I watched The Natural for the first time this week. Please don’t question why it took one of the world’s biggest sports movie fans until he was 22 to see one of the best sports movies ever made. Anyway, I enjoyed it. If you can suspend your disbelief (and it’s a movie, so you better …
Throughout the annals of sports history, many a gesture have become entrenched in the memories of sports fans. From Babe Ruth allegedly calling his left field home run shot to Terrell Owens spiking a football at the Dallas Cowboy 50-yard line to Vince Carter signalling ‘it’s over’ after his winning dunk in the 2000 dunk …
Carl English is a professional basketball player you may not have heard of. Coming from a small town in Newfoundland and dealing with tragedy at a young age, Carl’s development as a person and basketball player is a great story. Like most other serious ballers, Carl played NCAA Division-I ball and tried his luck at …
Originally Posted to Bright Side of the Sun I’ve been dreading this day for some time now. I knew it wasn’t a matter of “if,” rather “when.” The point when this economic crisis hits close to home. Over the past six months I embarked upon a job search and experienced the harsh realities of the …
I had been aching to get a chance to host a Carnival of the NBA at some point. While I wasn’t sure of the intricacies, really, I knew that the idea was a cool one. When I found out I’d be doing it right in the middle of the NBA Playoffs, I thought even better. …
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy If we as sports fans succeed at any one feat in particular, it is that of myth making. We form narratives that call for super-powered …
This article has been submitted by Queen’s Grad Alex Jackson. The question is, can we tailgate Cody’s future CFL games? -Yafa Sakkejha, October 22, 2006 Yes. -Alex Jackson, February 20, 2008 Cody Kennedy, a product of Glenelg, Nova Scotia, is a fifth year mining engineering and economics double major at Queen’s University. For many soon …
his article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. I had two ideas about starting this piece. I couldn’t decide which would be better, so I’m trying to incorporate both. The first, just below, involves Jack MacBrayer from 30 Rock and a music video. The second involves “words.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ2HB2b_xpQ&hl=en] I’m not afraid to say it- I …
This article has been submitted by Trevor Smith. Unless you were living under a rock for the last month, you know that a little film named “Iron Man” was released last weekend. The film’s not-so-subtle launch signaled the official start of the summer movie season, where action heroes and lionhearted champions dominate the screen, serving …
To me, hip-hop and sports are tightly intertwined. I’ve never really been able to put a finger on why, exactly, I have trouble separating my love for hip-hop from my love for sports at times. It’s not a race thing, either – I associate hip hop with sports, period, not just with basketball or football …