A Life In Sport

We all do it. Whether a player, a coach or a manager. Despite the best of intentions, of pre-game plans to be aggressive and relentless...

I surf through various Facebook posts and there it is. World Wild Hearts, a website packed with videos, information, travel tips, recommendations, and stories. A recent link showcases Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Immediately, memories of my own visit to this charming and vibrant city flood to the surface. With them comes a particularly powerful experience that resonates still. 1998, a Sunday in mid-October. I stroll along the seawall, the Tagus estuary to my left. Revelin

A teenager, thin and wiry with a shock of brown hair, steps up to the tee. Driver in hand. No fuss, just a couple of waggles and a final, quick peek down the fairway. He pulls the trigger. I admire the simplicity of his swing, an intoxicating mix of speed and power, mobility and coordination. Coiled tautly, he effortlessly rotates his body, shifts his weight, literally explodes through the ball. What follows is an intimidating thwack, with a real smash factor. Like a tracer b

Hampden Park. Situated in the south-east of Glasgow, it is, quite simply, one of the biggest and best stadiums ever built. For well over...

A sticky, stifling May afternoon some twenty years ago. Bent double in a crawl space, I attempt some spring cleaning. The dampness under...

Praise, a confidant tells me, is the breakfast of champions. Now I like a heaping plate of praise just as much as the next person, even...

June 1968. The school year winds to conclusion. Still, for me at least, ten years old and finishing grade 6 at the local elementary, one...

March 31, 1973. A day I will remember forever. Just turned 15, I travel to Toronto from the west coast. Soon I will start at a local...

A fine spring morning in Victoria. The sun climbs a cloudless sky. Cherry trees line the street, bursting with pink and white blossoms. I...

A one-year Covid induced absence, for better or worse, is now just a memory. Indeed, despite some bumps in the road, the 2021-22...