Unless you have traveled down that road yourself, it’s hard to imagine just how hard a journey it is to become an Olympic or Paralympic athlete. The dedication, commitment and personal cost to these athletes is beyond what most of us will ever experience.
Sporting Compassion
When I think of intense sports rivalries such as the Super Bowl or the Olympics or the Stanley Cup, the moments that settle into my heart are not those of the winners holding medals or fabricated prizes high over their heads, but rather of the instances of humanity shared in brief encounters of forgotten competition.
Sailing Away from Hum-Drum
Dreaming of an adventurous life afloat? Make you’re ready to take it ALL in.
Where Was Hockey Born?
Many places in Canada would like to claim the honor of playing host to the first game of hockey. It may surprise you.to learn which location holds the valid claim.
Stampeding
It’s a rip-roarin’, rootin’-tootin’ good time where grown men and women parade city streets in cowboy hats, fancy shirts, jeans and boots without the least sense of embarrassment about “playing cowpoke”.
The Sloop Versus Every Other Sailing Rig
Modern sailboat rigging and the most common choices for someone who wants to buy a sailboat and go cruising.
War Minus the Shooting
If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score? ~ Vince Lombardi Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. ~ George Orwell Competitive team sport tends to stimulate […]
My Hero
Paula Findlay is my hero. I watched as she made her way across the finish line and I wept for her. I wept for the pain she endured and because here was a young woman who wanted to quit, who was exhausted and spent, but she continued on her quest.
“Doc Jocks” Of Nova Scotia: William “Buddy” Condy
Dr. Buddy Condy could have been a wealthy and famous major league ball player, but chose to dedicate himself to medicine instead.
Doc Jocks: Dr. Ronald J. MacDonald
The Fastest Doc In Canada – “What a grand doctor he’ll make”, the old folk said. “He’ll just grab up his bag and set off on the run, and be half way there before a horse could be hitched up. He can beat any horse.”
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