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Today is December 9th, the 343nd day of 2011. There are 22 days left in the year.

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Leafs sold to Rogers/Bell conglomerate.

Both sides criticize Anisimov goal celebration.

Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com.

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Today is International Anti-corruption Day.

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New York, N.Y. -- Dominic Moore refused to call it redemption. But after a nightmare of a morning Thursday, he had to feel a little better about things when he left Madison Square Garden later that night.

Moore scored a shorthanded goal with 1:57 left in regulation to tie the game, then had the only goal during the shootout to give the Lightning a 3-2 victory against the New York Rangers.

During the Lightning's morning practice, an errant backhander from Moore caught Martin St. Louis in the face. Instead of playing in his 500th consecutive game, St. Louis spent the afternoon in the hospital and is out indefinitely with facial and nasal fractures.

Read the rest here.

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Today is National Salesperson Day.

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CFL free agency beckons: Tough decisions.

Are the Bombers due for a major overhaul?

McCallum leads list of potential Lions free agents.

Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.

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Today is Weary Willie Day..

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The 2011 NFL season is underway. Here's the week thirteen results:

Week 13

All Times Eastern

Thursday, December 1st

At Seattle 31, Philadelphia 14

Sunday, December 4th

Carolina 38 at Tampa Bay 19
At Pittsburgh 35, Cincinnati 7
At Houston 17, Atlanta 10
NY Jets 34 Washington 19
At New England 31, Indianapolis 24
At Miami 34, Oakland 14
Denver 35 at Minnesota 32
Tennessee 23 at Buffalo 17
Kansas City 10 at Chicago 3
Baltimore 24 at Cleveland 10
At Arizona 19, Dallas 13 (OT)
Green Bay 38 at NY Giants 35
At San Francisco 26, St. Louis 0
At New Orleans 31, Detroit 17

Monday, December 5th

San Diego 38 at Jacksonville 14

Week 14
All times Eastern

Thursday, Dec 8

At Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3

Sunday, December 11

Kansas City at NY Jets 1:00 PM
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville 1:00 PM
New England at Washington 1:00 PM
Atlanta at Carolina 1:00 PM
Indianapolis at Baltimore 1:00 PM
Philadelphia at Miami 1:00 PM
Minnesota at Detroit 1:00 PM
New Orleans at Tennessee 1:00 PM
Houston at Cincinnati 1:00 PM
Chicago at Denver 4:05 PM
San Francisco at Arizona 4:05 PM
Buffalo at San Diego 4:15 PM
Oakland at Green Bay 4:15 PM
NY Giants at Dallas 8:20 PM

Monday, December 12

St. Louis at Seattle 8:30 PM

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Gustavus II of Sweden was born on this date in 1594.

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Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride.

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On this date in 1608, English poet John Milton was born in London.

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Today in Elvis History:

1955 - In Swifton, AR, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash performed at the High School.

1970 - Colonel Parker completed an agreement with RCA to extend his annual $100,000 consultant's fee through 1975.

1970 - Colonel Parker wrote to Elvis about not being able to reach him on the telephone.

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On this date in 1793, "The American Minerva" was published for the first time. It was the first daily newspaper in New York City and was founded by Noah Webster.

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Today in Beatles History:

1961 - The Beatles played their first show in the south of London, England. They were billed with Ivory Jay & the Jaywalkers. Though the show was billed as "Battle of the Bands - Liverpool v. London" only 18 people came to the show.

1974 - George Harrison released his first album on his Dark Horse label, entitled "Dark Horse."

1995 - "Free as a Bird," debuted on a six-hour ABC documentary on the Beatles. It was their first new song in 25 years.

2010 - Paul McCartney appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. He paid tribute to the origins of "Yesterday" by performing a food-themed reinterpretation of the song with Fallon.

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On this date in 1803, the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President.

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Today in Sports History:

1926 - The United States Golf Association legalized the use of steel-shafted golf clubs.

1951 - Bob Waterfield (Los Angeles Rams) became the first professional football player to kick five field goals in one game.

1955 - Sugar Ray Robinson knocked out Carl Olson and regained his world middleweight boxing title.

1973 - Jim Bakken (St. Louis Cardinals) kicked six field goals against the Atlanta Falcons.

1978 - The first game of the Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) was played between the Chicago Hustle and the Milwaukee Does.

1984 - Eric Dickerson (Los Angeles Rams) became only the second pro football player to run for more than 2,000 yards in a season. O.J. Simpson held the previous record at 2,003.

1984 - Walter Payton (Chicago Bears) ran six plays as quarterback. He ran the ball four times and threw two interceptions.

1985 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) began a streak of 100+ consecutive games with receptions.

1987 - Larry Bird ended his streak of 59 consecutive free throws.

1991 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) reached the 20 touchdown mark for an NFL record ninth season.

2004 - NHL officials and union leaders held talks for the first time since summer. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman imposed a lockout on September 16 due to an impasse in contract negotiations.

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Thomas Edison organized the Edison Ore Milling Company on this date in 1879.

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Coming up:

Tonight --

Nothin' Doin'

Saturday --

College Football -- Army vs. Navy at Washington, D.C. 2:30pm EST

Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Palm Beach Hawks 5:00pm EST

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Philadelphia Flyers 7:00pm EST

EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Palm Beach Hawks 8:00pm EST

Sunday --

Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Palm Beach Hawks 10:00am EST

EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Palm Beach Hawks 1:00pm EST

NFL Football -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00pm EST

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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so again tomorrow. Thanks again!