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Canucks fire head coach Vigneault after early playoff exit
Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault has paid the price for his team's early exit from the playoffs. The club fired Vigneault and assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Browne on Wednesday, as the expected fallout from the Canucks' first-round sweep at the hands of the San Jose Sharks finally came to pass.

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Canucks fire head coach Vigneault after early playoff exit
Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault has paid the price for his team's early exit from the playoffs. The club fired Vigneault and assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Browne on Wednesday, as the expected fallout from the Canucks' first-round sweep at the hands of the San Jose Sharks finally came to pass.
TSN, TSN2 exclusive coverage of French Open starts Sunday
TSN and TSN2 deliver more than 100 hours of exclusive live coverage from the 2013 French Open, as Canada's Milos Raonic (No. 14 seed) joins a star-studded field on the famous red clay courts of Roland Garros.
Rosberg posts fastest times both in Monaco GP practices
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg posted the fastest time in the first practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday. The German driver has been on pole position for the last two races and clocked 1 minute, 16.195 seconds to finish 0.087 faster than Ferrari rival Fernando Alonso.
Bautista drives in all four runs as Jays beat Rays in extras
Jose Bautista homered twice and drove in Colby Rasmus with the winning run in the 10th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday at Rogers Centre. Rasmus reached on an infield single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Emilio Bonifacio and advanced to third on a grounder by Munenori Kawasaki.
Garcia apologizes to Woods for 'Fried Chicken' remark
Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate. "I want to send an unreserved apology. I did not want to offend anyone," Garcia said Wednesday.
Winterhawks down Blades; move into Memorial Cup semifinal
The Portland Winterhawks scored three times in the third period Wednesday to defeat the Saskatoon Blades 4-2 in the final round-robin game at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. With the score tied, Chase De Leo gave Portland the lead in the third when he jammed a puck past goalie Andrey Makarov as the Winterhawks (2-1) clinched a spot in Friday's semifinal.

Buchholz pitches seven strong as Red Sox beat White Sox
Clay Buchholz pitched five-hit ball over seven innings to improve to 7-0, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep. David Ortiz delivered a two-run single in the first off Hector Santiago (1-3), and the Red Sox backed Buchholz with several neat defensive plays on the way to their sixth win in eight games.
Urlacher says he's retiring after 13 seasons with Bears
Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher has announced his retirement from the NFL. "After spending a lot time this spring thinking about my NFL future, I have made the decision to retire," Urlacher said Wednesday.
Crabtree has surgery for torn right Achilles tendon
San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree has had surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon. Crabtree was operated on Wednesday, one day after suffering the injury during an organized team activity.
Bruins enjoy day off preparing for chance to finish Rangers
The Boston Bruins are on the brink of the Eastern Conference finals, and they got there on the backs of their suddenly offensive defencemen and a potent fourth line of forwards. They have outclassed the New York Rangers all over the ice in surging to a 3-0 lead in a series that could be over Thursday.
Report: Jets forward Burmistrov wants out of Winnipeg
Soon to be restricted free agent Alex Burmistrov reportedly does not want to be a Winnipeg Jet anymore. According to a report in the Winnipeg Free Press by Gary Lawless - who is also a drive-time host on TSN 1290 Radio in Winnipeg - two league sources stated that the 21-year-old, who wished to be moved at the trade deadline in March, is standing by that request.
Spurs' Parker getting MRI on troublesome left calf
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker plans to have an MRI on Thursday on his troublesome left calf, although he doesn't expect to miss any playing time in the Western Conference finals. Parker says the MRI is "just to make sure" he's improving on schedule from the injury.