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The Philadelphia Wings signed forward Kevin Crowley to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Stephen Gostkowski Jersey . Crowley, the Wings number one pick in the 2012 NLL entry draft, had a prolific rookie campaign in which he was named to the leagues All-Rookie team. The New Westminster, B.C. native scored a team-high 36 goals, and tallied 35 assists for 71 points on the season. The forward led all offensive players, recovering 81 loose balls in his first season and scored four goals in Philadelphias single playoff game. "Kevin is one of the top young players in the NLL and we expect him to continue where he left off last season," said Wings head coach Johnny Mouradian.  "With the additions of Kevin Buchanan and Kevin Ross on our left side we have rounded out our offense, and should give Kevin even more room on the right side." Prior to joining the Wings last season, Crowley was a standout collegiate player at Stony Brook University. During his four years at Stony Brook, Crowley scored 131 goals and added 101 assists in 60 career games, finishing his career as the only player in school history to record 100 or more goals and assists and one of just 40 players in NCAA Division I history to accomplish the feat. Wes Welker Red Jersey . Watch Manchester United at Everton live today on TSN2 starting at 2:55pm et/11:55am pt. In the middle of the 2011-12 season, Manchester United surged ahead of its crosstown rivals Manchester City and in the fourth-to-last week hosted Everton at Old Trafford with a chance to put a stranglehold on the Premiership crown. Tom Brady Jersey . 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On Tuesday, Citytv announced Toronto-based Smith is the star of the inaugural season of "The Bachelor Canada" reality dating series, set to debut this fall. "I take this experience very seriously, and I truly believe in the process," Smith, 28, said in a news release Tuesday. TORONTO -- Jose Bautista cant wait to get going. After a season of frustration that ended in controversy, the Toronto Blue Jays slugger is excited for 2013 following the teams major roster overhaul. General manager Alex Anthopoulos added five former or current all-stars in a series of off-season moves, including the addition of National League Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey, fellow pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, as well as shortstop Jose Reyes and outfielder Melky Cabrera. "A lot of great moves. Alex has really stuck to his word and said that when the time was right he was going to pull some moves to make this team competitive for a long period of time and thats exactly what hes done," Bautista said Saturday at Rogers Centre as the Blue Jays kicked off their winter tour. "It gives all of us -- the players, the coaches, the fans, the front office, the ownership -- a lot of reasons to be excited and happy about our upcoming seasons." While the addition of new talent immediately makes the Blue Jays favourites in the American League East, it also brings added focus to a club that hasnt made the playoffs since winning back-to-back World Series titles in 1992 and 1993. "Theyre great expectations. I wouldnt say its pressure," said Bautista, who missed the final two months of last season with a wrist injury that required surgery. "I would look at it like background noise -- noise thats helping you out. Everybody expects us to win and thats great but its not something were going to focus on because its not going to help us be better." The Blue Jays suffered through a miserable 2012 season that included a 73-89 record, former shortstop Yunel Escobar getting suspended for wearing eye black displaying an anti-gay slur written in Spanish during a game, and culminated with manager John Farrell jumping ship to the rival Boston Red Sox for what he called his "dream job." But in a hectic two months of trades, signings and the rehiring of former manager John Gibbons, Anthopoulos has created a buzz in a city starved for a winner. Bautista says now its up to the players to deliver on all that promise. "When you have such a competitive group put together on the same team you cant help but to feed off of each other and Im sure thats what were going to do," he said. Rob Gronkowski Black Jersey. "Nobodys going to have to press or overdo it because nobody has to be spectacular. Everybody just has to come in, do their job and as a group were going to play pretty good baseball if everybody just does what theyre capable of doing." Bautista has even more reason to be happy with the roster makeover. After hitting a club-record 54 home runs in 2010, the 32-year-old has at times voiced his displeasure with the direction of the team since signing a long-term contract extension. "They wanted to build the organization from within, get heavy on the draft, get a lot of players (and) have a strong minor-league system (to) put themselves in a position to be able to pull these kinds of moves youre seeing today," Bautista said. "Weve got a pretty good team put together and when the season starts its time to play ball." Blue Jays first baseman/designated hitter Adam Lind was on vacation in Mexico when Novembers trade with the Marlins brought Buehrle, Johnson and Reyes to Toronto. "There were some Canadians down there and they let me know what happened," he said. "It just popped up out of nowhere, I checked the Internet and were getting three of the best players from the National League over to our team. Hopefully we can get to the playoffs. "Its a very exciting time to be a Blue Jay." Toronto left-hander Brett Cecil says players from last years roster are excited for spring training to meet their new teammates. "Every one of those guys makes the team better," he said. "The starting staff that we have now is one of the best in baseball. I think on paper were the best team in the AL East or even in (the majors). Its just a matter of going out and executing." Notes: Bautista updated his recovery from the wrist injury, saying he has full range of motion and is pain free. He has yet to face live pitching but has been in the batting cage five times a week. Bautista added that no determination has been made with regards to his participation at World Baseball Classic. ... The Blue Jays winter tour will include stops in Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton. ' ' '