Note to reader: A poem I wrote in junior high school trying to capture the atmosphere of the Edmonton Gardens during a junior hockey…
With 11 Stanley Cups under his belt and two Jack Adams Trophies, Jacques Lemaire was the…
It would have been the most awesome film clip. The vantage point was perfect — could not have been better. The match was great, and the outcome — a belt.
I was tasked with the job of videotaping my friend Ra’am Dante’s wrestling match. I…
It was February 6, 2007. Peter and I sat next to each other in front of his locker, alone in the Chicago Blackhawks dressing room in Calgary after his morning skate. All the other media and players had left the building. Only the equipment manager was there, tidying up for that…
Previously published TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2009 at http://insideprofessionalsports.blogspot.ca/
Twenty-one medals, including 17 gold, two Olympic gold, and six World gold — the longest…
More than a legendary college football coach, Eddie Robinson reflected the progress of a nation.
His tenure stretched from the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, to the Korean War, Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement, to the Vietnam War and the…