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WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are giving their current general manager and head coach the chance to turn the CFL teams fortunes around. Aaron Hernandez Womens Jersey . The Bombers announced Thursday that they are sticking with general manager Joe Mack and are removing the interim tag from head coach Tim Burkes title. Team president Garth Buchko says Winnipegs 5-12 record going into Saturdays season finale against Montreal isnt acceptable. But he says it looks like they have the building blocks in place for success. "What ultimately sealed my decision was that I am just not ready to dismantle this organization and start over from scratch," he said. "In business as in sports, success comes when you have stability in the leadership position. "Joe Mack, Tim Burke have the respect and confidence of their players and staff." Burke is the fifth head coach since 2005 to lead the Bombers. Paul LaPolice, who started this season after leading them to the Grey Cup last year, lost his job when they managed just two wins in their first eight games. Mack was already under contract next year but there has been mounting fan anger over some of his moves. The Bombers dressed 19 rookies this season and many fans complained veterans were released without a solid plan to replace them. Disgruntled fans started a "sack Joe Mack" move online. But Buchko and Mack point out that some of those rookies are top performers -- like leading receiver Chris Matthews and tailback Chad Simpson, both topping the 1,000-yard mark. "Joe and Tim have the liberty and the plan to make changes where they see fit for football operations but the expectation is to win football games and be a playoff team," said Buchko. All agree that for that to happen, they must tackle the big question of quarterback. Burke and Mack like Buck Pierce, but he missed more than half the season with injuries after missing most of the 2010 campaign for the same reason. Last year was his best as a Bomber when he started 16 games. Mack says they have to sit down with Pierce and their medical people and talk about his future. "The elephant in the room is the quarterback situation," said Burke. "We want to make sure we get that resolved so we have the best chance of moving forward and having a chance to be in the Grey Cup every year. "Its not enough for us to be an up-and-down team year in, year out. We want to consistently be a championship-calibre team." Backup Alex Brink will start Saturday against Montreal. Burke first joined the team last year as defensive co-ordinator and defensive backs coach. He has also worked on coaching staffs with the Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders. The news that Mack and Buchko will stay was greeted with some relief in the Bombers locker-room. Veteran offensive lineman Glenn January said he likes Burkes style. "Hes a straight shooter, if hes mad at you he tells you," he said. Veteran receiver Terrence Edwards added the club has the talent to win. "Firing somebodys not always the answer," he said. "We understand fans are very passionate about this team and this club ... Ive been here six years and have had four different head coaches already ..." "Weve got the right people here to do good things. Weve just got to not be so quick to fire people." The team announcement overshadowed a ceremony earlier Thursday for this years Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees. Their busts were officially unveiled and quarterback Damon Allen spoke on behalf of the group when he said they were all touched by the event. "Were honoured, were a proud bunch," he said, adding none likely ever thought they would receive such an honour. "We only wanted to win championships." The other former players were receiver Milt Stegall, offensive lineman and placekicker Jack Abendschan, running back Eric Lapointe and the late linebacker Tyrone Jones. Jones died in 2008 and also played some of his best years with the Bombers, including two Grey Cup wins in 1984 and 1990. His son was on hand to accept the honour. The builders are B.C. Lions owner David Braley and former University of Calgary coach Peter Connellan. Stegall, who played 14 seasons with the Bombers and is now a broadcaster, threw his support behind a little consistency for his former team. "Sooner or later you have to say, Lets stand pat and see what we have here. You cant continue making changes ... I think its a good move." Stevan Ridley Womens Jersey .J. -- Tired and emotionally drained after ending the Detroit Red Wings NHL-record 23-game home winning streak less than 24 hours earlier, the Vancouver Canucks did whats expected of a very good team -- they found a way to beat the New Jersey Devils. 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Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton didnt play in the three-game series because of a stiff back, while third baseman Adrian Beltre missed the final two contests of the series, except for one pinch-hit appearance Tuesday, because of soreness in his legs blamed on the Rogers Centres artificial turf.MADRID, Spain -- Novak Djokovic joined Rafael Nadal in declaring he wont play again on the new blue-clay court at the Madrid Open after losing 7-6 (2), 6-3 to Janko Tipsarevic in an all-Serb quarterfinal on Friday. It was Tipsarevics second win in five matches against Djokovic, who last lost at this stage in November at the Paris Masters. Nadal was beaten by Fernando Verdasco on Thursday. He later said he wouldnt return unless the tournament reverts to red clay. The top-ranked Djokovic said the same. "I want to forget this week as soon as possible and move on to the real clay courts," Djokovic said. "Here you cant predict the ball bounce or movement. They can do whatever they want, but I wont be here next year if this clay stays." While Djokovic had little trouble holding serve early on, Tipsarevic saved four break points to force the first-set tiebreaker. The seventh-seeded Tipsarevic broke the defending champion early in the second set, closing it out after Djokovic had saved three match points. Tipsarevic will now play Roger Federer and the Swiss star knocked out David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4. The blue clay didnt stop the 16-time Grand Slam champion from deploying his usual array of unreachable shots to remain unbeaten in 13 matches with the sixth-ranked Spaniard, who didnt help his cause by serving seven double faults. Federer struck back-to-back aces to clinch the win, improving his record to 24-3 this year. Also, Juan Martin del Potro served 10 aces in beating Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4. The Argentine will play Tomas Berdych in the semifinals. The six-seeded Berdych won 6-1, 6-2 over Verdasco, who made 24 unforced errors and showed little of the flair on display against Nadal. On the womens side, Serena Williams brushed aside second-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3 to advaance to the semifinals along with top-ranked Victoria Azarenka. Nate Solder Jersey. . Williams opened strongly, serving six aces and earning two early breaks to take the first set. Sharapova finally showed some fight and broke to love to level at 2-2 in the second set, but she quickly squandered her break with a costly sixth double fault to fall behind and ultimately lose to Williams for the seventh straight match. "Playing Maria you have to be really ready because she does everything really well," said Williams. "I felt relaxed out there, and when I play relaxed I play better." Williams, who improved to 11-0 on clay this year, will face Lucie Hradecka after the Czech upset U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur 7-6 (8), 7-6 (6). Azarenka overcame a shaky start to beat French Open winner Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Azarenka struggled initially with her serve but broke her Chinese opponents first two service games of the second set en route to levelling the match. Azarenka, who has won four titles this season and was last years runner-up in Madrid, used her powerful groundstrokes to jump out to a 4-0 lead in the decider before holding off Lis late charge. "She was pretty unbelievable in the first set," said Azarenka. "I had to turn something around. I dont know if it was confidence or if it was self belief or just pushing myself to be better and really wanting to win the match." Azarenka said she agreed with Nadal and Djokovic in their criticism of courts surface. "You feel unstable sometimes. Actually, a lot of times," she said. "But right now there is no point on talking about it. After the tournament all the players can get together and discuss it." The Belarusian will next face fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Varvara Lepchenko 6-4, 6-4. ' ' '