NAIT trainer shows Edmonton dog-park users how to build personal fitness...
Sam, a six-year-old Bichon-Shih Tzu, raises his wee leg and sprinkles on some equipment. This — and road-apple dog breath, flying fur and saliva — could be your trials and tribulations should you...
View ArticleSprinter Sanya Richards-Ross discovers that practice doesn’t make perfect
EDMONTON – When Sanya Richards-Ross won gold in the 400 metres at the 2012 Summer Games in London, it was a case of her third Olympics being the charm. Since that crowning individual triumph for the...
View ArticleSerena Williams tops Kerber at Wimbledon, ties Graf's Slam mark of 22
LONDON — Serena Williams insisted she was not focused on No. 22. Said she wouldn’t discuss it. Kept coming close without quite getting it. Now she finally has it. And so she can flaunt it. Williams...
View ArticleU of A back at University and College National Tennis Championships for...
Tennis isn’t the first sport that comes to mind when you think about which athletics programs the University of Alberta are successful in — but quietly, both the Golden Bears and Pandas tennis programs...
View ArticleEdmonton's Northlands Coliseum to host Davis Cup play between Canada and India
Northlands Coliseum is serving up another sporting event this year. Davis Cup tennis returns to Edmonton for the first time in 21 years Sept. 15-17,as Canada faces India in front of crowds of up to...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Denis Shapovalov, tennis's shooting star, headlines Canada's...
It’s Denis Shapovalov, another guy, another guy and another guy. That’s how a casual sports fan that hardly ever watches tennis is likely to view Canada’s line-up for the Sept. 15-17 Davis Cup tie at...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Vasek Pospisil looked at to lead Canada in Davis Cup play vs. India
‘Tennis Denis’ was out there, live and in person. ‘El Shapo’ was drilling fuzzy balls off almost every inch of the 23-carton jigsaw puzzle of travelling tennis surface at Northlands Coliseum along with...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Venerable Daniel Nestor wants to 'turn things around' for...
Daniel Nestor is so old, he played in the most recent Davis Cup held in Edmonton way back during the previous century. It was 1996. “I remember it because it’s not that often you come back from two...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Great expectations for Denis Shapovalov at Davis Cup in Edmonton
The eight-foot-high, wooden umpire chair from the infamous implosion and monumental meltdown of Denis Shapovalov in Ottawa in February stood in the bowels of the Northlands Coliseum Tuesday. If...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Denis Shapovalov ready for prime time
It’s prime time for Denis Shapovalov. Maybe that ought to be his nickname. Prime time. Canadian captain Martin Lauredeau made Shapovalov Canada No. 1 for the Davis Cup tie against India that opens in...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Brayden Schnur gets opening match for Canada
Leading off for Canada, with a record of zero wins, zero losses and zero games played … Who the hell is Brayden Schnur? Canada is sending a rookie with no previous experience to the hard court in the...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Pospisil has own travelling fan section
Vasek Pospisil was forced into the role of spectator as the Davis Cup tie opened against India instead of in his usual role of Canada No. 1, playing every day either in singles or doubles. But right...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Canada in tough against India
Game. Set. Match on, too. If the idea of many might have been that India would be a walkover against Canada in this weekend’s David Cup tie that disappeared from the git go. It has to be a...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Shapovalov with a chance to clinch for Canada
If Denis Shapovalov loves centre stage and thrives on being in the spotlight as much as he appears, he’s in the right place at the right time again Sunday (1 p.m.) at the Northlands Coliseum. With...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Canada takes control with doubles win
They were supposed to be underdogs. They were the 45-year-old legend on his last legs coming off a second-rate season and a singles player scratched from Friday’s opener as he battles back from a back...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Shapovalov clinches Davis Cup victory for Canada
Just when you wondered if anything could possibly get any better for Denis Shapovalov at the end of his sensational summer in becoming the hottest young property in tennis, something came close. “This...
View ArticleTerry Jones: Davis Cup may not return to Edmonton
Will we ever see Denis Shapovalov again? If Edmonton city council hadn’t unanimously voted to close the doors on the Northlands Coliseum on Jan. 1, could a World Group Davis Cup playoff been booked in...
View ArticleTait: Little Aces tennis program expands to Kinsmen Sports Centre
EDMONTON - Mary Manley is having another exciting day in her remarkable tennis career on Thursday, and she isn’t even playing. Manley, a tireless supporter of tennis programs for children, has been...
View ArticleNAIT trainer shows Edmonton dog-park users how to build personal fitness...
Sam, a six-year-old Bichon-Shih Tzu, raises his wee leg and sprinkles on some equipment.This — and road-apple dog breath, flying fur and saliva — could be your trials and tribulations should you...
View ArticleSprinter Sanya Richards-Ross discovers that practice doesn’t make perfect
EDMONTON – When Sanya Richards-Ross won gold in the 400 metres at the 2012 Summer Games in London, it was a case of her third Olympics being the charm.Since that crowning individual triumph for the...
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