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Friday, Jan. 15, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

92 CITI FM IS AN OFFICIAL STATION OF THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC RADIO NETWORK.

The sexual assault and harassment charge filed against former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike Kelly has been dropped. The court told Kelly he had three months in which to take a one-day anger management course. Kelly said yesterday that he’d signed so many confidentiality agreements that he was unable to talk about anything.

It’s Division Final week in the NFL. Here’s this weekend’s schedule: The Arizona Cardinals will go into New Orleans this coming Saturday at 3:30 on Fox and then Baltimore will play at Indianapolis, Saturday at 7:15 on CBS. On Sunday, Dallas will battle the Vikings at Mall of America Field at Noon on Fox while the Jets will go to San Diego, at 3:40 on CBS.

There were 12 games in the NHL last night… four Canadian teams were in action…

Pittsburgh 3 Edmonton 2
The Penguins overcame a 2-0 deficit after 20 minutes and scored three unanswered in the third.

Toronto 4 Philadelphia 0
Regina’s Tyler Bozak scored his first NHL goal and added an assist while Steinbach’s Ian White dished out an assist and was plus-2.

Montreal 5 Dallas 3
Brian Gionta scored twice for the Habs in his 500th NHL game.

Ottawa 2 NY Rangers 0
Called up in the afternoon, Mike Brodeur made 32 saves to get the shutout.

Chicago 3 Columbus 0
Winnipeg-born Duncan Keith scored a goal and Cristobal Huet got his fourth shutout of the year.

Florida 3 Tampa Bay 2

St. Louis 1 Minnesota 0
Chris Mason made 19 saves to get the shutout.

Phoenix 4 New Jersey 3
Winnipeg’s Travis Zajac scored his 13th of the year for Jersey.

Buffalo 2 Atlanta 1 (OT)
Derek Roy scored the winner on a power-play in overtime.

Detroit 3 Carolina 1
Jimmy Howard made 37 saves to get the win.

Los Angeles 4 Anaheim 0
The No. 3 U.S. Olympic goalie Jonathan Quick made 22 saves to get the shutout. Anaeim’s five-game winning streak was stopped.

Boston 2 San Jose 1 (SO)
Zdeno Char scored the only goal of the shootout.

And the Manitoba Moose are back home tonight and tomorrow night to play the Milwaukee Admirals, 7:30 both nights at MTS Centre. Saturday night is Go Canada Night and the special guest will be St. Malo’s Travis Hamonic, a member of the 2010 silver-medal winning Canadian junior team.

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More controversy for the Vancouver Canucks.Following Wednesday night’s 5-2 victory Minnesota Wild resident goon Derek Boogard told reporter Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune that Canucks coach Alain Vigneault had sent his players out to deliberately start fights with the Wild.

The Strib reported that just before his third-period fight with Boogaard, Canucks forward Darcy Hordichuk told him: “The coach is making us fight you guys.” Hordichuk later denied it, but Boogard said again yesterday that it was true. Wow! What a circus.

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Great news on Thursday that the sexual assault charge against Mike Kelly had been dropped. Kelly, who got enough money out of the Bombers to give himself plenty of time to look around for a new job in the NFL, should now be pleased.

In the past month, three players: Jonathan Hefney, Derrick Doggett and Dudley Guice signed NFL contracts; and kicker Alexis Serna, who was awful working for Doug Berry, was terrific under Kelly and was signed to a new deal. Kelly’s greatest Bomber legacy is probably in the NFL.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Sunday at Mall of America Field in downtown Minneapolis, the Minnesota Vikings and their 40-year-old quarterback Brett Favre will take on the Dallas Cowboys and their 29-year-old quarterback, Tony Romo.

At his news conference yesterday Romo said he never owned a Brett Favre jersey but at his home in San Diego, he grew up enjoying Favre as a member of the Green Bay Packers. Yesterday, both quarterbacks said they were honored to play in what should be the NFL game of the week.

Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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During his weekly news conference at the Winter Park home of the Minnesota Vikings yesterday, Brett Favre made a guarantee that the Vikings would beat Dallas in the NFL Conference final at Mall of America Field on Sunday. Well, it was sort of a guarantee. He said, “I’d be shocked if we’re not having this news conference again next week.” Yeah, that’s a guarantee.

