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Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009

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There were six games in the NHL last night… two Canadian teams in action, both lost…

St. Louis 4 Calgary 3
Winnipeg’s Alexander Steen scored his second of the year for St. Louis while Winnipeg’s Dustin Boyd scored his fifth of the year for Calgary.

Los Angeles 3 Edmonton 2

Nashville 7 Tampa Bay 4
Barry Trotz’s Predators win their 20th game of the year and move into a tie with Chicago for first place in the Central Division.

Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 1
Jordan Staal scored twice while Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists.

Minnesota 2 Columbus 1
The Wild moves past Edmonton and drops the Oilers into last place in the Northwest Division.

Washington 6 Coiorado 1
Winkler’s Eric Fehr had another assist and was plus-two.

The Manitoba Moose have a few days off before they take on the Lake Erie Monsters this Friday and Saturday at the MTS Centre. 7:30 both nights. The 16-13-4 Moose are second in the North Division.

Week 15 in the National Football League starts tomorrow night with the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville. 7:20 on Rogers SportsNet. On Saturday, Dallas plays at 13-0 New Orleans. On Sunday afternoon, the big games include San Francisco at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at San Diego, Green Bay at Pittsburgh and on Sunday night, Minnesota at Carolina.

And the board of the Winnipeg Football Club is unanimous in its support of CEO Lyle Bauer and says it wants Bauer to stay with the team. Bauer himself, however, is yet to make a decision and my sources tell me that Mike Kelly will stay on as the team’s head coach.

7:15 NHL REPORT

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Tuesday night, the Washington Capitals sent a message to the rest of the National Hockey League: We have the best team in the league.

The Caps went into Denver where the Northwest Division’s Colorado Avalanche play and dealt the Avs a 6-1 shellacking. This was Capital punishment. Five different Caps scored and Alexander Ovechkin didn’t. This team is more than Just Alexander the Great. It’s simply on the verge of being great. Period.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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The Cleveland Browns are looking for a football czar, a man to run the team’s entire football operation and this week, Browns owner Randy Lerner met with the legendary Mike Holmgren.

If Holmgren says yes at any time, he will start immediately as the 2-11 Browns try to dig out from a dreadful decade.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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This is a big week for a number of NFL teams. If the San Diego Chargers win, they clinch a playoff berth. If they win and Denver loses, the Chargers lock up a first round bye. With a win, the Cincinnati Bengals lock uo the AFC North title.

Green Bay clinches a playoff berth with a win and a loss by either the Giants or Dallas and Arizona is NFC West champion with a win and 49ers loss. This is a big week.

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009

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The San Francisco 49ers forced seven turnovers and scored 24 points off those turnovers en route to a 24-9 upset of the Arizona Cardinals in the Monday Nighter last night on the coast. With the win, the 6-7 49ers remained alive in the division and the wild card standings.

In the CFL, the Toronto Argonauts fired head coach Bart Andrus yesterday after a disastrous 3-15 season. No surprise there.

There were eight games in the NHL last night…

Toronto 3 Ottawa 2
Garnet Exelby of Ste. Anne, MB., had two assists, one of them on Francois Beauchemin’s third-period winner. Toronto has won four straiught at home.

Buffalo 4 Montreal 3
Ryan Miller made 21 saves to get the win as the Sabres are on a, 8-2 run in their last 10.

Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 1
Former Moose Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler each had a goal and an assist for Vancouver.

Philadelphia 3 Boston 1
Philly defenseman Kimmo Timonen had two goals and an assist as the Flyers won the preview to the Winter Classic which goes in two weeks at Boston’s Fenway Park. Portage la Prairie’s Arron Asham had an assist as the Flyers scored three unanswered in the third to win it.

Detroit 3 Phoenix 2
Winnpeg’s Derek Meech played 14 minutes on the Wings defence and scored his first goal of the season. It turned out to be the winner.

Atlanta 3 NY Rangers 2 (SO)
The Rangers’ Marian Gaborik scored his league-leading 23rd goal, but Ilya Kovalchuk scored the OT winner.

Nashville 5 Columbus 3
Veteran Steve Sullivan had the hat-trick for Nashville.

Florida 7 NY Islanders 1
Nathan Horton led the Panthers with three goals and an assist.

The Manitoba Moose have a few days off before they take on the Lake Erie Monsters this Friday and Saturday at the MTS Centre. 7:30 both nights. The 16-13-4 Moose are second in the North Division.

