Sports

 
 
 
 

Sports

 

Football dream takes a detour

 
From Friday-night high-school hero in a tiny Texas town to punt return dynamo for the Dallas Cowboys; Jamaica Rector lived the dream.
 
4 hours ago
 

Amos jumps into action

 
Learning the ropes is nothing new for Willie Amos, a soft-spoken newcomer in the Edmonton Eskimos defensive backfield.
 
4 hours ago
 
 
 
 

Sports

 

O'Neill prefers playing with the boys

 
Daria O'Neill wants to become the best hockey player possible. It doesn't matter if she's playing with boys or girls.
 
4 hours ago
 

Hatcher retires

 
Playing against big, bruising defenceman Derian Hatcher was never a picnic for National Hockey League opponents.
 
4 hours ago
 

Leader McLean not pleased with an 81

 
The last thing Jenn McLean thought when she walked off the course after shooting an 81 was that it would put her atop the leaderboard after Monday's first round of the Edmonton Ladies Amateur golf championship.
 
4 hours ago
 
 
more »
 

This content requires Flash

To view this content JavaScript must be enabled, and you need the latest version of the
Adobe Flash Player.


Download the free Flash Player now!

Get Adobe Flash player
 

Scores/Schedules

 
  • LA Angels 9
    San Francisco 7
    (FINAL)
  • Milwaukee 14
    Cleveland 12
    (FINAL)
 
Complete Scoreboard/Schedule »
     
    Complete Scoreboard/Schedule »
       
      Complete Scoreboard/Schedule »
      • Pittsburgh 2
        Detroit 1
        (FINAL)
       
      Complete Scoreboard/Schedule »
      • LA Lakers 99
        Orlando 86
        (FINAL)
       
      Complete Scoreboard/Schedule »
      All times ET
       
       
       

      Features

      Eskimos Training Camp 2009

      Slideshow: Eskimos Training Camp

      Behind the scenes look at the 2009 Eskimos training camp. Audio and photos by Candace Elliott


       
      Zachary Hughes, front, and Justin Middleton walk their bikes down a steep section of Kinsmen Park during the United Cycle Edmonton Canada Cup mountain bike race on Saturday. See story / C4

      Hopes don't hold water

      Fighting for first place at Saturday's United Cycle Edmonton Canada Cup mountain bike race, Edmonton...


      Comments (3)
       
       
       
       

      spotlight  »

      Vancouver 2010 tickets

      2010 Winter Games

      Get news, features, video, torch relay info, blogs and more in the lead-up to the Olympics in Vancouver...


       
      Twitter

      Follow the Esks on Twitter

      Follow the Eskimos with tweets from the Eskimos page on edmontonjournal.com.


       
       
       
       

      Hockey on Faceoff.com »

       

      Football »

       

      Baseball »

       

      Basketball »

       

      Tennis »

       

      Golf »

       
      Sports Blogs
       

      The best minor-league...

      I thought I had met the best coach when my son, the Wonderboy, had the fortune of being coached in Little...


       

      Bye-Bye, Balsillie

      And so Jim Balsillie's 'noble' dream of snatching a franchise from the U.S. Sun Belt and...


       

      Back from another hiatus...

      I got away for a few days again, if, you were possibly (hopefully) wondering where I had been. Or maybe...


       

      Positive Feedback

      Here's the thing with a CFL training camp: everywhere you look,from one end of the football field...


       

      Don't Stop Believin'

      Friday night musings while blissing out listening to Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters. &...


       

      Almost end of the week...

      Strangest - no stupidest - quote of the week, maybe the year, perhaps the decade: "There is no ...


       

      No suspension for Malkin...

      The rules are clear. An instigatror penalty in the final five minutes of an NHL game carries an automatic...


       

      Mike Brown Goes Downtown...

      Mike Brown of Perth, Ont., one of Canada's top swimmers of the last decade, officially announced...


       

      Ciudad Vancouver?

      Interesting piece in the well-respected British-based magazine The Economist about the ongoing battles...


       

      Gas prices... What if...

      A few weeks ago the price of gas at the pumps was 74 cents a litre or something. Then it went to 85 ...


       

      End of the Week Musings...

      Just some stuff I found funny. Especially when I wasn't feeling energetic enough to be funny myself...


       

      The Power of the Group...

      You can say whatever you want about Oilers GM Steve Tambellini hiring Crony No. 1, Pat Quinn, to be ...


       

      The best minor-league...

      I thought I had met the best coach when my son, the Wonderboy, had the fortune of being coached in Little...


       
       
       

      Most Popular - Sports

       
       
       
       
       
       

      Recent Columns »

       
      Dan Barnes
      Dan Barnes

      Football dream takes a detour

      From Friday-night high-school hero in a tiny Texas town to punt return dynamo for the Dallas Cowboys; Jamaica Rector lived the dream.

       
       

      The Edmonton Journal Sports Newsletter

       
      Sign up to receive sports headlines from The Edmonton Journal.
       
      Submit
       
       

      2010 Winter Games Newsletter

       
      Start getting the week's top Olympics news stories on the road to 2010, right to your email box.
       
      Submit
       
       

      Contests »

       
       
      He's Just Not That Into You »
       
      Away We Go Contest »
       
       

      Reader Comments

       
       
      Reader Photos
       
       
       
        Inside Edmonton Journal  
       
       
       

      Ads by Google