SUNDAY SPORTS
Bo Levi Mitchell threw three touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a convincing 38-17 win over the expansion Ottawa Redblacks. Calgary improved its record to 5-and-1, moving into a tie for first in the CFL West. Ottawa is now 1-and-5.
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Roger Federer advanced to the Rogers Cup final, beating Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4 to set up a match against upset-happy Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The second-ranked Federer is seeking his third title of the year. Tsonga beat his third straight higher-seeded opponent, topping seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-3.
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Venus beat Serena in an all-Williams semifinal in the Rogers Cup. Venus topped Serena in three sets for her first victory over her sister since 2009. In the second semifinal, third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska beat Ekaterina Makarova in two sets.
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Nolan Reimold hit a game-winning double in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied past the Detroit Tigers 3-2. Toronto’s Danny Valencia singled off Joba Chamberlain to begin the 10th and Reimold followed with a double to the wall in left-centre as Valencia scored without a play.
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Luke Moore scored in the 84th minute to give Toronto F-C a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Crew. Moore’s winner came on a header off a corner kick by Collen Warner. It came just three minutes after Columbus tied it 2-2. Sebastien Le Toux scored two goals and the Philadelphia Union beat Montreal 2-1, handing the Impact a seventh straight loss.
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Rory McIlroy celebrated his final birdie with a smile and a slight pump of his first, knowing that 8-foot putt gave him the outright lead in the P-G-A Championship. The 25-year-old from Northern Ireland closed with three birdies on the last four holes for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot lead over Bernd Wiesberger.
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Stamps would have won anyway but like in B.C. the night before the zebras made a couple of "Hometown Calls". I realize it's a tough job, but how do they justify being blind?
Yeah….the riders never get those hometown calls. That's what makes the cfl a complete joke.
That kid #32 for Ottawa was called for a phantom PI that cost an interception. Ottawa challenged it but the command center never had the balls to overturn the call. It was obvious on film that there was no PI.
I'm not saying the Riders never get a 'hometown call'. I'm asking, how do they justify them?
Terrible incident Saturday night when 20 year old racer leaves car to shake fist at Tony Stewart, gets hit and killed on track.
I taped Thursday's game in Winnipeg, and watched it today. I hope someone's head rolls for the incompetent game calls made. In fact, I rewound certain calls several times, trying to give the referee the benefit of the doubt, but couldn't. I sure would like to see Proulx's stats on when he calls games we are in, and when other teams are playing. I feel confident to say he has a hate on for Saskatchewan.
Sunday Blue Jays game saw someone waving a Saskatchewan flag.
Know this! there is no point getting worked into a lather about the referee's calls and non-calls in the CFL, NFL, NHL etc. I been a fan for decades, and I am here to tell ya that your wasting your time and emotion on something which has been a fact of sport since Walter Camp walked the sidelines. Its as variable and a factor like wind, rain and snow and injury and always will be.
Refs in the CFL are part-timers. Players/coaches/etc are professionals. Notice any mistakes by the 'pros'? Comical how often plays under review (waste of time) have to be shown 6 times in slow motion to get the right call. Try making those calls in real time action in a split second. An impossible job handed to part-timers.