According multiple sources, the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to trade starter Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a three-way deal that will likely send left-hander Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners. According to ESPN, Halladay would then agree to a three-year $60 million contract extension. The Jays are expected to receive pitcher J.A. Happ and prospects in return.

7:15 NHL REPORT

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The NHL’s board of governors are meeting this week at the Inn at Spanish Bay at Pebble Beach, California and the largest, longest discussion will be about the U.S. economy.

U.S. teams are bleeding money, especially in the non-traditional hockey markets and the league is at a crossroads: does it stay in Nashville, Florida, Tampa, Atlanta and Phoenix or move back to Canada? The owners will have a better idea later this week.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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Only three teams have clinched playoff berths: Minnesota and New Orleans in the NFC and Indianapolis in the AFC. However, if the playoffs started today here’s how it would look:

In the AFC, Indy and San Diego would have the first-round byes while Jacksonville would play at Cincinnati and Denver would play at New England. In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota would have the byes while Dallas would play at Philly and Green Bay would play at Arizona. Wouldn’t be a bad thing if the standings didn’t change.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell made it pretty clear yesterday that he’s going after a 16-0 season.

Yesterday Caldwell said that if his players are healthy they will play. In other words, if Reggie Wayne, Peyton Manning, Austin Collie, any of them, can start the game they will play to win ad they’ll d it from now until the end of the season. This team is trying to go 16-0 and good for them.

Monday, Dec. 14, 2009

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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There were two games in the NHL last night…

Colorado 3 Calgary 2
The Avs move back into first place in the Northwest Division.

Chicago 4 Tampa Bay 0
Winnipeg’s Jonathan Toews scored his ninth of the year and was plus-two.

The Manitoba Moose have a few days off before they take on the Lake Erie Monsters this Friday and Saturday at the MTS Centre. 7:30 both nights. The 16-13-4 Moose are second in the North Division.

During the weekend, the Winnipeg Goldeyes signed fan-favourite and league all-star Juan Diaz. The Goldeyes now have seven of their best players from 2009 signed to 2010 contracts.

In curling, Edmonton’s Kevin Martin defeated Glenn Howard 7-3 in the men’s final at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Martin won silver at the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002. Cheryl Bernard will represent Canada in the women’s Olympic event.

OK, Sports Select players, here are your NFL scores…

Minnesota 30 Cincinnati 10
Adrian Peterson scored two touchdowns and had 137 yards of offence as the Vikings clinched a playoff berth. Peterson now has a team record 15 rushing touchdowns this year. The Vikings are 11-2.

Green Bay 21 Chicago 14
Ryan Grant rushed for 137 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Packers improved to 9-4 and look like a lock for the NFC Wild Card.

New Orleans 26 Atlanta 23
Drew Brees tossed three TD passes, two to Reggie Bush as the Saints improved to 13-0 and locked up homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.

Indianapolis 28 Denver 16
Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes to lead the Colts to the NFL record 22nd consecutive win. At 13-0, the Colts have homefield advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. In a losing effort, Denver’s Brandon Marshall set an NFL record with 21 receptions.

New England 20 Carolina 10

Baltimore 48 Detroit 3

Miami 14 Jacksonville 10

Houston 34 Seattle 7

San Diego 20 Dallas 17
The Chargers are now 16-0 in December since 2006.

Washington 34 Oakland 13

Tennessee 47 St. Louis 7
At 6-7, the Titans have a life in the AFC Wild Card.

Last night, Philadelphia knocked off the New York Giants 45-38 in a dandy football game. Tonight on the Monday Nighter, it’s Arizona at San Francisco. Joe will be live at Boston Pizza on Kenaston.
THE REPORTS

7:15 NHL REPORT

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Alexei Kovalev reached an interesting milestone on Saturday night. Kovalev, who went 16 games without a goal, scored three times — including the 400th of his career — as his Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2.

Kovalev has been a tremendous NHL player, but are 400 goals enough to earn a spot in the Hall of Fame? Maybe he needs to get to 500.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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Brett Favre played a masterful football game on Sunday as he led the Minnesota Vikings to 30-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at Mall of America Field.

With the win, the Vikings improved to 11-2, clinched a berth in the NFC playoffs and pulled to within one win or one Green Bay loss from the NFC title. He was good signing, wasn’t he?

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Yesterday afternoon at Mall of America Field, Minnesota Vikings runningback Adrian Peterson made his presence known.

