There is a rookie with the Miami Heat who scored 40 points in an NBA exhibition game this year. It really got my attention for a couple of reasons. First of all, rookies don’t usually score that many points in an exhibition game, especially a rookie who was undrafted and so unheralded. The second reason […]
Living the Kingdom on Earth
Testimony
On April 6, 2018, the lives of 29 families were changed forever when a semi trailer truck T-boned a passenger bus carrying 29 members of the Humboldt Bronco hockey team. It was later determined that the truck driver had inadvertently gone through a stop sign and collided with the bus. Sixteen people were killed and […]
Alex Pietrangelo knows what its like to be on the roller coaster of life in more ways than one can imagine. Pietrangelo is the captain of the St. Louis Blues hockey team. On January 3rd, the Blues sat in last place, behind the the other 30 NHL teams. A short 5 months later, the St. […]
The other night I was watching the third game of the NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors, and like most Canadians, I was going for the Raptors. Nonetheless, there is no player on both teams that I admire more than the Warriors’ Steph Curry. Many people are not aware that […]
Mike “Doc” Emrick is the lead announcer on NBC for the national telecasts of its NHL games. He just won a remarkable sixth straight Emmy Award for outstanding Play-by-Play sports announcing. This achievement is made even more remarkable, because in 2011, Doc became the the first hockey announcer to win this Award. Now he has […]
Jermaine Loewen made history in the 2018 NHL Draft when he became the first Jamaican-born player to be taken by an NHL team in the draft. The 20-year old winger went 199th overall to the Dallas Stars in June, after playing four seasons in the Western Hockey League. He is a long-shot to play in […]
I love David and Goliath stories. In watching sports, I tend to cheer for the underdog teams. I want to share in this blog the story of Ben Carson who had great odds stacked against him, even before he got out of Elementary School. It’s a real David and Goliath story. Giants To Overcome Ben […]
Many people consider Mariano Rivera to be the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history. So his selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame this past Tuesday was no surprise. What was a surprise, and what made his selection extra special, was that he became the first baseball player the Baseball Writers Association has ever unanimously […]
Matt Boyd is one of the Detroit Tigers’ better young pitchers. He was selected in the 6th round of the 2013 Amateur Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays from Oregon State University. He was traded to Detroit on July 30, 2015 in the David Price trade. He won his first Major League game for the […]
One of my favorite hockey players over the last 20 years has been Jarome Iginla. Even though he has been a thorn in the side of my favorite team, the Detroit Red Wings, I have admired the combination of skill and toughness that Iginla has displayed over his long and illustrious career in the National […]