HOCKENHEIM, Germany -- Nico Rosberg set the fastest time during the opening practice session for the German Grand Prix as Mercedes held an advantage of more than one second over their nearest rival.Rosberg set a 1:15.517 on new super-soft tyres, 0.326s faster than the best effort by teammate Lewis Hamilton just moments later and over 1.150s faster than Sebastian Vettels Ferrari in third. Rosbergs lap was also a second faster than the his pole position lap at the same track two years ago, but still more than two seconds slower than Hockenheims qualifying lap record set by Michael Schumacher in 2004.Of more relevance to this weekend, was the gap to Ferrari and Red Bull, which also used the same compound tyres as the Mercedes for their quick laps. In fact, all of the top 11 cars set their time on super-soft tyres, while only Felipe Nasr and Rio Haryanto set their times on the super-softs in the bottom 11. The Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were roughly 1.5s off Mercedes, with McLaren resuming its position as the best of the rest in seventh and eighth.The two Toro Rossos rounded off the top ten, but with the Williams and Force India drivers yet to set a time on the fastest tyre, their position is likely to come under threat in the next practice session. Valtteri Bottas was the fastest of the two Williams but had a slow spin at the hairpin during the session and ended up 2.693s off the pace on his fastest clean lap. The two Force Indias used the medium tyres to set their fastest times -- both drivers have three sets this weekend -- as they appeared to focus on longer runs during the session.Charles Leclerc returned to Haas for an FP1 outing, finishing the session just 0.3s off teammate Romain Grosjean and ahead of the two Renaults, Nasr and the Manors. Esteban Ocon also had an FP1 outing in the Renault in place of Jolyon Palmer and finished within 0.050s of teammate Kevin Magnussen.Air Foamposite Ireland .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. Cheap Air Foamposite . The parade and rally were held to celebrate the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45-23 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in the CFLs championship game. http://www.outletvapormaxireland.com/ . Barcelonas entertaining victory ensured the defending Spanish champions retained their share of the league lead with Atletico Madrid two rounds ahead of their meeting in the capital. Real Madrid needed a late goal by substitute Jese Rodriguez to earn a 3-2 victory at Valencia to stay in third place and three points behind its title rivals. Vapormax Plus Ireland . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. Vapormax Off White Fake . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play, came with just over a minute remaining.NEW YORK -- Mike Tirico will replace Al Michaels as NBCs play-by-play announcer for four prime-time NFL games .Tirico, who joined the network this summer after handling play-by-play duties on Monday nights for ESPN, will work this Sunday nights Packers-Redskins match. He also will do the Thanksgiving night game between the Steelers and Colts, and the Nov. 27 game between the chiefs and Broncos, partnering with analyst Cris Collinsworth.That duo allso will handle the Dec.dddddddddddd 22 Thursday night Giants-Eagles matchup.Tirico will work with Doug Flutie for the Dec. 17 Dolphins-Jets contest, and on Christmas night, the Ravens-Steelers game, which will be televised on NFL Network.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '
