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Yogi Berra once famously said, “It ain’t over, ‘til it’s over.” The Thunder Bay-All Stars senior Little League baseball team is living proof.

Sean Becker says each time he takes to the mound he wants to better his last appearance. The Thunder Bay Border Cats would probably settle for a replica of his Saturday performance his next time out.

Chris Whitley’s British invasion is over after a single season. The former Lakehead Thunderwolves goaltender is headed back to the Central Hockey League’s Allen American’s in search of a championship.

The hockey media loves to stir things up when things are going bad. Eric Staal learned that first-hand last season, as both he and the Carolina Hurricanes team he captains struggled in the opening weeks of the NHL season.

George and Dan Saunders are a rare combination in the Olympic world. George, a wrestler, competed in the infamous Munich Games of 1972.

If you’re headed out to see the Thunder Bay Border Cats, better buy a program. Struck by injuries and innings count, the Cats have been forced to scour the sandlots for bodies.

Lindsay Druery is heading overseas. Lakehead University's former three-time OUA all-star pivot will continue her basketball career in Europe, where she’ll join former Thunderwolves forward Kathryn Verboom in the German 2.

Former NHLer Mike Busniuk heads the 2012 inductees class into the Northwestern Sports Hall of Fame. Busniuk, who spent two seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers in the early 1980s, will be joined at a Sept. 29 ceremony by water-skier Terri Gibbons.

Ryan McDonald’s time with the Lakehead Thunderwolves has come to a close.

Scott Morrison is sticking around for four more years. The men’s basketball coach at Lakehead University extended his contract with the successful Thunderwolves program, a team he’s taken to nationals for three straight years.