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Three goals over a 2:46 span late in the game weren’t quite enough for the Victoria Shamrocks to complete the sweep of the Burnaby Lakers on Sunday night.

Twelve-season NBA point-guard Mark Price was part of Dream Team II, the first U.S. national men’s basketball squad following the iconic original Dream Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

They have heard all the jokes about ditching their Speedos in favour of biohazard suits. No athletes in the 2016 Summer Olympics have been questioned more about water quality in Rio than the open-water swimmers.

SEATTLE 8 OAKLAND 4 OAKLAND, Calif. — After more than two weeks of close games decided by three runs or fewer, the Seattle Mariners finally had a relaxing ninth inning.

Bob Heyes’ band of bruised brothers heads to Burnaby today with hopes of clinching their Western Lacrosse Association’s best-of-seven semi-final series and advancing to their fourth straight league championship final.

The visiting Westshore Rebels got back on their horse, defeating the Kamloops Broncos 45-32 in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference play on Saturday at Hillside Stadium.

Caileigh Filmer of Victoria, who is 19, will no doubt have other Olympic moments. At 31, those Olympian opportunities get narrower for fellow-Islander Jamie Broder in beach volleyball.

These players were so chill they froze out the competition. Chilly Willy Lacrosse, an Island-based elite travelling team comprised of players throughout the province, won the recent U.S. Box Lacrosse Nationals in San Jose, California.

Perhaps fitting for a former 12-season NBA point-guard, head-coach Mark Price brings his UNC-Charlotte 49ers to the hometown of Steve Nash.

After a close six-point loss to the defending champions last weekend, it’s important the Westshore Rebels look ahead and not behind as they prepare for the Kamloops Broncos, says the local sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference team’s head coach J.C. Boice.