Category: Sports

There’s no mistaking that after only six months since its official opening, the scene at the Plant Recreation Centre is a sure sign of success.

Financially speaking the 92nd Grey Cup was a huge success pulling in an estimated $9 million in revenue, according to team president Brad Watters, but local fans didn’t get much bang for their buck.

Seated in his hotel lobby, sporting a black baseball cap with an orange cat’s-paw print and chatting casually with a couple of teammates, this football star might be mistaken for just another of Ottawa’s crazed Grey Cup fans.

Cynthia Wallace has the hot hand. The Ottawa Shooting Star guard has drained four free throws in a row and is on a roll. Unfortunately, it’s not the final seconds of the fourth quarter, but the basketball team’s last practice before the season opener Saturday against the Gloucester Wolverines.