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VAL DISERE, France -- Former world champion Erik Guay was fastest in training on Thursday for the first mens World Cup downhill race of the season.The Canadian was 0.03 seconds ahead of Peter Fill of Italy on the 3.4-kilometer (2-mile) Oreiller-Killy course. Kjetil Jansrud of Norway, who was first in the first training run on Wednesday, was third, 0.86 behind.In his World Cup comeback, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was 11th.Svindal injured his right knee in January in a crash in Kitzbuehel, Austria, allowing Fill to take the season-long downhill title.The Val dIsere races open Friday with a super-G before Saturdays downhill. The French resort is hosting the races after a lack of snow in Beaver Creek, Colorado, forced a schedule change. Swell Black Friday Sale . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Swell Cyber Monday Sale . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. http://www.waterbottleblackfriday.com/ . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Swell Cyber Monday . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. Swell Black Friday . The 29-year-old Baines has established himself as one of the top attacking full backs in the country and was the subject of two bids from United during the last off-season. Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that keeping Baines at the club is a "massive boost and exciting for the future" because he brings "maturity and football knowledge in a very specialized position on the pitch" and an "infectious and positive influence to the rest of the squad. No gold-medal-winner experience is complete without tossing out the first pitch at a ballgame.And Tina Charles, the New York Liberty forward and member of Team USA basketball, was invited to Citi Field to do just th