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BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] When Matthew Coutsos stepped onto the starting platform to compete in the first bi-annual Elliniada (Greek Games) for swimming he felt he was more than just an athlete.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] Burning rubber, hairpin turns, motorized machines whipping by at 90 kilometres per hour Â? now thatÂ?s racing and it's heating up in Sudbury this summer.

Greater Sudbury residents who want to help kids with physical disabilities while enjoying a rousing game of hockey should register for the fourth annual Power Play for Easter Seal Kids.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW A light sweat covered my skin, my heart raced with anticipation and butterflies filled my stomach as I approached one of my all-time heroes Don Cherry to shake his hand.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] Twenty-five years ago Bobby Orr retired from hockey and left a lasting legacy, which was celebrated with the grand opening of the Bobby Orr Museum in Parry Sound.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] (Northern Life is publishing a series on the young guns of golf from the Sudbury area.) Brian Ceaser and Max Kallio come from different backgrounds, but share the same passion. The love of golf.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW When Candie Sabel first started playing basketball she described her play as absolutely horrible. Now, many years later, Sabel is one of the top junior women basketball players in the North.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] There?s a battle being waged in Ontario and Canada on the issue of athletic scholarships.

The great thing about golf is that it is a sport for life. name="valign" top > Scott Whalen, who plays at the Cedar Green Golf Course, is one of Sudbury?s best young players.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] Jonathan Cheechoo has come a long way from the boy growing up in Moose Factory with big goals of making it to the National Hockey League (NHL).