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Jamie Searle’s basketball career has found new life. The 25-year-old Belleville, Ont. native is heading overseas to play in southeast England for the Medway Park Crusaders, a professional team in the English Basketball League.

Canada was a young nation of 20 when curlers first took to the ice at the Port Arthur Curling Club.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves needed to get big in the paint.

Thunder Bay’s Patrick Sharp is a celebrity pitch-man. The high-scoring Chicago Blackhawks forward this fall will join Chicago Bears all-pro linebacker in a series of ads promoting Coke Zero in the Windy City.

Do you love the sport of kings but can’t afford it? Then bike polo might be for you.

Thirty years ago, Kevin McHale could not break into the Boston lineup. But off the bench, he was one of the best sixth-men in the NBA, a sparkplug who made Larry Bird and company better at both ends of the court.

It isn’t a sport you hear about very often, if ever, but this weekend the city will feature a bike polo event. Thunder Bay Bike Polo is hosting the tournament and organizer Rob Burrought says interested people can still get involved.

It’s a good thing the pre-season is a couple months long. The Lakehead Thunderwolves have a few things they have to work on before the games start to count for real.

Ryan Thomson is a man on a mission. And unlike the past three seasons, the Lakehead Thunderwolves forward is getting a head start.

KENORA -- For the first time in 105 years, the Stanley Cup has earned its way back to Lake of the Woods.