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LONDON -- Dimitar Berbatov has ended his four-year spell at Manchester United by joining fellow Premier League team Fulham. T.Y. Hilton Jersey . The former Bulgaria striker signed a two-year deal Friday to be reunited with Martin Jol, who was the strikers coach when both were at Tottenham in 2006 and 07. The transfer fee was undisclosed, with British media saying Berbatov will cost Fulham 4 million pounds ($6.35 million). Berbatov, who joined United for a club-record fee of around 30 million pounds in 2008, was the Premier Leagues top scorer in the 2010-11 season but lost his place in the team last campaign. He scored 56 goals in 149 appearances for United. The 31-year-old Berbatov says "as soon as I was aware of Fulhams interest my decision to join was an easy one to make." Jerrell Freeman Youth Jersey . But Ryder Hesjedal has plenty of other things on his mind. Coming off his Giro dItalia victory last month, Hesjedal is currently in Spain, preparing for the 2012 Tour de France. Johnny Unitas Jersey .J. Burnett off the 15-day disabled list and the right-hander is slated to start on Saturday night against St. http://www.nflcoltsfans.com/jerrell-freeman-jerseys . For the Miami Heat forward, just being back on the floor is enough these days. After two injury-filled seasons, Miller insists hes feeling better and stronger these days, as the reigning NBA champion Heat settle into the opening days of training camp. Donald Brown Jersey . Dayan Viciedo homered and drove in four runs, Alex Rios delivered a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and the White Sox rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6. Coby Fleener Youth Jersey . The team made the announced on Sunday. Konerko sustained a mild concussion on Aug. 7. He will undergo a thorough concussion-related exam at Rush University Medical Center on Monday.NEWARK, N.J. -- In his latest playoff gem, Henrik Lundqvist had little time to do more than stop every breakaway or 2-on-1 attempt New Jersey shot his way. When he took a moment to breathe, Lundqvist had all the confidence his New York Rangers would bail him out with a goal or two. "You know sooner or later its going to turn," he said. "Its going to turn in our favour." Unlike those dozens of Devils shots, his feeling was right on the mark. Lundqvist had 36 saves, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday. Girardi and Kreider scored goals only 1 minute, 57 seconds apart early in the third to seize the momentum in a packed building with fans of both teams at a fever pitch, and give New York a 2-1 series lead. Indeed it was a quick span the Devils may long regret, especially after they dominated long stretches of Game 3. "We played a real good hockey game," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. "We lost. We gotta find a way to score a goal." The Rangers did, and they did so in a stretch that would compare to some of coach John Tortorellas short and not-so-sweet press conferences. But Tortorella abandoned his normally terse responses to praise his goalie after the win. "He a great competitor," Tortorella said, "as far as his preparation and as far as what he does for this hockey club." Lundqvist was busy from the opening faceoff en route to his second shutout of the series and third in the post-season. Callahan iced it with an empty-netter late in third. Game 4 is Monday in New Jersey. Not even playing on home ice, where they had won four straight, was enough to help New Jersey. The Rangers have won every Game 1, lost each Game 2, and rebounded to win Game 3 in every round this post-season. Each preceding series, of course, saw them win the all-important last one: Game 7. Kreider, a rookie called up during Round 1 vs. Ottawa, has scored in every game of this series. "Id trade that for three wins," Kreider said. "Im worried about the next one." Lundqvist was fantastic as he showed again why he led the Rangers to an Eastern Conference-high 109 points. He stoned Adam Henrique on a nice backhander late in the second period to keep it scoreless entering the third, setting the stage for New Yorks late magic. He also toyed with Ilya Kovalchuk all game and stopped him on a nice breakaway in the second. Kovalchuk, who scored in Game 2, couldnt get untracked and neither could the rest of the Devils. Especially not with the way Lundqvist shined in net. "I was a little lucky today, a couple times where I made the first move I still ended up making the save," he said. "Thats not going to happen all the time. So you need some luck sometimes. I always say you earn your luck by working hard. "But today was a good day." The Rangers opened the third ready to go against Martin Brodeur and found a way to give Lundqvist a needed cushion. With New Jerseys Bryce Salvador in the penalty box, Girardi pushed a slow wrist shot past Brodeurs glove side, off a faceoff win by Brad Richards. Brodeur could have easily stopped the point-blank shot, especially with no traffic inn front of the net. Donnie Avery Womens Jersey. "I thought the biggest play there was the faceoff win," Tortorella said of Richards play. "We struggled a little bit there on our power play." Ryan McDonagh then wristed a shot along the ice toward Brodeur that got through to the crease, eventually being deflected by Kreider and around a prone Brodeur. New Jerseys Marek Zidlicky was out of position at the faceoff circle, when Kreider sneaked in behind him and poked it in. "I was just trying to get to the net," he said. "It was a great shot and found my stick." The Devils kept up the pressure the rest of the way, but got nowhere with an ineffective 0 for 5 power play. And as they skated off dejectedly toward their locker room, they could only look back and wonder how they came up empty with so many shots on Lundqvist. "Its not like we didnt create anything," New Jerseys Patrik Elias said. "They didnt block everything, they didnt outbattle us. It was a battle from both teams -- hard." New Jersey spent most of the game sticking it to the Rangers all over the ice. The Devils dominated and outshot the Rangers, 26-14, through the first two periods. In the second period, New Yorks Brandon Prust threw a hard right elbow into the back of Anton Volchenkovs head that knocked the defenceman down in a heap. No penalty was called and the crowd howled in protest. DeBoer was furious at the non-call and was yelling on the bench as he looked up at the replay overhead. Volchenkov eventually got to his feet and later returned to the ice. "Headhunting," DeBoer said, stealing Tortorellas tone for an answer or two. "Plain and simple." Lundqvist was at his best in the third, snaring Kovalchuks one-timer to turn away any attempt at a late Devils rally. "Hes been the backbone of our team for a long time now," Girardi said. "Hes making huge saves." The Devils pulled Brodeur with 2:33 left and that backfired only 10 seconds later when Callahan knocked in an easy look that bounced off the back boards. The three-goal cushion allowed the Rangers fans in attendance to boast a bit as their rivals struggled. "Lets go Ran-gers" chants were prevalent, as were derogatory "Mar-ty" chants toward the Devils veteran netminder. Brodeur shrugged off the chants. "Its momentum off the way we play that dictates how our crowd is going to be in our building, because there are a lot of Rangers fans coming over," Brodeur said. "They are the ones, I guess, with the money and they are sitting right beside us, too. "Its not new for us." Losing at home, though, is. The Devils, after all, had won four straight post-season games at The Rock. That streak is history. Thanks to the man the Rangers call "Hank." NOTES: The Rangers scratched D Stu Bickel, who had played all 16 post-season games, and replaced him with D Steve Eminger. Eminger played his second game. ... This is the only game in the East Finals with two days off leading up to it. From Game 4 on, the series will resume every other day. ... Rock star and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi was at the game and was shown on the Jumbotron in the second period. ... Elias took a stick to the face in the first period and went to the locker room. He later returned. ' ' '
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