At American International College, a strong character team has always been built on sportsmanship and academic progress. Unfortunately for the players in uniform, though, that didn’t translate to winning percentage. So when Eric Lang returned to Springfield, he knew he had to help build a hidden hockey culture started by […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada’s Games were always about Canada’s game. In a country where hockey defines its national identity, the 14th and record-breaking gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics was the one that really allowed the party to start. It also allowed the country to exhale. “Being in […]
Bill Belichick can make anything sound epic. Even a Barbecue place in Anapolis, Maryland. Some have called him the greatest coach of all time. Some have called him some other colourful phrases, some that can’t be repeated here in this space. For football fans and fans of sports in general, […]
The same science of sport that has allowed innumerable records to fall and the superhuman to become routine has also created a Frankenstein. The knowledge provided by these sciences has spawned entire industries, employing practitioners who charge monster fees. But without that specific coaching, the nutrition training, the strength training […]
Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. If I were advising Justin Trudeau, I’d tell him to shut his piehole. Zip it, Prime Minister. Put an R2-D2 sock in it. […]
KINGSTON, Ont. – Darcy Greenaway scored at 1:21 of overtime to give the Queen’s Gaels a 6-5 victory over the Royal Military College Paladins in an exhilarating 32nd Carr-Harris Cup Challenge. It was the 20th win by Queen’s in the history of the series, which celebrates a hockey rivalry between the […]
He snores when he sleeps on his back. His wife isn’t thrilled with the rumbling, he jokes. But he can’t do much about it even when she gives him a poke to roll over. The lingering effects of numerous shoulder injuries and four surgeries to put things back together in […]
Recently, I spent some time at the Royal Military College of Canada. It’s just outside Kingston, Ontario. It’s a beautiful setting, especially in the summer months. I captured some images and included them here. Take a look.
Sometimes we forget that being a professional athlete is a job. It’s a job performed by human beings. So when a trade occurs, it’s easy to lose sight that a person just switched companies–moving from a place, a group of people, a city–and their life has been turned upside down. […]
Their athletic prowess has been lauded for years, but Daniel and Henrik Sedin possess another set of skills that are equally as mesmerizing. For Carolyn Crippen, an associate prof of Leadership Studies at University of Victoria, Daniel and Henrik Sedin truly embody servant leadership. The Sedins’ leadership attributes are so compelling […]