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A giant leap for the ladies

You've come a long way, ladies. And if you're a female curler, you might be about to take yet another giant leap forward. Updated 8:59 AM

1. Hockey

   DeBoer keen for big-league bench-bossing

   Something just doesn't feel quite right for Peter DeBoer. Updated 8:40 AM

2. Around The NHL

   Berard back for more

   Bryan Berard, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1995 NHL entry draft, will get another shot at the NHL on Sept. 20 when the Philadelphia Flyers open training camp. Updated 8:37 AM

3. Football

   Passing attack gains ground

   Though the Winnipeg Blue Bombers managed to retain most of the squad that made it to last year's Grey Cup, their passing attack hasn't quite been made up of the same personnel that led the East Division in 2007. Updated 2:00 AM

4. Safety shuffle continues

   Perhaps the Winnipeg Blue Bombers can look at it as a blessing that they have a number of qualified players who can step in to play safety. Updated 2:00 AM

5. Today's Bomber Report

   Game 9: At Saskatchewan, Sunday 2 p.m.

   Milestone watch

   Milt Stegall remains just 111 yards shy of Allen Pitts's all-time career record of 14,891. Meanwhile, Charles Roberts needs just 61 yards on the ground to reach 10,000 for his CFL career. Updated 9:04 AM

6. Joseph a playmaker, not a play-caller

   MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- It was done very quietly a few days before the Toronto Argonauts' last game. Quarterback Kerry Joseph approached the coaching staff and said he did not want the responsibility of calling the offensive plays. Updated 8:38 AM

7. Manning looking mobile

   INDIANAPOLIS -- Now Peyton Manning can start fine-tuning the mechanics, timing and rhythm. Updated 8:39 AM

8. Around The NFL

   Merriman rolls the dice; will play without surgery

   SAN DIEGO -- Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman has decided to play this season rather than have surgery on two torn ligaments in his left knee. Updated 9:14 AM

9. Baseball

   Couldn't hit water from a boat

   FARGO, N.D. -- It's a manager's worst nightmare to watch his offence go cold in the final weeks of the regular season and the worry lines on Rick Forney's face are well-deserved. Updated 2:00 AM

10. Fish Hooks

    RedHawks 2 Goldeyes 1

    Snapshot

    FARGO, N.D. -- It's been a roller- coaster season for Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks manager Doug Simunic but last night's 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Goldeyes gives the embattled skip his fifth 60-win season with Fargo. Updated 9:12 AM

11. Calling Mission Control... was that ball fair or foul?

    NEW YORK -- Baseball's replay central is an 18-by-24 foot room on the fifth floor of a former baking factory in Manhattan's meatpacking district that's crammed with so many computers and television screens that it looks like NASA's Mission Control. Updated 2:00 AM

12. Tennis

    Jankovic fights through pain to down Arvidsson

    NEW YORK -- Jelena Jankovic's leg cramped so badly, she couldn't take another step. Updated 8:38 AM

13. Auto Racing

    Car of Tomorrow still vexing, Johnson says

    If only most NASCAR drivers had Jimmie Johnson's problems. Updated 8:38 AM

14. Other Sports

    On The Home Front

    Manitoba Moose Yearling Foundation hands out cheques at MTC Centre

    EMALEE SAWATZKY, 15, won a gold medal in a national cross-country skiing event in Quebec City in February and nine-year-old Liam Frain has been playing basketball for six years. His favourite player is Michael Jordan. Updated 9:08 AM

15. On 2 - Sports roundup

    Robinho's Chelsea-bound at last: report

    MADRID, Spain -- Real Madrid forward Robinho will reportedly soon complete his desired transfer to English club Chelsea. Updated 9:06 AM

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