Tag Archives: Sports

Throw the Bloody Rock

Posted on 06 March 2011 by Isabel Gibson

Those of us of a certain age remember — rightly or wrongly — a simpler time when skips called the game and everyone else pretty much did what they were told. Continue reading →

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Unreasonable Passion & Unexceptional Haircuts

Posted on 27 February 2011 by Isabel Gibson

She shoots: she scores four. Not against all reason, but certainly against any reasonable expectation. Continue reading →

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Time Well Wasted

Posted on 21 February 2011 by Isabel Gibson

Someone wins, someone loses: that’s the format, all right. What we remember is how beautifully they played the game. Continue reading →

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The Making of a Hockey Fan

Posted on 11 January 2011 by Isabel Gibson

For more than 50 years I lived happily without hockey.  Now, as I wait anxiously for the Sens to secure a playoff berth and agonize for our junior team, ambushed by the Russian army, it is clear that the national … Continue reading →

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