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Simmerin' Simmy reaches boil
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Colourful and opinionated, Fargo manager Doug Simunic let it all hang out prior to Thursday night's exhibition game vs. the Goldeyes at Canwest Park.
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TOP STORIES
Power play big weapon
By Neil Stevens DETROIT -- The opening game of the NHL's Western Conference final was no contest. <Continued> -
Get off your high horses
Randy Turner Talk about being rode hard and put away wet. <Continued> -
Olympics
Tall order for Yao, China to crack top 8 in Beijing
NEW YORK -- The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao Ming is trying to work the officials. <Continued> -
HOCKEY
2-1? You just gotta be kidding
By Dan Barnes HALIFAX -- It was so quiet in the Halifax Metro Centre you could have heard a chin drop. <Continued> -
Power play big weapon
By Neil Stevens DETROIT -- The memory of their demise in the NHL's Western Conference final a year ago continues to spur the Detroit Red Wings on to greater things this spring. <Continued> -
Series will pit Flyers' ferocity against Pens' panache
By Alan Robinson PITTSBURGH -- Some NHL rivalries evolve from a big game, a major trade or a short-lived scuffle, then fade after a few years. Not the Philadelphia Flyers versus the Pittsburgh Penguins. <Continued> -
FOOTBALL
Talented Stam-teasers saddled with lousy results
By Ed Tait The reference surfaced again on Thursday, just as it has often in Calgary this off-season. And, like it or not, John Hufnagel will hear it a lot during his first year as the Stampeders new GM and head coach. <Continued> -
BASEBALL
Simmerin' Simmy reaches boil
Gary Lawless The Northern League is in trouble. Big trouble. Trouble like that's your spouse banging on the hotel room door and the person beside you in the bed is younger and better looking. You know, call your lawyer and banker at the same time kind of trouble. The worst. <Continued> -
Ozzie talks crazy talk
CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen knows what sells in the media, what piques interest in baseball and other fields of endeavour. It's people who tend to act a little crazy from time to time. <Continued> -
GOLF
Garcia in groove at TPC
By Doug Ferguson PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Sergio Garcia put together his third straight impressive round at The Players Championship. The first two gave him a runner-up finish last year. The 6-under 66 on Thursday was only a great start. <Continued> -
AUTO RACING
Danica's determined to control her temper
INDIANAPOLIS -- A deep-seated intensity that often turned to anger has fuelled Danica Patrick's racing personality -- until now. <Continued> -
AMATEUR
Chawla truly a Master on national badminton stage
Ashley Prest PAT Chawla is a national champion for the seventh time. <Continued> -
OTHER SPORTS
Stianson standing tall
By Allan Besson Janine Stianson has been riding horses since she was knee high to a grasshopper on her father's farm near Assiniboine, Saskatchewan. <Continued> -
Saturday card cancelled
Lousy weather this spring has forced management at Assiniboia Downs to cancel live racing this Saturday. <Continued> -
Graded Selections
George Williams Friday, May 9 -- Post Time 7 p.m. <Continued> -
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Carruthers recruits Samagalski for second
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The Local Scene
On the tube
PGA Tour: The Players Championship -- second round (noon, Golf). NHL playoffs: Eastern Conference Final -- Game 1, Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins (6:30 p.m., CBC). MLB: Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians (6:30 p.m., Sportsnet). <Continued>
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