Category Archives: Czech Points

Radim Bicanek learned to curse in English before he could say 'hello.' Of course, that's an exaggeration, but you get the point. And his language mentor was Paul Rushforth. Both were members of the fo...

Make no mistake, the NHL is headed back to Texas. Several weeks ago the world's premier shinny circuit announced that a six-month feasibility study would identify one of two Texas markets - Houston or...

The Belleville Bulldogs will celebrate 50 years as a rugby club this weekend with a slate of anniversary activities spread over three days. Although there had been a smattering of rugby played in Bell...

From Paul Svoboda I played soccer once in high school. I was goalkeeper. Playing for Centennial, we were at Brighton to face East Northumberland. Some guy for the Blue Dragons got a breakaway. I moved...

"Benedict" Tkachuk. That's what a friend of mine in Ottawa is now calling Brady Tkachuk, former captain of the Ottawa Senators. Benedict Arnold, as you may recall from your Grade 9 history lessons, wa...

The Carolina Hurricanes are a whale of a hockey club. Pun intended. The franchise that began its hockey life as the New England Whalers captured the Stanley Cup last weekend, winning the last three ga...

With seven Super Bowl rings, Tom Brady ranks among the greatest NFL quarterbacks to ever play the four-down game. Not so in the broadcast booth. Since leaving the field and inking a mind-blowing 10-ye...

The first thing I noticed about Dennis Hull was the size of his hands. My right hand disappeared when we shook. His fingers were like sausages. The man had huge mitts. And Dennis Hull put those huge m...

I hate the Las Vegas Golden Knights. Not the players. The organization. As the longtime fan of an original NHL expansion club, it still bugs me that - overcome by his unbridled passion for getting a t...

Hulk Hogan once said: "Nobody told me this gimmick stuff was fake." Hogan - who arguably stood behind only Andre The Giant as the most famous professional wrestler of his era - endured 25 surgeries, i...