The dreams, blossoming potential and young life of Vancouver Canucks defenceman Luc Bourdon came to a tragic end on a highway in northern New Brunswick just after noon on Thursday.
Bourdon, who was an important part of the 2006 gold medal winning World Junior Hockey Championship team was selected 10th overall by the Canucks in 2005, [...]
The all time major league baseball hits leader Pete Rose made his way back into the news recently when he admitted in a Tuesday afternoon interview on the Dan Patrick show that he bet an estimated $2,000 per game when he managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1984-89. Rose, who accumulated 4,256 hits during his illustrious [...]
Former NHL player Theo Fleury has cleared his first hurdle in chasing that elusive boyhood dream of playing high caliber professional baseball.
Though it’s not the major leagues, Fleury whose hockey career was cut short due to alcohol and substance abuse problems has recently taken his first round of batting practice for the minor league professional [...]
Reminiscing on what life was like during his playing days, former NHL star Ted Lindsay recalled that if he was coming out of let’s say Maple Leaf Gardens after a game, he would automatically cross the street if he saw a Leaf player walking on the same sidewalk. “In those days we never spoke to [...]
On Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be hoping to take that first giant step towards defying the odds in making that long shot attempt at capturing their first Stanley Cup since 1992.
Even though the all time championship series record of a team winning their first two games at home like the Detroit Red [...]
Tragedy rocked the baseball world on Monday when it was learned that former major league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez was killed this weekend by a bolt of lightning in his native country of Venezuela.
This journey- man pitcher who put together an overall record of 30-35, was apparently on the beach when this tragic incident occurred made [...]
On Sunday afternoon in Miami Florida, baseball fans were given the opportunity to stand up and show their appreciation for a future first ballot hall of famer in Omar Vizquel. This Venezuelan native who has always been bashful when the subject turns to his accomplishments, passed Luis Aparicio for the all time major league lead [...]
By Dave Lewandowski
indycar.com
Scott Dixon might have started from the pole position for the 92nd Indianapolis 500, but it was anything but a clear path to his first trip to Victory Circle in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
Dixon’s crew got the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car off pit lane first during a Lap 171 [...]
Marty Roth is out and there was a huge dissappointment in the suite! He was running very well and in a position to place well in the Indy 500. As he turned corner four he smashed the wall and ended the dream to finish. The race has been full of incidents but the one that [...]
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