Canada’s Mike Weir: One day in your life
As the golden hues of sunset painted the 10th green of Augusta National on April 13, 2003, a roar of pride erupted from Canadian sports fans. Mike Weir had just defeated Len Mattice in the…
Butterbean: Punchline with a knockout fist
Growing up in the 1970s my Dad was a boxing fan. While I doubt many, if any, of the fights were live broadcasts, I remember seeing them on television. Over time I developed a fondness…
Gear up! The cycling Monuments and riders
With news of Tadej Pogačar pulling off a Babe Ruth-esque called shot in the recent Strade Bianche, breaking away from the peloton with 80 kilometers remaining and dominating the white gravel, let's take a look…
Miracle on Ice: Do you believe in miracles?
In name, the Olympics are an amateur sporting event, meant to celebrate the best amateur athletes in the world across a wide variety of sports. Of course, politics infiltrates everything, from the way the locations…
Ultimate Warrior vs. Hogan: Match for the ages
In a previous life I worked the night shift at a few hotels. This offered me the opportunity to meet several World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) personalities (back then known as the World Wrestling Federation). One…
Silent Skates: The WHA and Atlanta revisited
After the wave of expansion in the early 1970s things cooled down on that front in the NHL for a while. However, in 1979 the NHL merged with the World Hockey Association, adding four teams…
Silent Skates: Stories of the forgotten NHL
In the modern era there have been several unsuccessful NHL franchises and expansion attempts, with some of those teams still having die-hard fanbases that dream of the glory days returning. In this first of two…
The pen flip that shook sports broadcasting
On March 14, 1987, the CBC was carrying live coverage of the Labatt Brier semi-final game between Mark Noseworthy of Newfoundland and Bernie Sparkes of B.C. Before the final outcome was determined, the broadcast cut…
The Iceman Cometh: A look at the Brier
In Canada, when February slides into March that can only mean one thing: The (now called) Montana's Brier. The Brier has been held annually, with exceptions for war time, since 1927 and for much of…