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An early exit from the Manitoba U-18 AAA Hockey League combined with the recent COVID-19 pandemic-induced social distancing has forced Colby Joseph to become creative in his workouts as he prepares to make the jump to the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Shalie Dheensaw will have a story to tell later in her career about how she was hired for her first head-coaching position amid a pandemic with uncertainty swirling over everything from training camp to the upcoming season.

It could be a while before Island lacrosse fans hear that familiar squeak of sneakers on the concrete floors of arenas.

It will be a year later and, hopefully, a year safer. Island athletes reacted Monday to the announcement of the new dates for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which will take place July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stars on Ice, an annual fixture at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre since the facility opened, has become the latest sporting event casualty on the Island due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Individuals and national teams which had already qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics will retain their spots for the rescheduled Games in 2021. The International Olympic Committee made that guarantee late Friday night.

You don’t have to tell Gary Haden, Will Warm and Shane Farkas where they would have been this weekend under normal circumstances.

A novel virus has meant novel ways of keeping in touch with fans in the sports world. Pacific FC players have sent out a total of 1,500 individually-personalized video messages to season ticket holders and sponsors.

The Western Hockey League, with its season and playoffs abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has turned to tidying up administrative matters. By video conferencing and online, of course.

It became official: It will be a dream deferred not a dream denied.