Shortly after Kansas City Chiefs’ linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend and then took his own life, we had Stacey May Fowles on our weekly Round Bus discussing the issue, among others, in the week of sports. There she said the conversation concerning the culture of...
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WHEN THE NHL LAST ROBBED its fans of a year’s run for Lord Stanley’s Cup, it returned a changed league. The red line was removed to open up the game. The shootout (read: gimmick) appeared to save the world from ties and was accompanied by a point system (what, 8 points for a win,...
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THEY’VE TORCHED training camps and the preseason exhibition schedule. They’ve started to burn the earliest games of the regular season. Players are working out in small groups together at arenas across North America while some of their teammates pick up gigs playing in the KHL or the European Elite Leagues. The team owners are...
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NEAR THE CONCLUSION of the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Games in London, athletes took an oath. An oath that they would not cheat, that they would respect and abide by rules which govern their sport and commit themselves to those values in the spirit of sportsmanship, glory, and honour. The world holds...
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In a new feature at The Barnstormer, every so often a few of the editors and contributors will weigh in on a topic of the day, something that for better or for worse has captured the front pages of the sporting universe. In today’s Editorial, Ian Orti, Mike Spry, and Andrew Forbes give their...
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