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Sports Headlines
- Lions strike first in Winnipeg
- The CFL West champion B.C. Lions struck early and often to open the 94th Grey Cup in Winnipeg on Sunday, posting three field goals on their first three possessions against Montreal in the first quarter.
- Cubs ink Soriano to landmark deal: report
- The Chicago Cubs made a big free-agent splash Sunday, signing Alfonso Soriano to an eight-year $136-million US contract, according to the Associated Press
- Refocused Canucks host Blackhawks
- The Vancouver Canucks have stumbled through the first 20 games of the season, but on Sunday night host a Chicago Blackhawks team that they've dominated for years.
- Eagles lose McNabb for season
- The Phiadelphia Eagles lost quarterback Donovan McNabb for the rest of the season to a knee injury during their 31-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans Sunday.
- Ontario's Nesbitt resumes medal haul
- Canadian Christine Nesbitt won a pair of medals at the long-track speed skating World Cup season in Berlin on Sunday, continuing from an impressive start a week earlier.
- Canada falls to Russia at volleyball worlds
- The No. 3-ranked Russians were too much for Canada to handle Sunday at the world men's volleyball championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
- Italian luger captures gold on home track
- Armin Zoeggeler opened the luge World Cup season Sunday with a victory on the same track where he won his second straight Olympic gold medal last season.
- German men win cross-country gold
- Germany won the men's 4x10-kilometre mixed style relay Sunday and Norway captured the women's 4x5k event at the World Cup cross country ski meet in Gallivare, Sweden.
- Kristina Groves skates to silver
- Kristina Groves of Ottawa raced to a silver medal in the women's 3,000 metres at a long-track speed skating World Cup on Saturday in Berlin.
- Jones, Stegall top CFL duo
- Khari Jones and Milt Stegall have been named the Greatest Quarterback-Receiver Connection in CFL history and will be recognized during halftime of Sunday's 94th Grey Cup.