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Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol have raised enough championship trophies to realize they really shouldn't be getting excited about any win in the first week of November.

NEW ORLEANS 28 PHILADELPHIA 13 Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints picked up a much-needed win. For Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles, more misery.

Despite experiencing career-high statistics this Major League Baseball season, Seattle Mariners outfielder Michael Saunders knows he is capable of much more.

Saanich Commonwealth Place is well known for its recreational aspects. But it also has another significant profile as an Olympic medal factory.

When Trent Knorr, at 18, was a linesman in his first pro ECHL game at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, one of the players leaned over and quipped: "You look about as old as my son.

Don Matthews, one of the CFL's most successful head coaches, says he has cancer in his lymph nodes.

Better to end speculation than keep the Saskatchewan Roughriders guessing for a few more days, says Calgary Stamped-ers head coach and general manager John Hufnagel.

Oak Bay wins its eighth team title

Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski are in quite a fight for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. With two rounds to go, five-time champion Johnson now has a bigger edge after a slugfest in Texas that included some hard banging late.

Stamps have a decision to make at QB for Western semifinal >D4