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  • Posted August 12, 2019
    For the second year in a row, the Detroit Red Wings have claimed the Klondike TSN Play of the Year crown - and the final has only just started. Paul Millsap Jersey . Last year, two plays by Pavel Datsyuk squared off for the title. This year, its Tomas Tatar against teammate Gustav Nyquist. Tatar made the final on a play where he eliminated his defenders by running them clean into one another. Streaking over the blue line, Tatar feels a pair of Dallas defenders closing in on him. As Brenden Dillon moves in for the big hit, Tatar hesitates and the Stars d-man catches teammate Cameron Gaunce square on, sending both players flying. Tatar resumes his drive and finishes with a nifty backhand shovel that goes off Kari Lehtonen and in. Nyquist breaks in one-on-one against Matt Carle and the Lightning defender appears initially to do enough to prevent a goal, drawing a penalty in the process. However, Nyquist shakes Carles grip and pounces on the puck he just lost. From behind the goal line, he still has the presence of mind to corral the puck and toss it under a recovering Ben Bishop. You can watch the highlights and make your decision here. Every vote counts, so watch all the plays and take part in the TSN.ca Play of the Year Showdown. Let us know who you voted for via Twitter by using the hashtag #tsnklondikepoy. Will Barton Jersey . -- The way Ted Ligety carved into turns looked so easy. Alex English Jersey . 1 Pete Sampras. Speaking ahead of an exhibition match against Andre Agassi in London on March 3, Sampras said on a conference call Wednesday that he is impressed by Federers longevity.NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are not seeing eye to eye on his hip injury. The star third baseman tweeted Tuesday night that his hip surgeon has cleared him to play in rehabilitation games, a move that angered Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, according to ESPN.com. "You know what, when the Yankees want to announce something, (we will)," Cashman told the website. "Alex should just shut ... up," the GM said, punctuating his comment with a profanity. Cashman added that he planned to get in touch with Rodriguez right away. The general manager did not respond to calls from The Associated Press. Rodriguez had left hip surgery on Jan. 16 and has been working out since May at the Yankees complex in Tampa, Fla. The three-time AL MVP took swings in a simulated-game situation for the first time on Monday. On Tuesday night, he posted a message on Twitter: "Visit from Dr. Kelly over the weekend, who gave me the best news - the green light to play games again!" Rodriguez also posted a photo of himself and Dr. Brian Kelly, who performed the operation in New York. Cashman recently said Yankees doctors have not yet cleared A-Rod for minor league rehab games. "I dont tweet, and I really dont follow Twitter. So I probably dont really know much of what is going on. As far as I know he has not been cleared," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday night after his teams 4-3 victory over Texas. Carmelo Anthony Nuggets Jersey. . "Theres always a chain of command with injuries. There has to be and thats the process. It goes through our training staff, our doctors and our GM and then it goes to me. Im down on the totem pole." Before the game -- and Rodriguezs tweet -- Girardi said Rodriguez "is making progress, which is good." "Hes in sim games until they decide hes ready to go out on a rehab. Its not yet," the manager said. New to the social media site Twitter, Rodriguez sent his first tweet on May 31. He is expected to return to the Yankees around the All-Star break, shortly before he turns 38. Benched by the team as he slumped through last years playoffs, A-Rod has been in the news a lot lately even though he has spent almost no time with the Yankees this season. He is among the 20 or so players who may be disciplined by Major League Baseball for their links to the now-closed Miami anti-aging clinic, Biogenesis of America. MLB could possibly seek a 100-game suspension. Rodriguez admitted in 2009 that he used performance-enhancing drugs while with the Rangers from 2001-03. As baseballs highest-paid player with a $28 million salary this year, he would lose $7.65 million during a 50-game ban. ' ' '