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Teqball Is Making Big Strides 

Teqball is a sport that I’ve covered before and since it’s been a while I thought it would be fun to check in to see where they are in the lexicon of sports in the world and specifically in the U.S.. Bangkok hosted a tournament recently and the turnout was outstanding. “It’s

Usain Bolt: Beijing 2008 is where everything changed for me

Usain Bolt thundered to victory in the 100m Olympic final at the Bird's Nest in a world record time back in 2008. The world took note. The Opening Ceremony for Beijing 2022 will be at the same venue. In an open letter, the Jamaican reflects on his life changing performances and looks forward to the

Is Teqball The Next Fun Olympic Sport?

Have you heard of it? Recently, it officially became a European Games 2023 and is on track to becoming an Olympic sport by LA 2028. It’s being played on the east coast and the west coast. New York and New Jersey have people playing there. Here are the official rules: https://www.teqball.com/en/teqball/rules David Beckham

Alex Carpenter Named WHL Women’s MVP

KRS Vanke Rays’ American international forward Alex Carpenter was voted the MVP for the Women’s Hockey League’s 2019/2020 season. Carpenter dominated scoring in the regular season, plundering 53 (21+32) points in 27 games before adding 7 (3+4) in five playoff outings as the Rays won the cup at the first

More KHL Signings – – Some Signing Through the Olympic Cycle

Dynamo Moscow secured two imports on two-year deals. Czech international Dmitrij Jaskin, who was particularly effective in tandem with Vadim Shipachyov this season, has agreed an extension, while Slovak defenseman Michal Cajkovsky is also coming back to Moscow. The Blue-and-Whites also secured the services of head coach Vladimir Krikunov for another

What’s Streaming: Episode 2 – Snow Job

Snow Job is not porn. It’s a French movie that starred Olympic hero, Jean-Claude Killy. The producer was George Englund and the star of the movie would be Killy’s future wife, Danielle Gaubert. This was her last movie. This movie used to stream on Amazon, but they lost the rights to

Jim Thorpe Is the Greatest Athlete of All Time

Some will say Wayne Gretzky is the greatest athlete of all time. Others will say, Bo Jackson or Tom Brady. There are a lot of great athletes that have dominated their sports, but Jim Thorpe was a track and field star, NFL star, played in Major League Baseball and was

Hilary Knight Leads the Quest for Olympic Gold

The Winter Olympics start this February 15th and possibly the biggest story will be the 2017-18 USWNT hockey team who are looking to win their first gold medal since their 1998 victory. Cami Granato led the 1998 team and now Knight is one of the leaders of this team along with

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