And we're back after the first intermission > The return of sports to the Other Press Jake Wray News Editor « hat in the great wide world of sports is going on?!” you've probably wondered. “Where is the Other Press’ sports section?” Well, Iam pleased to finally bring you the answers you seek. The Other Press suffered a devastating upset in December when Davie Wong, our long-time sports editor, moved on to bigger and better things in life (as one does!). Davie was an absolute workhorse who wrote approximately five sports articles each week—and edited everyone else’s sports articles, too. He was able to do so in part because he had a deep, genuine passion for sports (which you can plainly see in his farewell column ). When Davie left, we needed a little bit of time to re-evaluate how we wanted our sports section to look, and to decide who would run the show. In fact, this coincided with a general re- evaluation of the entire newspaper, which has seen us pondering things like how large we want the paper to be and what sort of content our readers value. We know the sports section has a number of dedicated readers, so after some logistical fiddling, we have brought it back! Currently we are producing (on a trial basis) a condensed 20-page newspaper, down from 24 pages, and within that there is now a condensed 1-page sports section, down from 3 pages. The solemn honour of filling Davie’s enormous shoes as Sports Editor now falls to me, your friendly neighbourhood News Editor. I’m not quite the sports nut that Davie was, but Iam fond of sport and I have plenty of sports-reporting experience. I have covered football, baseball, and pickleball in rural Alberta. I doggedly pursued the story of Langara College’s championship badminton team in their final year, as the provincial badminton league crumbled and was ultimately dropped by PACWEST. I intend to cover the Douglas College Royals vigorously as well. While the sports section this week only includes this letter and international sports news (a wonderful check-in on the Pyeongchang Olympics written by senior columnist Jerrison Oracion), the section will generally have a strong focus on the Royals and Douglas College athletes. Just as we are committed to reporting on local Douglas College sports, we are also committed to publishing the writing of Douglas College students. If you area student and you are interested in writing about sports (or news or anything else), Analysis: Canada finds early success in windy Pyeongchang > Plenty of excitement during first week of Winter Games Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist he 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games are now under way. Nearly the entire world is represented in the South Korean mountain village in very chilly temperatures and the athletes that are participating in the games this year are going to showcase the spirit of sport in keeping with the games’ slogan: “Passion. Connected.” The opening ceremony featured five children representing the colours of the rings in the Olympic logo exploring the history of South Korea and its future. There were various government officials in the ceremony including South Korean President Jae-In Moon, Kim Yo- Jong (Kim Jong-Un’s sister), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US Vice President Mike Pence, and Canadian Governor General Julie Payette. In the Parade of Nations, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir carried the Canadian flag and led the Canadian Olympic team into the stadium. While the parade was happening, various K-Pop songs were played including Twice’s Likey, BTS’s DNA, and the most famous Korean song of all time: Psy’s Gangnam Style. Then, the united Korean Olympic team entered the stadium, the entire audience cheered, and figure skater Yuna Kim lit the Olympic cauldron to begin the games. It was so windy outside during the first week of the games that it caused a lot of people to fall down in snowboarding and skiing events, and even caused some skiing events to be postponed. Canada won a lot of medals earlier than one might have thought, with u medals in the first few days, making it the best start for Canada in a Winter Olympic games. Canada won three gold medals including a gold medal in team figure skating because of great skates by Gabrielle Daleman, Meagan Duhamel, and Eric Radford. Three days later, Canada also earned a bronze medal in skating pairs. Canada won a gold medal in mixed doubles curling for Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris and in men’s moguls for Mikael Kingsbury. In women’s moguls, Justine Dufour-Lapointe got a silver medal for Canada. In snowboarding events, Canada got two medals in men’s slopestyle—a silver medal and a bronze medal for Max Parrot and Mark McMorris respectively—and a silver medal in women’s slopestyle for Laurie Blouin. Ted-Jan Bloemen, who moved to Canada from the Netherlands, won a silver medal in speed skating in the 5,000 metre. Canada also received bronze medals in women’s luge for Alex Gough, which is the first time that Canada has earned a medal in luge. Kim Boutin won bronze in women’s short track speed skating 500 metre after Korean speed skater Minjeong Choi was disqualified. The host country, South Korea, is not doing great so far in the games, earning only two medals so far, including a gold Photo via ‘The Japan Times’ please feel free to get in contact with us—even if you feel your writing skills are rusty, we would be happy to have you in the paper and help you hone those skills. You can find general contact information at www.theotherpress. ca or you can contact me directly with any questions, feedback or writing interest at news@theotherpress.ca. Let the games begin! Illustration by Cara Seccafien medal in short track speed skating in the men’s 1500 metre for Hyojun Lim. The first week of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games was historically exciting and it is expected to only get more exciting in week two.