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Luke Cain is the recruit who got away. The 25-year-old Thunder Bay forward, one of several high-profile newcomers the Lakehead Thunderwolves landed in the offseason, has instead chosen to play for the University of Manitoba Bisons in 2012-13.

Lucky No. 13 was also a good way to call it a career.

Lakehead’s fledgling baseball team has its final 2012 recruit.

Robert Bortuzzo is back in the Pittsburgh Penguins fold. The 23-year-old Thunder Bay defenceman on Thursday inked a one-year, two-way deal to return to the Steel City, where last season he made his NHL debut.

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.