It’s easy to dislike a villain like Connor Hellybuyck. He’s not really a villain per se although he is if you live in Winnipeg even though half the fans there would still probably begrudgingly admit that Connor...
PETIT-DE-GRAT: It had been 28 years since the Petit-de-Grat Red Caps last hoisted the Baseball Nova Scotia Intermediate A Provincial Championship banner.
That changed last Sunday.
“The last time we went...
PETIT-DE-GRAT: For the third consecutive year, the Little Anse Hawks are the Richmond Amateur Baseball Association (RABA) champions.
“We have a strong squad, but there's no guaranteed wins when you're playing teams like the...
PALM BAY, FLA.: The Richmond Warriors Boxing Club played a prominent role in the Canadian contingent at the Mayor’s Cup Boxing Invitational Championship in Palm Bay, Fla., last month.
Warriors coach Shawn Greene travelled...
PETIT-DE-GRAT: The Port Hawkesbury Bucs will have to wait until next season for another shot at capturing their first Richmond Amateur Baseball Association championship.
“The playoffs did not end how we liked, but I...
JUDIQUE: Inverness Raven Colton MacIsaac came through with what may have been the biggest single of his life in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday at Judique Baseball Field.
MacIsaac’s single drove in...
L'ARDOISE: Two members of the Stevens family made their mark on the baseball diamond this season, with one leading the Richmond Amateur Baseball Association in wins and the other leading his minor baseball team in stolen bases...
“The game is a brutal exhibition, without a single redeeming feature, and it is a disgrace to any civilized community that it should be tolerated.” - The New York Evening Post commenting about football in 1878.
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait United Steelers wrapped up their season by competing against some of the province’s top U15 teams at the Soccer Nova Scotia provincials in Kentville.
For the Steelers, it was their...
I recently watched an interview with former NHLer Gary Roberts, who was telling a story about his then-teammate Sidney Crosby who played with Roberts in Pittsburgh. Though Roberts was a formidable player himself, he told of being...