T.W.I.C.S.

This Week in Canadian Sports: a look back on Canadian sports history, week-by week.

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TWICS - Episode 50:
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*LAST EPISODE - counting down the TWICS-top 10 Canadian Sports moments.
@TeamCanada @CBCOlympics #BlueJays #Raptors #Olympics #Oilers #USOpen

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TWICS-Episode 49:
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*Donovan Bailey becomes World's Fastest Man(1996)
*Edmonton Grads become women's basketball World Champions(1924)
*Dennis Martinez pitches Perfect Game for #expos(1991)
*Mark Tewksbury & Marnie McBean make Canadian #Olympic history(1992)

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TWICS -Episode 48
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*#Stampeders start 1 of the best winning streaks in @CFL history(2016)
*Christine Sinclair leads 🇨🇦 to their 1st medal in women's soccer(2012)
*🇨🇦 makes history at the 2015 Pan Am Games
*Didier Drogba signs with the Montreal #Impact(2015)

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TWICS - Episode 47:
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*Justin Morneau becomes 1st 🇨🇦 to win #MLB Home Run Derby (2008), George Orton becomes 🇨🇦's 1st ever #Olympic medalist (1900), Montreal becomes 1st 🇨🇦 Olympic host (1976) and Dennis Park botches O Canada before a #CFL game (1994)

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TWICS - Episode 46:
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*We look back at the TWICS Top-5 Toronto #Raptors heartbreaks/departures
*Milos Raonic becomes the 1st 🇨🇦 male to appear in the @Wimbledon Finals (2016).
*The #BlueJays host the 1991 @MLB All Star Game

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TWICS -Episode 45 🇨🇦Canada Day Edition🇨🇦
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*Nordiques trade Eric Lindros to #Flyers in 1 of the biggest trades in #NHL history(1992)
*The #Jets move to Phoenix(1996)
*Eric Gagne's #MLB record 84-game save streak ends(2004)
*#Grizzlies move to Memphis(2001)

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TWICS-Episode 44:
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*#Senators trade Alexei Yashin for 2 future stars (2001)
*Expos acquire Bartolo Colon for 3 future stars (2002)
*#BlueJays Frank Thomas hits his 500th home run (2007)
*Geroy Simon becomes the @CFL's all time receiving yard leader (2012)

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TWICS-Episode 43:
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*#Canucks lose Game 7 of the #StanleyCup and riots erupt in Vancouver(2011)
*Rubin Carter is jailed for a crime he didn't commit(1966)
*Canucks trade future Hall of Famer Cam Neely to the #Bruins(1986)
*Nordiques move to Colorado(1995)

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TWICS - Episode 42
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*The #Habs win their last Cup in 1993
*An battle ensues over a famous Canadian hockey song @CBC @TSN
*Brooke Henderson becomes the 3rd Canadian to win a golf Major in 2016 @LPGA
*The Toronto #Raptors win their 1st Championship in 2019

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TWICS - Episode 41
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*#DonovanBailey remains the "World's Fastest Man" (1997)
*A look at 🇨🇦 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
*The earliest recorded baseball game(1838)
*#MapleLeafs Bill Barilko's body found

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TWICS - Episode 40:
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*#Cubs Fergie Jenkins' 3,000th career strikeout (1982)
*Expos trade Randy Johnson to the #Mariners (1989)
*Calgary #Flames win their 1st Stanley Cup (1989)
*#Raptors sign Masai Ujiri (2013) - starting the greatest era in team history

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TWICS - Episode 39:
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*#Oilers win their 1st Cup (1984), 🇨🇦 Paralympian Rick Hansen completes his Man in Motion Tour (1987), #WWF star Owen Hart dies during a stunt gone wrong (1999) and the #Jets win the last Avco Cup before entering the @NHL (1979).

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TWICS - Episode 38
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*Carlos Delgado hits a historic homer for the #Bluejays (2001); Kawhi Leonard hits a historic shot for the #Raptors (2019), the #MapleLeafs loss a Game 7 heartbreaker to the #Bruins (2013) and Dr. Baseball is born (1972). @CDNBaseballHOF

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TWICS - Episode 37:
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*Tip O'Neill makes his debut as a pitcher (1883)
*Steve Nash wins back-to-back @NBA MVPs (2005-2006)
*#JamesPaxton becomes 2nd 🇨🇦 to throw a no-hitter (2018)
*#RobertoOsuna is arrested for assault (2018)

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TWICS-Episode 36:
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*Andrew Wiggins becomes 1st 🇨🇦 to win @NBA Rookie of the Year (2015), North Dancer sets a record at the #KentuckyDerby (1964), #MapleLeafs win their last Stanley Cup (1967) and Hakeem Olajuwon ends his career with the #Raptors (2002)

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TWICS - Episode 35:
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*A WEEK OF 1STS: 1st Battle of Alberta between the #Oilers & #Flames (1983); the Toronto Rock's 1st @NLL Cup (1999); the Toronto #Raptors 1st playoff game (2000) and 1st playoff win (2001) AND 🇨🇦's first @Olympic Gold Medal (1920)

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TWICS - Episode 34:
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*Mike Weir becomes 1st 🇨🇦 to win at the Masters (2003)
*The #Canadiens win 5th-straight Stanley Cup (1960)
*Teemu Selanee sets a @NHL rookie record for the Winnipeg #Jets (1993)
*Tommy Longboat sets a @bostonmarathon record (1907)

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TWICS Episode 33:
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*April 6, 2018 - 16 die in the #HumboldtBroncos bus crash
*April 7, 1977 - #BlueJays play their first @MLB game
*April 8, 1969 - #Expos play their first MLB Game
*TWICS Top-5 Canadian MLBers on Canadian MLB teams

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TWICS Episode 32:
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*#Raptors beat the MJ and the #Bulls (1996)
*George Chuvelo fights Muhammed Ali in Toronto (1966)
*#Bruins Bobby Orr sets record for points by #NHL D-man (1970)
*#Oilers Wayne Gretzky leapfrogs his own single season point record (1986)

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TWICS Episode 31:
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*03/17/1955-Richard Riot rages in Montreal #Canadiens
*03/17/2009-Martin Boudeur becomes winningest goalie in #NHL history #Devils
*03/21/2015-2-Steve Nash retires #Lakers
*03/22/1923-Foster Hewitt calls his 1st hockey game #HNIC