Manitoba

BaseballBlue Jays: Promoted Scott Shannon to trainer. Named George Poulis to assistant trainer.Cubs: Named Oscar Acosta pitching coach and Sandy Alomar Sr. bullpen coach.Marlins: Named David Ginsberg vice chairman of the board of directors.Rockies: Sold contract of P Roberto Ramirez to Japanese Hanshin Tigers.BasketballNBA: Named Spurs F Tim Duncan (24.3 ppg, 14.8 rpg in 4 wins) Player of the Week.Warriors: Activated F Jason Caffey from injured list. Placed C Tim Young on injured list.CollegeUC-Santa Barbara: Named Paul Stumpf women's soccer coach.

BaseballGiants: Re-signed P Mark Gardner.CollegesFurman: Men's basketball F Andre Kerr left team.FootballSaints: Signed LB Mark Fields to six-year contract.HockeyManitoba (IHL): Signed former NHL RW Sheldon Kennedy, whose testimony last year helped convict his former junior coach of sexual abuse.Pub Date: 11/09/98

What happens when men and bears have to share the land? Find out on ABC tonight."Polar Bears: Arctic Terror" (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) -- Yeah, they look cute, but they can be pretty darn dangerous. Just ask the folks of Churchill, Manitoba, which has become the unofficial polar bear capital of the world. A large population of the critters spends its autumns there looking for food, and while that's great for the tourist industry, it's not always so wonderful for the townspeople. This latest "World of Discovery" special looks at the uneasy truce that has developed between human and bear and includes home video footage of a bear so taken by the smell of baking cupcakes that it practically destroyed a house in search of more.

BaseballOrioles: Named Kristen Kepple administrative assistant for broadcasting.Phillies: Named former Oriole Ross Grimsley pitching coach for Double-A Reading. Signed C Joe Kmak to minor-league contract.Reds: Signed P David Nied to one-year contract.White Sox: Sent C Scott Vollmer to Angels to complete Don Slaught trade.BasketballHawks: Signed F Anthony Miller.CollegesButkus Award: Nominated Canute Curtis of West Virginia, Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern and Matt Russell of Colorado as finalists for award as college football's top linebacker.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The 1958 Colts won the greatest game ever played to become part of NFL lore. Their no-name descendants won the weirdest game ever played to make CFL history.The Cold War is back, in more ways than one. The CFLs' 14-12 victory in yesterday's Eastern Division final is bound to set off a fresh round of anti-American hysteria in Canada. Bring Ollie North to the Grey Cup. It's time to wave the flag.Those wacky CFLs became the first U.S. team to reach the Grey Cup, and they did it in the most hostile environment imaginable, fighting off freezing temperatures, 35-mph winds and dozens of snowballs thrown at their bench.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Baltimore's defense left little to chance in yesterday's 14-12 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers."We did everything we said we had to," said CFLs nose tackle Jearld Baylis. "We had to score on defense, and we had to keep them out of the end zone."Not only did Baltimore keep the CFL's No. 2 scoring offense from scoring a touchdown, but it also produced the only touchdown of the game, a first-quarter fumble recovery and 10-yard run by cornerback Karl Anthony.The Blue Bombers averaged 36 points and 352 yards in total offense this season, but quarterback Matt Dunigan could generate only three field goals and 171 yards yesterday.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Ever since the Baltimore CFLs arrived here Thursday, they had been under siege.Criticized in the local news media for everything from their etiquette to their choice of hotel, the CFLs had the last word yesterday.It belonged to Don Matthews."Let's blow this burg," the Baltimore coach said as players filed out of the locker room after a giddy 14-12 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. "You know what? Those other guys have to live here."When the CFLs awoke yesterday, they were greeted with a banner headline in the Winnipeg Free Press that said, "Baltimore ain't got no couth."

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The banner read, "No Grey in the U.S.A.," but like most things Canadian yesterday, it was a symbol of an era passed by.Baltimore's resilient CFLs ushered in the new order with a 14-12 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League's Eastern Division final before 25,067 wind-swept nationalists at Winnipeg Stadium.On the strength of Donald Igwebuike's leg and the tenacity of coach Don Matthews' defense, the CFLs became the first U.S. team to reach the Grey Cup.They'll face the hometown B.C. Lions at B.C. Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- There is no mistaking a feeling of resentment in Canada toward Baltimore's highly successful first-year CFL team.A week ago, the Toronto Argonauts openly accused Baltimore coach Don Matthews of falsifying his injury list.This week, Winnipeg Blue Bombers coach/general manager Cal Murphy has referred to Baltimore as "God's gift to the CFL."And when Matthews declined hotel reservations made by the Blue Bombers, a Winnipeg official complained about it on radio. (Matthews opted not to return to the same hotel that housed the CFLs when they lost here in July.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- I'm sitting in a bar called Pockets in downtown Winnipeg. Outside, snowflakes the size of crab cakes blanket the city.Gale-force winds rip in from the prairie. The forecast for the next day is "snow and blowing snow." It's the kind of storm that would paralyze Baltimore for a week.Gerald Bazylewski waves his hand."This isn't a storm," he says. "This is first snow."First snow.Usually, Winnipeg gets hit by Halloween.This year, the heavens held out until Nov. 17."Now everyone can go inside for six months," Bazylewski says, hoisting a beer and laughing.