The Danes got game
Jan. 4 was an up-and-down day for hockey in Denmark and a possible indication of where hockey in that country may go in the next…
Adam Peleshaty
Five-minute major
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the release of probably the greatest hockey movie of all-time, Slap Shot. For the uninitiated, the film stars…
Against all odds
Few sports stories are as remarkable as that which broke out of the Netherlands in late November. On Nov. 22, the Rabobank professional women’s road…
Blue and Golden
At the beginning of the 2011 season, there wasn’t an unlikelier team to reach the Grey Cup than the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. They finished the…
Outstanding predictions
Most Outstanding Player Anthony Calvillo, QB, Alouettes Travis Lulay, QB, Lions Calvillo led the league in passing yards and completions, and tied for most touchdowns…
Saying goodbye
The day was August 14, 1953. Queen Elizabeth II was two months into her reign. Seventeen days earlier the Korean War had ended. On that…
Peeling the guard
Which is the best men’s curling team in the world? The obvious answer would be Jeff Stoughton’s team — after all, they are the reigning…
Pan American apathy
The Pan American Games should be very familiar to Winnipeggers. Our fair city has hosted he event twice, in 1967 and 1999. If you turn…
Greatness emerged out of failure
On Thanksgiving Day, Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo became professional football’s all-time passing yards leader. In his 18th CFL season, Calvillo has thrown for 72,770…
Gotta love October!
Canadian poet Bliss Carman once wrote, “There is something in October sets the [ . . . ] blood astir.” There seems to be plenty…