It can be challenging to make time for fitness in your busy lives. Between work, family, and social obligations, it seems like there are never enough hours in the day to get everything done. But making time for fitness is ... Continue reading
If you are the type of person who is go-go-go and has trouble shutting off for a while - you might notice over time you start to feel a little short-tempered. You might start to feel more tired than usual. ... Continue reading
(Image credit) As summer approaches, a lot of people make resolutions to exercise more and improve their physical condition. The majority of the time, these objectives are quickly forgotten and daily habits are resumed. Only if you succeed and make ... Continue reading
When you love a sport, it's not the paying or doing that you might fall in love with. After all, sometimes we aren't built the same way high-level athletes are. Instead, we can see how we can support the athletes. ... Continue reading
Image Source Sports or fitness should play an important role in anyones lifestyle. Regardless of your interests, hobbies or whether you enjoy exercising or not, you need to make sure that youre getting roughly one hundred and fifty minutes a ... Continue reading
There is nothing quite like the feeling of watching your favorite team take to the field, court, or rink. The roar of the crowd, the smell of popcorn and hot dogs in the air it's electric. Sports are a passion ... Continue reading
If there is one thing that is true since the pandemic its that we are time poor and the gym is no longer a necessity in the budget. Well, modern life has meant most people are not just working from ... Continue reading
Image sourced from Pixabay. CC0 License Its a game that is a favorite among pub crawlers. It is a game that is so popular there are leagues. Its a game that is so popular that boards are found in peoples ... Continue reading
Photo by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash Spending time together as a family is a special time. You want to have a great time and create memories that youll remember forever. If youre a sporty family, then there are a lot ... Continue reading
Pexels - CCO Licence When you are the parent of a child who loves, and is good at, sports, it can be easy to push them too hard to achieve their goals or to go completely the other way and ... Continue reading
The QB-heavy, top-heavy, unpredictable, intriguing, and guaranteed to be influential 2018 NFL Draft is actually within a reasonable amount of time from happening, live from Dallas and the house that the worst GM in the history of the modern NFL built. Jerry Jones's ACTUAL skills are in marketing and PR though, so it does actually [...]
Do you hear that? The Tiger Woods hype train is rolling into Augusta National. The 14-time major champion is fresh off two top-10 finishes in March and appears ready to contend at a major championship for the first time since 2015. But the excitement from golf fans to have the games biggest draw back in [...]
The Rocky franchise got out of hand. Rocky was never supposed to be the greatest boxer on earth. He was never even supposed to win a major fight. Sylvester Stallone took inspiration from the 1975 fight between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner. Wepner, an average fighter known mostly as his catchy and semi-insulting moniker The [...]
Hello Again, whilst researching for a book i am writing i came across this little article in a Winnipeg newspaper from 6/12/1912 it reads: RINK OPENING IN TORONTO DELAYED. An ice making expert W.J. McGee arrived from New York Monday and after a thorough examination declared that the piping at the Arena would all have to be taken up and relaid.
This meant that the ice already formed would have to be thawed out and hot water was forced through the TWELVE MILES of pipe with that end in view. The pipes will have to taken up and relaid properly. This will delay the skating and hockey practices for another week at least.
Above: The Arena. Right: This is the programme from the final game at the Arena Gardens in 1930 Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Maroons.
My love of hockey started many moons ago, I suppose my brother David is to blame, he used to take me to watch football first and Sunderland were our team, after the game we headed back into town to the leisure centre and watch some Ice-hockey. The home team were the Crowtree Chiefs and one of my first games were against the Billingham Bombers it was a local derby and quite a feisty game I remember. Although I seemed to enjoy watching the Chiefs I definitely saw a big difference in quality when we visited our other local team the Durham Wasps (O`Conner, Brebant, Smith`s, Crapper etc....). The best matchups had to be against the Whitley Warriors many a time we went to see a fight and a hockey game broke out. These were memorable times and i loved travelling around the country visiting other rinks. But my love for the game cranked up a gear when Channel 5 started televising live NHL games. I was in total awe of what I was seeing, so began my fascination for this breath taking sport. I had to find out more about all of the different uniforms, logos and nicknames. I have read masses of books and magazines and will not be getting involved in where it began or who started this game. I am interested in the hockey logo and what it represents to the fans that follow it, hence the blog. I wanted to show people the interesting logos and try to find out about other ones that could end up lost through time. Hopefully with my readers help I can gather enough information to fill a book perhaps. I know through my research their are some great works out their already ( SIHR Sweater museum, and logo database). I want to find out about the grass roots of hockey the amateur leagues [...]
