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GENERAL SPORT

Ian Hyde-Lay
Aug 1, 20234 min read
Feather Duster
August 6, 2021. A steamy Friday evening in Yokohama, Japan. The Olympic Women’s soccer competition, delayed a full year by Covid and...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Jul 25, 20234 min read
Raining Champions
The Ashes. Two simple words which, for cricket aficionados at least, always get the heart pumping. Two simple words that reference highly...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Jul 18, 20234 min read
Enough
July 2023. A summer rant. Because, surely, enough is enough. The world is a mess, a global pandemic barely in the rearview mirror. In its...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Jul 6, 20234 min read
Perspective
Easter Sunday 1969, a few months after my 11th birthday. The date crystal clear in my memory. Shiny clubs, a starter set comprised of a 3...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Jun 19, 20233 min read
Money Talk
Pound for pound, he is the most powerful golfer in the world. Riveting to watch. I admire the flawless simplicity of his swing, the hip...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Apr 20, 20233 min read
Longshot
Victoria, late April 1979. University exams finish. A glorious summer stretches out in front of me. Money in the bank thanks to a not...

Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 22, 20234 min read
Ain't As Good As I Once Was
Bed beckons, but I take a last, quick surf of the Internet. Suddenly, a Youtube video pops up on Facebook. It leads me back down memory...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Contradiction
March 10, 2023. A birthday slips quietly by. Debbie Brill turns seventy. An awfully long time ago, back in 1970 and her barely seventeen...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Jan 28, 20234 min read
My President
1978, the middle of June. My father and I agree to disagree. He remains unconvinced that a teen aged Canadian ice hockey sensation named...


Ian Hyde-Lay
Dec 23, 20227 min read
Dial "M" for Magic
FIFA. The international governing body for association football (soccer). Its membership totaling 211 nations, its mission to grow the...
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