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This year’s Fall Classic promises one thing – there will be a new champion. The Giants have never won since moving to San Francisco and Texas has never been to the World Series.

Beginning this weekend two longtime franchises battle for hockey’s greatest prize, as Chicago and Philadelphia square off in the Stanley Cup Final.

Blackhawks vs. Flyers – Two great sports towns, two units with great home-ice advantages, but two teams that can truly play tough in any rink.

Though they took time to warm up, the strength of the Blackhawks Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa eventually eventually found their range.

But in this budding rivalry, Vancouver is capable of putting up points as well, evidenced by the output of Mikael Samuelsson and Daniel Sedin against the Kings.

The strain on Kobe to carry a team that was supposed to lean more on Ron Artest and Lamar Odom has been evident down the stretch. The health concerns of Andrew Bynum will likely increase the burden on Bryant. For the Thunder to have a shot, they will need to have Russell Westbrook step up as it is likely that Kevin Durant will be slowed from the attention showered on him by the Lakers D.

2010 Vancouver Olympic Television Schedule

The American leg of the tennis grand slam begins play today on the hard courts of the USTA National Tennis Center in New York.

On the men’s side, history and Roger Federer once again is the lead story.

Can Padraig Harrington win his third consecutive British Open title? Is Sergio Garcia poised to earn his first major title? Will Greg Norman or Colin Montgomerie come from yesterday for one more hurrah? These storylines and more begin playing out tomorrow when the 138^th British Open tees off at Turnberry’s Ailsa Course.

With the news that defending champion Rafael Nadal had to withdraw due to tendonitis in his knees, this year’s Wimbledon opens up the men’s singles a bit.

The grass court grand slam tournament which begins tomorrow will definitely have a different spin with the brilliant Spaniard out.

Golf’s second major of the season and arguably the most demanding and challenging of the Grand Slam quartet gets underway this morning at Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York on Long Island where Tiger Woods, who won this tournament at Bethpage in 2002, will be looking to take home his fourth career and second straight U.S. Open crown.

The 2009 Stanley Cup which begins later today marks the first title rematch since the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders met in 1983 and 1984.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are headed back to the NHL championships, clinching a return trip with a 4-1 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night that finished off a sweep in the Eastern Conference finals.