Halifax still doesn't have a stadium of any kind and it seems they will not have one in many a year. Hopes for a stadium in this decade appear slim. The reason is there is simply no leadership for such a project. It makes one wonder how they ever got stadiums in Calgary, Winnipeg and Regina. But whatever that formula was has not yet been discovered by Halifax. ...more
The London Lightning are the first champions of the National Basketball League of Canada, winning the title, 116-92, over the Halifax Rainmen Sunday in London, Ontario. While the final score seems a little one-sided, believe it when we say that the final was a very close series. AJ Walling has more. ...more
The Carleton Ravens are perfect. That's the best way to describe them. They were 21-0 in the regulation season and 34-0 for everything else including this year's CIS Men's title won on Sunday. The main reason for their success is head coach Dave Smart. ...more
There are very few perfect seasons in sport and the Carleton Ravens men's basketball team may be on the verge of one. The Ravens have dominated the CIS scene over the past 10 years, notching seven national titles and could make it eight on Sunday in Halifax. Alex J. Walling has more. ...more
After a five year hiatus, one of the greatest women's curling teams will be reunited this fall in an attempt to get to the Olympic trials. Nova Scotia's Queen of curling, Colleen Jones, will be back with her old rink with Kim Kelly, Mary Anne Arsenault. Nancy Delahunt returns as a coach. ...more
The St. John's IceCaps sold a thousand season tickets to kick off their campaign one day after the franchise was announced last June. They have been riding high ever since, and half way through their first season, the product on and off the ice has been a great success. ...more
There are not many books on sports coming out of Atlantic Canada but Halifax sports columnist Chris Cochrane has a recently released book called 'Inside the Game'. According to TSN's Alex J. Walling, it is a very good read. ...more
John Kennedy is a straight shooter and he shoots from the lip. Kennedy is the new commissioner of the NBL, the National Basketball League of Canada. He spoke on Tuesday about the league, and what surprised me was his honesty and candidness. ...more
There's been a lot of news from Atlantic Canada this week - with most of it coming from Halifax involving plans for their new stadium, the Huskies parting way with a decorated coach and the new hockey superstar with the Mooseheads. ...more
Hal Patterson died over a week ago and not much was written about him. Oh, there was a paragraph or two in some newspapers, but I didn’t see much about what could be called - arguably - the very best receiver that played the game. Or at the very least, the best receiver of his era. ...more
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