Here’s the schedule for this week’s Conference finals: The Cards will go into New Orleans this coming Saturday at 3:30 on Fox and then Baltimore will play at Indianapolis, Saturday at 7:15 on CBS. On Sunday, Dallas will battle the Vikings at Mall of America Field at Noon on Fox while the Jets will go to San Diego, at 3:40 on CBS.

There were four games in the NHL last night…

Minnesota 5 Vancouver 2
Former Moose Alexandre Burrows scored his ninth goal in the last five games for the Canucks. It was also his 20th of the season.

Pittsburgh 3 Calgary 1
Sidney Crosby scored his 30th goal of the season while Marc-Andre Fleury made 37 saves to get the win.

Anaheim 4 Boston 3
The Ducks scored two unanswered goals in the third period to come back and win it.

Washington 5 Florida 4 (SO)
Washington roared back from a 4-1 second-period deficit as Tomas Fleischmann scored the shootout winner. Alexander Ovechkin scored his 28th of the season.

Cory Schneider made 35 saves to get the shut out as the Manitoba Moose beat the Abbotsford Heat 3-0 in Abbotsford last night. The Moose are back home tomorrow night and Saturday night to play the Milwaukee Admirals, 7:30 both nights at MTS Centre.

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Stories continue to appear every day about all the trade talks and all the rumours and all the “studying of the trade wire.

It’s all a crock. Unless there is a trade like the one in which Montreal sent Guillaume Latendresse to Minnesota in exchange for Benoit Pouliot – essentially the same type of player at the same salary – there will be no trades. The days of the real blockbuster have been killed by the salary cap. You can ignore all those trade rumours.

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Here’s the schedule for this week’s Conference finals – complete with point spreads.

The Cards will go into New Orleans this coming Saturday at 3:30. The Saints are 7-point favorities. Baltimore will play at Indianapolis, Saturday at 7:15. The Colts are 7-point favorites. On Sunday, Dallas will battle the Vikings at Noon. Minnesota is a 3-point favorite. While the Jets will go to San Diego, at 3:40. The Chargers are favored by 7 1/2.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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During his weekly news conference at the Winter Park home of the Minnesota Vikings yesterday, Brett Favre made a guarantee that the Vikings would beat Dallas in the NFL Conference final at Mall of America Field on Sunday.

Well, it was sort of a guarantee. Favre, said, “I’d be shocked if we’re not having this news conference again next week.” Yeah, that’s a guarantee.

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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It was quite a day in Bomber Land yesterday. First, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced they had re-signed import cornerback Jovon Johnson. Then, it came to light that the Bombers had, indeed, paid out Mike Kelly the remainder of his contract. And then the club announced that young linebacker Derrick Doggett had signed a contract with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, the third Bomber player from last year to sign with an NFL team. Big day.

Meanwhile, there were nine games in the NHL last night… three Canadian teams in action… all of them lost.

Carolina 4 Toronto 2
Canadian Olympian Eric Staal had a goal and an assist as Carolina won its third straight game. Steinbach’s Ian White played 27 minutes for the Leafs and was plus one. The Leafs have lost four straight.

Nashville 5 Edmonton 3
Winkler’s Dustin Penner scored his 321st of the year in a losing effort for the Oilers.

Atlanta 6 Ottawa 1
The Thrashers had lost 11 of their last 12. This was their first regulation win in 21 games. Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists.

St. Louis 4 Columbus 1
Winnipeg’s Alexander Steen scored his eighth and ninth goals of the year for the Blues. No. 8 turned out to be the winner.

New Jersey 1 NY Rangers 0 (SO)
Martin Brodeur stopped 51 shots through 65 minutes to record his NGL record-setting 107th career shutout.

NY Islanders 6 Detroit 0
Dwayne Roloson had to make only 16 saves to get the shutout.

San Jose 3 Phoenix 1
Patrick Marleau scored twice and became the first player in the NHL to surpass the 30-goals mark this season.

Philadelphia 6 Dallas 3
The red-hot Flyers are now 8-1-1 in their last 10.

Tampa Bay 7 Washington 4
Steven Stamkos scored his 24th and 25th goals of the year and added an assist for Tampa. Winkler’s Eric Fehr scored his 11th of the year for Washington.

Eric Walsky’s second goal of the game was the overtime winner as the Manitoba Moose defeated the Abbotsford Heat 4-3 in Abbotsford last night. Tonight the two teams meet again in Abbotsford. The Moose are back home Friday and Saturday night to play Milwaukee.

