The feeling was lingering. It had started to creep up weeks before my agent called saying the Winnipeg Blue Bombers wanted to sign me.
Even though there was — and still is — a negative perception towards video games, I knew deep down that eventually this phenomenon would catch on at a more main-stream level and get to where it is today.
It all started in 1993. Oblivious to the sport, or why I was on a sheet of ice with this round, granite-looking object, my dad would set me on top of the rock, make me hold on tight to the handle, and rush it down the sheet in a spinning motion.
The Canadian Midwest is not a climate suited for relaxation. It is unpredictable and unrelenting.
This past year has been a wild ride. How does someone from rural Nova Scotia end up coaching basketball in Beijing, China?
When I left the Sportsnet offices in downtown Toronto on March 10, there was no sense that this would be my last look in the building.
The end of 2019 and the beginning portion of 2020 has personally been quite the rollercoaster.