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Tim Campbell

  • Canadian tour can start living up to potential

    Knowing some of the history of the former Canadian Professional Golf tour, you'd say it was about due for better days. The ups and downs have been many over three decades but changing the organization's name to PGA Tour Canada for 2013 and beyond is way more than putting lipstick on a double bogey.

    View Full Column | 05/18/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Looks like same old for Pens

    There are analysts and pundits who, when they place themselves in the role of the Pittsburgh Penguins for the upcoming second round of the NHL's Eastern Conference playoffs, see much of the same coming. That is, the Ottawa Senators, the Pens' second-round opponent, look a lot like the New York Islanders and that should be cause for much worry in Pittsburgh, given the Pens needed an unexpected six games, including two overtime wins, to dispatch the speedy Islanders.

    View Full Column | 05/14/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Playoffs or no, faith in future is warranted

    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The immediate days ahead will yield joy or bitter disappointment in Jets Nation. When the goal is qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs, and it's so close you can just taste that atmosphere that goes along with a post-season beverage, these are the extreme emotions in play. It's going to be one or the other, that much is certain.

    View Full Column | 04/22/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Chevy's dander up over baseless Scheifele chatter

    Cool. Focused. Confident. This is Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff.

    View Full Column | 03/19/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • An opportunity on ice: Puck drops tonight for young hopefuls

    There's already a winner before the puck goes down this morning to start the inaugural Female World Sport School Challenge at the MTS Iceplex. Eight prep-school teams from across the country, from East, Central and West, will contest Hockey Canada's first event of its kind, but the game is way ahead no matter who gets the gold.

    View Full Column | 02/21/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Penalty-kill unit sending out an SOS

    It's more than safe to say that this can't go on. Should the Winnipeg Jets continue to kill penalties at the rate they have in the last seven days, this 48-game season will seem like another 15 years of no-NHL purgatory.

    View Full Column | 02/3/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Jets put on sorry exhibition

    TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- Well, of course they didn't mean to do it. But the Winnipeg Jets, who on occasion have lamented the lack of pre-season games for anyone in this lockout-shortened season, went out and played one on Friday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

    View Full Column | 02/2/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Noel laments costly mistakes

    MONTREAL -- They have only themselves to blame. While Winnipeg Jets coach Claude Noel joined many of his NHL coaching brothers in scratching his head at curious penalty calls, those that occurred Tuesday night at the Bell Centre against the Montreal Canadiens were not the central issue.

    View Full Column | 01/30/2013 3:21 AM | 0

  • Good to see some defensive mettle

    In the face of adversity, the Winnipeg Jets did something different than last season. Friday night at the MTS Centre, rocked by a pair of first-period goals by Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, the Jets did not start looking ahead to their next game.

    View Full Column | 01/26/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • 'Let's keep things in perspective,' Noel says

    The unfiltered Claude Noel worries his superiors at times, but the Winnipeg Jets head coach laid out the perfect quantity and quality of advice on Wednesday. His team had returned home in the wee hours of the morning after defeating the Washington Capitals 4-2.

    View Full Column | 01/24/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Jets can't stand pat with their defence

    It's Season No. 2 for the new Winnipeg Jets as the city's relatively limited sourness over the lockout fades into memory and the honeymoon resumes. Finally, the season opener is near and fans are anxious to know where their team is headed after pulling up 11th in the NHL's Eastern Conference first time around.

    View Full Column | 01/17/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • The wild-card round

    With near certainty, every NHL team has its reliable, predictable components. Among other things, the Winnipeg Jets will have captain Andrew Ladd back in a front-row chair, bringing leadership and a little edge, and defenceman Mark Stuart again playing the consummate role of battler and warrior.

    View Full Column | 01/9/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • He'll be ready when he's ready

    When he arrives at the Winnipeg Jets' rush-job of a training camp sometime later this week, Mark Scheifele will again be subject to rows of magnifying glasses. Will he stick? Is he better? How much will the Jets need him?

    View Full Column | 01/7/2013 1:00 AM | 0

  • Turkeys facing pressure cooker

    With turkey now in our past, are turkeys still in our future? If you're an irritated fan, the short-term answer seems easy when it comes to the NHL and its locked-out players. And there appears to be no change in the long-term danger faced coming out of a break for the Christmas holiday.

    View Full Column | 12/28/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • Dear reader, what stirs your soul?

    Have you ever heard something that just sticks with you, whether you choose to remember it or not? As it relates to Christmas and this festive, family time of year, it's always been an exciting, energetic season in my world. There's never really been any dire need or search for additional profoundness.

    View Full Column | 12/22/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • Will NHL players score with legal deke?

    What's a disclaimer of interest? Something many fans have already registered in the NHL labour dispute?

    View Full Column | 12/15/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • Voices of reason a reason to hope

    They tried something new in negotiations for a new NHL collective bargaining agreement this week. Four owners were added to the mix and interacted directly across from players. Participation from NHL and NHLPA counsel and staff was limited to one extra each.

    View Full Column | 12/7/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • NHLPA proposal reason for fans to weep

    Objectively, there should be rejoicing that on Wednesday of this week, more than two months into the NHL labour impasse, the NHL Players Association put its ideas onto paper and put them on the table. Now there is a measuring stick on just how far apart the sides remain.

    View Full Column | 11/23/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • Pronger's hockey narrative honest, hilarious

    If ever a hockey player should have Winnipeg listed as his hometown, it's Sean Pronger. More than two full seasons with the Manitoba Moose, both IHL and AHL versions, will have to do.

    View Full Column | 11/10/2012 11:45 AM | 0

  • PGA Tour's backing boon to Players Cup

    He estimates he's already half-way to his goal and many steps ahead of 2012. Players Cup executive director Ryan Hart is now trying to capitalize on last week's major announcement, though not much of a secret, that the PGA Tour has taken over the Canadian Tour and will make it PGA Tour Canada in 2013.

    View Full Column | 10/24/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • Deal or no deal?

    When the NHL surprised many by putting a new offer to the NHLPA on the table Tuesday, it marked the start of a serious opportunity for a new collective bargaining agreement. The league, as most expected sooner or later, moved to a proposal for a 50-50 split of hockey-related-revenue.

    View Full Column | 10/18/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • Jets brass still flying

    NHL activity has come to a grinding halt amid a labour dispute but the league's newest organization, the Winnipeg Jets, has not suspended its franchise-building. The team is presently scattered far and wide -- including four playing in Europe -- when it should have been tuning up with its final two exhibition games tonight and Saturday.

    View Full Column | 10/4/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • A multitude of reasons to tune in

    Why are you going to watch the Ryder Cup today and through the weekend? There is no shortage of reasons.

    View Full Column | 09/28/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • In other NHL discussions, the focus is on penalty standards

    A more vigilant standard on interference and possibly even slashing is coming down the road for the NHL if the views of players, coaches, referees and GM's are heeded. Representatives from those groups met Tuesday and will meet again today, facilitated by the NHL's hockey operations department.

    View Full Column | 08/22/2012 1:00 AM | 0

  • Collings sets a high bar for Manitoba's young talent

    Thursday was a good day for amateur golf in Manitoba. For starters, another youth wave took a serious run at the provincial amateur title, still the most important annual competition here.

    View Full Column | 07/28/2012 1:00 AM | 0

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