In the NFL, here’s the schedule for this week’s Conference finals: The Cards will go into New Orleans this coming Saturday at 3:30 on Fox and then Baltimore will play at Indianapolis, Saturday at 7:15 on CBS. On Sunday, Dallas will battle the Vikings at Mall of America Field at Noon on Fox while the Jets will go to San Diego, at 3:40 on CBS.

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The feud between Alexandre Burrows and the Vancouver Canucks organization and referee Stephane Auger is likely to get worse before it gets better.

Auger, the same official who slandered Shane Doan three years ago, apparently told Burrows he was going to get him before a game in Vancouver on Monday night. Auger did, making calls against Burrows that were not only ridiculous, they were phantom calls. The NHL ad better deal with this one, because Auger is out of control.

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There are a lot of people – the Vegas oddsmakers included who don’t believe the Arizona Cardinals have a hope against the No. 1 seed in the NFC, the New Orleans Saints.

However, before writing off the Cards quite yet, consider this: against Green Bay last week, Kurt Warner three more touchdown passes (5) than incompletions (4). If nothing else, that should tell you Warner is ready to make a game of it.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Here’s the schedule for this week’s Conference finals – complete with point spreads.

The Cards will go into New Orleans this coming Saturday at 3:30. The Saints are 6 1/2-point favorities. Baltimore will play at Indianapolis, Saturday at 7:15. The Colts are 6 ½-point favorites. On Sunday, Dallas will battle the Vikings at Noon. Minnesota is a 2 ½-point favorite. While the Jets will go to San Diego, at 3:40. The Chargers are favored by 7 1/2.

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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There were four games in the NHL last night…

Colorado 3 Calgary 2 (SO)
Winnipeg’s Dustin Boyd scored his sixth goal of the season while Winnipeg’s Nigel Dawes dished out his 13th assist.

Nashville 3 Vancouver 2
Former Moose Alexandre Burrows scored two more for the Canucks. He has eight goals in four games.

Minnesota 4 Pittsburgh 3
Guillaume Latendresse had a goal and three assists as the Wild won their third straight game. Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists for the Pens.

San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1
Canadian Olympic team member Dan Boyle had a goal and an assist for San Jose.

The Manitoba Moose are in Abbotsford tonight for the first of two games with the Abbotsford Heat. The Moose are back home Friday and Saturday night to play Milwaukee.

In the NFL, here’s the schedule for this week’s Conference finals: The Cards will go into New Orleans this coming Saturday at 3:30 on Fox and then Baltimore will play at Indianapolis, Saturday at 7:15 on CBS. On Sunday, Dallas will battle the Vikings at Mall of America Field at Noon on Fox while the Jets will go to San Diego, at 3:40 on CBS.

In Olympic news, Canada named its long track speedskating team yesterday. Winnipeggers Clara Hughes, Shannon Rempel, Cindy Klassen, Brittany Schussler and Mike Ireland and Kyle Parrot, who was born in Minnedosa, will compete in Vancouver but this time Klassen will only race the distances, the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000-metre events.

Finally, yesterday, Mark McGwire, the new hitting coach of the St. Louis Cardinals sent out a release saying that he used steroids during his big league career. K.K., the scoops just keep on coming…

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The National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Bureau announced its mid-season list of draft eligible players this week and it appears to be a three-man race for the No. 1 pick.

In the midterm ranking of North American skaters, Windsor Spitfires forward Taylor Hall currently leads the Plymouth Whalers’ Tyler Seguin and Windsor defenseman Cam Fowler by a nose. Or less. It’s going to be a very strong draft this year. It could make the Toronto Maple Leafs better. If they had a first round pick.

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Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid says Donovan McNabb will return to the Eagles for a 12th season.
McNabb’s status was in question because the veteran has one year left on his contract and he has failed to lead Philadelphia to a Super Bowl victory in 11 seasons. The big question now is: What happens to Michael Vick?

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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Yesterday, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers played down the alleged facemask penalty that was missed during his overtime fumble, the one that cost the Packers the game.

While a group of Packers fans threatened to sue the NFL for the non-call, Rodgers said his team had a couple of chances to win that football game, but the defence didn’t have an answer for the Cardinals offence. Meanwhile, it was a penalty and it was missed. But what else is new in the NFL?

