Category Archives: Sports

Play Ball!

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Patrick Conway

The 1923 “This Week in Peterborough” post will swagger up to the plate tomorrow evening, and — as you may suspect at this point — it’s going to involve quite a lot of baseball.  Peterborough was a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Nuxated Iron

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Patrick Conway

The regular “This Week in Peterborough” post will happen tomorrow, but to tide you over I give you this wonderful ad, featuring heavyweight champion boxer Jack Dempsey, from the Peterborough Examiner of August 25th, 1919.  Read on, for a bit … Continue reading →

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How to Read an 1895 Hockey Boxscore!

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Patrick Conway

The regular “This Week in Peterborough” post, in which we are to look at 1895, will be mildly delayed this time around – you will see it either tomorrow or more likely on Friday.  Back to the usual schedule next … Continue reading →

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The Petes Go To Leningrad

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Patrick Conway

Thanks largely to the efforts of the TSN network over the last quarter-century, the IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly known as the “World Juniors,” has become one of the biggest hockey tournaments in the world.  This is particularly true in Canada, … Continue reading →

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