Profile of Kenn Oliver

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• Two halves make a whole
  A little under two months before this week’s Newfoundland and Labrador Summer Games, the Eastern region nearly lost its girls ball hockey ...
• Enjoy the moment, coach urges
  Above the little cot inside the classroom he called home for four days this week, Harbour Grace native Neil Shute proudly displayed a little ...
• Softball isn’t really a provincial game at the...
  While medals awarded in most sports at this week’s Summer Games will follow their winners throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, the hardware from ...
• Tennis player has footwork straddling two countries
  Luc Briand is quite literally one of a kind. The 12-year-old is the only individual athlete from St-Pierre et Miquelon competing at this week’s ...
• No ordinary day at the beach
  There’s a first for everything. Sunday morning on the silky beach at Salmon Cove Sands, Jessica Winters and Georgia Abel not only played, but ...
• Ex-Blue Jays enjoy making their pitch to kids
  For much of his professional baseball career, Duane Ward was schooling opposing batters as the Toronto Blue Jays’ middle reliever. The ...
• Black Horse got boost from Black Knights for...
  Terry Ryan doesn’t shy away from the fact that he chose to play with the Montreal Black Knights over Newfoundland and Labrador entries at ...
• Pressure and diamonds
  It’s been difficult for Paul Smith Jr.’s Newfoundland and Labrador Selects ladies’ softball team to find strong competition on the island this ...
• More crews ready to row
  Those people who still attend the Royal St. Johns’ Regatta for the racing, not just the carnival games and concessions, will have a lot more to ...
• Something to prove
  They may not have needed it, but last year’s women’s championship race at the Royal St. John’s Regatta was a lesson in humility for the members ...
• They’re not just clock-watchers
  As James Cadigan joined his brother Daniel at Quidi Vidi for an evening spin with their Rogers Bussey Lawyers crew Tuesday evening, the sun was ...
• Off-season doesn’t mean Clowe’s off work
  Who doesn’t look forward to a little well-earned time off? Ryane Clowe certainly does. The San Jose Sharks’ forward says every ...
• A wish that will help pave the way for future fun
  Matthew Hagerty could soon become the most popular kid in all of Conception Bay South.Through his wish to the Children’s Wish Foundation, the ...
• Beer’s downhill prospects are looking up
  Before this year’s downhill mountain biking season had even begun, St. John’s native Matt Beer was thinking about scaling back on his race ...
• Gosse has a blast, reaches milestone
  It took 441 games over 24 seasons, but Tuesday night Ward Gosse became the first player to reach 100 regular-season home runs in the 55-year ...
• A call from out of the Blues
  After being passed over in last weekend’s National Hockey League Entry Draft, Andrew Ryan might have had reason to sing the blues. Now, he’s ...
• Avalon East gets an ‘A’, will compete for Herder...
  A year after being frozen out of the Herder Memorial Trophy championship series, a team from the Avalon East Senior Hockey League will be back in ...
• A team dedicated in the face of tragedy
  When Chantel Jones and Erin Bursey found out Memorial University would host the 2013 Atlantic University Sport women’s volleyball championship, ...
• Surge of Power leads Goulds to title
  The biggest mistake Goulds’ Mark Power made at Lions Park over the past four days was when he plunked Lafontaine Club Molson’s Eddie Heffernan ...
• Me and the Major: one reporter’s harness racing...
  Scott Forward never wakes up well rested on a Monday morning.After a full day of racing at St. John’s Sports and Entertainment Centre Sunday, it ...
• All for the love of horses
  Scott Forward has the calm, composed demeanor one would expect from a lifetime spent around horses. Inside the unofficial Forward Racing Lounge, ...
• On pace for an even better future
  On a national stage, harness racing is facing hard times. Rising costs, increasingly burdensome regulations, and declining purse revenues are ...
• Taylor sets his sights high
  Target shooting, like so many things in life, is all about the details.The very fine details. “You’re dealing in tenths of millimetres across ...
• Tight game
  They say they hockey is a brotherhood. On and off the ice, the sport embodies the virtues of teamwork, loyalty, and altruism.For Connor and Cody ...
• Joyous Noel
  St. John’s native Nathan Noel will be one of 42 bantam-aged players from across the country to take part in the second annual Allstate ...
• Changing of the Guards as Feildians back as a league...
  The St. John’s Molson Senior Baseball League kicks off its 65th season this weekend at St. Pat’s Ball Park, but for the first time since 1947, ...
• Parity reigns ­at Lions Park
  Any team can win on any given night. It’s a tired and overused sports cliché, but when it comes to the 56th season of the Molson St. John’s ...
• Allan Cup will be held here in 2015
  The Allan Cup Canadian senior hockey championship is coming to Newfoundland for the first time in 2015. What’s more, there’s a good chance the ...
• Getting in synch with a national powerhouse
  When Nicole Burt and her synchronized figure skating teammates had their first introduction to the national championships three years ago, they ...
• West Coast club aims to widen interest in speed...
  Corner Brook's Roger Zilkowsky admits the growth of speed skating in this province will be "a slow process", but that doesn't keep him from ...