By Joe Overlock Guest Contributor Keeping warm while ice fishing is next to impossible on some days, unless you have a good shelter. Many “pop-up” tent style shelters are available on the market, all of which have hefty price tags, ...
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By Farley Flex Guest Writer “Black Slavery” in professional sports has become a buzzword with the COVID-19-damaged sports season underway. As wretched as that term is, the collegiate and professional sports business model is like the transatlantic Slave Trade, glorified. ...
Read More »Beyond The Sports Locker Room: Coronavirus Isolation Is An Opportunity To Teach Boys About Toxic Masculinity
By Michael Kehler Guest Contributor “Boys being boys” is a tired narrative, but one that is still dominant in sport culture. The latest example: The Washington Capitals released Brendan Leipsic after it was revealed he made misogynist comments in a private ...
Read More »As Sports Resume After Lockdown, It’s Time To Level The Playing Field For Women And Girls
By Sarah Leberman, Nicole LaVoi and Sally Shaw Guest Contributors Sports representatives are calling on New Zealand’s government not to return to normal when the nation begins to ease restrictions last Thursday. Instead, they argue, it is time to create a more even playing field, ...
Read More »Jamaica Police Investigate Murder Of Former National Footballer
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 27, 2020 (CMC) – The police have launched an investigation into an incident, in which Irvino “Dada” English, a former member of the national football team, the Reggae Boyz, was shot and killed, in the corporate area ...
Read More »These Trailblazing Black Athletes Transformed Canadian Sports
By Nicole W. Forrester Guest Contributor The history and achievements of Black Canadians are scarcely taught in schools, resulting in what the father of Black History Month, Carter G. Woodson, had lobbied against — discounting the relevance of Blacks in society ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Commemorates Veteran World-Class Sprinter, Asafa Powell, With Statue
KINGSTON, Jamaica February 11, 2020 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has commended star-sprinter, Asafa Powell, for heralding the modern era of Jamaica’s sprint dominance by male athletes, when he first broke the 100-metre world record in June 2005. The Prime ...
Read More »Kobe’s Death Reminds Us, Once Again, Of Our Earthly Transience
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist It was snowing, heavily, in Montreal when I got the call: Kobe has died in a helicopter crash. No word was mentioned of his daughter also meeting her demise. The caller hung up, leaving me ...
Read More »How Sports Fans Respond To Their Teams’ Wavering Odds Of Winning
By Sam Maglio Guest Writer The most diehard NFL fans have already seen their teams’ seasons come to an end. This has nothing to do with whether their hometown team made the playoffs, and everything to do with the annual ...
Read More »Trinidadian Football Player Killed In Crash
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, December 19, 2019 (CMC) – Local footballer, Shahdon Winchester, was confirmed dead, following a motor vehicle crash, here, early today. His death was confirmed by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Winchester, 27, ...
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