Peterson, who has been criticized for a number of mistakes this season, rushed for 97 yards and scored two touchdowns and then caught four passes for 43 yards as he led the Vikings to a 30-10 shellacking of the Cincinnati Bengals and a spot in the NFC playoffs. There will be no critics today.

THE REPORTS

7:15 NHL REPORT

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We’ve just finished the first one-third of the season, or the first period, whatever you prefer, and here’s a quick state of the NHL.

The best teams are Washington, Chicago and San Jose, but the biggest surprises are New Jersey, Los Angeles and Nashville. The worst team is clearly Carolina. If they chose the MVP today it would be either Alexander Ovechkin or Joe Thornton and the best goalie would be Buffalo’s Ryan Miller. The rookie of the year? How ‘bout New York Rangers defenseman Michael del Zotto?

8:15 NFL REPORT

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It’s interesting that there is now more talk about where teams are going to move to these days than which teams will make the playoffs.

There is talk of Oakland or San Diego moving to Los Angeles, Buffalo going to Toronto, the 49ers off to Santa Clara, Cal., and the Jacksonvolle Jaguars who have had every home game blacked out this season, moving to London, England. This next collective bargaining agreement could bring major changes to the NFL.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Last night, in a bit of a shocker, the Cleveland Browns sacked Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger eight times en route to a 13-6 victory over the defending Super Bowl champions.

The Steelers have now lost five straight, but it WAS mninus-12 in Cleveland last night. Minus-12. Guess it’s true. Hell has frozen over.

THE REPORTS

7:15 NHL REPORT

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Wednesday night here in Tampa, Dustin Penner had another goal and was a plus-one as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in front of another sparse crowd at the St. Pete Times Forum.

What was noteworthy about this game, however, was the play of Penner. The big 6-foot-4-inch forward has 18 goals and 15 assists and is in the Top 10 in scoring. Seventh among Canadians. Yep, he should be on the 2010 Olympic team.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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Think the San Diego Chargers are a team to beat this season? You should.

After all, the Chargers are 9-3 so far this season and here’s their record in December over the past four seasons – 15-0. The Chargers never lose in December. Let’s see if they can keep that streak alive in January.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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While the New England Patriots struggle to 7-5 after two devastating loses in a row, a number of NFL pundits want to blame the fourth-down decision by Pats head coach Bill Belichick in that heartbreaking loss to Indianapolis.

But in reality, we’re finding out why Belichick went for it. On Sunday, Miami quarterback Chad Henne passed for 245 yards. That’s right, Chad Henne. Belichick’s defence is a mess and he should probably go for it on fourth down all the time.

THE REPORTS

7:15 NHL REPORT

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This week, the Philadelphia Flyers fired scholarly head coach John Stevens and replaced him with the man who greased the skids for Paul Maurice (the first time) in Carolina.

Peter Laviolette, the coaching parasite who convinces GMs to fire coaches and give him the job is now at the helm of the Flyers and he’s already 1-for-3. It’s unlikely he‘ll last long, but he did get another coach fired and I guess that’s a feather in his cap.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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So what’s happened to the Pittsburgh Steelers? Obviously, the defending Super Bowl champions are 6-6 and have suffered at least six fourth-quarter collapses, but the biggest problem is the absence of Troy Polamalu.

The Steelers have been very weak on the back end of the defence and without Polamalu, they won’t win football games. Luckily, they get the Browns this week.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Now I have no love for the Baltimore Ravens but the most difficult thing about watching this week’s Monday Nighter was watching the officials flag the Ravens for the smallest of offences.

While the Packers picked up four late penalties to bring their total to 11, the Ravens were flagged 12 times with the game on the line. At least five of those calls were marginal. Is it reputation or did someone in stripes have a few bucks on the game?

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Hi everybody, it’s the Coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM National Hockey League Report. Brought to you by MAACO Collision and Auto Painting at 983 Wall Street.

Is there a better coach in the National Hockey League right now than Nashville’s Barry Trotz. In fact, with a team full of has-beens, no-names and never-weres, Trotz has the Preds at 16-11-2, a point ahead of Detroit, and in second place in the Central Division.

The Predators have a winning record both at home and on the road and I’ll bet 90 per cent of NHL fans can’t name five of them. Clearly, Barry Trotz is the best coach in the NHL.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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Want to know how to beat the Tennessee Titans? Force them into turnovers.

