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The Des Moines Menace are the defending Heartland Division champions, but one wouldn’t know it judging by their performance Friday night.

It’s official, the Thunder Bay Border Cats are the weakest-hitting team in the Northwoods League. It’s starting to cost them ballgames.

A.J. Schugel is trying to be Babe Ruth in reverse.

JOHANNESBURG - Gonzalo Higuain scored three goals in Argentina's 4-1 win over South Korea at the World Cup on Thursday, a result that put the South Americans on the brink of qualifying for the next round from Group B.

In 2006, Patrick Sharp watched Eric Staal bring the Stanley Cup home to Thunder Bay. Last summer it was Jordan Staal’s turn.

Tom Pyatt began the NHL season as spare change with the Montreal Canadiens organization, a body filling a hole with the American Hockey League’s Hamilton Bulldogs, an emergency replacement.

Patrick Sharp may or may not wind up in Toronto next season. For now the veteran forward will relish his role in bringing the Stanley Cup to Chicago for the first time in 49 years.

There’s no doubt who Gustavo Oliveira is cheering for in this year’s World Cup. A Brazilian by birth, the Thunder Bay Chill striker does have an unlikely second choice in the battle for global soccer supremacy – defending champion Italy .

The decision to shutdown a sports program at an Ontario university because of substance abuse was the right call, says Lakehead University’s athletics director.

The Border Cats fell to the Rochester Honkers in extra innings Sunday, putting the team on a five-game losing streak near the end of what has been a disastrous road trip.