Amidst the ongoing controversy regarding the physical side of hockey, there comes a player that kindles the old school ways of the game that has produced some of the greatest legends in the sport. Owen Sound Attack forward Andrew Shaw plays a much bigger game than his size suggests; something he learned from one of the most […]

Last week’s NFL Draft attracted a huge televised audience, as per usual. A large part of that audience was comprised of the NFL fans and draftniks you’d expect, but some of it had notably different motivations. Instead of eagerly watching to see who their particular team picked or putting their mock drafts up against the […]

A faceless man takes his time dribbling up a court in a crowded basketball stadium that another team calls home. He assumes that the jeers and the voracious racket pouring out onto the hardwood from the frenzied audience above are intended to distract him, but he has other things to worry about. Cautiously he approaches […]

At 34 years old and coming off his worst season at the plate since an injury-shortened 2007 campaign, Lyle Overbay wasn’t exactly considered one of the premier free agents available last offseason. In addition to being a solid defender at first base, though, Overbay’s strong work ethic, 10 years of experience and ability to hit to the […]

At the end of every season, dozens of senior players in the Canadian Hockey League face a dilemma: what’s next? Those players who go undrafted, unsigned and undetected by pro teams try to battle off the temptation to quit the sport. Others give themselves one last shot at a pro contract. The rest have no […]