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On November 2, 2013 when the Toronto Maple Leafs come to Vancouver to play the Canucks, the West Coast franchise will be retiring the fourth jersey in their history. Recent Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, Pavel Bure will have his number 10 hung to the rafters in the place where his North American Professional Hockey career began. Bure spent his first seven seasons there where he scored 478 Points and was the goal scoring champion in the 1993-94 season. He also won the Calder in his debut season in the NHL. He would later win two Maurice Richard Trophies as…

Once again it is time to look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame as they have announced their latest (and always large batch) of preliminary nominees. We have placed them in order by position and then alphabetically. * Will indicate a past Finalist** Will indicate a first time on the ballot     QUARTERBACKSDREW BLEDSOE1993-2001 New England Patriots, 2002-04 Buffalo Bills, 2005-06 Dallas Cowboys Four Pro Bowls, 14 Year career, 251 TDs RANDALL CUNNINGHAM  1985-1995 Philadelphia Eagles, 1997-99 Minnesota Vikings, 2000 Dallas Cowboys, 2001 Baltimore RavensFour time All-Pro, Four Pro Bowls, 201 TDs, 35 TDs on the ground (4,928 Rushing Yards)DOUG FLUTIE…

Helton played his entire career with the Colorado Rockies, where he posted excellent numbers and made five All Star games and won a Batting Title. His career Batting Average of .317, 367 Home Runs and 2,505 career Hits have a traditionalist happy, but as always the Sabremetrics tell a different story. His career OPS of .954 is excellent and good for 20th overall and his JAWS (53.8) while under the average for First Basemen (55.7) is sandwiched between Willie McCovey and Eddie Murray. However the statistic that takes into account the ballpark in which you play, OPS+ is 131, which…

                   Today, Calgary Flames Goalie, Miikka Kiprusoff announced his retirement from the National Hockey League. Born in Finland, Kiprusoff first entered the NHL with the San Jose Sharks in 2001 where he would become the first Finnish Goalie to win a playoff game.          Kiprusoff however could not crack the starter’s role, and was traded to the Calgary Flames which proved to be beneficial. He became the main guy between the pipes and anchored the Flames to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2004. Two years later, he had his best season, where he was a Hart Trophy finalist and won…

          Revisions, Revisions, Revisions.   The Hockey list has been revised, and it what seems to be an annual tradition, a new number one has been crowned and a major overhaul in the top ten has occurred. Last year, three of our top ten were selected (Chris Chelios #2, Brendan Shanahan #5, Scott Niedermayer #6) and there are many new eligible players who are top ten worthy; including our new number one selection.          The new Number one selection is Czech Goaltender, Dominik Hasek. The “Dominator” won the Hart Trophy in 1997 and the Vezina Trophy six times. There is no logical…