Vancouver residents, especially those who hold allegiance to the National Hockey League’s Canucks, have had very little to excite them this winter, but the rest of the year could prove a profitable stretch for the British Columbia city’s inhabitants thanks to their elected officials. On Tuesday, City Council, based on a motion by member Andrea…
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The 67,612 people who packed into Minnesota’s U.S. Bank Stadium for Super Bowl LII will not soon forget the thrilling experience, especially attendees who hold allegiance to the Philadelphia Eagles, whose 41-33 upset win over the New England Patriots brought the city its first Lombardi Trophy. Because of counterfeiters, though, 154 folks will remember the…
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Minus a winning season since 2013 and not expected to break that streak this year, the Cincinnati Reds do not figure to make many headlines for their play as they look to emerge from the National League Central Division’s basement. However, as the 2018 campaign unfolds, one can expect to read about what the Ohio…
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Owing to my allegiance to the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team, I considered almost sacrilegious the 2001 decision by Rick Pitino, who had guided the Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA title, to assume the head coaching position at the University of Louisville. Therefore, I let the latter school’s 2013 coronation as the tournament titlists…
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With cost of living increases being a constant burden for people everywhere, it can be quite easy to lambaste local leaders when they consider ideas that could cause constituents to part with more of their dwindling resources. Sometimes, though, their concepts contain a call to put out money so as to build community pride. Vancouver…
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Since their exorbitant earnings often place professional athletes under extreme pressure to excel, I have often found myself drawn to learning about what fuels their efforts, with some of the eating habits breeding superstitions that have made me smile. (Keep eating grilled cheese, Claude Giroux, because maybe your hunger can help us Philadelphians quench our…
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His birth certificate acknowledges Boston as his home city, but we here in Philadelphia long ago claimed Benjamin Franklin as one of our own, with Eagles fans especially aware of that after having saluted…
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We often hear from prize contenders that “It’s an honor just to be nominated” when they emerge from their respective packs to square off against their contemporaries. I have usually had a hard time believing them, wondering who, truly, would want to go home empty-handed. But I also realize that even having one’s name chosen…
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More than seven years after Andy Cilek endured a five-hour wait at a polling place because of objections to a shirt and a button that he donned, the Minesota Voters Alliance’s executive director will rely on the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against his home turf’s restrictions on certain sorts of Election Day apparel. In…
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Anyone familiar with the National Basketball Association will know that the Detroit Pistons have enjoyed two periods of admirable consistency—the 1986 through 1990 campaigns when they averaged 57 wins and won a pair of league titles and the 2002 through 2008 journeys where they advanced to the conference finals each year and pocketed a third…
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