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• Squirts of refreshment: youngsters scheduled to race...
  In the hours between the regular race schedule and the evening championships at the Royal St. John’s Regatta, the crowd around Quidi Vidi Lake ...
• A time that's stood the test of time
  Like she did almost every season throughout an eight-year road race and track career, Nicola Will set records in 1986. Among them was the ...
• Last-minute deal results in big pay raise for Purcell
  At 9 a.m. Wednesday, Teddy Purcell was ready to enter a salary arbitration hearing at the NHL offices in Toronto. Ten minutes later, the St. ...
• Anxious to get back in the running
  For more than three decades, Art Meaney's heart has been in running. It's a good thing, too, because his runner's heart is what saved his ...
• Downhill bikers on their way up
  For Jordan Hodder and Sheldon Smith, a pair of 17-year-old adrenaline junkies from Mount Pearl, there’s no thrill like the one they get roaring ...
• Big game will be played at bigger venue
  Ever since April, when Conception Bay South was named Kraft Hockeyville and host of an NHL exhibition game this fall, mayor Woody French says ...
• Back on his home courts
  So far, this summer feels like any other three-month hiatus for Kendrick Au. He’s helping out with Tennis Newfoundland and Labrador’s summer ...
• Local rider reaches elite status
  When Matt Beer left St. John’s bound for New Zealand in 2009, he did so as a recreational mountain biker. “I just did it for fun,” says Beer who ...
• Will O’Brien feel the Draft?
  Zach O’Brien was passed over in his first year of NHL draft eligibility, but he wasn’t overlooked. After the late-round selections were made, ...
• Drilling for oil, going for gold
  Mitch Hunt might be the only boxer in the world to train in the North Atlantic ocean.While his boxing peers hit the gyms where sparring partners ...
• Derby Girls ready to rock and roll and rumble
  They spent the first year putting a group of women together and the last 18 months honing their skills. Now, the 709 Roller Derby girls are ...
• Ladies of the Morning find fun on the lanes
  By Kenn OliverThe TelegramEvery Wednesday at St. Pat’s Lanes in St. John’s, Clementine Smith dons the same pair of bowling shoes she’s worn for ...
• National champs
  When the Corner Brook Royals won the province’s first Allan Cup national senior A hockey championship in 1986, only about half the team was ...
• Privateers were simply better in Game 2
  After a tough loss to the Halifax Titans in their opening game Monday night at the Telus Cup national major midget hockey championship, the St. ...
• Privateers drop opener to Halifax
  The St. John’s Pennecon Privateers dropped their opening game of the 2011 Telus Cup national major midget hockey championship at Mile One Centre ...
• Wicks ready to graduate to next level
  You’ll have to excuse Danny Wicks if he seems a little distracted at his high school grad tonight at the Convention Centre in downtown St. ...
• The kid's a hitter
  Mount Pearl’s Dylan Moss, some might say, is dressed for success on the baseball diamond.Moss, 17, plays for the Ontario Blue Jays, an age-group ...
• Luke Adam named AHL’s top rookie
  For the second time in four years, a Newfoundlander has been named the American Hockey League’s rookie of the year.Four years after St. John’s ...
• Gushue completes front-end overhaul
  Brad Gushue has locked down his new front end for next season and beyond. Following the team’s play at last weekend’s Victoria, B.C., ...
• Alterations required?
  There’s no discounting the Conception Bay North Eastlink CeeBee Stars’ dominance of the Avalon East Senior Hockey League. After all, the CeeBees ...
• Plugging holes on the ice
  Brad Gushue knows the road to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi will be a tough one, and this weekend he’s test driving a new lineup he hopes will guide ...
• CeeBees need to break the hold
  Tonight’s Game 3 of The Telegram Herder Memorial Trophy Championship Series against the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts is the most important game ...
• Funny how things work out
  Depending on what happens in Grand Falls-Windsor this weekend, Cody Roach might find it hard to get a break in traffic or even get a hot cup of ...
• Privateers set their Atlantic course
  There have been few challenges for Wally Bray’s St. John’s Pennecon Privateers this season. The Privateers rolled through the provincial major ...
• Cataracts in command
  This year’s Telegram Herder Memorial Championship Series is now heading to central Newfoundland. The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts defeated the ...
• Cataracts take Game 2 of the Herder
  The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts head home up 2-0 in the best-of-seven Telegram Herder Memorial Championship Series following a 5-4 win over the ...
• Cats maintain lead after 40 minutes
  After 40 minutes of play, the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts took to the dressing room with a 3-2 lead over the Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars ...
• Cats take 1-0 lead into first intermission
  Just as they did in the series opener, the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts left the ice following the first period with a 1-0 lead over the ...
• Herder Sunday almost underway
  The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts and Conception Bay North Eastlink CeeBee Stars are minutes away from Game 2 of the Telegram Herder Memorial ...
• Cataracts take Game 1 in double overtime
  For the third straight year, the Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars dropped the opening game of the Telegram Herder Memorial Championship Series. ...