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Sidney Crosby gets a home run at batting practice ... left-handed
A little while ago on the St. John’s Morning Show, John Hancock of the national sports desk was speaking with Jeff Gilhooly about Sidney Crosby, who hit a home run while at batting practice … and in the left-handed cage, no less.
John mentioned that the video was on YouTube. We thought you might like to see it.
Tags: St. John's Morning Show, sports
St. John's flag to fly over Mount Pearl ...
… but only for a week.
Relax, Mount Pearl folk, you’re not about to swallowed up by the amalgamation-hungry bigger city to the east. Instead, your mayor came out on the wrong side of a bet.
St. John’s Mayor Dennis O’Keefe couldn’t help but boast at Monday evening’s meeting that he won a small bet over a senior men’s baseball game with Randy Simms, the mayor of neighbouring Mount Pearl.
St. John’s was playing Mount Pearl in that match, and you can guess which politician bet on which team.
The winner of the bet got the privilege of having his city’s flag fly outside the neighbouring city hall.
As well, O’Keefe revealed, Simms will have to wear a St. John’s baseball jersey to his next council meeting.
Friendly chatter aside, we in the newsroom won’t be surprised if the A-word is revived again, or conflicts of opinion about important issues (remember that crosstown extension?) become obvious in the weeks and months ahead.
Tags: Mount Pearl, St. John's, politics, sports
Tely 10
Colin Fewer - a repeat winner of the Tely 10 road race in St. John’s - broke from the ranks to win the 10-mile competition this morning. Kate Vaughan had the fastest time among female competitors. Congrats to all who entered, and finished!
Tags: St. John's, sports
Dan Cleary, on the mend
More here, in this article in today’s Detroit Free Press.
Tags: Dan Cleary, sports
Soccer tricks
Andrew Brown, who’s been working in our newsroom and did yeoman service as a blogger with CBC Sports’ World Cup coverage, shot this video on Saturday during Soccer Day in Canada celebrations at King George V park near downtown St. John’s.
As Andrew put it in his own post: “19-year-old Vince Hearn, in my opinion, stole the show with some of the most impressive soccer ball tricks I’ve ever seen.”
