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There are those who contend Michael Ryder is the best player from Newfoundland and Labrador ever to lace up a pair of skates in the National Hockey League. Well, there is no arguing Ryder is a Sports NL Hall of Famer. The Bonavista native, who scored more points in the NHL than anyone Newfoundlander, will be among five inductees into the provincial Hall next month in St. John’s.

Their hallmark has been excellence: Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Hall of Fame growing by five

Updated 8 hours ago

Declan Workman of the St. John’s Legends competes in the 100 metre backstroke heat at the 2019 provincial swimming championships Sunday morning at the Aquarena.

Top swimmers compete in provincials at Aquarena

Updated a day ago

Holy Heart Highlanders won their second straight provincial 4A high school boys’ basketball championship Sunday. Members of the winning team are, from left, first row: Curtis Corrigan, Ben Chislett, Hunter McGrath, Dem Lam, Eli Brown, Josh Reimer, J.P. Agbesse; second row: Jeremy Dixon, Innocent Ndaitouroum, assistant coach Dave d’Entremont, Dafydd Banfield, Devon Tobin, Caleb d’Entremont, Michael Burt, Nick Meaney, Liai Tong and coach David Banfield.

Highlanders roll to 4A crown, capping off 39-1 high school hoops season

Published a day ago

UNB photo - Tyler Boland of St. John’s was fourth in Atlantic University Sport scoring this season with 19 goals and 19 assists in 30 games. He was also fourth in playoff scoring with four goals and a couple of assists in five games.

Boland uncovers hockey’s “best-kept secret”

Published Mar 22, 2019 at 8 p.m.

Hockey

Tyler Boland (10) UNB Varsity Reds and Riley Keiser (14) of the Alberta Golden Bears go for the puck on a faceoff during the gold-medal final in the U Sports national men’s hockey championship in Lethbridge, Alta., on Sunday. Boland, a 22-year-old from St. John’s, had an assist on what proved to be the winning goal and UNB won 4-2 to claim its third U Sports crown in four years. — U Sports photo

Worth studying: National champion Tyler Boland of St. John's representative of the talent in Canadian university hockey

Updated Mar 19, 2019 at 8:57 a.m.

The Newfoundland Growlers

Newfoundland Growlers continue to have a tough time at Adirondack

Updated Mar 16, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

The Soviet Union win the 1966 world hockey championship the previous spring before playing a pair of exhibition games in Newfoundland. Beginning in 1963, the Soviets won nine straight world hockey titles. That’s Alexander Ragulin in the back row, the tallest player with the big grin.

They were great, but their equipment wasn’t too good

Published Mar 15, 2019 at 8 p.m.

Alexander Ragulin (5) was the Soviet Union’s best defenceman in the 1960s. It was a pass by Ragulin that George Spracklin intercepted and skated in all alone to score the St. John’s Capitals’ only goal in an 18-1 loss to the Soviets. Here, Ragulin is seen along with teammate Valeri Kharlamov jostling with a Canadian player during the 1972 Summit Series.

ROBIN SHORT: The night the Soviets invaded the Stadium

Published Mar 15, 2019 at 8 p.m.

Baseball

Terry and Diane Hart pose outside the famous facade of Chicago’s Wrigley Field. The Harts, along with Roger and Mary Ann Grimes, just completed a tour of all 30 Major League Baseball parks, an adventure that started six years ago.

Take me out to ball game … again and again

Updated Sep 14, 2018 at 8 p.m.

Devaro Chislett, left, and her older sibling Shilo, pose for a photo before travelling to St. John's to play in the 2018 Baseball Atlantic 14U Girls Invitational this weekend in St. John's. Shilo will suit up with the Corner Brook Barons as an overager, while Devaro is playing for Nova Scotia 2 who recruited her to fill a roster player for one of the team's injured members.

Kippens sisters Shilo and Devaro Chislett are shining in baseball once again

Published Mar 22, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

Gary White sits on the couch with his dog Toby.

Corner Brook man feeling blessed after support from community during cancer treatments

Published Mar 15, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

Coun. Mike Tobin of the finance committee during discussions at Thursday’s regular general meeting of the Stephenville town council.

Fencing and ground mix approved for Stephenville baseball field

Published Mar 08, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

Soccer

Kate Hickey (left) and Jennifer Bent (right) of the Memorial Sea-Hawks watch as Cameron Bruce (22) of the St. Francis Xavier University X-Men plays the ball during AUS women’s soccer action at King George V Park in St. John’s on Saturday. Taz Uddin

Memorial University women's soccer side secures playoff berth

Published Oct 29, 2018 at 6:58 a.m.

