If you happened to have seen me around town over the last month, you might have noticed I had grown some horrendous-looking facial hair. I’m now clean-shaven once again, which is something my family back in Sault Ste. Marie is quite pleased to hear. But the reason why I was […]
Lucas Punkari – A View from the Nose Bleeds
Tonight marks the return of the 800-pound sporting gorilla that is the NFL as the Dallas Cowboys go up against the defending Super Bowl champion N.Y. Giants. To be honest with you, I would like to get up on my soapbox and rant away in this column about how the […]
When the 2013 editions of Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship and the Shaw Kenora Bass International get underway next summer, one name sadly will be missing from the angler lineup. Last Thursday, Frank McClymont passed away at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer, leaving a big hole […]
Unless you’ve been living somewhere that has no possible way of receiving communication from the outside world for the last couple of weeks, you already are quite familiar with the latest goings-on in the NHL’s collective bargaining negotiations. As the days drag on, and neither the league nor the NHLPA […]
After what had been a nearly dead month or so, off-season activity in the SIJHL began to pick up steam in the last couple of weeks, especially with the release of the league schedule for the coming season last Friday. When we last looked at the off-season happenings back in […]
A lot of words have already been written over Monday’s dramatic 4-3 semi-final loss for the Canadian women’s national soccer team against the United States at the Summer Olympics in London. From the continuing discussions over the officiating during the game, to FIFA looking into possible sanctions over comments made […]
After waiting more than a decade-and-a-half to win the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship title, the joy on the faces of Mike Luhman and Mark Raveling was easy to see. But it wasn’t just the pair who was excited to capture the crown. If you walked around the Ice For […]
For those who have read my column on a regular basis over the last year-and-a-half, you may have noticed my predictions on certain sporting events have been lacklustre at best. Back in March, for instance, I picked the Miami Marlins to win the World Series this year—and that choice currently […]
It’s becoming increasingly harder to believe, given the recent form of their teams, but there once was a time when my hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and its cross-border sister city of the same name in Michigan, were the powerhouses in major junior and collegiate hockey. During a three […]
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell you it’s been absolutely scorching here in Rainy River District over the last couple of weeks. Heck, it’s been warm here all year long, but especially since the snow melted way back in March. But as everyone will be trying to find […]
It’s something that has always been accused or rumoured to be taking place over the last few seasons. But over the past couple of days, the ever-increasing recruiting war between NCAA and CHL hockey teams, and the way that CHL teams are able to bring players to their clubs, has […]
This past weekend was the equivalent of Christmas Day for yours truly, as the annual NHL draft took place in Pittsburgh, Penn. For the span of four hours on Friday evening, and another three on Saturday morning, I was going as insane as someone can be without having any trace […]
