international sports

The ladies of the rock

The Canadian national women’s curling championships, the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, will be held in Red Deer, Alta. at the ENMAX Centrium from Feb….


Better than nothing?

When the NBA lockout was finally resolved, at the end of November, most NBA fans probably thought that the worst was over. The belief was…




A new hope

With the convoluted details of the new collective bargaining agreement and the condensed free agency frenzy dealt with, we, as a small segment of NBA…


A Christmas Day buzzer beater

The “nuclear winter of basketball” has been averted. The owners and the players’ association ratified a new collective bargaining agreement in early December with the…


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…


Handling life’s hurdles

John Akii-Bua likely never intended to become a hurdle runner. Born in 1949, he arrived in Kampala, Uganda to join the police force at age…


Sports opinions

Since July 1, the NBA owners have locked out their players, cancelling all pre-season and several regular season games in the 2011-12 season. Now, with…


Back-to-back losers

The start of November is accentuated by two yearly events: the end of baseball season and post-Halloween rituals. After Halloween, kids (and adults with a…