Since today is my 25th birthday, I’ve decided to celebrate this special occasion by writing about one of my favourite sports: curling. Granted, I could have gone with a long-winded piece about auto racing or soccer, as well, but I already wrote a column on motorsports last week. This is […]
Lucas Punkari – A View from the Nose Bleeds
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, you probably already have heard by now that Danica Patrick will be the pole-sitter for Sunday’s Daytona 500—the biggest race of the season on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit. Even if you aren’t a racing fan (and I […]
While the loss of the Duluth Clydesdales certainly doesn’t help things for the SIJHL in the long-term, the now five-team league does have one thing going for it right now. And that is one heck of a battle brewing from second place on back in the standings as four teams […]
As hard as it is to believe, we’re just about a year away from the opening ceremonies of the 22nd Winter Olympics, which will be held Feb. 7, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Granted, preparations have been going on for a long time over in Sochi since it was awarded the […]
For once, the NFL’s motto of “Any Given Sunday” actually has paid off when it comes to the Super Bowl as the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers will battle it out in New Orleans this Sunday. While there’s been the occasional oddball team, like the Arizona Cardinals, who have […]
Losing a team right after a season starts is never a good thing for any league. But when you potentially could lose a second team a couple of months later, then a number of questions have to be asked, especially when it comes to the Superior International Junior Hockey League. […]
At long last, our national nightmare is over. While I’m one to prefer the major junior and collegiate side of the game compared to the professional ranks, I have to admit it’s certainly nice to see that the NHL will be resuming play Saturday night. Although questions do remain about […]
So it finally happened. As a result of their 6-5 loss to Russia on Saturday at this year’s World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia, Canada’s streak of 14-straight tournaments of earning a medal came to a screeching halt. Immediately following Valeri Nichushkin’s overtime goal for the tournament hosts, the […]
It’s a cliché when you say it year after year, but as is often the case, the past 12 months in the sporting world were entertaining on the local, national, and international scenes. Granted, there are the stories unfortunate to hear about, such as the continuing fallout of the Penn […]
There’s nothing quite like a winning streak to get sports fans excited, especially when it gets into the double digits. That’s the situation in the SIJHL and OHL these days as two of the top franchises in each league currently are on lengthy win streaks at Christmastime. Following a 5-2 […]
During my nearly two years here in Fort Frances, I’ve got to experience a lot of neat things, ranging from covering bass tournaments to stock car racing. But for whatever reason, I never had been able to see a Minnesota high school hockey contest, which is something I’d heard an […]
A week or so ago here at the Fort Frances Times’ office, co-op student Nicole Horn was watching an interview with her favourite hockey player, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers, who mentioned the job of a garbageman was one he would never want to have. That, in turn, led […]
