For those who look at extreme sports and the people who enjoy them and wonder where the fun is in doing something so dangerous, it might seem nonsensical. Yet many millions of sports enthusiasts cant think of anything better than ... Continue reading
There is not a part of everyday life that has not been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, and its no surprise that the NFLs season thus far has been disrupted. The season opener featuring the Texans visit to ... Continue reading
Do you have a football-mad friend or a budding athlete in the family? This Christmas, surprise that person who never stops moving with a gift you know they will love and that will see hours upon hours of use. For ... Continue reading
Lockdown has arrived and sports everywhere are being cancelled. Well, outdoor and team sports are being cancelled, anyway! Those who love to play sports or meet up for wrestling and boxing matches are chomping at the bit to get back ... Continue reading
Are you looking to enhance your athletic performance? Maybe you no longer last on the treadmill as long as you used to. Or perhaps you avoid lifting weights for fear of post-workout pain that lasts for days. Even the best ... Continue reading
With the world combating a global pandemic and individuals being thrust into a new normal, you can feel like you have lost your mojo. You may have been looking forward to moving house, doing up your current dwelling, going on ... Continue reading
Pexels - CC0 Licence Pros are better than beginners because they are more talented and dedicated. This is true, but they arent the only reasons professionals are on another planet to newbies. Often in sports, including golf, its the small ... Continue reading
Getting into a new sport is super exciting. We all have sports that we grew up with, that we played in high school and college, and watched on the TV on Sunday afternoons. Then there are the sports we come ... Continue reading
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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 [...]
