Sports Recap: 2011 in Pictures
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50 Photos: The Biggest Sports Stories of 2011
It was a year of champions, sex scandals, riots and rising stars. While concern for the health of athletes took centre stage after a series of shocking injuries and deaths, a city sprung to life with the long-awaited return of a beloved team. CTVNews.ca takes a look back at the biggest stories in sports in 2011.
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JANUARY
Canada collapses at WJHC in Buffalo
Team Canada's Brayden Schenn, Carter Ashton, Curtis Hamilton and teammates react to their 5-3 loss to Team Russia at the IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal final in Buffalo, N.Y. on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.
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JANUARY
Russian World Juniors kicked off flight
Team Russia's Danil Sobchenko, centre, and teammates carry their bags to Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 7, 2011.
AP Photo/David Duprey
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FEBRUARY
The rise of Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic of Canada holds up the trophy after being presented with the Newcomer of the Year Award at the ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena in London.
AP Photo/Sang Tan
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FEBRUARY
Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XLV
Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers, right, poses with teammate Clay Matthews after the NFL football Super Bowl XLV game against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.
AP Photo/Chris O'Meara
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FEBRUARY
Cyclist Lance Armstrong retires
American Lance Armstrong, riding for Team Radio Shack, during the final stage of the Tour Down Under cycling event at Adelaide, Australia.
AP Photo/James Knowler
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FEBRUARY
Serena Williams treated for a pulmonary embolism
Serena Williams reacts during the women's championship match against Samantha Stosur of Australia at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
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MARCH
Chara's hit on Pacioretty sparks police investigation
Montreal Canadiens' Max Pacioretty is hit by Boston Bruins' Zdeno Chara during second period NHL hockey action Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in Montreal.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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MARCH
Jeff Stoughton wins the Brier
Left to right, Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton, left to right, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers and Steve Gould hoists the championship trophy after winning the Brier Canadian Curling Championships in London, Ont., on Sunday, March 13, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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MARCH
Sabres legend Rick Martin dies
Former Buffalo Sabres great Rick Martin's retired number was the back drop for a memorial service in his honor at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y, on Thursday, March 24, 2011.
AP Photo/Buffalo News, James P. McCoy
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APRIL
Ramos drops Copa del Rey trophy under a bus
In this image made from television, the Copa del Rey trophy is seen falling in front of the team bus after Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos let the 15-kilogram cup fall from the top of the team bus during celebrations in Madrid, early Thursday, April 21, 2011.
AP Photo/Telemadrid
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MAY
Sean Avery's support of gay marriage sparks backlash
New York Rangers' Sean Avery fights with New York Islanders' Mike Mottau during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Uniondale, N.Y.
AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek
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MAY
JR Hildebrand crashes on final turn, loses Indy 500
IndyCar driver JR Hildebrand crashes into the wall on the final lap of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 29, 2011.
AP Photo/Michael Conroy
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JUNE
Dallas Mavericks win NBA Championship
Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd and Jason Terry hold up their trophies after Game 6 of the NBA Finals basketball game against the Miami Heat Sunday, June 12, 2011, in Miami.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
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JUNE
Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup
Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara, of Slovakia, hoists the cup following his team's win over the Vancouver Canucks in game 7 of NHL Stanley Cup Final hockey at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Wednesday, June 15, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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JUNE
Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver after Canucks' loss
Vancouver Canucks fans watch a car burn during a riot following Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday, June 15, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Howe
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JUNE
Rory McIlroy wins the U.S. open
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, poses with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, June 19, 2011.
AP Photo/Mike Groll
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JUNE
Nugent-Hopkins, Irving, and Newton drafted #1
Left to right, Hockey player Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, football player Cam Newton, and basketball player Kyrie Irving are selected first overall at the NHL, NFL, and NBA drafts.
AP Photo/Jim Mone/Bill Kostroun/Stephen Chernin
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JUNE
Los Angeles Dodgers file for bankruptcy
The gift shop at Dodger Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is seen, in Los Angeles, Monday, June 20, 2011.
AP Photo/Reed Saxon
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JULY
Djokovic defeats Nadal to win Wimbledon; U.S. Open
Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds the trophy after defeating Spain's Rafael Nadal, right, in the men's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 3, 2011.
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
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JULY
Derek Jeter gets his 3,000th Major League hit
New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, bottom right, watches his home run for his 3,000th career hit as his teammates react during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Yankee Stadium in New York.
AP Photo/Bill Kostroun
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JULY
Japan wins the Women's World Cup
Japan's Homare Sawa holds the trophy in celebration with teammates after winning the final match between Japan and the United States at the Women's Soccer World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, July 17, 2011.
AP Photo/Michael Sohn
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JULY
NFL lockout ends
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, left, and NFL football Commissioner Roger Goodell share a laugh as they speak with reporters outside the NFL Players Association headquarters in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2011.
AP Photo/Cliff Owen
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AUGUST
Summer of deaths for the NHL
Left to right, NHLers Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien, and Wade Belak all died in the summer of 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jeff McIntosh/Jonathan Hayward/Matt Slocum
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AUGUST
Brawl at U.S. goodwill basketball game in China
Players of the Georgetown University men's basketball team and China's Bayi Rockets fight during their exhibition game in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011.