Monday, Jan. 11, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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The NFL playoffs are underway… first, yesterday… what a spectacular late game…

Arizona 51 Green Bay 45 (OT)
Highest-scoring game in playoff history. Kurt Warner threw five touchdowns passes and had 154.1 passer’s rating.

Baltimore 33 New England 14
This was about turnovers. New England turnovers. Tom Brady threw two interceptions and fumbled once as Baltimore built a 24-7 halftime lead and won even though Joe Flacco’s passers rating was an embarrassing 10.0 – four-of-10 for only 34 yards.

On Saturday…

NY Jets 24 Cincinnati 14

Dallas 34 Philadelphia 14

So here’s the schedule for this week’s Conference finals: The Cards will go into New Orleans this coming Saturday at 3:30 on Fox and then Baltimore will play at Indianapolis, Saturday at 7:15 on CBS. On Sunday, Dallas will battle the Vikings at Mall of America Field at Noon on Fox while the Jets will go to San Diego, at 3:40 on CBS.

There were four games in the NHL last night…

Carolina 4 Ottawa 1
Tomorrow night in Toronto, the Hurricanes will try to win three-straight for the first time this season.

Tampa Bay 4 New Jersey 2
Winnipeg’s Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist to cap a four-point weekend.

Anaheim 3 Chicago 1
Former Jet Teemu Selanne scored his 16th of the year even though Chicago outshot Anaheim 43-11.

Columbus 2 Dallas 0
Mathieu Garon made 26 saves to get the shutout.

The Manitoba Moose, after losing two tight one-goal games to the Hershey Bears this weekend, head into Abbotsford today. Tomorrow night, the Moose open a two-games-in-two-nights set with the Heat.

Finally, congratulations to the Jill Thurston Team from Deer Lodge, they beat Janet Harvey’s rink 7-6 in the final of the provincial women’s curling championship yesterday in Killarney. The provincial champs will now head to the nationals in Sault Ste. Marie at the ed of the month.

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Sometimes it just takes a guy a little longer than most to get the message. This afternoon, goaltender Curtis Joseph will officially retire from the National Hockey League. He’s 42 and was a Leafs backup last season. He was dumped after the Leafs signed Jonas Gustavsson.

With 454 wins, Joseph leaves the game fourth all-time by a goaltender, trailing only Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy and Carman Manitoba’s Eddie Belfour.

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Give the Philadelphia Eagles credit. They did better than we thought.

Against Dallas’s New 21st Century Doomsday defence, the Eagles put 14 points on the board. Too bad the Cowboys put up 34. However, after seven straight games of allowing only 11 ½ points per game, the Cowboys kind of slumped against Philly. Dallas is beginning to look like a Super Bowl contender.

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It will be a tremendous football game at Mall of America Field this Sunday when the Dallas Cowboys head into Minneapolis to face the Minnesota Vikings.

There has been no team hotter than the Cowboys, who blasted Philadelphia 34-14 in the opening round of the playoffs on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Vikings are coming off a 44-7 shellacking of the New York Giants, a team that owned Dallas this year. This could be the game of the year and it’s just 6 ½ hours from Winnipeg.

Friday, Jan. 8, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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There were 10 games in the NHL last night… four Canadian teams in action,

Vancouver 4 Phoenix 0
How about former Moose Alex Burrows. His second-straight hat-trick.

Washington 5 Ottawa 2
Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin had a goal and two assists and was plus-four.

Montreal 2 Florida 0
Jaroslav Halak made 37 saves for his second shutout of the season.

Columbus 4 Edmonton 2
The Blue Jackets ended a franchise-record 13-game road losing streak.

Detroit 2 Los Angeles 1
Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard made 51 saves while St. Andrews’ Darren Helm scored the winning goal with 17 seconds left in regulation.

Nashville 4 Carolina 2
Barry Trotz’s Predators won their 26th game of the year. The Preds are second in the Central.

Chicago 5 Boston 2
Winnipeg-born Duncan Keith had two goals and an assist as the Hawks won their fifth straight.

Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 4
Kenora’s Mike Richards had a goal and an assist.

Atlanta 2 NY Rangers 1 (SO)
Bryan Little scored the winner in the fifth round of the shootout.

Anaheim 4 St. Louis 2

The 21-14-4 red-hot Manitoba Moose have won a season-high four straight games and they’ll get back into action tonight and tomorrow night, against the Hershey Bears. Both games at MTS Centre. Both games at 7:30.

