Basketball

The tao of Voskuhl

Jake Voskuhl sits with his teammates, watching the game attentively. His hands are clasped together. His feet are planted firmly on the floor of the Air Canada Centre. When his Toronto Raptor teammates make a big play, he jumps up and applauds enthusiastically; and when a timeout is called, he’s right there in the huddle. […]

Hockey

Recalibrating the NHL’s schedule

They say that the Stanley Cup is the hardest trophy to win in all of pro sports. Think about it: 82 regular season games, four gruelling rounds of playoff hockey, all over a period of eight months. While the playoff match-ups are determined by a simple formula – best versus worst and everyone in the […]

Basketball

Buy stock in Oklahoma!

The Oklahoma City Thunder have one of the worst records in the NBA. They allow their opposition to score 103 points per game, while only scoring 97 themselves, and they’ve only won 11 of their first 48 contests to start the season. Still, with a talented young core in place, and the probable addition of […]

Football

The Super Bowl’s secret weapon

There is one man who has won more Super Bowls than anyone else. He is the Claude Lemieux of the NFL, signing with or getting traded from team to team seemingly every year despite a very reputable post-season record. Mr. February if you will. He is a player whose impact is never felt on the […]