When the Titans were going 0-6, they turned the ball over 18 times. The Titans then won five straight and turned the ball over three times in total. Then on Sunday, in a 27-17 loss to Indianapolis, Tennessee turned the ball over twice, including a Vince Young interception that the Colts converted into a touchdown.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Perhaps the most intriguing story on Sunday of Week 13 unfolded in Atlanta, Ga.

In his first game at the Georgia Dome since leaving the Atlanta Falcons, Michael Vick put on a show. He scored his first touchdown of the season on a 5-yard run in the third quarter, and then threw his first TD pass of the year in the fourth quarter, connecting with Brent Celek on a 5-yarder. The fans in Atlanta hated it, but there is no doubt Mike Vick can still play pro football.

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7:15 NHL REPORT

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have been playing pretty well over the last couple of weeks – Saturday’s 7-2 loss to Boston aside – and a big reason has been the play of Phil Kessel.

In 14 games with the Leafs, Kessel has eight goals and five assists. Considering he’s coming off shoulder surgery and missed training camp and the start of the season, that’s pretty impressive. Maybe Kessel is worth a first-round draft pick.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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The Minnesota Vikings were served notice on Sunday that there might be two speed bumps on the way to the 2010 South Florida Super Bowl.

Not only are the New Orleans Saints undefeated, but after the Arizona Cardinals spanked the Vikings 30-17 in Glendale, it’s painfully obvious that Minnesota is going to have to be considerably better in the post-season. It’s one thing to make the playoffs, it’s another thing to do something once you get there. The Vikings are going to have to be better in January.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Some teams are just destined for greatness. The New Orleans Saints seem like a team of destiny.

Yesterday in Washington the Saints were often sloppy and lethargic and with three minutes remaining in regulation, the 11-0 Saints trailed the Redskins 30-20. But a couple of breaks, one great pass from Drew Brees to Robert Meacham and finally an 18-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley in overtime gave New Orleans a 33-30 win and a 12-0 record. Yep, that’s a team of destiny.

Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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Nesbitt Manitoba’s Aaron Rome scored both Moose goals last night as Manitoba won the rematch with the Rochester Americans 2-1 at MTS Centre. The Moose head out on the road today and play in Peoria tomorrow night, Milwaukee on Saturday and Rockford on Sunday.

There were four games in the NHL last night…

Vancouver 5 New Jersey 2
For the Canucks, former Moose Alex Edler had a goal and two assists and former Moose Alexandre Burrows had a goal and an assist. Winnipeg’s Travis Zajac scored his eighth of the year for the Devils.

Boston 4 Tampa Bay 1
Marco Sturm scored twice and Mark Recchi dished out three assists.

Florida 6 Colorado 5 (SO)
Stephen Weiss had three goals plus the shootout winner.

Minnesota 5 Nashville 4 (OT)
Andrew Ebbett scored the overtime winner.

In other NHL news, the Chicago Blackhawks will make it official tomorrow. Winnipeg’s Jonathan Toews and young American star Patrick Kane have each agreed to five-year. $31.5 million contract with the Hawks, while Winnipeg-born defenceman Duncan Keith has signed a salary cap-busting 13-year, $72 million deal.

It’s Week 13 in the NFL and it opens tonight with the New York Jets against the Buffalo Bills at Rogers Centre in Toronto. 7:20 p.m. on Rogers SportsNet. Sunday, the big games include red-hot Tennessee at 11-0 Indianapolis, Dallas at the Giants, Minnesota at Arizona in the Sunday Nighter and the 92-CITI Sports Machine will be in Jacksonville for the Jags and Houston.

7:15 NHL REPORT

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Martin Brodeur will still play goal for Team Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, but he’ll also have a U.S. passport in his pocket when he plays.

This week, Brodeur answered the six citizenship questions properly and became a United States citizen. But Brodeur wanted to tell Canada not to worry. He’s a dual citizen and will play for Canada, not the United States in the Vancouver Games. And, yes, he will be Canada’s No. 1 goalie. Again.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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Here’s a scoop. Brett Favre was the NFL’s player of the month for November. It’s the sixth time in his career he’s won the award.

In four games, beginning with his return to Lambeau Field on Nov. 1, Favre threw 130 passes, completed 91 of them for 1,193 yards. He threw 12 touchdown passes and not one interception. The Vikings went 4-0 and Favre turned 40. Nice month.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Obviously, Tennessee runningback Chris Johnson is one of the finest young backs in football. But at the pace he’s set, Eric Dickerson’s single season record of 2,105 yards is in jeopardy of being surpassed.

