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Spending the NHL lockout on the bench of the Victoria Grizzlies as assistant coach was rewarding in its way for Ryan O'Byrne.

Stefanie Lawton can now count the defending champions among her victims at the Capital One Canada Cup curling competition. The Saskatoon skip improved to 4-0 Wednesday with a 7-5 win over Team Jones in Draw 5 action.

The relationship between Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Harbour City FC officially went to the next level on Thursday.

There will be a new head coach in charge of the West-shore Rebels for the 2013 B.C. Football Conference season as defensive co-ordinator Scott Mennie takes over from John Cardilicchia, who decided to step down.

Volleyball B.C. AAA BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP (at Kelowna) Thursday results Dover Bay def. Kelly Road 3-0 North Peace def. Belmont 3-0 Ballenas def. Caledonia 3-1 Oak Bay def. Dover Bay 3-0 Kelowna def. Ballenas 3-0 Belmont def. Kelly Road 2-0 B.C.

The Atlanta Falcons raced to a 17-0 lead and the defence made it stand up, picking off five of Drew Brees' passes and ending his NFL-record touchdown streak with a 23-13 victory Thursday night.

The Victoria HarbourCats, in their first season of existence, will host the 2013 West Coast League baseball all-star game.

American Keegan Bradley struck a timely blow for users of the beleaguered belly putter by charging into contention with a three-under-par 69 in Thursday's first round at the World Challenge.

Football B.C. made it official on Tuesday evening naming Marcus Davis of the Mount Douglas Rams as the triple-A player of the year at the 2012 Subway Bowl banquet awards in Vancouver.

The Portland Winterhawks, one of the most potent teams in the Western Hockey League and a conference rival of the Victoria Royals, have been handed the league’s version of the death penalty.