Out of almost 2,500 athletes, Ottawa competitors were front-and-centre at the 2012 Ontario Summer Games, earning a ton of medals across the board in 28 sports from Aug. 16-19 in Toronto.

Thanks to both dedicated, sophisticated coaching and the talent of many individual players, the Ottawa Jr. 67’s matched the best-ever Telus Cup result for a team from the nation’s capital April 22-28 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

If I say muscle, strength and repair, what do you think of? Do you think Heman, The Hulk, Thor? Well, from your body’s perspective, it means protein, and it is your job to supply the right amounts and quality.

Jim McKenny, Heather Gifford-Seaman, Charmaine Hooper, Tom Foley and Mike Chambers will join the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame at a May 9 induction ceremony at City Hall.

Ottawa’s Marc Dorion and the Canadian sledge hockey team are back on top of the world, one year outside the Sochi Paralympic Games. The Canadian sledge hockey team returned home with gold medals after completing a perfect 5-0 tournament at the 2013 world championships  in Goyang, South Korea.

The spirit of Poppa Jim, the copycat teddy bear coach, a rugged shepherd plaster head called The Dude, and High School Musical tunes helped power Nepean, Gloucester and Ottawa clubs to provincial titles, as local teams used home ice to their full advantage during an unforgettable Ontario Women’s Hockey Association championships from April 4-7.

It was an incongruous sight: the RCMP mounties standing on guard for... The Star-Spangled Banner.

The IIHF world women’s hockey championships brought about a couple unique opportunities for the local university women’s teams, as both Carleton and uOttawa faced off against Germany and Czech Republic respectively.

This month we are putting the injury topics aside and diving into something very applicable to this time of year. In this article we will discuss nutrition that is necessary late in the season and for the playoffs to maintain recovery pre-game, and post-game.