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TORONTO -- Former national team members Andrea Blackwell, Bill Coulthard and Candace Jirik are being inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. "Andrea, Bill and Candace were great players on the court and wonderful people off of it," Michele OKeefe, executive director of Canada Basketball, said Wednesday. "I am proud that their dedication to the game and their commitment to this country will forever be remembered with a place alongside Canadas basketball legends." Blackwell grew up in Calgary but her basketball career took off in Kingston, Ont., where she played on the LaSalle Secondary School junior girls team. She later won back-to-back national championships in 1983-84 with Bishops University, and won the Nan Copp Award as the countrys most outstanding player in her senior year. She spent 17 years on the junior and senior national teams, including four world championship appearances and a bronze medal in 1986 plus two Olympics. Coulthard was born in Buffalo, N.Y., but made his home in Windsor, Ont., and played at both the Detroit Institute of Technology and Assumption College. Later, as a member of the Tillsonburg Livingstons, he helped win the 1952 Senior Canadian Championship and the right to represent Canada at that summers Olympic Games in Helsinki. Jirik was a three-time Ontario Womens Interuniversity Athletic Association all-star and all-Canadian in 1978 and 1980, and her Guelph Gryphons finished the 1980 season with a perfect 12-0 record and the Ontario championship. She was a member of the senior womens national team from 1977-80 and again from 1982-84 and was with them in 1979 when they captured bronze in each of the FIBA World Championship, the FISU Games and the Pan-American Games.Air Max Sneakers On Sale . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? 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To get him, Boston traded four minor leaguers: high-priced third baseman Yoan Moncada, considered by many the top young talent in baseball, along with pitchers Michael Kopech and Victor Diaz, and outfielder Luis Basabe.Sale was 17-10 with a 3.34 ERA and 233 strikeouts this year, a season after he led the majors by fanning 274. He also comes with this benefit: a team-favorable contract that calls for a $12 million salary next year and includes club options for 2018 at $12.5 million and 2019 at $15 million.A few hours earlier, Boston got setup man Tyler Thornburg from the Milwaukee Brewers for a package that included infielder Travis Shaw, minor league infielder Mauricio Dubon, minor league right-hander Josh Pennington and a player to be named or $100.The 28-year-old Thornburg will become Bostons eighth-inning guy, setting up closer Craig Kimbrel. Thornburg was 8-5 with 13 saves and a 2.15 ERA in 67 games for the Brewers last season, striking out 90 in 67 innings.NEW YORK -- Derek Jeters No. 2 is being retired, the last of the New York Yankees single digits.The Yankees said the number will be retired on May 14 before a Mothers Day game against Houston, and a plaque in Jeters honor will be unveiled in Monument Park during the ceremony.Jeters number is the 21st retired by the team. He won five World Series titles and was a 14-time All-Star during a 20-season career that ended in 2014. The shortstop ranks sixth in major league history with 3,465 career hits.OXON HILL, Md. -- Claire Smith became the first woman to win the J.G. 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Villa received the award, named after Landon Donovan, from MLS Commissioner Don Garber.FRISCO, Texas -- FC Dallas signed MLS defender of the year Matt Hedges to a four-year contract.GOLFThomas Bjorn was appointed captain of Europes 2018 Ryder Cup team, a reward for his long and successful association with the event as a player and vice-captain as well as his commitment to the European Tour.The 45-year-old Dane became the first Scandinavian to lead the European team, which will look to regain the cup at Le Golf National in Paris in 2018 after its 17-11 loss to the United States at Hazeltine in October.BOXINGCANASTOTA, N.Y. -- Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and three-division champion Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico highlight a list of nine people selected for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.Also to be inducted June 11 in Canastota, New York are: super flyweight champion Johnny Tapia; Australian trainer Johnny Lewis; judge Jerry Roth; journalist-broadcaster Steve Farhood; broadcaster Barry Tompkins; and posthumous honorees Eddie Booker and ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Sr. ' ' '