WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point hockey head coach Brian Riley was among the recipients of the Mike Krzyzewski Award for Excellence in Teaching Character Through Sport awards on Wednesday. The winners were announced at the Cadet Mess Hall during the 12th annual awards presentation where Coach K recognizes […]

I got an email from a club volleyball coach who in the course of conversation mentioned that his team, which costs about $2,000 per player (before travel expenses), had instituted a ban on parents watching practices, except for the first practice per month. Some parents, he noted, were “irrrrrraaaaaateeeee” about […]

Trans Mountain protesters are receiving government funding while religious charities have effectively been barred from such subsidies f you are an Albertan, or a Newfoundlander, or for that matter a person from any Canadian province or territory, who has been laid off and out of work for the past couple […]

The long wait for green cards was bad enough. Antagonism toward immigrants is pushing skilled foreigners across the border. Vikram Rangnekar grew up in Mumbai, studied computer science at the University of Delaware, and by the waning days of the Obama administration had been working in Silicon Valley for almost […]

Gold remains largely forgotten, off the radars of most investors. But that’s likely to change soon as this leading alternative investment is nearing a major bull breakout. Once gold climbs to decisive new bull-market highs, sentiment will turn and investors’ interest will surge. Their resulting buying will rapidly drive gold […]

Since the commodities supercycle unwound nearly 10 years ago, many investors have been waiting for the right conditions to trigger mean reversion and lift prices. I believe those conditions are either firmly in place right now or, at the very least, in their early stages. Among them are factors I’ve […]

The tragedy that struck the Humboldt Broncos provides everyone with a valuable lesson in perspective When it is all said and done, most players who lace up a pair of skates and hit the ice will one day take those skates off without ever playing a college, junior or professional […]

If you like me, you’ll like this story. If you hate me, you’ll love it. It’s kind of a famous story in my family, and it’s probably the first thing I can remember. I was like three years old, and my dad had bought me this sick electric four-wheeler truck […]