The NFL playoffs start on Saturday. Here are the matchups: In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, this coming week Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas Saturday at 7. Dallas is a four-point favorite. Green Bay will head back to Arizona this Sunday at 3:40. The Cardinals are 2 ½-point favorites. In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon. New England is a 3 ½-point favorite. And the Jets will go to Cincinnati Saturday at 3:30. The Bengals are 2 ½-point favorites.

Alabama is No. 1. Just as we called it yesterday, the Crimson Tide blasted the Texas Longhorns 37-21 in the BCS Championship game at the Rose Bowl last night to win the national college football title. Texas did lose starting quarterback, Colt McCoy on the first series of downs with a shoulder injury. Of course, the 14-0 Tide still haven’t beaten 14-0 Boise State.

In CFL news, the fate of Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Eric Tillman will be made public today. Tillman received an absolute discharge last week after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting his childrens’ babysitter.

And St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa told a charity golf tournament in California yesterday that if the Cards are in contention in August, he’ll put his hitting coach, 46-year-old Mark McGwire on the roster and use him as a pinch-hitter.

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Had a great conversation with a friend who is a die-hard Leafs fan this weekend and he told me exactly what makes a Leafs fan a Leafs fan.

He said, if you looked at the Leafs roster and instead of saying Toronto Maple Leafs on it, it said, oh, Columbus Blue Jackets, you’d say, “Man, that team isn’t good enough to win a game,” but because it’s the Leafs, you think it’s going to win the Cup. It’s the delusional approach to every season that Leafs fans take and it’s never going to change.

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The Minnesota Vikings got back to practice yesterday and they appeared well rested and ready for the post-season which starts this coming weekend at Mall of America Field.

The quarterback, 40-year-old Brett Favre says his arm, which blew out late last season, is 100 per cent and if the Vikings have taught Adrian Peterson not to fumble with the game on the line, they should be winners at home, a place where they’re already 8-0 this season.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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The NFL playoffs start tomorrow. Here are the matchups: In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas tomorrow night at 7. Dallas is a four-point favorite. Green Bay will head back to Arizona Sunday at 3:40. The Cardinals are 2 ½-point favorites.

In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon. New England is a 3 ½-point favorite. And the Jets will go to Cincinnati tomorrow at 3:30. The Bengals are 2 ½-point favorites.

Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010

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

Philadelphia 6 Toronto 2
Danny Briere scored twice for Philadelphia. Steinbach’s Ian White had an assist and played a little more than 26 minutes.

Minnesota 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg’s Nigel Dawes assisted on Calgary’s only goal.

NY Rangers 5 Dallas 2
It was Sean Avery night in New York. One goal, three assists and 12 penalty minutes. He scored for the first time in 19 games as the Rangers improved to 7-2-1 in their last 10.

San Jose 2 St. Louis 1 (OT)
Dany Heatley scored the OT winner.

Buffalo 5 Tampa Bay 3

NY Islanders 3 Colorado 2

The 21-14-4 red-hot Manitoba Moose have won four straight games and will play again this weekend, tomorrow and Saturday nights, against the Hershey Bears. Both games at MTS Centre at 7:30.

Yesterday, the Bombers announced that backup receiver Dudley Guice had signed with the Indianapolis Colts.

The NFL playoffs start on Saturday. Here are the matchups: In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, this coming week Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas Saturday at 7. Dallas is a four-point favorite. Green Bay will head back to Arizona this Sunday at 3:40. The Cardinals are 2 ½-point favorites. In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon. New England is a 3 ½-point favorite. And the Jets will go to Cincinnati Saturday at 3:30. The Bengals are 2 ½-point favorites.

In the BCS bowl series, it all comes down to tonight. It’s the BCS championship game at the Rose Bowl: unbeaten No. 1 Alabama faces unbeaten No. 2 Texas. 8:30 on TSN. The winner should have to play Boise State for the real championship, however.

Bit of a surprise in the Baseball Hall of Fame balloting yesterday. Andre Dawson, on his ninth try, was elected to the Hall and Robbie Alomar wasn’t. Stunning. Alomar had better numbers and won two championships while Dawson never played in a World Series. Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, Mark McGwire, Barry Larkin, Lee Smith all missed and a lifetime .279 hitter with no championships got in. Somebody call the cops.

