BasketBall Life after high school By Jason Pike ST JOHN’S, NL – If you, like me, have followed the basketball landscape around this province closely you will notice that those great players that, for two or three years everyone knew, just faded into obscurity. Sure some of them go on…
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Take me out to the ball game: Could St. John’s support a Pro baseball team By Jason Pike At any given night during summer in St John’s you can often find St Pat’s ballpark buzzing with players and fans underneath the lights. Because baseball over the years has developed his…
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By Jason Pike St. John’s, NL – I think the answer to the question is St John’s is a basketball town or not is a resounding yes! Well if that is the case why can’t the Newfoundland Rogues replicate the massive success of the St John’s Edge? Well that’s a…
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By Jason Pike ST. JOHN’S, NL – As a province with only 500,000 people, the number of Youth athletes that compete for positions on teams to represent Newfoundland at the national level is an even smaller pool. As a parent of an athlete and a former athlete, I myself and…
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By Jason Pike ST. JOHN’S, NL – When social media quickly became flooded with angry and worried posts from students’ , coaches and parents of the enforcement of a mandatory teacher sponsors for practices, tournaments and games for all school sports, my mind quickly reverted back to 2021 when our…
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Chris Weeks (photo by ucephoto.ca) and Lindsey Goodland Congratulations to the recipients of the Swimming NL Annual Awards (2022-23): Female Swimmer of the Year: LINDSEY GOODLAND (Mount Pearl Marlins) Male Swimmer of the Year: CHRIS WEEKS (Mount Pearl Marlins) Volunteer of the Year: JOHN GRAHAM (Melville Mantas) Coach of the…
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