GENERAL SPORT

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...

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

Updates on the war dominate the world press and social media. We watch and read as ground troops look to encircle and advance on the city...

We watch, aghast and horrified. A dark, ominous cloud hovers over Eastern Europe, by extension over the entire globe, as Russian troops...

The Olympics. An often-captivating jumble of global sport, they are held as separate winter and summer events in different countries...

Zac Taylor is not necessarily a household name, but, if you coach a team in the National Football League to a 6-25-1 record through two...

It took place decades ago, but, in retrospect, it might be the most memorable practice I ever attend. The venue is not particularly...

January 8, 2020. Just after 7pm at the Victoria Airport. One last hug, pulling him close. Son Derek shows his passport and boarding pass...

A late afternoon some ten days ago. I arrive at a school, tasked with collecting an athletics trophy from the PE office. A vicious rain...