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The McGill Redmen know how to win at Fort William Gardens.

Seventeen seconds separated Thunder Bay’s Robbi Weldon from the Paralympic podium in Vancouver Saturday. "I was very proud of myself and with my results," Weldon said.

Eric Gagne is a former Cy Young Award winner. Justin Morneau won the American League MVP in 2006. They’ve got something else in common besides being great ballplayers.

Former Fort William North Star goalie Carter Hutton made his American Hockey League debut on Saturday night.

A local BMX pro wanted children to get off the couch and onto a bike so he started a series of training camps to do just that. Rick Foreman, promotions for Thunder Bay BMX , raced as a professional BMX biker contestant in the 1980’s.

Former Thunder Bay Border Cats infielder Oney Guillen has resigned from his job as a scouting video technician with the Chicago White Sox after tweeting negative comments about the organization.

It really wasn’t much of a consolation for the Lakehead Thunderwolves men’s basketball team. A day after being eliminated on the opening day of the national championship at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, the No.

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.