This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Going back to the past 20 years, it is very rare for an upset to occur in the English Premier League. The nature of this soccer league means that a ... Continue reading
Image Source If youve never tried fishing before, you may struggle to see the appeal standing around for hours in the rain hoping to catch something doesnt seem very exciting on the surface. For the millions around the world ... Continue reading
There is no worse feeling than being injured and out of action from your normal exercise routine. Whether you hurt yourself in the gym, playing a sport or in a non-sport related accident it is important to pace yourself before ... Continue reading
Plenty of sports fans like to make a little money on the side betting on their favourite teams and players. It is, of course, never an exact science and punters should always tread carefully when betting, but it can be ... Continue reading
Sports might not be the first thing on your, or your familys mind when it comes to planning your next vacation together. However, if youre an active bunch; its worth looking into ways that you can get your team motivated ... Continue reading
Sixty percent of American adults are obese or overweight. It is a near-epidemic national health problem, one that contributes to a vast range of residual health issues, from high blood pressure to diabetes. Prevention is important, given the extreme difficulty ... Continue reading
David Haye in the royal box at Wimbledon 2014 by Brian Minkoff-London Pixels With corporate hospitality, here are a few of the fights that youll be able to see this year:In 2018, there are plenty of potentially historic big fights ... Continue reading
source Those resolutions we made in January seem like a long time ago now, and any initial motivation we had to get fit and turn over a new leaf with our health and fitness goals will be wearing extremely thin. ... Continue reading
By Layton Dudley - http://www.laytondudley.com/ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/105464285@N06/16123587829/ - Deontay Wilder, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link The Heavy Guns are in place! Deontay Wilder will defend the WBC Heavyweight Title before Luis "King Kong" Ortiz at the Barclays Center in Brooking on Saturday, March 3, in ... Continue reading
The 2017-18 season is the 100th in NHL history, with a Centenary Game played in December to mark the milestone. Over the last century, some truly great players and teams have taken to the ice, producing many extraordinary moments, 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 [...]
