RIO DE JANEIRO -- Kim Rhode stood at the base of the Olympic podium, unsure of what to do with her hands. Vince Coleman Jersey . She tugged at the bottom of her shirt, adjusted the sleeve, dropped her arms to the sides.Scanning the crowd, she locked on to a mop-haired boy sitting on a mans shoulders, waving wildly at her. A huge smile flashed across Rhodes face as she waved back.The pain, the heartbreak, the emotional toll -- all that Rhode had been through the four years since London was worth it for this moment.Italian shooter Diana Bacosi had gold. Rhode had something more precious: Her son, Carter, was there watching as she made Olympic history.Rhode captured bronze in womens skeet at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Friday, becoming the first woman and second athlete overall to earn an individual medal in six straight Olympics.Just very emotional, to have my son up there watching me and hearing him yell, Mommy, its truly amazing, the American said, eyes welling as she spoke.Bacosi earned gold by hitting 15 of 16 targets in the gold-medal match to defeat Italian teammate Chiara Cainero.But Rhode was the center of attention as she wrapped up a record that started with her double trap gold medal as a precocious 17-year-old kid at the 1996 Atlanta Games.Rhode joins Italian luger Armin Zoeggeler as the only athletes to earn medals in six straight Olympics. Rhodes six medals are most all-time for a female shooter.Kimberly is great; she is the best womens shooter, Cainero said. It was an honor to be here when she made history.After Atlanta, Rhode racked up medals as she went along in successive Olympics: bronze in Sydney, gold in Athens, silver in Beijing, gold again in London.Pain and anguish followed Rhode once the London Games ended.She competed there before enduring a difficult pregnancy, one in which she was practically bedridden the final four months. The complications continued after Carter was born in 2013 and was exacerbated by emergency gallbladder surgery six weeks later.Rhode had an arduous recovery, unable to lift anything heavier than 5 pounds -- her gun and son each weighed more -- or do much of anything without pain for months.The problems kept coming.Rhode had six friends who died after London. Her husband, Mike Harryman, was hospitalized twice with diverticulitis, a condition that affects the colon. Her father broke his leg just before she left for the world championships.Rhode fought through the physical and emotional pain, gradually building up her stamina; first with a few shots a day, eventually close to the 1,000 rounds she went through before the health issues.Rhode arrived in Rio with the shooting world -- and beyond -- eyeing her quest for history.She made it through qualifying easily. Once in the semifinals, Rhode needed a shootout with Wei Meng of China and American teammate Morgan Craft to reach the bronze-medal match. She made it through, keeping her quest for history alive.There was still some drama left.Rhode and Wei both hit 15 targets in the bronze-medal round, and Rhodes hopes seemed to be dashed when she missed a target on the first round of the shoot-off. Wei missed right behind her.Rhode kept her focus and kept hitting targets. When Wei missed another on her fourth round, Rhode pumped her fist, raised her arms in the air and looked toward her family in the crowd.Every emotion hits you at once, said Rhode, who is already planning to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Games. You want to run, scream, cry and you just dont know which one to do first. It doesnt matter if its the gold, silver or the bronze. Its the journey and my journey this time was very, very challenging and as you can tell, very emotional. Im still emotional. Adam Wainwright Jersey . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. Michael Wacha Jersey .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. 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TORONTO -- Brad Marchand scored a short-handed goal with 43.1 seconds left and Canada beat Team Europe 2-1 on Thursday night to win the World Cup of Hockey.Its the biggest stage in the world right now and its an incredible honor, Marchand said.The Canadians won the best-of-three finals 2-0.Patrice Bergeron tied it with a power-play goal with 2:53 left in the third, and Marchand won it with a shot from the slot.Europe seemed as if it had a chance to score late when Drew Doughty was called for high-sticking with just under 2 minutes left, but Canada was the team that took advantage when Marchand got the puck into open space and beat Jaroslav Halak with a shot to win the first World Cup since 2004.Its just crazy the way everything worked out, said Sidney Crosby, selected the MVP of the tournament after scoring three goals and finishing with a World Cup-high 10 points. When you get a penalty that late in the game, youre just trying to force overtime.Canada has won 16 straight games, including Olympic gold medals at the Sochi and Vancouver Games, since losing to the U.S. in the 2010 Olympics.Its pretty special, Crosby said. Its not easy to do and for a good chunk of us, a lot of us were there in Russia.Carey Price made 32 saves for the Canadians, who started slow before ending the tournament with a furious rally that fired up a once-quiet crowd.Zdeno Chara scored early for Europe, and Halak made 32 saves for the eight-nation team.After getting that award, he was presented with a silver World Cup of Hockey trophy and he skated with it around the ice just months after hosting the Stanley Cup for the second time in his career.He set up the tying goal, passing the puck off the boards to Brent Burns, whose shot just inside the blue line was redirected by Bergerons raised stick.Crosby was stewing after each of the first two periods.When the game was over, he was sporting an ear-to-ear smile.The Canadians closed the game in impressive fashion after a lackluster start.In front of an unenthusiastic crowd and a lot of empty seats in the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canadians started flat and the Europeans made them pay for their apparent apathy.Unlike the last two times Canada trailed briefly to the U.S. and Russia, it could not comme back against Europe quickly. Tim McCarver Jersey. It looked as if it wasnt going to be Canadas night when John Tavares had a wide-open net to shoot into, but hit the right post from the bottom of the right circle. Earlier in the same shift, the New York Islanders forward missed the net on a one-timer opportunity.Canada averaged 4.4 goals over the first five games of the tournament, giving Price plenty of support. It didnt score as much in the final game of the tournament, but two goals were enough to win thanks to Price.Chara, a Slovak and Boston Bruins defenseman, scored from the left circle with a wrist shot through traffic two teammates created in front of the net off a short, soft pass from Andrej Sekera in the slot.Crosby was part of a scrum at the end of the first period in which his helmet was knocked off near Europes net at the end of the first period. After the horn sounded to end the second, Crosby lingered on the ice to shot at Swiss defenseman Roman Josi.Crosby was clearly frustrated, playing with a pair of Bruins, Marchand and Bergeron, who had combined for 22 points through the first five games.Europe outshot the Canadians 12-8 after the first period and 27-21 after the second.The Canadians had three power plays over the first two periods and failed to take advantage, falling to 2 for 17 with an extra skater. On one of their power plays, they needed Price to make stops on breakaways.Canada had a man advantage again early in the third period, but only got one shot on Halak, a Slovak and Islanders standout, on the possibly pivotal power play.Crosby had a chance to score with 7-plus minutes left, but Halak kicked the shot away with his right skate.In the end, Halak could not keep the puck out of his net twice.The way it turned out at the end is very painful, Europe coach Ralph Krueger said. 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