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[ad_1] EDMONTON — Klim Kostin has developed a reputation in these parts as a person who doesn’t take things too seriously and likes to have a laugh — whether at his own expense or someone else’s. Usually that means banter with a teammate. But on Thursday morning, with a throng of reporters waiting around his dressing room stall to speak with him ahead of a matchup against his former team, Kostin couldn’t resist a friendly dig at a veteran scribe. “I think the fans don’t like your questions,” he told…

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[ad_1] The Pac-12 hasn’t been all that interesting from a recruiting perspective for the past four or five years. Mario Cristobal did his best to elevate the talent level at Oregon, but it’s been kind of rough elsewhere around the league. USC’s recruiting slipped mightily under Clay Helton. Ditto for Jimmy Lake at Washington. An NCAA investigation hampered Arizona State. Chip Kelly’s indifference limited UCLA. Kevin Sumlin didn’t do much at Arizona. And Utah developed and evaluated extremely well but was never too concerned with star ratings. Well, it’s a…

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[ad_1] The curtain will come down on the 2022 World Cup on Sunday, December 18. After 28 days and 63 games, Argentina and France will meet as both sets of players look to write their names into the history books. Will it be World Cup triumph at long last for Lionel Messi or will the apprentice Kylian Mbappe upstage the master to make it two from two? Before they can worry about any of that, there is a closing ceremony to get out the way. The Athletic has the details. When…

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[ad_1] On June 30, 1999, Steve Francis did not smile after his name was called during the NBA Draft. He did not smile after he hugged his grandmother, tugged a crisp Vancouver Grizzlies hat onto his head, or as he shook hands with commissioner David Stern on the stage at MCI Center, in Washington, D.C. More to the point, he looked miserable. Not only had the 22-year-old just been selected by a struggling expansion team, he had been picked to play in a foreign city on the other side of…

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[ad_1] World Cup-winning Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets has announced his retirement from international football. Busquets, who also won the 2012 European Championship, has been an ever-present at the base of Spain’s midfield since making his debut in 2009. The 34-year-old Barcelona player has made 143 appearances for Spain, playing every match at this winter’s World Cup in Qatar. Spain suffered a shock exit on penalties to Morocco at the round-of-16 stage. Luis Enrique, who has since left his job as Spain manager, said after that match that he “wanted to…

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[ad_1] Jeter Downs wasn’t the first, and he probably won’t be the last. In this Red Sox era of transformation and reconstruction, the team has repeatedly traded expensive, big-league certainty for cheap, hard-to-predict, minor-league upside. Rarely has it paid off in a meaningful way. The team admitted defeat again on Thursday when it designated for assignment Jeter Downs, the touted young shortstop who was a centerpiece of the Mookie Betts deal. The DFA opened a 40-man spot for new left fielder Masataka Yoshida. Downs had hit just .193 in two…

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[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The night before the Super Bowl in 2005, legendary New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick met with his team. At one point in the meeting, Belichick detailed the plans for the opponent’s victory parade that was already planned by the city. He outlined the parade route, told them what time it would take place and all of what would be involved. The Patriots beat the Eagles the next day. That parade never happened. Before the Stars played the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, Stars head coach…

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