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St. John's under-13 boys claim bronze in Atlantic club championships

Published Sep 23, 2018 at 11:10 p.m.

Holy Cross Crusaders of St. John's finish fifth at Eastern Canadian masters championship

Published Sep 23, 2018 at 11:14 p.m.

Jaimie King (2) of the Memorial Sea-Hawks’ moves in for a tackle against Carly Connell of the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers during their Atlantic University Sport women’s soccer game Saturday at King George V Park in St. John’s. The game, the first of the 2018 AUS season for both teams, ended in a 1-1 draw. The Sea-Hawks and Panthers faced off again on Sunday afternoon, with Memorial winning 1-0. — Memorial Athletics photo/Taz Uddin

Memorial Sea-Hawks’ weren't pitch perfect on opening weekend, but they were undefeated

Updated Sep 10, 2018 at 7:14 a.m.

Football

CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie will visit Halifax on Feb. 23.

Former CFLer Micah Brown would like to see game come to Halifax

Published Mar 21, 2019 at 8:43 p.m.

Grey Cup makes visit to Corner Brook

Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 7:32 a.m.

Jeff Hunt, left, presents the Ottawa Redblacks’ symbol of excellence, a “wood cookie” cut by chainsaw from the team’s touchdown log, to player Brad Sinopoli, who scored one of the Grey Cup touchdowns in this file photo.

Jeff Hunt bringing Grey Cup to Corner Brook as part of provincial tour

Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 7:32 a.m.

Leon Cantwell is huge supporter of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and has been ever since, as an elementary school student, his attention was grabbed by a magazine featuring quarterback Joe Montana — who ended his Hall of Fame career with the Chiefs — on the cover.

Leon Cantwell’s Chiefs obsession

Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 6:38 a.m.

Golf

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Two high school golf titles for Michael Simms of St. John's; wins individual crown, helps Gonzaga to team championship

Published Sep 10, 2018 at 8:08 a.m.

Golfer Blair Bursey

Blair Bursey blisters Bally Haly

Published Jul 11, 2018 at 6:49 a.m.

Provincial amateur golf championships at Bally Haly

Published Jul 10, 2018 at 11:16 a.m.

Matt Bonnell makes a putt on the final hole on his way to winning the provincial junior men’s golf championship Wednesday at the Terra Nova Resort and Golf Community in Port Blandford. Lloyd Clarke, a Canadian veteran who served in Afghanistan, was the flagbearer on the 18th hole during the final round. — Golf NL/Facebook

From start to finish, Bonnell was the best at Newfoundland and Labrador junior golf championships

Updated Jul 05, 2018 at 9:40 a.m.

Curling

Memorial Sea-Hawks skip Greg Blyde releases a stone as Nathan King (left) and Ryan McNeil Lamswood (right) prepare to sweep during a game at the U Sports national men’s curling championship in Fredericton. N.B. — U Sports photo/Rob Blanchard

Memorial Sea-Hawks playing for Canadian university men's curling championship today

Updated Mar 19, 2019 at 8:07 a.m.

Canada Games photo/Kelly Tarala - Newfoundland and Labrador skip Nathan Young looks down the sheet as his front end sweeps a rock into the house during curling competition at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta.

Newfoundland Canada Games curlers allow eight stolen points in bronze-medal curling loss to close out 2019 games

Updated Mar 04, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

Brad Gushue shouts instructions to sweepers Geoff Walker, left, and Brett Gallant during their opening game of the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier against Ontario Saturday.

Gushue opens Brier with pair of weekend wins

Updated Mar 04, 2019 at 7:57 a.m.

Geoff Walker, left, and Brad Gushue celebrate their 2018 Tim Hortons Brier championship won in Regina, Sask. The team is back in search of title No. 3, which would tie Gushue’s rink with Randy Ferbey’s team for most consecutive Brier championships.

For Brad Gushue, history is nice, but winning is what matters

Updated Mar 01, 2019 at 7:01 a.m.

Other Sports

Dr. Susan Murray/ Instagram - Placentia’s Peter Hynes won a bronze medal at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi over the weekend.

Placentia athlete medals at World Games

Published Mar 17, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

ROBIN SHORT: If flowery chatter produced medals, we’d be Games champs

Updated Mar 09, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.

Canada Games Council

SPORTS LETTERBOX: More to Canada Games than medals, wins and losses

Published Mar 08, 2019 at 8 p.m.

Canada Games Council

ROBIN SHORT: Joke’s on us, but it’s not funny

Published Mar 01, 2019 at 8 p.m.

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