Sports Perspectives

RECORD NUMBERS TUNE IN FOR GOOD OLE GOLD MEDAL HOCKEY GAME

Mar. 1 | By Alex The numbers were staggering. Not just in Canada but in the United States as well. I’m talking about the ratings for the epic gold medal match between Team Canada and Team USA. As many as 27 million viewers tuned in to watch the game in the...

OLYMPIC HOCKEY: CANADA 3 USA 2 OT

Mar. 1 | By Alex Canada’s 14th and final gold medal came by way of Team Canada’s scintillating 3-2 overtime win over Team USA. No disrespect to the other sports, but this is the game everyone and their cousin from Nunavut was waiting to see. Despite...

Talking Hockey With Liam Maguire

Mar. 22 | By Alex Nicolo Ask any hockey question. Try me. Recently, ISW got a chance to chat through email with world renowned hockey trivia expert Liam Maguire – Canada’s answer to ‘Stump the Schwab’ for hockey. Liam was gracious and kind...

Canadian Hockey Fans Need To Let It Go

Dec. 26 | Like any Canadian hockey fan, I love everything about the World Junior Hockey Championships.  Except one thing: the incessant booing of anything American. I watched Team USA defeat Germany this afternoon and the typical jeering that’s become to...

Better Late Than Never: Thoughts On Team USA Basketball

Aug. 27 | By Kellex The United States showed the rest of the planet, that they not only have the best players, they have the best team. Team USA has won the Gold Medal in Basketball in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, defeating Spain 118-107. The victory puts Team USA...

Alex’s Olympic Basketball Preview

Aug. 7 | From Basketball Notes By Alex With the Olympics just one day away, it’s time to preview some Olympic basketball! We’re getting a steroid shot with some help from Kellex, Jarrad Todd and Anthony! Me: Do you have team USA as your favorite, and...

1980

Aug. 2 | By Alessandro You don’t have to be American (for the record I’m Canadian. Just like Doug Henning) to appreciate this. The image alone should produce shivers. I was eight when Team USA stunned the Soviet Union. Even at that tender age I understood...

Spare A Hug For A Hockey Referees

May. 13 | By Derek Braid It’s just too easy to rip sporting officials sometimes. We’ve always been taught otherwise, but when you’re right your right, and when you’re wrong… you’re allowing goals to pass through the side of the...