I am in Boston. I’m here for a journalism conference, and while I’ve been excited to visit one of the great American cities, I’ve also been a little apprehensive about returning to the scene of the Vancouver Canucks’ slaughter. How would it feel to see Boston Bruins jerseys in the streets? How would it feel
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Jason Fry argues in a post making the rounds that we’re entering an era in which sports journalists will compete for audience directly with the teams they cover. What Fry writes is true, and has been for some time. It’s hard to find a local newspaper website that offers a richer multimedia experience than that
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The realist in me had given the Canucks about a 30-per-cent chance of winning Game 6 in Boston, but the hopeful fan in me had nearly convinced himself by game time that Monday would be the night. Finding shelter from the anticipatory vibe that swept through the city during the day was impossible. It was
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Canucks Nation is one again. The disastrous trip to Boston, during which the Canucks lost 8-1 and 4-0 to toss away their series lead, was pitting fan against fan, diehard loyalist against bandwagon jumper. A series made infamous by finger-pointing on the ice was now producing plenty of it off the ice. Then last night,
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I’m not even sure what to make of these blowouts anymore. Canuck meltdowns have become one of the great spectacles in sport, like the Super Bowl or the climb up Col du Tourmalet in the Tour de France. Actually, last night’s 8-1 loss in Boston was more like the descent from Tourmalet, in terms of
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There’s never been any doubt in my mind that a Stanley Cup win by the Canucks would be bigger in Vancouver than the Olympic men’s hockey gold. Well, I shouldn’t say “never.” When I walked from my office at Granville and Cordova to our company’s Olympic hospitality lounge at Smythe and Expo Boulevard on the
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In Grade 9, my friend James and I felt like we had the Canucks pretty much to ourselves. We were the only ones in school who talked Canucks. That’s partly because we went to University Hill, where hackysack was the No. 1 sport and the phrase “smoking the Leafs” meant something else entirely. Mostly, though,
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