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North Bay's Stephen Walkom will be leaving the ice and entering the board room after being named as the NHL's new director of officiating Wednesday.

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Adam Newton, competing for Canada in the 4 x 100 meter relay, captured a silver medal at the Pan Am jr. games which took place this weekend in Windsor, Ontario.

The North Bay Bulldogs blanked the Sudbury Spartans 55-0 in the Smoke Stack City. With the win, the Bulldogs move into a tie with the Tri-City Outlaws (who won their game against Sault Ste Marie) with a 4-4 record and eight points.

Two combatants from Cogeco’s Sports Firing line Frank “The Toe” Caruso (left), and Chris Dawson (right) now take their arguments to the web with a new BayToday.ca weekly sports opinion feature called, “Toe to Toe.” Photo by Lee Anne Dawson.

It's a big weekend for North Bay's Adam Newton. The North Bay sprinter will be running at the Pan Am junior games in Windsor this weekend as a member of Canada's 4 x 100 meter relay team.

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Matt Marquardt looks on during play at the Eurocamp hockey school at Pete Palangio arena as he prepares for this weekend's NHL Draft. Photo by Chris Dawson. It’s been quite the exciting summer for North Bay’s Matt Marquardt.

Yves Bastien (far right) talks with former Skyhawks teammates Dustin McCrank (far left) and Chris Abbey at the Eurocamp hockey school. Bastien officially became a member of the Kitchener Rangers last Friday. Photo by Chris Dawson.

The United Rentals Senior Baseball League Executive is pleased to announce that the league will play two all star showcase games on Wednesday August 5th at Veteran’s Field. The evening will see two all star games take place.