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13.05.2008

SCORECARD:

Here are the sports results from Tuesday:

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13.05.2008

Canada gets ready for quarter-final with Norway at world championship

HALIFAX - One by one, they filed onto the ice with huge smiles - kids in replica Team Canada jerseys, wives clutching cameras, grandparents simply taking it all in.

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13.05.2008

New indictment against home run king Barry Bonds unsealed

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds was charged in a new indictment Tuesday with 15 felony counts alleging he lied to a grand jury when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs and that he hampered the federal government's doping investigation.

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13.05.2008

Penguins use defensive game to take commanding 3-0 series lead in East final

PHILADELPHIA - The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled yet another page from their playbook Tuesday night, suffocating the Philadelphia Flyers with a defensive gem that put them just one win away from the Stanley Cup final.

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13.05.2008

Datsyuk's hat trick leads Red Wings to 3-0 lead over Stars in West final

DALLAS - This is how ridiculously good the Detroit Red Wings are playing: They lose the NHL's top scorer this post-season and their regular-season scoring leader steps up with the first hat trick of his entire career while one of his linemates scores a demoralizing short-handed goal.

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13.05.2008

Lewis, Yzerman, Garapick, Gagnon and relay team headed into Hall of Fame

TORONTO - The images of Robert Esmie crouched in the starting blocks, the words "Blast Off" shaved into his hair, and a grinning Donovan Bailey crossing the finish line with arms raised are among the most enduring in Canadian sport.

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13.05.2008

Canadian Grand Prix course made safer after Kubica crash last year

MONTREAL - The hairpin turn at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit that was the site of a death-defying crash during last year's Canadian Grand Prix will be tamed ahead of this year's race.

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13.05.2008

Durability versus speed in horse breeding is the issue these days

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Big Brown figures to produce big green as a stallion, which is why the Kentucky Derby winner most likely will retire young, just as his parents did.

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13.05.2008

Pittsburgh Penguins backup netminder Ty Conklin helped save season

PHILADELPHIA - Much has been said and written about Evgeni Malkin's superb play when Sidney Crosby went down with injury this season.

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13.05.2008

LPGA superstar Annika Sorenstam plans to retire after this season

CLIFTON, N.J. - Annika Sorenstam ignored her notes and spoke from the heart. One of golf's greatest players was leaving the game, and she handled her retirement announcement the way she would a 10-foot birdie putt with a tournament on the line.

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