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Head coach Dawn Smyth knows she has a lot of work to do to build the RDC Queens into a contender in the Alberta Colleges Women’s Basketball League.

With a five-word text message, Edmonton Oilers’ owner Darryl Katz took the heat off embattled coach Craig MacTavish Thursday and put it directly on his players.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are on their way to a new stadium and private ownership under media mogul David Asper.

Brittany Lincicome never saw a 66 coming in the first round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

The man behind the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch relay stopped in Red Deer on Thursday to congratulate star athletes and inspire them to compete in the world’s most renowned sporting event.

Red Deer Rebels forward Landon Ferraro has been named to the Canadian national under-18 men’s hockey team for the world U-18 championship April 9-19 in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn.

The way the Bentley Generals came out of the gate Thursday it looked as if the Alberta/B.C. senior AAA hockey playoff would be short and sweet.

Talk about a modest concept.

With a playoff spot assured, the Calgary Flames now have their sights set on loftier goals.

Jay Cutler got a ticket out of Denver, and the Chicago Bears got a franchise quarterback for the first time in decades.