. With an NBA record-tying 10 blocked shots, the 7-foot All-Star centre put the Lakers on the good foot -- and the Denver Nuggets on their heels. Kobe Bryant scored 31 points, Bynum posted the Lakers first playoff triple-double in 21 years, and Los Angeles thoroughly controlled the tempo in a playoff-opening 103-88 victory Sunday. Tim Tebow Jersey Tweet VANCOUVER -- Brian Burke was in rare form. Wholesale Jerseys USA . And then, he was in the form that few ever see. Few, that is, other than the sons and daughters he fiercely loves, the ones he flew across the continent to spend time with twice a month, every month, for a decade -- no matter how much it physically punished a man who already was driving himself, 24/7, to build a powerhouse team in Vancouver and then a Stanley Cup-winner in Anaheim. Burke lost one of those children on Feb. 5, when his 21-year-old son Brendan was killed along with a friend, Mark Reedy, in an automobile accident on a snowy road in Indiana. Brendans wake was Monday and the Burkes buried him Tuesday -- more than a thousand mourners from his Miami (Ohio) University family and the NHL family in attendance to say goodbye to a special young man. Brian Burke was back on the job, his NHL job as GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Friday night in St. Louis. He was on the job, his USA Hockey job as GM of the U.S. mens Olympic team, Sunday afternoon on the Vancouver waterfront -- on a dais with head coach Ron Wilson and four of the early-arriving Team USA players for a media availability. Not because the pain of losing his son had at all subsided, but because everything he had ever taught his son about responsibility and commitment left him no choice. "My family needs me to be strong right now and my teams need me to be strong -- Toronto and this team," Burke said. "So I think part of leadership is dealing with personal adversity or personal difficulty. So no, there was never a thought of not coming or doing anything different. The one change I made was that I didnt feel like marching in the Opening Ceremonies (Friday night). But my son would have wanted me to be here." Reporters who have been regaled by and reveled in Burkes bluster for years -- and were again Sunday when he unleashed his "A" material upon the room in his continuing quest to heap withering pressure on tournament favorites Canada and Russia -- waited until the formal part of the press conference had ended and more intimate interview groups formed before broaching the subject of Brendans death. That was when Brian Burke stopped breaking up the room by telling half-jokes about how the Canadians face pressure that is "glacial, unremitting and unrelenting; I cant imagine how theyre going to function in this environment," and choked up himself. "I cry less every day," he whispered, tears welling in his eyes. "Its been … its been tough. "I just think about him. He would have wanted me to do this." Somebody asked Brian Burke if, for those who never knew him, he could describe his son. "He was a courageous kid -- a very gregarious kid, a very compassionate kid," Brian Burke said of the son who bravely revealed to his family that he was gay in 2007 -- and then was instantly and unconditionally supported by the father who is renowned for being one of hockeys unapologetic tough guys. "He was very bright and cared a lot about people. The saddest part about it was that his future was so bright. The sky was the limit for this kid." Brendan Burke was pursuing that future when he died -- following in the footsteps of his father, a Harvard-trained attorney, by making a trip to one of the several law schools (Michigan State) to which he had applied. Truth be told, though, there were some footsteps in which the father didnt believe his son could follow. Asked if Brendan would have made a good general manager, Brian Burke replied: "Im not sure. Youve gotta have a bit of a … this is a family show… youve got to be able to make hard decisions. Sending guys down, trading guys. Youve got to have a side where youre able to put feelings aside and say: ‘This guy just had a baby, but Ive gotta make this trade. Or, ‘This guy is sick but Ive gotta do this. "Youve got to have a little callus on your heart to do this job. And Patrick, my oldest son has that side. Im not sure Brendan did -- to his credit." Hardly anybody who has ever played for Brian Burke, negotiated a contract with him or made a trade with him would deny that he possesses that necessary hardness. Anybody who was around him yesterday saw a different side. The man he chose to captain Team USA, Jamie Langenbrunner of the New Jersey Devils, marveled at what he witnessed yesterday. "Understand? No," Langenbrunner said. "I have three young kids myself and I cant imagine. Its not something that you wish on anyone and to have to deal with it, its beyond words. It shows the strength of him and I dont know how to say this, but it shows his belief in us as a team that he is able to even be here, really. "It could have been really easy for him to walk away and just take some time, which I dont think anybody would have second-guessed. I think, for us, we want to make sure we give him something to be proud of." For Brian Burkes part, hes just trying to continue to make Brendan proud -- and the brother and sisters, Katie and Molly, his son left behind. "Were putting one foot in front of the other, thats what were doing," Burke said, his eyes moistening again. "I was asked to do a job here and Im going to do it. The fact that Ive had a tragic event in my life shouldnt change that. USA Hockey asked me to do a job and Im going to do it." John Hannah Jersey . Catch all the action live on TSN2 and TSN2 HD, tonight at 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt. 