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This first half of the season is now over and the Chicago Blackhawks would appear to be the team to beat.

The Blackhawks have the best goal differential in the League (+50) and Cristobal Huet has played very, very well in goal. But the real story is the brilliance of Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp up front and Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Brian Campbell on defence. That’s the best team in hockey right now.

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The NFL playoffs start tomorrow. Here are the matchups: In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas tomorrow night at 7. Dallas is a four-point favorite. Green Bay will head back to Arizona Sunday at 3:40. The Cardinals are 2 ½-point favorites.

In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon. New England is a 3 ½-point favorite. And the Jets will go to Cincinnati tomorrow at 3:30. The Bengals are 2 ½-point favorites.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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It’s nice when the good guys get a shot. As we speak, Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is interviewing for the job as head coach job of the Buffalo Bills.

Frazier becomes the second person to formally interview for the job after Bills interim head coach Perry Fewell had a four-hour session with general manager Buddy Nix on Monday. Frazier is in his 11th NFL season as coach and third with the Vikings. He’s a good guy who deserves a chance.

Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

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Canada’s run of five straight gold medals at the World Junior Hockey Championship ended last night. It was a thriller in Saskatoon, but John Carlson of the Hershey Bears scored in overtime to give the United States a 6-5 win over Canada in a sensational gold medal final. Canada overcame a 5-3 U.S. lead in the final three minutes of regulation to tie the game, but the Canadians had to settle for silver.

There were 10 games in the NHL last night… all six Canadian teams were in action…

Toronto 3 Florida 2
Alexei Ponikarovsky scored the winning goal for Toronto. Steinbach’s Ian White played 26 minutes last night for the Leafs.

Washington 4 Montreal 2
Alexander Semin scored twice on Alexender Ovechkin’s first night as the Capitals captain.

Boston 4 Ottawa 1
Blake Wheeler had two goals and an assist for Boston.

Phoenix 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Former Jet Shane Doan’s second goal of the game was the overtime winner.

Vancouver 7 Columbus 3
Former Moose Alexandre Burrows had three goals for the Canucks.

Calgary 3 Nashville 1
Winnipeggers Nigel Dawes and Dustin Boyd each had assists for the Flames.

Anaheim 4 Detroit 1

Chicago 4 Minnesota 1
Winnipeg’s Jonathan Toews picked up his 22nd assist of the season. Marian Hossa scored twice to lead the Hawks.

Pittsburgh 5 Atlanta 2
Jordan Staal had two goals and an assist.

New Jersey 4 Dallas 0
Marty Brodeur made 28 saves to extend his NHL career shutout record to 106 games. Winnipeg’s Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist.

The 21-14-4 red-hot Manitoba Moose have won four straight games and will play again this weekend, Friday and Saturday, against the Hershey Bears. Both games at MTS Centre at 7:30.

The NFL playoffs start on Saturday. Here are the matchups: In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, this coming week Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas Saturday at 7. Dallas is a four-point favorite. Green Bay will head back to Arizona this Sunday at 3:40. The Cardinals are 2 ½-point favorites. In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon. New England is a 3 ½-point favorite. And the Jets will go to Cincinnati Saturday at 3:30. The Bengals are 2 ½-point favorites.

In the BCS bowl series, it all comes down to tomorrow night. It’s the BCS championship game at the Rose Bowl: unbeaten No. 1 Alabama faces unbeaten No. 2 Texas. Last night, Iowa beat Georgia Tech 24-14 to win the Orange Bowl.

In Saskatchewan today, the Roughriders board will decide on the future of general manager Eric Tillman.

And in baseball, outfielder Matt Holiday and the St. Louis Cardinals have made a deal. Holliday has agreed to a seven-year deal worth $120 million. The Big Unit, pitcher Randy Johnson had retired, after 22 seasons in the Majors. And the next inductees into baseball’s Hall of Fame will be announced today. Former Jay Robbie Alomar is expected to get the nod.

THE REPORTS

7:15 NHL REPORT

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Even though it’s almost impossible to make trades, thanks to the salary cap, the Orange County Register claims Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray is ready to make some big moves.

In fact, according to the newspaper, he’d like to move Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu or Scott Niedermayer, and has been trying to trade goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere since the pre-season. It’s a nice thought, trouble is, so few teams can afford any of those contracts.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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This weekend the Dallas Cowboys are four-point favorites in their re-match with the Philadelphia Eagles. There is good reason for that.

