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Spec staffer, son killed in collision
August 9, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 10, 2010) - She always put family first.

STM first city school to get artificial turf
August 3, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Aug 4, 2010) - A Mountain Catholic school will be the first high school in Hamilton to get an artificial turf sports field.

Iroquois still hopeful of playing in England
July 15, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Jul 16, 2010) - A lacrosse team desperately trying to fly out of a New York airport for a world championship tournament is hoping that public pressure will change the minds of British officials who won’t accept their native passports.

Iroquois passports no good: UK
July 15, 2010 – 6:41 am | No Comment

The U.S. State Department said Thursday it was unable to persuade the British government to allow an American Indian lacrosse team to enter Britain without U.S

Foxcroft heads fundraising drive for Ancaster soccer complex
July 6, 2010 – 11:10 pm | No Comment

(Jul 7, 2010) - A year-round community soccer complex is about to start taking shape at Ancaster’s Redeemer University College, with a local heavyweight in sports and business now signed on to lead the campaign to raise the remaining $2 million.

LRT plans not affected by stadium
July 6, 2010 – 11:08 pm | No Comment

(Jul 7, 2010) - Metrolinx officials say key plans for light rapid transit in Hamilton are not contingent on where a Pan Am Games or local sports stadium is located.

Stadium divide a conflict of visions
July 4, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Jul 5, 2010) - Easy parking versus public transit. City-building versus sports revenue.

Drugstore mogul loves hockey
June 29, 2010 – 11:20 pm | No Comment

(Jun 30, 2010) - The Edmonton billionaire who pictures Hamilton as a sports and entertainment destination is known as a stick-to-it entrepreneur who gets things done under cover of a near reclusive profile.

England fans cry ‘robbery’ over goal call
June 27, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Jun 28, 2010) - English and German soccer fans alike had a lot riding on their World Cup match yesterday, but in the end it was Germany that won the game in South Africa and good sportsmanship that won the day in Hamilton.

City could be satellite centre site in elevating elite amateur sport: Rudge
June 24, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Jun 25, 2010) - Hamilton is poised to be a key player in a national sports renaissance, says one of the architects of Canada’s record gold-medal haul in Vancouver.

City could be satellite centre site in elevating elite amateur sport: Rudge
June 24, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(Jun 25, 2010) - Hamilton is poised to be a key player in a national sports renaissance, says one of the architects of Canada’s record gold-medal haul in Vancouver.

Making his pitch
June 17, 2010 – 11:52 pm | No Comment

(Jun 18, 2010) - Tom Roebuck, a Grade 3 student at Balaclava Public School, puts all his might into the ball throw competition at the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Elementary Track and Field Meet at Mohawk Sports Park yesterday. A total of 830 students from 21 schools took part in the annual meet.

Football players pay for steroid scandal
June 15, 2010 – 12:18 am | No Comment

WATERLOO (Jun 15, 2010) - The University of Waterloo has suspended its football program for a year amid the biggest drug scandal in the history of Canadian university sports.

Hamilton readies for World Cup fever
June 11, 2010 – 1:43 am | No Comment

(Jun 11, 2010) - Bars and restaurants will open earlier, parades will clog city streets, ethnic neighbourhoods will show their flag colours and sports clubs will host viewings, as Hamilton becomes a part of the global soccer event.

Cyclist killed going home from work
June 9, 2010 – 11:28 pm | No Comment

JARVIS (Jun 10, 2010) - A young cyclist killed in a Hamilton crash is being remembered by his parents as someone who was dependable, reliable and who enjoyed cycling, motorcycles, laughing, ketchup sandwiches and “all kinds of sports.”

Badgerow a star athlete, court hears
May 26, 2010 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

(May 27, 2010) - Robert Badgerow was a poor scholastic achiever at Orchard Park High School in the 1970s, but excelled at sports. He played on the school football team and was a champion wrestler several years running in his weight class.