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 […]
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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, […]
Tony Stewart shouldn’t be worried if 2004 begins to look a lot like last year, despite a problem off the racing surface that kept him from winning a week ago. In 2003, Stewart came to Pocono Raceway a week after pitting slightly out of his stall at Dover International Speedway. […]
Kitchen Creek Golf Club will host its first-annual pro-am golf tournament on Monday. Twenty pro golfers, from both regional courses as well as those in Winnipeg, will play on foursomes along with amateurs from their own clubs. Each pro is expected to bring in one or two members from their […]
American League Cy Young winner Roy Halladay’s stint on the disabled list is going largely unnoticed, thanks to some stellar pitching performances by two other Toronto Blue Jay starters. Miguel Batista tossed a four-hit shutout as the Blue Jays downed the L.A. Dodgers 4-0 yesterday. It was the Blue Jays’ […]
Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning captured the Lester B. Pearson Award today, as voted on by his peers in the NHL Players’ Association. Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo and Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic were the other finalists for the players’ choice of league MVP. St. Louis, […]
