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Canada will send six athletes to the sixth and last stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Miyagi, Japan. The 2012 NHK Trophy will take place from November 23-25, 2012, at the Sekisui Heim Super Arena. Canada will have a total of four entries in three disciplines: two in mens, one in pair, and one in ice dance. Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., will be one of two Canadian entries in mens. The 22-year-old Reynolds has previously competed at this event in 2008, placing fourth. This will be his second grand prix assignment of the season, having already earned fifth place at the Cup of China. He also placed fourth this season at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy, a senior international competition. Reynolds is coached by Joanne McLeod at the BC Centre of Excellence. 19-year-old Andrei Rogozine of Richmond Hill, Ont., will also complete in mens for Canada. The 2011 World Junior Champion will be competing at his second event of the season, and first ISU Grand Prix event of the season. Rogozine placed ninth at Nebelhorn Trophy, a senior international competition in Germany, earlier this season. He is coached by Inga Zusev and Andrei Berezintsev.  In the pair category, Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont. and Dylan Moscovitch from Toronto, Ont., are the sole Canadian entry. This is their second ISU Grand Prix assignment of the season, having placed fourth at the Cup of China. They also won gold at the 2012 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, a senior international competition. Moore-Towers and Moscovitch train with Kris Wirtz and Kristy Wirtz at the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club. 20-year-old Nicole Orford of Burnaby, B.C. and 21-year-old Thomas Williams of Okotoks, Alta., will represent Canada in ice dance. This will be their second event of the season as well as second career ISU Grand Prix assignment. Orford and Williams placed eighth at the Rostelecom Cup in Russia earlier this season. They are coached by Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe at the B.C. 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"I think we all do as boys -- that I would one day play in the NBA," said Meruelo, a California developer and pizza chain owner. www.dolphinsfootballofficialshop.com/Authentic-Olivier-Vernon-Jersey-Cr-23.html . "Were pleased to complete this trade as it provides our team with depth at kicker and defensive back as well an additional pick in this years draft," head coach Marcel Bellefeuille said in a statement. Medlock spent the final four games of the 2010 season on the reserve list after signing with the Eskimos as a free agent on October 12.NEW YORK -- With time running out and business beginning to suffer, the NBA is eager to intensify talks with its union. And Commissioner David Stern says the NFLs problems show why. Stern believes footballs labour situation, which he called a "mess," was worsened by a lack of urgency to get a deal done well before its collective bargaining agreement expired, something he wants to avoid as his league tries to negotiate a new deal with its players. "It seemed that at the end of the bargaining between the NFL and the players, one got the sense that in the last day or two they had closed the gap," Stern said Thursday. "I dont know if thats accurate or not, but thats what I read. And you wonder as an outsider whether it would have been a good thing to close that gap a few days earlier, a couple of weeks earlier so that you had the opportunity and the plan to do that." The NBA plans to soon send the union a revised proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement, hoping it will trigger meaningful negotiations ahead of the June 30 expiration date. But Stern made it clear in his meeting with Associated Press Sports Editors that he will lock the players out if a deal cant be reached to give owners the financial relief they seek, even if it comes at the expense of his reputation. "The league is my client, not my vehicle to a legacy," Stern said. Stern said someone on the players side challenged him on that before the 1998 work stoppage, telling Stern he wouldnt dare shut down the league that hed spent more than two decades growing. "Youre going to learn the hard way. Thats not the way we operate this league. We operate in the best interest of the league," Stern said of his response at the time. But Stern doesnt believe it has to come to that point, with more than two months of bargaining time available. And he warned the players that the deal offered to them before the current CBA expires may be more favourable than one they could be presented after games have already been lost.dddddddddddd "If theres a work stoppage that changes our financial picture even more negatively ... it would seem to indicate that the offer that was there has to recalibrated to what the new realities economically are," Stern said. Stern also defended the right of his owners to profit off their investments. Though the league is projecting US$300 million in losses this season, the leagues initial proposal in February 2010 for a new CBA sought to reduce player salary costs by about $750 million annually. The players quickly rejected that proposal, which also called for a hard salary cap to replace the current system that allows for certain exceptions. The players sent a counterproposal that summer, but the league wasnt interested in it and there has been no progress. But deputy commissioner Adam Silver said the uncertainty of whether there will be games next season will start to hurt the league when it comes to various ticket and sponsorship renewals. "Frankly, were running out of time," Silver said. "We have roughly two months and a week to get a deal done before the expiration of this collective bargaining agreement. And I think on that point, Billy Hunter and the union are in full agreement with us that we need to intensify these discussions." Stern downplayed other comparisons to the NFLs situation, saying his league is losing money and has openly shared its financial data with the union. He also seemed to question the NFLPAs decertification process, but said having two leagues with labour problems would only further anger the public. He believes his league would bounce back if games are lost, but with a cost. "The damage that would be done to both sides would be intense," he said. ' ' '