A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. We bring good cheer.

NESN.com reports Caroline Wozniacki and JJ Watt might be the new “power couple” in sports. Power couple seems a bit strong; so far they’re not even a CaroWatt.

Pittsburgh is trying old-school hockey in Round 1 against the Rangers. The Penguins have been closing so many lanes in N.Y., fans think it’s pothole season.

Kaitlyn Lawes, third on team Jennifer Jones, wasn’t sharp in the Players’ curling championship semi-final. Perhaps dating Scott Moir has knocked her for a toe loop.


OLYMPIC GOLD-MEDALLIST KAITLYN LAWES 

An ice cheerleader(?) pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

For the first time in years, the San Jose Sharks failed to make the playoffs. Some teams would call that disappointing; the Sharks call it a time-saver.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers!

According to Duke researchers, some male rodents sing songs to woo females. The top three:
3. Mice To Be With You;
2. Please Cheese Me;
1. Mouse of the Rising Sun.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. We bring good cheer.
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Congratulations to Winnipeg Blue Bombers QB Drew Willy, who just got married. Now that’s a long-term contract.


DREW WILLY AND HILLARY TURKOVITZ TIED THE KNOT

Jameis Winston said “Perception is reality, but perceptions can be false." Anyone else have the perception that Winston skipped logic classes?

An ice crew pic from Sports Deke. We bring good cheer.

I just saw pics of three ladies on Russia’s national curling team — Ekaterina Galkina, Alexandra Saitova and Anna Sidorova — in lingerie. Noticeably absent was their third — Margarita Chopped-Liverova.

On the Winnipeg Jets playoff-clinching road trip, Ondrej Pavelec gave up no goals in regulation or O.T. — three outings, 83 straight rejections. It reminded me of the week I tried speed dating.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers!

SI Swimsuit Issue cover girl Hannah Davis was a teen tennis star and the No. 1-ranked player in the Caribbean. She quit tennis for modelling, but still dominates the Net.

RJ’s Groaner of the Week
The Calgary Flames have dethroned the Kings. Call it the Stanley Coup.

A retro cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers!

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY HOMETOWN JETS ON THEIR 1ST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE SINCE RETURNING TO WINNIPEG. WELL DONE JETS!

Thomas Ulsrud conceded defeat in the men’s curling championship by flipping his rock on its side and rolling it down the ice. If ever there was a first-ballot entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


NORWAY'S ULSRUD SHOWS HUMOUR AND CLASS IN DEFEAT