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7 pm/ET Trailing the conclusion of Fox's NFL coverage, 60 Minutes placed second with 12.32 million total viewers. The first hour of Saturday Night Live 's "Sports Extra" special came in a distant fourth (behind Funniest Home Videos ), with 4.48 mil.

MINOR HOCKEY Highlanders just shy of win CHESLEY -- The Grey-Bruce Highlanders major peewees were edged 4- 3 by St. Catharines Sunday in South Central [...]

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The SkiGym simulator looks like it's going for realism rather than the silly fun offered by the Wii, but some people probably want an accurate depiction of brief exhilaration before the inevitable...

Warriors rugby league captain Steve Price said today he still held out wish rising star Sonny Fai would be found alive, despite disappearing in the surf at a west Auckland beach on Sunday evening.

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The Black Caps will need a much improved batting display when they look to level the one-day series against the West Indies in Wellington on Wednesday.

Five big fights make January one of the hottest months on the MMA calendar.

Jorja Brown, Fort Gratiot’s zoning administrator, said the Extreme Sports Dome is likely to remain closed Friday. Township officials ordered the indoor motocross facility to close after three kids were treated Monday for carbon-monoxide poisoning after spending time there.

THE Shah Alam Extreme Park, a sports centre for extreme sports, is expected to fully open early this year, catering to youngsters keen on an alternative form of physical exercise.

Dartmouth varsity athletes were able to chase ground balls Down below and hit home runs in the Caribbean during their winter break training trips last month. The women's lacrosse team and the baseball team both took advantage of an NCAA policy that allows varsity teams to compete internationally every four years, travelling to Australia and the Dominican Republic, respectively.

As 2008 comes to a close and we ready ourselves for 2009, The Tribune would like to take a moment of reflection to look back and re-examine some of the top sports stories of 2008. The year was great for local sports and it was very difficult to pick just 10 stories, but we figured these stood out the most. So without further ado, in reverse order, here they are.