With the sun beating in bottom of your neck and the bases charged, the pressure on you, the first basic player, overpowers. Did we mention that you play for the commanders? Howl and grondement of crowd, dust rising upwards and scintillating in the light of the sun, gleams of the team of opposition around, [...]

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Rookie goaltenders have had success in the Stanley Cup Playoffs before – most notably with Ken Dryden in 1971 and Patrick Roy in 1986, both leading the Montreal Canadiens to the Cup – but never before has a crop of rookie goalies dominated the playoffs like they have this season.
Of the five remaining teams in this [...]

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Sandown opens the month on February 4 with an excellent card and another set of possible Cheltenham clues. In recent seasons the Agfa Diamond Chase has suffered through small and uncompetitive fields but that worrying trend has started to change of late and this year’s renewal is sure to be a competitive one.
Alan King’s tough [...]

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