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AUGUST
Kris Humphries marries Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian, right, and her fiance, NBA basketball player Kris Humphries, arrive at the Kardashian Kollection launch party in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011.
AP Photo/Matt Sayles
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SEPTEMBER
Plane carrying KHL's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashes
The Lokomotiv ice team poses in the Lokomotiv Arena in the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 240 kilometres northeast of Moscow, Russia.
AP Photo/Photo Agency KHL
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SEPTEMBER
Floyd Mayweather's controversial K.O. of Victor Ortiz
Floyd Mayweather lands a knock-out punch to Victor Ortiz, left, as referee Joe Cortez, right, watches during their WBC Welterweight bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011.
AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher
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SEPTEMBER
Banana thrown at Wayne Simmonds during NHL game in London, Ont.
Philadelphia Flyers' Wayne Simmonds scores on Detroit Red Wings goalie Jordan Pearce during the shootout of pre-season NHL hockey action in London, Ont., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
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SEPTEMBER
Boston Red Sox drop nine-game lead in Sept., miss playoffs
Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia reacts in the dugout in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Baltimore.
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
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OCTOBER
Don Cherry calls out NHL enforcers
Don Cherry poses for a photo Toronto. The TV personality called three former NHL enforcers 'pukes' for speaking out against fighting.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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OCTOBER
Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis dies
Oakland Raiders fan Dave Domiguez prays at a memorial to Raiders owner Al Davis outside the team's NFL football headquarters in Alameda, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011.
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
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OCTOBER
Winnipeg Jets return to the NHL
Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec skates on to the ice at the start of the Jets' inaugural game against the Montreal Canadiens at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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OCTOBER
NHL cracks down on hits to the head
Montreal Canadiens right wing Brian Gionta runs into Toronto Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer during first period National Hockey League action Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 in Montreal.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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OCTOBER
IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon dies during a race
Dan Wheldon, 77, in air at left, and Pippa Mann, 30, right, crash during a wreck that involved 15 cars during the IndyCar Series' Las Vegas Indy 300 auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.
AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar
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OCTOBER
Four Alta. high school football players die in car crash
Portraits of four fallen and one injured teenagers look over their teammates as the Grand Prairie Composite High School Warriors bow their heads during a moment of silence before the start of a semi-final playoff football game in Grand Prairie, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011.
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OCTOBER
New Zealand All Blacks win Rugby World Cup
New Zealand All Blacks captain Richie McCaw holds up the Webb Ellis trophy as teammates celebrate after their Rugby World Cup final win over France in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011.
AP Photo/Rob Griffith
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OCTOBER
St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series
The St. Louis Cardinals celebrate after Texas Rangers' David Murphy flies out to end Game 7 of baseball's World Series Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in St. Louis.
AP Photo/Matt Slocum
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NOVEMBER
Child abuse scandal at Penn State
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno arrives home Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in State College, Pa.
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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NOVEMBER
Equestrian horse Hickstead dies during an event
Equestrian show jumper Eric Lamaze speaks to the media for the first time regarding the sudden death of his long time horse, Hickstead, in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011.
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NOVEMBER
Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos kidnapped
Washington Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos is hugged by a relative at CICPC headquarters in Valencia, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.
AP Photo/Lexander Loiza
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NOVEMBER
Boxing great Joe Frazier dies
Boxing great Joe Frazier lies in repose at the Wells Fargo Center, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in Philadelphia.
AP Photo/Mel Evans
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NOVEMBER
Oklahoma State basketball coaches killed in plane crash
Oklahoma State had coach Kurt Budke, right, sits on the bench next to assistant coach Miranda Serna, left, during an exhibition college basketball game against Fort Hays State in Stillwater, Okla., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011.
AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki
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NOVEMBER
Sidney Crosby returns to the NHL after concussion
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby leaps out of the way of a shot in front of New York Islanders goalie Anders Nilsson during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
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NOVEMBER
NBA lockout ends
NBA Players Roger Mason, Jr., right, and Charles Jenkins, left, look on as Billy Hunter speak during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 in New York.
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
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NOVEMBER
Nickelback plays at Packers-Lions game despite petitions
Nickelback lead vocalist Chad Kroeger and his band perform during halftime at an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers in Detroit, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011.
AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
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NOVEMBER
McMaster Maurauders win the Vanier Cup
McMaster University Marauders' Matthew Peressini, centre left, and Ryan Chmielewski hoist the Vanier Cup after defeating the Laval University Rouge et Or during overtime at the Canadian university football championship in Vancouver on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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NOVEMBER
Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca fight at CFL alumni event
Former CFL legends Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca are shown during an altercation at a CFL alumni luncheon in Vancouver on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
CTV
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NOVEMBER
B.C. Lions win the Grey Cup at home
B.C. Lions players pose for pictures after their Grey Cup victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 99th CFL Grey Cup on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 in Vancouver.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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DECEMBER
Tiger Woods wins first tournament in two years
Tiger Woods holds his trophy after winning the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
AP Photo/Danny Moloshok
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DECEMBER
Graham James pleads guilty for sexual assault of Theo Fleury
Graham James appears at his hearing via video in this artist's sketch in Winnipeg, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Andrich
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