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Canadian rugby league international Megan Pakulis off on Australian adventure
The Manly Sea Eagles and Sydney Roosters weren't the only winners when Australia's National Rugby League kicked off its 2024 season with a Las Vegas doubleheader earlier this month Canadian Megan Paku...
Mar 13, 2024
Sebastian Szirmak's Mexican Tour win prepares him for European Challenge Tour
Sebastian Szirmak won't be coming home to Toronto this summer for the best possible reason - he'll be playing golf in Europe. Szirmak won the Wipa's Open in a three-way playoff on Sunday for his first...
Mar 13, 2024
Teen defender finds way in soccer after fateful Christmas gift for CPL open tryout
You could say a Christmas gift, combined with a lot of hard work, changed James Cameron's life. For Christmas 2022, Cameron's father gifted him a ticket to a Vancouver FC open tryout. Cameron went on ...
Mar 13, 2024
'Look out for yourself': How some NHLers have taken more ownership over their careers
Jack Eichel needed a change of scenery. Matthew Tkachuk felt the same. Auston Matthews, meanwhile, was happy to sign on the dotted line for the next four seasons, just not seven or eight. Unlike the o...
Mar 13, 2024
Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some of charges against Trump
ATLANTA (AP) - The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but others remain. Fulton County Superior Court Judg...
Mar 13, 2024
Storm swept in second round playoff series, fall to Grizzlies in game four 3-2
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm's season is over. The Storm fell to the Revelstoke Grizzlies 3-2 in game four of their second round Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) playoff series Tue...
Mar 13, 2024
Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe, an Olympic gold medallist, announces retirement
Wrestler Erica Wiebe, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2016 Olympics, announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday. Wiebe claimed Olympic gold in the women's 75-kilogram weight class, ...
Mar 13, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: It was a good day around the City council table for a change
IT WAS A GOOD DAY at Kamloops City council yesterday. It's hard to know where to begin but let's start with the plan for a cleanup of beaches.It's a great idea, one that will generate some new pride i...
Mar 13, 2024
50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing num...
Mar 13, 2024
Returns from Tommy John surgery may seem routine. Recovery can be full of grief, angst and isolation
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years afte...
Mar 13, 2024