Last week’s 24-0 win over Philly in the final regular season game, comes a week after they shut out the Redskins, two weeks after they held the Saints to 17 and three weeks after they kept the Chargers to 20. In fact, in the last seven weeks, Dallas has allowed just 11.5 points per game. Who cares about Tony Romo? Defence wins championships. And Doomsday is back in Dallas.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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I like Doug Brown. Good guy. But he’s a player, not a fan buying tickets or a player on an opposing team playing hard, trying to get into the playoffs.

Brown contends that the Indianapolis Colts decision to roll over against the New York Jets and rest their best players in the second half because coaching scared is a valid tactic if you’ve earned a playoff berth, is legitimate. That’s great for the player being rested, but when you quit in a game that matters, it’s a fix. And the Houston Texans deserve an explanation.

Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

92 CITI FM IS AN OFFICIAL STATION OF THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC RADIO NETWORK.

OK, hockey fans, tonight’s the big night. It will be Canada and the United States in the gold medal final of the World Junior Hockey Championship in Saskatoon. Canada can win its sixth straight gold medal. The championship game goes tomorrow night at 6:30 on TSN.

There were only two games in the NHL yesterday…

New York Rangers 3 Boston 2
Christopher Higgins scored the winner at 18:31 of the third. Boston’s Patrice Bergeron, recently named to Team Canada, was hit in the hand by a slapshot in the second period and did not return.

Los Angeles 6 San Jose 2
The Sharks eight-game winning streak came to a crashing halt at home.

The 21-14-4 Manitoba Moose have won four straight games and will play again this weekend, Friday and Saturday, against the Hershey Bears. Both games at MTS Centre at 7:30.

The NFL playoffs start on Saturday. Here are the matchups: In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, this coming week Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas Saturday at 7. Dallas is a four-point favorite. Green Bay will head back to Arizona this Sunday at 3:40. The Cardinals are 2 ½-point favorites. In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon. New England is a 3 ½-point favorite. And the Jets will go to Cincinnati Saturday at 3:30. The Bengals are 2 ½-point favorites.

In the NFL, the Washington Redskins fired head coach Jim Zorn yesterday and it’s likely the Skins will announce that former Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan is the new boss

In CFL news, in a Regina court yesterday, Saskatchewan Roughriders GM Eric Tillman pled guilty to sexually assaulting his teenaged babysitter. Judge Murray Hinds will hand down his sentence today and there is a good chance it will be an absolute discharge.

And in the BCS bowl series, Boise State became only the second team to have a 14-0 season as the Broncos beat the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs 17-10 in the Fiesta Bowl. Thursday night, unbeaten No. 1 Alabama faces unbeaten No. 2 Texas in the BCS championship game.

7:15 NHL REPORT

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Had the pleasure of watching Winnipeg’s Travis Zajac play against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Sometimes we just don’t know how good the hockey players are who have been developed right under our noses.

Zajac, who has nine goals and 20 assists and is a plus-12 this season is one of Jacques Lemaire’s favourite players in New Jersey and this 23-year-old forward is exactly the type of checker and playmaker that any coach would love. Travis Zajac, a real tribute to Manitoba’s minor hockey system.

8:15 NFL REPORT

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On Monday, to no one’s surprise, the Washington Redskins fired Jim Zorn and then flew Mike Shanahan to Washington for a look-see.

When you consider the Redskins had a record that was worse than the Cleveland Browns this season, you have to figure Zorn was done. But will Shanahan make this team considerably better. If he finds a quarterback, one supposes.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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It was a big day in Minnesota yesterday. First, rookie Percy Harvin was named to the NFC Pro Bowl team as a punt returner and then the Vikings were given the rest of the week off.

Head coach Brad Childress said his team needs a rest, physically and psychologically and they don’t have to report to practice until this coming Sunday. Winning big and getting the bye sure makes life sweet.

Monday, Jan. 4, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

92 CITI FM IS AN OFFICIAL STATION OF THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC RADIO NETWORK.

Just as expected, it will be Canada and the United States in the gold medal final of the World Junior Hockey Championship in Saskatoon. Last night, Canada drilled Switzerland 6-1 while the U.S. whipped Sweden 5-2. It’s clearly the two best teams in the final. Canada can win its sixth straight gold medal. The championship game goes tomorrow night at 6:30 on TSN.

