Though the new World Hockey Association announced plans for only six cities at a media conference last Wednesday, Winnipeg is still on the league’s radar screen. The city that lured Bobby Hull from the NHL in the days of the original WHA is a possibility for a team in the […]
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Another Cyclone swimmer met a national standard this season. Peter Jensen, 12, made the standard in the 50m freestyle in a long-course pool. He also is ranked 31st in the province in his age group for that event. This was Jensen’s second year of swimming competitively with the Cyclone. At […]
After a trip to the all-Ontarios earlier this month, the Muskie girls’ soccer team is looking forward to attending the provincial showdown again next season. With the partial retirement of long-time coach Struchan Gilson at the end of this season, Caroline Spencer will take over and try to lead the […]
The Muskie football program is looking to turn a corner this season. After failing to win a game the past two seasons, the team is physically prepared to face their opponents in the Winnipeg High School Football League, said coach Bob Swing, who has just completed the annual spring football […]
Fort Frances native Peter Klyne will be playing for the Manitoba under-17 football team this summer. Klyne, the MVP for the Muskie ‘B’ football team in 2003, attended the final tryouts for the team last weekend along with D.J. Howells, also of Fort Frances. Both are offensive linemen. They […]
Miguel Batista, the resident philosopher king of the Toronto Blue Jays, believes it’s best to hold the bravado when it comes to facing Barry Bonds. Unlike Baltimore Orioles starter Sidney Ponson, who boldly said he would go after Bonds before pitching against him Sunday, Batista issues no such bluster about […]
The Detroit Pistons are a victory away from giving Larry Brown the only thing his coaching career is missing—an NBA title. Detroit can deliver the milestone victory by beating the L.A. Lakers tonight at home in Game 5 of the NBA final, or in one of the following two games […]
Jim Thome wasted little time hitting his 400th homer. It just took him a lot longer than expected to celebrate. While Ken Griffey Jr. decided to wait at least another day to try for a milestone homer, Thome hit his 400th in his first at-bat to help the Philadelphia Phillies […]
Randy Johnson is showing no signs of slowing down. The towering 40-year-old lefty struck out 11 and won his sixth-straight start, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday. Johnson (9-4) started his streak with his perfect game against Atlanta on May 18. He’s […]
Annika Sorenstam pretended like it was another practice session with caddie Terry McNamara—the kind where he stands in a spot with a mitt and catches one wedge shot after another. The distance was 94 yards. There was no margin for error. The shot was exquisite. Playing down the wrong fairway, […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning story ended with a brilliant epilogue. Three days after winning the Stanley Cup, Brad Richards was selected playoff MVP and saluted as the most gentlemanly player, John Tortorella was named coach of the year, and Martin St. Louis carted home the Hart Memorial Trophy as regular-season […]
Montreal’s doubleheader sweep was bittersweet. Tony Batista homered twice and Sun-Woo Kim pitched 4 1/3 perfect innings in relief of Toma Ohka, who suffered a painful broken arm, as the Expos earned a 7-2 victory yesterday in the nightcap of their doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals. In the opener, […]
