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Luke Tasker is thankful he doesnt play defence in the CFL.Many nuances of Canadian football a€” notably the unlimited motion and wider, longer field a€” can make for a fast, high-scoring game. The wide-open space is great news for offensive players like Tasker, a second-year receiver with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but creates no shortage of challenges for those who must cover them.Id really hate to play defence up here, Tasker said. I think it (Canadian football) is a disadvantage to defences.Now, its three-down football so that gives the defence a little bit of an advantage back but I still wouldnt want to play there.Tasker, 23, has been a quick study. The former Cornell star is Hamiltons leading receiver in yards (517) and TD grabs (three) and second in catches (44) this season. Not bad, considering the son of former Buffalo Bills receiver/special-teams dynamo Steve Tasker wasnt sure what he was getting himself into when he joined the Ticats on Sept. 17, 2013 after being released by the NFLs San Diego Chargers.I didnt know too much about (CFL), he said. I knew about the Grey Cup because thats a game thats always been televised in the U.S.I knew about some of the rules and there being 12 players on the field but I didnt know what to expect.The five-foot-11, 191-pound Tasker started three regular-season games and two playoff contests last year, including Hamiltons 45-23 Grey Cup loss to Saskatchewan. He had 13 catches for 202 yards and a TD during the regular campaign before adding three receptions for 52 yards in the CFL title contest.But the biggest adjustment for Tasker was dealing with the unlimited motion.The big thing is not only being able to time it up (hitting line of scrimmage when ball is snapped) but also making sure you use it to your advantage, Tasker said. The field is bigger but sometimes you dont feel that extra space because of the extra man so the second thing for me was recognizing the defences because they look different up here regarding the contours of the defensive secondary.But in Hamilton Tasker was reunited with head coach Kent Austin and offensive co-ordinator Tommy Condell, who were Taskers head coach and receivers coach, respectively, at Cornell. Tasker quickly became familiar with the Ticats offence because they were using much of the same terminology he had in university.That was really a huge help, he said.This season, Tasker has developed a nice chemistry with new Ticats starter Zach Collaros, whose arrival in the off-season made veteran Henry Burris expendable.Zach is very good in practice at getting what he wants from us so come gametime he knows were running exactly what he told us to, Tasker said. Theres a level thats come with me and Zach but also Zach and the receiving corps.Were getting smoother and smoother every week . . . I guess its a level of maturity were getting to.And following in the footsteps of his All-Pro father, Tasker is also contributing on Hamiltons special teams, including as a holder for kicker Justin Medlock.A great special-teams player is unselfish and cares about his team, Tasker said. My dad was a very, very good player, especially on that third side of the ball.If you ask his teammates, theyd say he was an unselfish player who was tough and expected to make the play.Hamilton hosts the B.C. Lions on Saturday having gone 4-1 since Collaros returned after missing five games with concussion-like symptoms. The emergence of a solid defence has certainly contributed to the resurgence but Tasker said Collaros deserves his share of the credit.Its never one thing and its never one guy . . . but Zach is the starting quarterback, Tasker said. You cant underplay how important thats been for us during this stretch.Hes had a huge part in that.Despite a dismal start, Hamilton controls its playoff destiny heading into the final third of the regular season. Following Saturdays game, the Ticats will play their final five contests against East Division rivals a€” two with arch-rival Toronto and Ottawa, respectively, and another with Montreal.I think a nine-team league is exciting, Tasker said. Im from Buffalo and it reminds me of Sabres games where theyre playing the Maple Leafs and then two weeks later theyre playing the Maple Leafs again.Its an excitement that doesnt happen in the NFL or college football. The second half of the CFL season, I think, is one of the best in sports.Finishing first or second in the East would secure Hamilton a home playoff game, which is important considering the club is 3-0 at new Tim Hortons Field. The Ticats moved into the new facility barely a month ago but it immediately felt like home after having to play all last years home contests in Guelph, Ont., and the first three of 2014 at McMaster University.Its nice to finally be able to walk out of your own locker-room and on to your own field and not feel like every game was somewhat of an away game, Tasker said. Its clear Tim Hortons Field isnt an easy place to come into and win.Its a pretty cool thing to be part of because weve only had three games there but its kind of already getting a reputation. Jason Kidd Jersey . People familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Friday that arbitrator Fredric Horowitz could issue his decision this weekend. Luka Doncic Jersey . Judging by his performance Saturday night, Cotto has plenty left in the tank. 