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    Games an eye-opener for Labrador wrestlers

    March 26, 2010 - 5 h 00

    Many a sports purists views mixed martial arts with skepticism. Where, they ask, is the athletic merit in watching two men pounding each other into submission inside a caged ring? But the reality is MMA sells, and its appeal has created more than...

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  • Wheelchair curling: How it works

    March 16, 2010 - 5 h 00

    Virtually all the rules of able-bodied curling apply to the wheelchair game, with one exception - there's no sweeping. Curlers deliver their rocks from the hog line while seated in their chairs, which must remain stationary, with a teammate...

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  • Canadian skip has come full circle

    March 16, 2010 - 5 h 00

    Gerry Peckham is one of those unheralded, behind-the-scenes guys. He won't have some dignitary putting a gold medal around his neck if Canadian skip Jim Armstrong does the expected in Paralympic curling. He may not be on the podium with...

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  • Champion curlers, three-point specialist, top age-group swimmer are latest winners

    March 11, 2010 - 5 h 00

    A pair of national level curlers, a Memorial University sharp-shooting hoopster and a record-breaking swimmer were named athletes of the month for January and February at the St. John's Molson Coors Athlete of the Month luncheon Tuesday. Re/Max...

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  • Lucky No. 7? Gushue chases Brier title again

    March 5, 2010 - 5 h 00

    Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue already has an Olympic title on his impressive rÉsumÉ, but a Brier championship has so far managed to elude him. Gushue and his rink of Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry and Jamie Korab open the 2010 Tim Hortons...

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  • 'Roped into" boxing, Summers came to love the sport

    March 3, 2010 - 5 h 00

    Hank Summers never competed as a boxer, but his tireless work on a variety of levels of the sport for many years was recognized last week in Halifax, where the St. John's native was inducted into Boxing Canada's Hall of Fame. "It's quite an...

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  • Report slams former advocate

    February 23, 2010 - 5 h 00

    An independent investigation into the management style of former child and youth advocate Darlene Neville concludes she was rightly fired by the House of Assembly in December. The Telegram obtained a copy of a report completed last week by Robert...

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  • Canadian spare brings a little extra something to the ice

    February 23, 2010 - 5 h 00

    Prior to the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, it was decided amongst the powers that be curling's alternate players - or fifths - would receive medals. Kristie Moore will need two. There have been other women to compete in the Olympic Games while...

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