campaign back on track by beating big-spending Anzhi Makhachkala 1-0 on Thursday, and Inter Milan broke through Partizan Belgrade's resistance late on to win by the same score line.

Royals forward named to WHL team for Subway Super Series game

GAME DAY: B.C. AT CALGARY, 6 P.M. The result is meaningless, so the management and performance of certain players is the storyline of today's CFL game between the Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions.

GAME DAY: VICTORIA AT TRAIL, 7: 30 P.M. The Victoria Grizzlies head out on a three-game road trip packing a four-game win streak in their suitcases. Extending that to seven victories will be a tough test as the B.C.

David Stern spent nearly 30 years growing the NBA, turning a league that couldn't even get its championship series on live prime-time TV into a projected $5 billion a year industry.

Q: Please mention circle hooks for fishing Sooke River chum. Since I switched, I have not snagged a single one. - Rob Turner A: I use Mustad Size 2, C71S SS, which are mid-length streamer hooks. Foul-hooking is not fishing.

Adherents of the various sports like to claim, in most cases justifiably, that Victoria has proven to be a baseball, rugby, lacrosse, basketball, running, rowing, cycling and triathlon town.

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Unlike many people in hockey, John Davidson wasn't afraid of the losing tradition of the Columbus Blue Jackets. "I like the idea of the challenge. I mean, it's possible.