sports
Professional athletes are the pinnacle of physical fitness and athletic prowess. Sports fans love handing out divine, prophetic sounding nicknames like “King James” and “The Great One,” but when asked (and they are always asked) athletes usually attribute their success to the same thing: their workouts. Noting a cultural fetish … Read More
Yet again, owners and players failed fans, and since I can’t read yet another quote from Bettman or Fehr without retching, I paid a visit to the most knowegeable sports fan I know, Rick Foley. Rick played twenty years of hockey in a motley collection of leagues like the WHL, AHL … Read More
You approach the tee, driver firmly in hand. Two practice swings feel perfect. You crush the ball with that satisfying “thwack.” It arcs through the bright cloudless sky and plops squarely on the green (not in the woods like your last three mulligans). You remember why you play. The reward … Read More
Watching Olympic weightlifting with my dad is one of my favourite childhood memories. As a kid I saw the sport as the domain of 300-pound supermen, but after six months training with the barbell I’ve seen the light. “Olympic lifting has long been the preferred practice of elite athletic programs … Read More
As Calgary celebrates 100 years of public recreation, we are reminded that public golf courses are where greats like Tiger Woods developed their signature strokes and love of the game. They’re where fathers take their kids to mould golf’s next superstar (a.k.a. the betting man’s retirement fund). Want to re-tool your game? No … Read More
