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Officials in Nevada and California will submit a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics at Lake Tahoe, Brian Krolicki said Wednesday.

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich will find out in January whether he'll get a lifetime ban from cycling for links to doping.

Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim says he's never worried about job status.

A shot at a 2014 Olympic curling berth is on the line as the top men's and women's curling teams face off at the Capital One Canada Cup.

Featherweight boxer Matt Remillard has been sentenced to five years in prison for fracturing a Connecticut man's skull with a baseball bat in what police say was a fight over a woman.

A trustee and the women's volleyball coach are on Penn St. search panel for a new football coach to replace Joe Paterno.

The Syracuse police department says it will turn over its records on child molestation allegations against Bernie Fine.

Miguel Agreda has been handed a two-year ban for a doping violation at the Quebec provincial road race championships last summer.

RCMP say no charges will be laid in a hazing incident involving the Neepawa Natives of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

Urban Meyer is coming back to coaching and joining beleaguered Ohio State, according to a report on Monday.

Christine Nesbitt earned a gold medal on Saturday in the women's 1,500-metre race at the speedskating World Cup.

Alex Gough of Calgary raced to a bronze medal Saturday at the season-opening women's World Cup luge race.

Fan Fuel's Michel Gonzalez and Paul Hope debate whether it's time for NCAA football to go to a playoff system or keep the current format.

Tyler Crapigna redeemed himself with the game on the line to give the McMaster Marauders their first Vanier Cup title.

The IOC defended Dow Chemical's Olympic sponsorship Friday and denied that India was considering boycotting next year's London Games.

UBC Thunderbirds quarterback Billy Greene won the 2011 Hec Crighton Trophy as Canada's top university football player Thursday.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has praised Russian organizers for making progress in preparations for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has agreed to be a top adviser to a panel supporting Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Alberto Contador hearing done, now must wait until early next year to find out if he will be stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.

Organizers says the Tour de France will start in Corsica for the 100th edition of the race in 2013.

The city of Edmonton has been awarded the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, to be held March 2-10 at Rexall Place.

Despite reports saying he's all but set to become Ohio State's next football coach, Urban Meyer said Wednesday that is not the case.

Seven people linked to cycling's Operation Puerto doping scandal will finally stand trial in Spain, facing up to two years in prison.

Miguel Cotto says he won't fight Antonio Margarito unless they meet in New York, further complicating the last-minute fight on December 3rd.

North and South Korea and India and Pakistan will pair up in a one-day table tennis tournament on Tuesday aimed at promoting peace.

Laval has leveraged its unique situation to become an annual CIS powerhouse and head coach Glen Constantin believes change is in order.

A French appeals court has rejected Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco's bid to overturn the ruling in his 2008 doping case.

Asafa Powell plans indoor races ahead of London Olympics, hoping to obtain first gold medal.

Contador's legal team will argue that a contaminated steak he ate caused his positive test for clenbuterol, a banned anabolic agent.

The World Anti-Doping Agency declared the British Olympic Association as non-compliant at a meeting in Montreal Sunday.

Authorities say two who ran in the Philadelphia Marathon collapsed during the race and died of apparent heart attacks.

Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt picked up two more gold medals on the World Cup circuit Sunday.

A driver of a U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs through a tailgating area before the Yale-Harvard game suddenly accelerated, killing a woman.

The last time Penn State won a game without Joe Paterno as coach was December 1965.

Christine Nesbitt won Canada's first long track speedskating medal of the season with a World Cup silver in the women's 1,500 metre race.

Canadian world champion Patrick Chan won the Trophee Bompard for the third time on Saturday, despite an error-strewn free program that saw him land awkwardly on two falls and stumble on a step sequence.

Kyle Quinlan threw for three touchdowns as the McMaster Marauders advanced to the Vanier Cup for the first time in more than four decades.

Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son.

The NCAA has told Penn State it will investigate the school in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal that has cost Joe Paterno his job.

World champion Patrick Chan overcame a tumble to take the early lead from Song Nan of China at the Trophee Bompard on Friday.

Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed in a plane crash in Arkansas.

Syracuse University has placed longtime assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine on administrative leave amid child molestation allegations.

Jon Montgomery and Mellisa Hollingsworth are knocking on doors to help fill a massive hole in their funding.

A new professional baseball team is trying to create some buzz in London, Ont., but not all of it is turning out to be positive.

