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LAS VEGAS — Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre dominated lightweight title-holder B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn on Saturday night, winning by technical knockout when a battered Penn was saved further punishment after four rounds of their marquee mixed martial arts matchup at UFC 94.

The Pittsburgh Penguins ended any debate about whether they should re-sign Jordan Staal, locking up the 20-year-old centre with a US$16-million, four-year contract on Thursday.

Ron Lancaster, a CFL legend known during his playing days as the Little General, has died. He was 69.

ATLANTA — Canadian middleweight Jason (The Athlete) MacDonald of Red Deer rebounded from a loss last month to submit Jason (The Punisher) Lambert in the second round at UFC 88 on Saturday night at Philips Arena.

Notre Dame Cougars head coach Gino Castellan has high hopes for his club concerning the 2008 Central Alberta High School Football League season.

MINNEAPOLIS — Unbeaten Brazilian middleweight Demian Maia choked out a game Jason (The Athlete) MacDonald in the third round on the undercard of UFC 87 before 15,082 at the Target Center on Saturday night.The 33-year-old from Red Deer was in tough against Maia, a two-time world champion and three-time World Cup champion in jiu-jitsu, who is 3-0 in the UFC.

Tyrone Jones, the colourful and outspoken linebacker who helped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers capture two Grey Cup titles during his eight-year tenure with the CFL club, has died. He was 46.

Kasey Kahne never thought his start to the season was all that bad, despite how it looked on paper.

WALTHAM, MASS. — Those familiar “Beat L.A.!” chants, once the sweetest sound of springtime in Boston, were replaced by a most unrecognizable chorus in the dead of winter last year.

Lloyd Moore, a NASCAR winner in 1950 and the oldest former driver, has died. He was 95.