Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz dead at 77
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William Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks for more than four decades, died Wednesday at age 77.
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Ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky has admitted he has no solution to offer which might help end the current NHL lockout. The &#39;Great One&#39;, now part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, and says he can see both sides of the dispute between team owners and players.
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Ex-Bruin Craig MacTavish, who piloted the Oilers to the Stanley Cup finals last June, was a rookie with the spoked B's the same season (1979-80) as Ray Bourque. It was also John Bucyk's first year out of uniform, the Chief having called it a career the previous spring.
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Harvey R. "Bum" Bright, the former Dallas Cowboys owner who sold the team to Jerry Jones, has died. He was 84. Bright died Saturday at his Highland Park home after a long illness.
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Billy Reay, who played on two Stanley Cup champions with Montreal and became the winningest coach in Chicago Blackhawks' history, died at 86.
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Chicago, Ill. (Sports Network) - The Chicago Blackhawks  Monday agreed to terms on a one-year contract with defenseman  Bryan Berard. As per team policy, financial terms of the deal  were not disclosed.
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Bobby Mattick, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980 and '81 and helped develop the talent that produced five division titles and two World Series championships, died at 89.
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CALGARY, Alberta (Sports Network) - J.R. "Bud" McCaig, one  of the part owners of the Calgary Flames, passed away suddenly  Tuesday while vacationing in Barbados. He was 75.
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TORONTO Dec 17, 2004 - Bobby Mattick, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980 and &#39;81 and helped develop the talent that produced five division titles and two World Series championships, died at 89.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman all but killed the 2004-05 season yesterday. Not only did club owners reject the players&#39; union offer to take a 24 percent pay reduction, but Bettman also put a
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Trent Yawney was sacked as coach of the struggling Chicago Blackhawks on Monday and replaced by assistant and Hall of Fame former player Denis Savard.
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Jonathan Toews scored a pair of goals and assisted on another and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 6-1 Thursday night. Duncan Keith, Rene Bourque, Cam Barker and Patrick Sharp also scored for the Blackhawks.
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Radim Vrbata scored when it was needed most for the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. Vrbata connected as Chicago's fourth shooter in the shootout to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
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The Great One hit town yesterday and he sure was welcome. He made it feel a bit more like winter. Wayne Gretzky was a pretty fair player in his day, and his time as an executive have been equally well spent.
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Paul Arizin, an early pioneer of the jump shot who led the Philadelphia Warriors to the 1956 NBA championship and was chosen one of the 50 greatest NBA players, died Tuesday at his home in suburban Philadelphia. He was 78.
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The NHL fined one of the owners of the Atlanta Thrashers $250,000 yesterday for saying the league would use replacement players next year if a new collective bargaining agreement
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It has long been the National Hockey League Players&#39; Association position that it&#39;s the league&#39;s owners that are driving the lockout bus, that commissioner Gary Bettman has staked his reputation