Tag: games
New showcase series featuring NHL’s top prospects to kick off in London
The best North American-based NHL draft prospects are coming to London.
McConnell wins Canadian Men’s Senior Golf Championship
Those who attended the final day of the 2024 Canadian Men’s Senior Golf Championship at the Saugeen Golf Club were treated to bonus golf as both the senior and super senior finals went into playoff rounds. Canadian-born Miles McConnell made up four strokes on the leader Sunday to come from behind and win the national […]
Owen Sound Baysox can win NDBL title Saturday
The Owen Sound Baysox are one win away from turning a “dream season” into a championship reality. The Baysox can win the first Strother Cup and North Dufferin Baseball League title in league history with a win at the Rangers Park in Ivy Saturday after winning two games at home over the weekend. Owen Sound […]
PYETTE: Western Mustangs must put ultra-rare loss behind them, and fast
This isnât the season to fall short. The Western football team realizes that and itâs why a greater sense of urgency is expected after looking ordinary in a 43-28 loss to Wilfrid Laurier Saturday in Waterloo. When the Mustangs lost to Montreal in the national semifinal last fall, head coach Greg Marshall believed the 2023 […]
COLUMN: Charles Barkley laments Londoner Christine Simpson’s Sportsnet exit
I didnât expect Charles Barkley to call back. He doesnât know me. But he knows Christine Simpson. And he returned my cellphone message because he cares about his good friend. Simpson, a London native, was let go by Sportsnet the other day in a move announced first by her and later confirmed by the network. […]
London Knights send jaw-dropping 14 players to NHL rookie camps
Owen Willmore will reunite with an old net mate as part of the Ottawa Senators rookie camp. The London Knights over-age goaltender has joined the Sens for the six-team NHL prospects challenge, which started in Buffalo on Friday. The 19-year-old will share the crease with two-time OHL champ Michael Simpson, the Londoner who backstopped the […]
Western Mustangs lose first conference game since 2021 – to London-raised QB
WATERLOO â That wasnât anywhere close to good enough. The Western football team fumbled and bumbled their way through an awful first half before ultimately taking it on the chin 43-28 against fellow heavyweight Wilfrid Laurier before 2,943 Saturday at University Stadium. Kiss good-bye their national No. 1 ranking, the shot at a third straight […]
Queen’s Park to audit Thames Valley school board amid stadium retreat fallout
The provincial government is launching a sweeping probe of the regionâs largest school board, under fire after The Free Press uncovered a three-day retreat that sent 18 administrators to Toronto’s baseball stadium hotel â costing nearly $40,000. In a forceful statement Friday evening, Education Minister Jill Dunlop announced a comprehensive review of the cash-strapped Thames […]
School board brass should repay some stadium hotel retreat costs: Critic
Critics are blasting an âincredibly disappointingâ move by administrators at the regionâs largest school board to spend nearly $40,000 on a Toronto ballpark hotel retreat, with one taxpayer advocate calling on the staff to pay back part of the expense. Â Following a request from elected trustees, the Thames Valley District school board revealed Thursday […]
Red-hot London Beefeaters seek fourth-straight win: ‘Clicking’
The London Beefeaters lost their Ontario Football Conference home opener, but have rebounded with three straight wins.