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Omega Harris and the Newfoundland Rogues won two of three against the Sudbury Five over the weekend. The wins move them into fourth in the Basketball Super League with a record of 18-13. Photo courtesy Leona Rockwood/Newfoundland Rogues

Newfoundland Rogues continue winning at home with series win over Sudbury

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

The Newfoundland Rogues kicked their last regular season homestand of the season the right way over the weekend.  The Rogues (18-13) won two of three games over the Sudbury Five at the Mary Brown’s Centre in St. John’s.  The wins pushed ...

The 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup starts on Tuesday in Mount Pearl

The 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup is ready to go in Mount Pearl

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The best in Atlantic Canadian Junior B hockey are set to show their stuff in Mount Pearl this week.  On Tuesday, April 23, the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup gets underway at the Glacier in Mount Pearl and there is hope this year will be the end of ...

The Holy Heart Highlanders boys’ team emerged as winners in the 2024 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial High School Hockey Tournaments. - Contributed

Discovery Collegiate girls and Holy Heart boys claim Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial tournament banners

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

The Holy Heart Highlanders boys’ team and the Discovery Collegiate Destroyers girls’ squad emerged as winners in the 2024 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial High School Hockey Tournaments. Heart bested the Gonzaga Vikings 5-3 on Sunday, April 21, ...

Halifax Thunderbirds captain Cody Jamieson goes airborne to get a shot off against the Colorado Mammoth in National Lacrosse League play Saturday evening at Scotiabank Centre. - NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

NLL: Thunderbirds playoff ready? Record crowd watches Halifax defeat Colorado in regular-season finale

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

For a regular-season finale against a non-playoff team, the Halifax Thunderbirds’ Saturday night tilt at a sold-out Scotiabank Centre sure had the feel of a playoff game. A Thunderbirds record crowd of 10,595 witnessed timely goals, stellar ...

Under coach Tyrell Vernon’s leadership, the X-Men had a remarkable basketball season. Vernon also picked up coach of the year accolades. MYA SLAWTER

CEBL's Calgary Surge install St. F.X. bench boss Tyrell Vernon as new head coach

POSTMEDIA |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

The Calgary Surge got their guy. In short order, too. Needing to fill its sudden head-coaching vacancy, the Canadian Elite Basketball League club has turned to St. Francis Xavier X-Men bench boss Tyrell Vernon. “Really excited, and a great ...

Mount Pearl Huskies goaltender Katie Winsor kicks-out a shot on net by O’Donel Patriots Maggie Carew, left, in first-period action of their playoff game in the 2024 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Paradise Double Ice Complex on Saturday, April 20, 2024. O’Donel won 2-0 with goalie Jennifer Murphy registering the shut-out. At right to clear the puck away is the Huskie’s Norah Fudge.
-Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Battle of The Pearl

Joe Gibbons |Updated Apr. 20, 2024 |11 min read Premium content

It was the battle of ‘da Pearl over the noon-hour on Saturday, April 20, 2024, as the Mount Pearl Senior High School Huskies took on their neighbouring Patriot friends from O’Donel High School in the 2024 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial Hockey ...

Jorja Burrows blockering a Sabres shot safely behind her net during the Selects’ loss to the eventual champions in the semi-final game.

Underdog Northern Selects head to nationals with unflinching belief

Willy Palov · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

There is no escaping the annual David vs. Goliath dynamic for Atlantic Canada's representative at the Esso Cup. The national under-18 women's hockey championship brings together the six best teams from across the country and the Eastern reps always ...

The N.L. Cup is being modelled after the FA Cup — a massive single-elimination tournament that brings every team in the English football system together — and brings something new to the sport’s landscape in the province. - Edoardo Busti/Unsplash

'The magic of the cup': New N.L. Cup soccer tournament promises to inject drama into provincial game

Nick Mercer · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

It didn’t have quite the spectacle of a FIFA World Cup draw, but the beginning of the inaugural N.L. Cup still felt like a big deal.  At King George V Park in St. John’s on April 17, the 15 teams involved in the new single-elimination tournament saw ...

Halifax Wanderers defender Dan Nimick battles for the ball against Vancouver FC attacker Moses Dyer during Canadian Premier League action Thursday night in Langley, B.C. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Wanderers fall 2-0 to Vancouver FC, lose second straight to start CPL season in B.C.

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

The Halifax Wanderers certainly hope it won’t take until the second week of June to post their first victory of the Canadian Premier League season. The Wanderers dropped their second straight game to start the 2024 campaign on Thursday night, a 2-0 ...

Antigonish Bulldogs win third straight NSJHL title in double overtime

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

The Antigonish Bulldogs captured their third consecutive Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League Championship title in dramatic fashion Wednesday night in Bridgewater. Nick Marshall scored on a wraparound 8:55 into double overtime to lift the Bulldogs to a ...

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