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President Barack Obama saluted the Stanley Cup winning Chicago Blackhawks at the White House on Monday -- a rare moment for a president hungry to see more victorious teams from his hometown.DALY CITY, Calif. -- Karine Icher and her caddie husband, Fred, evaluated the conditions and course at challenging Lake Merced and decided on a Day 1 strategy: stay short of the pin and putt uphill. The move worked beautifully, and Icher delivered the most consistent performance on a day there werent many in the debut of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. "I think its the key on this course," Icher said. "Its a tough golf course, especially with the wind and temperature. It gets so cold. You try to stay warm and try to catch the right wind and go with it and make some putts." The Frenchwoman birdied four of her first seven holes and finished with a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take the lead, two strokes ahead of Lydia Ko and several others. Afterward, Icher was off to pick up 2-year-old daughter, Lola, from the tours childrens care and head to dinner. The start was delayed two hours because of fog and play was suspended because of darkness with 24 players still on the course. Icher had a bogey-free round and hit all but one green in regulation. Many struggled off the tee or with their putters on speedy, tricky greens on a cool day with plenty of wind and hovering fog not far off the Pacific Ocean. The gallery sang "Happy Birthday" to Ko on her 17th birthday as she started from the first tee, and Ko came through with a 68 on a day she was also named among TIME magazines 100 most influential people. Kos group barely beat the horn for darkness. "I wanted to finish today," she said, acknowledging the birthday song was "kind of embarrassing" but much-appreciated. Morgan Pressel birdied four of her first eight holes and was among the players sitting three strokes back at 69. Mo Martin also shot a 69 after warming up four times before finally hitting her first tee shot following the fog delay. Pressel, whose round began on the back nine, went to 4 under at the turn. Top-ranked Inbee Park opened with a 73 in the $1.8 million event, while second-ranked Suzann Pettersen had a 70 in her first tournament since missing three events with a back injury. On the par-4 11th, a frustrated Pettersen made an 8-foot putt for triple-bogey to fall from 3 under to even par before bouncing back.dddddddddddd Michelle Wie, coming off her first win in nearly four years last week in her home state of Hawaii, finished at even-par 72. Those who were still on the course will play resume their rounds Friday morning, so many will have a quick turnaround after a short break. Tee times remained the same. Pressel also had a sizzling first round in Phoenix last month, going 9 under through her first 11 holes in the JTBC Founders Cup and chasing a 59. But Pressel bogeyed two straight holes and wound up with a 7-under 65. On Thursday, she recovered for par on holes 16 and 18 after both tee shots missed the fairway. On the forgiving par-5, 532-yard 18th, Pressels drive ricocheted off a tree and landed in a more favourable lie to the right of the fairway. She nearly put her third shot onto the green but the ball kicked back a couple of feet shy. "It was actually a bit of a struggle out there. My short game kept me in it. I stayed patient," Pressel said. "I stayed tough. Its a tough golf course. I knew nobody was going to go out there and blitz it." Martin played through more fog, and even wondered whether there might be a second delay. The LPGA is back in the Bay Area for the first time since 2010, and San Francisco provided exactly the kind of day that so perfectly represents this region and its unpredictable weather patterns. Martin sported an "L" charm necklace in memory of her grandfather, Lincoln Martin, who died last month at age 102. One of her biggest supporters since they reconnected 10 years ago, he last travelled to a tournament in Rochester, N.Y., last year. He ate vanilla ice cream on his chocolate crisped rice cereal -- with half and half to boot -- for breakfast every morning. He also had several U.S. patents. "It would be really hard to do him justice in a couple sentences, but greatest person Ive ever met," she said. "Changed my life when I got to know him in the last 10 years. Most peaceful person Ive ever met. ... Everybody out here loved him. He followed womens golf and was a fan of everyone." Angela Stanford and Se Ri Pak withdrew Thursday, and neither provided a reason to tournament officials. 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