Football, with good reason, is often described as a chess match. A lot more time is spent thinking and strategizing than actually running plays, and one crafty move can set off a series of countermoves that changes the course of the game. But you don't have to be some kind of Grand Master to understand -- or at least pretend to understand -- the sport.
It's a day to remember for Curt Schilling.
According to many involved with the Regina Ringette Association, one of the biggest misconceptions of the sport is that ringette is, basically, hockey. Although both games are played on ice with similar equipment and the objective of each sport is to score — with either a ring or a puck — into the opposing team’s net, that’s where the similarities end, according to Chris Budzich, the president ...
Briana Rusnak has been quite the inspiration this basketball season. She should be inspiring other
Kevin Arsenault, 25, is starting the countdown to his final game as a Western hockey player.
IF you're a shooter, the "heat check" in basketball is one of the sport's most exciting moments. It means you're already hot and, by tossing up a shot you have no business taking or making, you're checking to see just how scorching you are.
After 30 minutes of this game the Wolves dressing doom door was in danger of again being darkened by an outraged owner. Tuesday's 3-0 home defeat by Liverpool had provoked the club's chairman, Steve Morgan, into furiously berating the players for a performance he considered unacceptable. But that dressing down did not stimulate the reaction he desired, as Wolves were a goal down and being ...
THE raging success of Cricket Australia's Twenty20 revolution this summer could deliver the game a $100 million windfall for its next TV rights deal and change the way fans across the country watch the Big Bash League.
The NFL has made a bold step forward in the world of social media, as they announced yesterday that players will be allowed to in-game tweet during the Pro-Bowl. As part of this groundbreaking experiment by a professional sport team, the NFL will have two kiosks on each sideline, equipped with computers and other internet based devices. Players will be allowed to access these kiosks anytime they ...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.
RALLY driving, it sure is a mental sport, hammering down country lanes at breakneck speed — scary but exhilarating stuff.
I’m happy for the Giants’ Tom Coughlin, who, in any given season, goes from coaching for his job to coaching in the Super Bowl. I’m happy for America, which, for one day, shows the world it still is the No. 1 superpower for spectacle and sport. And, of course, I’m happy that the somewhat evil Patriots lost. As usual, I took it all in and took copious notes:
People are still talking about the middle finger and the marching bands, but now they're finally coming back to the forgotten star of Madonna's halftime show — the flying dude in the toga.
The players in a Saturday hockey matchup at Omaha's Civic Auditorium dropped the gloves in a fight-filled game. The players said it's all part of the sport.
INDIANAPOLIS - Call them accidental Superheroes in the making. Or, if they miss, Super-something-elses.
I guess I missed a good game Sunday. It was the Super Bowl but, to tell you the truth, I turned it off after Madonna ’s 53-year-old strut across the stage, which reinforced my belief that we really don’t need to do that after 50.
Cricket Australia's Twenty20 revolution could deliver $100 million in next TV rights deal.
I'm happy for the Giants' Tom Coughlin, who, in any given season, goes from coaching for his job to coaching in the Super Bowl. I'm happy for America, which, for one day, shows the world it still is the No. 1 superpower for spectacle and sport. And, of course, I'm happy that the somewhat evil Patriots lost.
Jenna Ralston drives to the hoop in a recent Pacwest game. The fifth-year forward set team records with 42 points and 10 threes against Langara Jan. 27.