With Twitter giving athletes a new way to communicate with their fans, companies have used that reach to offer sponsorship opportunities.

The Canadian Olympic Committee will inject $5 million into the Own The Podium program to help athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.

Canada's Patrick Chan hopes to clinch a spot in the Grand Prix Final from the Trophee Bompard this week.

Canada's boccia team won five medals, as part of an 11-medal haul for Canadian athletes on Wednesday at the 2011 Parapan American Games.

A US$3 million state grant that was earmarked for a youth charity established by Jerry Sandusky has been put on hold.

State College police Chief Tom King says Mike McQueary didn't make a report to his department about Jerry Sandusky.

Top skeleton racers Jon Montgomery and Mellisa Hollingsworth are launching a national billboard campaign Thursday in Toronto.

U.S. federal agents in Puerto Rico have seized more than US$4 million worth cocaine from a house owned by pro boxer Ivan Calderon.

The Toronto Rock will raise Hall of Fame goaltender Bob Watson's No. 29 to the rafters of the Air Canada Centre this February.

Canada is among a record seven countries bidding to host the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games.

Family and friends of the late Joe Frazier held a memorial service for the former champ in his hometown of Philadelphia Wednesday.

Penn State said Wednesday it was turning to a board member, who played football and wrestled for PSU, to serve as acting athletic director.

A former Olympic gymnastics coach accused of sexual abuse has been banned for life by USA Gymnastics.

Ian Thorpe thinks he's a technically better swimmer in the early stages of his comeback, than he was during the first phase of his career.

Twitter is an outlet for athletes, which teams and leagues have trouble containing. However, that doesn't mean they haven't tried.

Cyclists Robbi Weldon and Lyne Bessette won their second gold medal as Canadians won three golds at the Parapan American Games Tuesday.

Mike Krzyzewski became Division I's all-time winningest coach when No. 6 Duke beat Michigan State 74-69 on Tuesday night.

Mike McQueary's email, Jerry Sandusky's comments about allegations add twists in Penn State case.

Alex Bilodeau wants to take it easy for one season and save his strength to defend his title at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Canada's Ian Kent captures table tennis gold at Parapan American Games.

Britain's Colin Moynihan attacks WADA for leading anti-doping fight into 'dark age'.

London organizers won't scrap deal with Dow Chemical despite links to disaster.

While everybody loves tweets from their favourite athletes, there's also been a cause for many controversies amongst sports celebrities.

Jerry Sandusky said in an interview with NBC that he is innocent of the child sex abuse charges that have rocked Penn State.

The president of a charity at the centre of the child sex-abuse charges against ex-Penn St. assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky resigns.

League commissioner Jim Delany said Monday that it is "inappropriate" to keep Paterno's name on the trophy that will be awarded Dec. 3 after the first Big Ten title game.

Hockey officials are calling the death of a 16-year-old, who was hit in the neck while blocking a shot in Edmonton, a freak accident.

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Since it's inception five and a half years ago, who could've predicted the Twitter website would change the sporting landscape forever?

Boxing greats paid their respects to former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier at a private funeral in Philadelphia.

Manny Pacquiao's tough win vs. Juan Manuel Marquez could help set up a big fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The South African Rugby Union expressed shock and dismay at reports that ex-Springboks' Solly Tyibilika had been killed in a shooting.

Canada settled for the silver medal at the Four Nations Cup after dropping a 4-3 decision to the United States.

Manny Pacquiao was taken to the limit Saturday night before escaping with a majority decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez in their welterweight title fight.

LaMichael James ran for 146 yards and three touchdowns and No. 6 Oregon sprinted past third-ranked Stanford 53-30 on Saturday night.

The McMaster Marauders shocked the University of Western Ontario Mustangs with a 24-point second-half outburst to win the 104th Yates Cup 41-19 on Saturday.

The No. 1-ranked Laval Rouge et Or moved a step closer to another shot at the Vanier Cup on Saturday.

Usain Bolt has won a record-tying third Athlete of the Year award despite losing his hold on the 100 metres, athletics' most prestigious event. Australian Sally Pearson clinched her first trophy for a nearly flawless season in the 100 hurdles.

Capping the worst week in school history, No. 12 Penn State lost 17-14 to No. 19 Nebraska Saturday. The outcome was secondary.

