Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame names class of 2023

The weight of the world was on Ray Orr’s final rock.

Skate partners Kemp, Elizarov should contend for national title

Winnipeg pair skaters Ava Kemp and Yohnatan (Yoni) Elizarov will be back in the game at this week’s Canadian figure skating championships, despite losing nearly a month of training time while Kemp recovered from a severe left ankle sprain.

Bombers, Jets have protocols in place in the event of medical emergencies

Anyone playing a contact sport was likely shaken by the crushing collision involving Damar Hamlin on Monday night that left the Buffalo Bills safety fighting for his life.

Team Carey focused on the positives

Chelsea Carey was a favourite the last time she played for Manitoba’s provincial curling crown.

Amy won’t let anything stand in her way

Tatum Amy wants to go out with a bang.

Hamlin injury just another reminder of the risks football players take

TORONTO - For veteran CFL lineman Derek Dennis, Damar Hamlin's horrific injury is another sober reminder of the potential perils of professional football.

Hamlin, a defensive back with the Buffalo Bills, remains in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital after suffering cardiac arrest on the field in the first quarter of Monday night's game versus the Bengals.

"As a football player, every time we touch the field, we do understand the risks," said Dennis, a six-foot-two, 337-pound tackle who spent last season with the Calgary Stampeders. "We're so conditioned on having this warrior's mindset in the sense of everything we do that sometimes you forget you're playing a violent game, a game that's meant to be played with a certain amount of passion, a certain amount of violence.

"All of the terms coaches teach you even at a young age, they call you a warrior, a savage, a beast, words that are related to be violent that you get so conditioned to it that you forget you are doing something that could put your life at risk. I've seen different scenarios that make the game super tough but (Monday night), I guess because the NFL has that stigma of being the ultimate gladiators and warriors, when you see something like that to the "best of the best, the cream of the crop," it's just scary, man."

Portage la Prairie gearing up for Centennial Cup

Portage la Prairie staged a successful national junior A hockey championship in 2015, capped by the hometown Terriers winning the title.

Pelé buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famous

SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country.

Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pelé played for most of his career.

Pelé died last week at age 82 and was laid to rest in Santos, the city where he became famous after moving there at age 15 to play for Santos FC. The funeral Mass was held at the team's Vila Belmiro stadium before his black casket was driven through the streets of the of Santos in a firetruck.

It was taken into the cemetery as bands played the team's official song and a Roman Catholic hymn. Before the golden-wrapped casket arrived, attendees sang samba songs that Pelé liked.