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TSN today confirmed that Rod Smith and Kate Beirness are hitting the road for the Kraft Celebration Tour, as the anchors will team up to host live broadcasts of Canadas most-watched sports news program, SPORTSCENTRE, on this summers cross-country tour from August 16-25. This marks Smiths first time on the Kraft Celebration Tour, while Beirness returns after being on the tour for the past two years. Smith and Beirness join fellow TSN anchors Darren Dutchyshen and Jennifer Hedger to lead the special SPORTSCENTRE broadcasts from winning communities across Canada. Also joining the Kraft Celebration Tour again this summer is RDS, as the networks daily sports talk show, SPORTS 30 LE MAGAZINE, with anchors Marc Labrecque, Luc Bellemare, and Valérie Sardin, broadcasts live from winning communities in Quebec. "Having watched the Kraft Celebration Tour change communities these past four summers, it is truly gratifying to join the magic," said Smith. "As a proud Canadian, I love to travel across this country and see great places Ive never seen and meet great people Ive never met. I cant wait to sit at the SPORTSCENTRE desk with Kate on what Im sure will be a trip of a lifetime." Rod Smith BiographySmith currently hosts the 6 p.m. ET edition of SPORTSCENTRE, where his recognizable voice and trusted smooth delivery have been a staple of the program since 1995. In addition to hosting SPORTSCENTRE, Smith provided the play-by-play commentary for Long Track Speed Skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and delivered the play-by-play for Aquatics at the London 2012 Olympic Games. For his work on London 2012, Smith was honoured with the first-ever Canadian Screen Award for Best Play-by-Play Announcer in 2013. Smith hails from Nepean, ON and is a former offensive guard for the Queens University Golden Gaels. Kate Beirness BiographyBeirness anchors the weekend edition of SPORTSCENTRE alongside Bryan Mudryk. During the London 2012 Olympic Games, Beirness hosted Olympic Morning on TSN. Prior to joining TSN, Beirness was the sports anchor and videographer for the networks sister station, /A\ Barrie. Born and raised in Port Perry, ON, Beirness is a graduate of the University of Ontario. Nominate a Community for the 2013 Kraft Celebration TourThere is still time for Canadians to nominate their city or town for the chance to win $25,000 towards a community project that improves an existing space or helps create a brand new one. Each winning community will also host one of 10 live broadcasts of SPORTSCENTRE. Canadians can nominate their community online at kraftcelebrationtour.ca and tourneedecelebrationkraft.ca until June 7. Boty Nike Air Max Sleva . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. Boty Nike Air Max Vyprodej . 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OAKLAND, Calif. -- With Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester holding down the front end of the rotation, the Chicago Cubs were already in good shape to make a playoff run in the fall.Kyle Hendricks is almost certain to be a big part of that as well, especially if he keeps pitching like he has the past three months.Hendricks added to his already impressive season with another strong outing, pitching into the eighth inning for his fifth win since June to help the Cubs beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Sunday and complete a three-game sweep.I think he can be effective any time, Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. The gun doesnt say a big number but after those changeups and the curve ... if he elevates at 90, I promise you, and you can see the reaction of the hitters, that 90 is a lot quicker than it reads on a scoreboard.Hendricks (11-7) was dominant against an As team that lost for the eighth time in nine games, Chicagos right-hander allowed three hits over 7 1/3 innings, struck out four and retired 17 straight before Marcus Semiens one-out home run in the eighth.Hendricks lowered his ERA to 2.17, second-lowest in the majors among qualifiers behind the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw.When youre rolling like this you try to stay in that same mindset, keep doing your same work, Hendricks said. I just fell behind Semien 3-1 and said, `Here it is, and he hit it.Pedro Strop retired two batters and Aroldis Champan pitched the ninth for his third save since arriving in a trade from the New York Yankees on July 25.Kris Bryant and Jorge Soler both homered off As starter Sean Manaea (3-7). Bryants home run was his 27th this season, one more than the two-time All-Star had in 2015 when he was the NLs rookie of the year.The Cubs seventh straight win improved them to a major league-best 69-41 and marked their 10th series sweep this season. That topped their mark from a year ago, and increased their lead in the NL Central to 11 1/2 games over St. Louis.Bryant and Soler finished with two hits apiece for the Cubs. Bryant homered leading off the sixth while Soler -- who homered in the series-opener Friday after being activated from the disabled list earlier in the day -- hit his seventh home run this season leading off the seventh.ddddddddddddnthony Rizzo added an RBI double in the eighth.The As had not scored in 19 consecutive innings before Semien hit his 23rd home of the year, a towering solo shot that ended Hendricks day.We couldnt do enough offensively to put any pressure on them, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. We needed to score more runs to give (the starters) some help.LEAVING THEM ONThe Cubs missed numerous chances to break the game open. Wilson Contreras and Javier Baez struck out to end the second after Chicago put runners on the corners. The Cubs loaded the bases with no outs in the third but failed to score, then stranded three more runners on base in the eighth. Their pitcher escaped a lot of moments but he did have really good stuff, Maddon said. We had a chance to score many more runs than we did.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: Soler handled the DH duties in all three games against the As but that will change when Chicago opens a two-game series against the Los Angeles Angels at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. Soler will be back in the outfield, most likely in left where he has started 34 games this season.Athletics: RHP Sonny Gray was placed on the disabled list with a strained right forearm. 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