Canadian ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje captured their second silver medal of the Grand Prix season, finishing second Saturday at the NHK Trophy.

Former Penn State alumni are trying to encourage others to donate to the defence of Jerry Sandusky.

If Canada can beat Sweden on Saturday they'll get a chance to seek revenge on the U.S., who has won 3 straight women's world championships.

Marquez is convinced he won both of his previous two fights with Pacquiao, and he will enter the ring Saturday night eager for redemption.

Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary, a key witness in the child sex abuse scandal, has been placed on administrative leave.

Mourners began arriving around 9 a.m. local time for the public memorial viewing of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier.

The tough task of rebuilding PSU's shattered image began Friday with a pledge to search for the truth by the university's board of trustees.

The International Cycling Union has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to increase Spanish rider Oscar Sevilla's six-month ban for a doping offence.

The most tumultuous week Penn State has ever endured is drawing to a close. Questions, however, still linger.

Penn State says assistant coach Mike McQueary will miss Saturday's game because "multiple threats" have been made against him.

The List goes to the library to check out some of the best and most influential sports books on the shelves.

Hayley Wickenheiser scored the game-winning goal for Canada in a 3-1 victory over the United States on Thursday at the Four Nations Cup.

New Penn State coach Tom Bradley says he is replacing Joe Paterno with "very mixed emotions."

A French court convicted American cyclist Floyd Landis in absentia on Thursday for his role in hacking into a French doping lab.

Will one of Canada's best and brightest athletes stand up to Georges St-Pierre in the 9th Annual Sportsnet Canadian Athlete of the Year?

No offence to the tough guys in the NFL, but nothing beats the speed, power and brutality of rugby.

Venezuelan long jumper Victor Castillo has tested positive for a banned stimulant and will be forced to give up his Pan American Games gold.

Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez are set to fight each other for the third time in their careers on Saturday night.

Canada used a balanced offensive attack to defeat Finland 5-0 in Wednesday's opening game at the Four Nations Cup women's hockey tournament.

British cyclist Damien Sharp has been banned for two years following a positive out-of-competition test for EPO.

A report into the death of Arturo Gatti is critical of the police investigation, but says there is no hard evidence anyone killed him.

Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier Wednesday evening.

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame introduced its most recent inductees Tuesday, the first group added in Calgary.

Canada opens defence of its title Wednesday against Finland in Nykoping, Sweden.

The Thrilla in Manila focused attention on Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. But for Ferdinand Marcos, it was a way to distract a revolution.

A federal judge has ordered boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to perform 40 hours of community service for dodging a deposition.

Joe Paterno is fighting for his job amid ``eroding'' support from Penn State's board of trustees and a widening sex-abuse scandal.

After Muhammad Ali's old rival died Monday night, Ali had nothing but kind words for Smokin' Joe.

Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion, has died after a brief final fight with liver cancer. He was 67.

Hayley Wickenheiser scored twice to lead Canada to a 4-1 victory over Sweden Monday ahead of the Four Nations women's hockey tournament.

Penn State vice-president Gary Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley have surrendered for an arraignment on charges of perjury.

Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and school administrator Gary Schultz have stepped down amid allegations of child-sex abuse scandal.

Hickstead, the horse that Canada's Eric Lamaze rode to a pair of medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, died of an apparent heart attack.

Former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested Saturday and released on US$100,000 bail for allegedly sexually abusing eight young men.

No. 1 LSU gained the inside track to the BCS title game, beating No. 2 Alabama in overtime after a a fierce defensive struggle.

Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care.

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The Neepawa Natives team has apologized to players, fans and sponsors while the team's coach and general manager Bryant Perrier resigned.

Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe placed seventh in the 100-metre individual medley final at a World Cup event in Singapore.

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A familiar face is coming home to Sportsnet with the return of sportscaster Hazel Mae, who will anchor the 6 p.m. ET weeknight edition of Sportsnet Connected on Sportsnet East, Ontario and West, beginning Monday, Nov. 14.

MJHL's Neepawa Natives continue to lose players over hazing incident.

Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe said Thursday he's nervous ahead of his first competitive races in five years this weekend.

Lucian Bute calls (The Road Warrior) Glen Johnson the most respected fighter he's ever faced in the ring.

A Manitoba junior hockey player is planning to move to the United States and start fresh after being subjected to a rookie hazing.