Halfway through another lost season, the Memphis Grizzlies fired coach Marc Iavaroni on Thursday night. Team spokesman Dustin Krugel confirmed Iavaroni’s dismissal, but would not say who would coach the Grizzlies on Friday night against the Knicks. General manager Chris Wallace was traveling to New York.
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Overall World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn led a World Cup downhill training session Friday after three days of cancellations because of fog and snow. Vonn posted her first podium finish on the Olympia delle Tofane course in 2004 and won the prestigious downhill last year. She has five top-three finishes overall on the course.
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Ana Ivanovic’s hopes of a return trip to the Australian Open final fell apart in a barrage of mistakes Friday as Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova ousted the 2008 runner-up with a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory in the third round. With the 19-year-old Kleybanova constantly aggressive, fifth-ranked Ivanovic lost her serve nine times and finished with 50 unforced errors to just 23 winners.
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Economic and Rural Development / Premier’s Office — An established director-to-consumer business in Cape Breton is getting a boost from the province to upgrade its call centre technology to increase workforce efficiency and expand business potential.
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Tom Ricketts once lived across the street from Wrigley Field and met his wife in the bleachers. Now that his billionaire family is set to purchase the Chicago Cubs and their historic ballpark from Tribune Co., he’s about to get a closer view of his favorite team. And, maybe, he can help them win their first championship since 1908.
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