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The Wire ESPN removed Curt Schilling from its broadcast team for the Little League
World Series Tuesday because of an anti- Muslim tweet. Schilling retweeted
a post that said, “ Only 5- 10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of
Germans were Nazis. How’d that go?” The post was soon removed from his
Twitter feed. The network said the tweet was unacceptable and it “ made that
point very strongly to Curt.” ESPN said Schilling was removed from the Little
League World Series assignment “ pending further consideration.” Schilling
accepted the punishment, saying in a statement: “ Bad choices have bad consequences
and this was a bad decision in every way on my part.”
C ALGARY — The Calgary Flames
checked the top task off their
summer to- do list by signing
captain Mark Giordano to a sixyear
contract extension.
The 31- year- old defenceman still has a
year remaining on his current contract,
but Flames general manager Brad Treliving
said in May re- signing Giordano was
his “ number one priority” this off- season.
The deal announced Tuesday is worth US$ 40.5
million, at $ 6.75 million per season.
“ Mark has established himself over the last few
years as an elite defenceman in the league,” Treliving
said. “ We look at it as we got our captain, our
leader, our best player under a contract at what we
feel is a very competitive number.”
The length of the contract was key to the negotiations,
said Giordano.
“ Term was the most exciting part for me,” the
captain said. “ I think the number works. I don’t
feel by any means I took less money than I deserve.
It’s a fair deal.
“ The only way to get a six- year deal was to make
it a fair number that works for both sides.”
Despite missing the last quarter of the regular
season, Giordano posted a career- high 48 points in
61 games to finish fifth in team scoring.
Bicep
The six- foot, 200- pound rearguard was on track
for Norris Trophy consideration when he tore
his bicep Feb. 25 in a road game against the New
Jersey Devils.
“ I’m probably of the camp that if he doesn’t get
injured this season, there’s a likelihood that not
only is he nominated for the Norris, but I believe
he’s deserving to win it,” Treliving said.
Giordano was a catalyst in the attack speed the
Flames generated from their back end. He insisted
at the time of his injury his absence should not
prevent the Flames from making the playoffs for
the first time since 2009.
The Toronto native watched from the press box
as the Flames secured a playoff berth in their last
home game of the regular season. Calgary played
11 playoff games before bowing out to the Anaheim
Ducks in the second round.
Giordano says he’s recovered from the bicep injury
and subsequent surgery. NHL training camps
open Sept. 17.
“ I’ve been skating at 100 per cent, shooting at
100 per cent and working out at 100 per cent for a
while now,” Giordano said. “ It’s been well over a
month of going full out. I’ll be ready for camp.”
Giordano has 66 goals and 179 assists in 510 career
games, all with Calgary. He played in February’s
NHL all- star game.
His previous five- year contract was worth $ 20.1
million, or $ 4.02 million per season. Since Giordano’s
extension doesn’t start until 2016- 17, that
money won’t count against this season’s salary cap
ceiling of $ 71.4 million per team.
Giordano can now be a Flame until 2022, by
which time the team wants to have a new arena.
“ I understand there’s a process that has to get
done, but I’m hoping maybe in the last year or two
of my deal we’re in that new facility,” Giordano
said.
The Flames captain’s extension also solidifies
a strong group of defenceman following the
acquisition of Dougie Hamilton from the Boston
Bruins.
Treliving dealt Calgary’s 15th, 42nd and 57th
picks in June’s NHL draft to get Hamilton’s
rights. The GM quickly signed the 22- year- old to a
$ 34.5- million, six- year deal.
— The Canadian Press
Flames make their Mark
Captain Giordano inks new six- year, $ 40.5- M deal with NHL team
By Donna Spencer
JEFF MCINTOSH / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES
Mark Giordano ( centre) posted a career- high 48 points in 61 games last season before suffering a torn bicep that ended his season.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The late Indy-
Car driver Justin Wilson saved six
lives Tuesday by donating his organs,
his brother said.
“ He just keeps setting the bar
higher,” Stefan Wilson posted on his
Twitter page.
“ Keep Julia & the
girls in your prayers
# myherojw.”
The 37- yearold
Wilson died
Monday night from
a head injury suffered
when a piece
of debris struck
him during a race
the previous day
at Pocono Raceway. A British driver
who lived in Colorado, Wilson was hit
in the head by piece of debris from another
car. Wilson’s car veered into an
interior wall at the track, and he was
swiftly taken by helicopter to a hospital
in Allentown in critical condition.
Wilson drove a Honda from 2008
through 2015 in IndyCar, and the
manufacturer offered its condolences
Monday.
“ To say that we are heartbroken
over the loss of Justin Wilson would
create the false impression that our
pain is localized,” said Art St. Cyr,
president of Honda Performance Development.
“ We will be forever grateful
for his loyalty, and the gracious and
gentlemanly way he represented our
company, on and off the race track.”
— The Associated Press
MILAN — Cast aside by Liverpool
after a miserable year, Mario Balotelli
is returning to AC Milan knowing he
has much to prove.
Liverpool is sending Balotelli on loan
to Milan after seeing the maverick
striker score only
one English
Premier
League goal in
the year since
he joined from
the Italian club
for 16 million
pounds ( then
US$ 27 million).
The 25- yearold
Italian
completed his
medical examination
Tuesday ahead of a season- long
loan being completed.
Balotelli said on Milan’s website: “ I
just need to train and show what I can
contribute ... I need to work hard and
talk less.”
Balotelli hasn’t featured in a competitive
game for four months, having
quickly fallen out of favour on his
return to England where he played
for Manchester City for three chaotic
years until 2013.
— The Associated Press
Wilson saved
six lives by
donating organs
Anti- Muslim tweet costs Schilling LLWS gig
AC Milan takes
Balotelli off
Liverpool’s hands
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