There were four games in the NHL yesterday… the second half of the 2009-10 season has begun…

Ottawa 7 Philadelphia 4
Alexei Kovalev scored four times for Ottawa.

Buffalo 1 Montreal 0
Sabres goalie Ryan Miller made 29 saves to get his fifth shutout of the year.

Chicago 5 Anaheim 2
Winnipeg’s Jonathan Toews scored his 13th of the year and was a plus-two.

Florida 6 Pittsburgh 2
Radek Dvorak had a hat-trick for the Panthers. The Penguins have lost five in a row.

The 21-14-4 Manitoba Moose, coming off a two-game sweep of the Texas Stars have won four straight and will play again this weekend, Friday and Saturday, against the Hershey Bears. Both games at MTS Centre at 7:30. Yesterday, the Vancouver Canucks assigned 20-year NHL veteran defenseman Mathieu Schneider to the Moose.

OK Sport Select Players, here are your NFL scores from the final week of the 2009 regular season…

Minnesota 44 NY Giants 7
Brett Favre, 25-for-31 for 316 yards and four touchdowns as Favre became the first Vikings quarterback ever to throw 33 TD passes to a mere seven interceptions in one season. The Vikings finished 4-4 on the road and 8-0 at home. With the win, the Vikings get the second-seed in the NFC and a first-round bye, that’s because…

Dallas 24 Philadelphia 0
So the Cowboys win the NFC East and the Eagles go back to Dallas for the Wild Card playoff next week.

Over in the AFC…

Baltimore 21 Oakland 13
The Ravens are in the playoffs.

Pittsburgh 30 Miami 24
After the Ravens won, the defending Super Bowl champions are out of the playoffs.

NY Jets 37 Cincinnati 0
The Jets will play in Cincinnati in the first round of the playoffs.

Kansas City 44 Denver 24
Denver misses the playoffs after starting 6-0.

Houston 34 New England 27
Houston also eliminated because Baltimore and the Jets won.

In the other games…

Buffalo 30 Indianapolis 7
The Colts lose their final two games of the season and looked awful in the snow yesterday.

Carolina 23 New Orleans 10
The Saints, the No. 1 seed in the NFC, finishes the season with three straight losses.

Green Bay 33 Arizona 7

Cleveland 23 Jacksonville 17
The Browns win their final four games of the year. Mike Holmgren takes over the Browns today.

Atlanta 20 Tampa Bay 10

San Francisco 28 St. Louis 6

Chicago 37 Detroit 23

San Diego 23 Washington 20
The Redskins fired head coach Jim Zorn after the game.

Tennessee 17 Seattle 13
Titans runningback Chris Johnson rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns and finished the season with 2,006 yards rushing.

Here are the playoff matchups. In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, this coming week Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas Saturday at 7 while Green Bay will head back to Arizona this Sunday at 3:40. In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon while the Jets will go to Cincinnati Saturday at 3:30.

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The National Hockey League doesn’t do a lot of things right, but they do put on one great event every year. The outdoor game or The Winter Classic is always a tremendous way to start the second half of the NHL season and Friday’s game in Boston did not disappoint.

To watch a hockey game at Fenway Park was spectacular in itself, but to watch 33,166 fans enjoy the Bruins 2-1 decision on Marco Sturm’s overtime winner, said a lot about how great hockey can be. The folks still aren’t ready for hockey in Phoenix, but in Boston, the NHL put on a sensational show.

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The Indianapolis Colts got hosed for the second straight week, 30-7 in Buffalo on Sunday and they looked awful in the process.

Anyone who says resting players before the playoffs is a smart thing to do, has no concept of either football or history. I for one, would be surprised if the Colts get to the AFC championship. Even with the bye and homefield advantage.

5:15 PM NFL REPORT

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The regular season is over and after yesterday’s games, here are the playoff matchups. In the NFC, New Orleans and Minnesota have the byes, this coming week Philadelphia has to go back to Dallas Saturday at 7 while Green Bay will head back to Arizona this Sunday at 3:40.

In the AFC, Indianapolis and San Diego have the byes, Baltimore will play in New England Sunday at Noon while the Jets will go to Cincinnati Saturday at 3:30. Boy do the Jets owe the Colts a favor for rolling over last week.