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Jrue Holiday scored 26 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Utah Jazz 99-93 on Friday night. Jason Richardson added 20 points for Philadelphia, which snapped a three-game home losing streak.

Four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler will be making his first venture to the Island with stops in Nanaimo today and Victoria on Sunday, speaking to fans at Popeye's Supplements.

They don’t wear masks or capes but Debbie Yeboah and Cassandra Goodis are becoming the University of Victoria Vikes women’s basketball team’s version of the dynamic duo.

Yeboah, Goodis help UVic snap its two-game losing streak

It took a playoff, but call it mission accomplished for Jim Rutledge. The Victoria native birdied the first extra hole in a four-man playoff Friday to earn exempt status on the Champions Tour for 2013.

VICTORIA 5 ALBERNI VALLEY 4 The tenuous grip on first place in the B.C. Hockey League's Island Division almost slipped through the hands of the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday night.

MOUNT DOUG 45 TERRY FOX 20 Ashton MacKinnon, Marcus Davis and Brian Dowds had big days offensively and the Mount Douglas Rams defence more than held its ground for most of the day in a 45-20 win over the Terry Fox Ravens on Friday afternoon at Westhi

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed leftfielder Melky Cabrera to a two-year deal worth $16 million according to an ESPN report. The deal was first reported on ESPN's Spanish website, which cited an anonymous source.

Everett is more than just that place you speed by on I-5 on the way to Seattle. It’s also the Washington state community in which Ryan Murray, the No. 2 overall selection in the 2012 NHL draft, plays his junior hockey.

Coming off the stingingly comprehensive 42-12 loss to Samoa last week to begin its fall tour, the Langford-based Canadian national rugby team regroups for another Test match today against Russia.