Johnson has 1,396 yards rushing in 11 games, which puts him on pace for 2,030 over the course of a full season, but with five games left and all his speed and talent, he could easily get to 2,200.

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Note: The 92-CITI Sports Machine is off to Jacksonville for the Houston-Jags game on Sunday, then over to Tampa for Devils-Lightning on Monday and Devils-Oilers on Wednesday. The regular sportscast is on hiatus until Dec. 14, but the reports will be posted daily.

7:15 NHL REPORT

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They’re dead last in the NHL, but the Carolina Hurricanes say they are not about to fire head coach Paul Maurice anytime soon.

Instead, GM Jim Rutherford gave Maurice a firm vote of confidence and Rutherford also said he’s looking to make some moves because it’s his fault that the Hurricanes don’t have better personnel.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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So last week, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told his head coach, Wade Phillips that he won’t talk contract option until the end of the season. That’s ominous. In fact, it sounds like Jones is making plans to replace his coach.

However, we found out on Friday that one thing will guarantee Phillips return next year: Win a playoff game.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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It’s Week 13 in the NFL and this Sunday there are a number of big games. Red-hot Tennessee and the remarkable Chris Johnson at 11-0 Indianapolis and the remarkable Peyton Manning.

Dallas is at the Giants, Minnesota ‘sat Arizona in the Sunday Nighter and it should be a pretty good one. And the 92-CITI Sports Machine will be in Jacksonville for the Jags and Houston. Should be a great weekend.

Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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There were four games in the NHL last night… the big one in Montreal…

Toronto 3 Montreal 0
Winnipeg’s Colton Orr scored his first of the year for the Leafs. It was Orr’s first goal in 76 games — Dec. 10, 2008.

San Jose 5 Ottawa 2
Dany Heatley assisted on two goals by Patrick Marleau in Heatley’s first game against his old team. Former Shark Milan Michalek, who went to Ottawa in the Heatley trade had both goals for the Sens.

Chicago 4 Columbus 3 (SO)
Winnipeg-born Duncan Keith and Patrick Sharp each scored while Winnipeg’s Jonathan Toews added an assist. Brent Seabrook scored the shootout winner.

Los Angeles 4 Anaheim 3
Despite the loss, Anaheim’s Corey Perry had a goal and an assist and has now scored a point in 19 straight games.

Despite Mike Keane’s seventh goal of the year, the Manitoba Moose fell 4-1 to the Rochester Americans at MTS Centre last night. The same two teams go at it again tonight: 7:30 at the downtown rink.

It’s Week 13 in the NFL and it opens tomorrow night with the New York Jets against Buffalo at Rogers Centre in Toronto. 7:20 p.m. on Rogers SportsNet. Sunday, the big games include red-hot Tennessee at 11-0 Indianapolis, Dallas at the Giants, Minnesota at Arizona in the Sunday Nighter and the 92-CITI Sports Machine will be in Jacksonville for the Jags and Houston.

Finally, Tiger Woods has been charged with careless driving in that little 2:30 a.m. accident last weekend. He’ll pay a $164 fine. Meanwhile, the latest Tiger Woods mistress is cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs. Go to huffingtonpost.com to read the texts.

7:15 NHL REPORT

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Time for another crazy contract created to get around the salary cap rules. The Boston Bruins have signed center Marc Savard to a seven-year contract extension.

Good deal for both sides but Savard, who is 32 and could have been a free-agent after this season, isn’t likely going to play for seven more years. Don’t worry, it’s front loaded and won’t affect the Bruins cap concerns even slightly.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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Isn’t it great when the media runs a guy out of town. In Kansas City, the local media didn’t like Larry Johnson, didn’t like what he said to them and didn’t want him around. So they convinced everyone that he called them an offensive name and forced the Chiefs to release him.

Sunday, Johnson rushed for 107 yards for the playoff bound Cincinnati Bengals. If the Chiefs never make the playoffs again, it will be too soon. When the media runs your team, you’re finished.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has worked out without any problems since missing Sunday night’s game in Baltimore with a concussion and is expected to play this Sunday against Oakland.

Roethlisberger was held out of Sunday night’s game. A team doctor recommended Saturday that the quarterback not play, and coach Mike Tomlin agreed. While the Steelers did not practice on Monday, Roethlisberger worked out on his own and did not have any problems. Good news for Steelers fans.