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NASCAR’s Regan Smith returns for this summer’s IWK 250
NASCAR driver and Fox personality Regan Smith returns to Riverside International Speedway this summer to race in the IWK 250. The 40-year-old Smith will drive the Cat Car for Kids in the July 20 race in James River. It will be Smith’s fourth IWK 250 ...
‘It’s a tremendous honour’: St. John’s native Travis Crickard wins gold medal with Canada at under-18 World Championships
Canada is back on top of the international under-18 hockey world. The Canadian under-18 men’s team defeated the United States 6-4 in the final of the 2024 IIHF Under-18 World Championship over the weekend in Espoo, Finland. It was Canada's fifth ...
Newfoundland Rogues headed home down 2-0 in BSL series with KW Titans
The Newfoundland Rogues find themselves in a hole and facing elimination following back-to-back losses to the KW Titans in the opening games of the teams’ best-of-five first-round Basketball Super League playoff series. The Titals got 24 points from ...
‘I wish we could go play tomorrow’: Halifax Thunderbirds’ quarter-final loss still stinging for veteran Randy Staats
Time might heal all wounds but the sting of the Halifax Thunderbirds’ upsetting loss in their National Lacrosse League quarter-final one week ago still smarts for veteran forward Randy Staats. “It’s frustrating, man,” Staats said of the Thunderbirds’ ...
Semi-pro Saint-Laurent stuns struggling Wanderers in Canadian Championship preliminary
The Halifax Wanderers’ troubling start to their Canadian Premier League season may have reached its nadir on Thursday night. The Wanderers, who dropped their first three CPL games to start 2024, suffered a historical loss in a shootout to Ligue1 ...
Nova Scotia's Rick Bowness named finalist for NHL coach of the year
Just three days after the Winnipeg Jets were bounced from the playoffs and a day after he spoke coyly about his future with the team, Rick Bowness was named one of three finalists for the NHL’s coach of the year award. Bowness, Andrew Brunette of the ...
With return to home ice on the horizon, Brad Gushue enters the offseason with eyes on staying at the top
Brad Gushue and his crew’s offseason is only a couple of weeks old, so you wouldn’t think he’s spent any time looking ahead to next season yet. However, with a Grand Slam of Curling event scheduled for the Mary Brown’s Centre in St. John’s, Gushue ...
‘It's another opportunity’: Toronto Blue Jays bringing academy to St. John’s and surrounding areas
It won’t be long until many young ballplayers in this province get the chance to spread their wings with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays are bringing their TBJ Academy and everything that comes with it to the province's east coast for a series of ...
‘Play as hard as we can’: Newfoundland Rogues plan to bring energy into playoff series with Titans
Newfoundland Rogues coach Jerry Williams knows exactly what he wants to see from his team on Friday night in Kitchener, Ont. That’s where the Rogues will meet the Kitchener-Waterloo Titans in the first round of the Basketball Super League (BSL) ...
Newfoundland Rogues will clash with Titans in BSL playoff opener
The Newfoundland Rogues are going to have a clash on their hands in the first round of the Basketball Super League (BSL) playoffs. The Rogues are set to face the Kitchener-Waterloo Titans in their opening-round matchup. This is after Newfoundland ...
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