Roy Halladay picked the wrong team to have an off night against. Carl Crawford went 4-for-5, scored three runs, stole two bases, and had an RBI as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays handed Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays a 10-2 loss last night. It was the 16th win in […]
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David Bell needed to be patient. Standing on third base, Bell had to endure a conference by the umpires before learning his triple would count giving him the cycle as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 14-6 last night. “The thing is it’s just rare,” Bell said while standing […]
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams was a serving sensation while Canada’s Daniel Nestor reached the quarter-finals in men’s doubles today at Wimbledon. Williams served 12 aces, including one clocked at a Wimbledon women’s record of 203 km/h, as she overwhelmed 16-year-old Tatiana Golovin 6-2, 6-1. Williams crushed the Russian-born French […]
Town councillors once again may get their health benefits package paid for in addition to their total salary after agreeing last night to amend the remuneration bylaw with the intention to vote on the revised version at their July 26 meeting. But whether councillors will be getting what they rightly […]
Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff was elected as the first MP for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding last night with a healthy margin of more than 3,000 votes. According to preliminary counts, Boshcoff took 14,003 votes of the 35,537 cast across the riding, or 39.4 percent of the popular vote. […]
After passing a bylaw early last year that saw councillors who chose to participate in the town’s benefits package have to pay for it out of their salaries, the new council may bring that remuneration policy back to the table for discussion at today’s committee of the whole meeting. The […]
After four weeks of having the new “bag tag” system in place, the Town of Fort Frances is issuing a steadily decreasing number of non-compliance notices to residents. The first week (May 31-June 4) saw a total of 135 non-compliance notices issued while 102 were handed out the week of […]
Emeka Okafor tried masking his displeasure about being chosen second rather than first in the NBA draft. Instead, his sarcasm made it clear who he believed should have been No. 1. “It made me feel real special, all warm inside,” Okafor deadpanned on a night when potential was valued more […]
It’s a long way from an 83 at a “laughable” U.S. Open to a course-record 61 at the TPC at Avenel, but Charles Howell III made the journey in just four days. On a perfect day with the wind calm and the greens soft and smooth, Howell shot 10-under-par yesterday […]
Robby Gordon figured this was the perfect place to test his car—Infineon Raceway, site of Sunday’s NASCAR race on a road course in scenic wine-growing country. Gordon dominated and won last year’s Dodge/Save Mart 350 on the same 1.99-mile, 10-turn circuit, then won in August at Watkins Glen, N.Y. “We […]
There was no doubt about the score in this Williams match. A day after sister Venus was the victim of an umpire’s mistake during a second-round defeat, top-seeded Serena Williams swept into the third round at Wimbledon today with a 6-0, 6-4 win over French qualifier Stephanie Foretz. American Andy […]
Once again, the NHL is going on trial. Vancouver Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi was charged yesterday with assault causing bodily harm for a March 8 on-ice attack that left Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore with a broken neck and his NHL career in doubt. Bertuzzi has been ordered to appear […]
