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If basketball games lasted only 20 minutes, the Lakehead Thunderwolves would be off to the national semifinals.

With the opening day of the 2010 Cavendish University Cup just a week away, organizers say ticket sales already appear to be up from this time last year.

The seedings are in and it’s not pretty for the Lakehead Thunderwolves, who check in at No. 4 in the Cavendish University Cup rankings. The Wolves will have to outlast the No. 1-ranked University of Alberta Golden Bears and the No.

Thirty-three years ago Bill Walton and the Portland Trail Blazers downed Julius Erving – fresh from a stint in the ABA – and the Philadelphia 76ers to win the NBA championship.

Mike Danton is coming to Thunder Bay. Danton, the former NHLer who spent five years in jail for conspiracy to commit murder, scored twice on Monday to lead the Saint Mary’s Huskies to a 5-3 win over the St. Francis Xavier X-Men.

History didn’t repeat itself on Saturday night.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team is headed to the national championships for the first time in 33 years.

The Thunder Bay Twins opened Hockey Northwestern Ontario's senior branch championship on Friday with a 5-5 tie against the Fort Frances Thunder Hawks. No scoring summary is available.

Rugby will soon become an official Olympic sport, and to celebrate elementary school students from across the city swapped their books Wednesday for an oval-shaped ball.

They’re not playing for the money, and their dreams of a career in the game have all but disappeared.