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Aaron Hernandez Jersey . The team added that Beliveau, 80, is undergoing active investigation and treatments and the Hall of Famer has asked everyone to respect his privacy and that of his family.BERLIN -- Borussia Dortmunds emergence as a main rival to upset Bayern Munichs dominance in Germany was confirmed at the weekend with its second consecutive Bundesliga title. In doing so it became the first team -- other than Bayern -- to retain the title since its last successful defence 16 years ago, while ending Bayerns habit of winning the league at least every second season since 1996. Dortmund secured its eighth German league crown on Saturday while extending the Bundesligas record unbeaten run in a season to 26 games. "Its crazy what were doing," Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said. Win its remaining games and Dortmund would set a Bundesliga record haul of 81 points, while a first ever domestic double is in sight with the German Cup final on May 12 -- against Bayern. "Its impressive that Borussia won the title for the second year in a row with this young team," Germany coach Joachim Loew said. Few would argue though -- least of all Dortmund -- that the balance of power has swung away from Munich. The German powerhouses financial might is too strong. Bayern responded to Dortmunds title win last year by investing close to C44 million (then $63 million) on shoring up its defence, with the bulk taking Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Schalke. Bayern started the season with a loss but recovered to win the following eight games, scoring 25 and conceding none, leaving experts to fear an unexciting season. "No team can threaten Bayern in the German league in normal circumstances," Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said in September. Meanwhile, Dortmund made a stuttering start, and had fallen eight points behind Bayern after six games played. "After six matchdays we were 11th," Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke said. "To come back again from that is huge. Its simply grandiose." With a side virtually unchanged from the year before -- Ilkay Guendogan had come in to replace the Real Madrid-bound Nuri Sahin -- Dortmund recovered to clinch the title with an eight-point advantage over Bayern. All this with a squad cheaply assembled and which should yet improve. Mats Hummels, Shinji Kagawa, Kevin Grosskreutz, Sven Bender, Mario Goetze and Robert Lewandowski, scorer of 20 Bundesliga goals so far, are all 23 or younger. Rising star Marco Reus is joining from Borussia Moenchengladbach at the end of the season after Dortmund agreed to pay his C17.5 million ($23 million) buy-out clause. The 22-year-old Reus turned down Bayern to move to his hometown club, whiile another Bayern target, 18-year-old midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt will join from second-division Energie Cottbus. Wes Welker Elite Jersey. While the size of Reus transfer may raise eyebrows, Watzke said the transfer was "soundly financed" from the clubs reserves from the previous years. Dortmund is still paying heed to the lessons learned from near bankruptcy in 2005 after years of financial problems going back to the early 1980s. Despite successes on the pitch -- Dortmund beat Juventus to win the Champions League in 1997 and then Brazilian club Cruzeiro for the Intercontinental Cup -- the debts continued to spiral. The departure of coach Ottmar Hitzfeld and a host of important players didnt help as they werent adequately replaced. Dortmund flirted with relegation in the 1999-2000 season. In 2000, Dortmund became the only German club listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the money raised bringing in expensive stars to help win the Bundesliga in 2002. Costs continued to spiral out of control, however, and failure to reach the Champions League in 2003 had serious implications. The club was forced to sell its Westfalen Stadium -- which it leases back -- before tottering on the brink of bankruptcy in 2005, when share value plummeted by more than 80 per cent and players wages were cut. It was around this time that Bayern loaned Dortmund C2 million ($2.6 million) to help make ends meet. "Id do it again," Bayern president Uli Hoeness said recently. "Id always help anyone lying on the floor." Dortmund recovered, and its stadiums capacity was expanded to 80,720 for the 2006 World Cup, though relegation also loomed the following season, when three coaches were appointed. It wasnt until Watzke appointed Klopp as coach in 2008 that Dortmunds fortunes began to improve, culminating in back to back Bundesliga titles achieved in swashbuckling fashion. "There are no words to describe what the lads have done," Klopp said as he was soaked with beer. "If ever there was a deserved champion, then its us." The progress has not gone unnoticed in Munich. "The team showed class and consistency and is therefore deserved German champion for 2012," said Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Bayern will do all it can to prevent Dortmund claiming the double in Berlin on May 12. "Well celebrate a bit, drink a bit, have a bit of fun. But we still want to collect something in three weeks," said Watzke, with his eye already on the German Cup final. ' ' '