Jordan Cripps
Sports Editor

I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself as the
new Sports Editor of the Other Press. I’d like to talk a bit about
what you can expect over the coming weeks in the sports section
and about the direction we are trying to take the sports section.
I'd also like to issue a plea for anyone interested in sports to sub-
mit their articles to the Other Press.

I am a long-time sports fan, having grown up watching the
Canucks struggle to emerge from the basement of the Western
Conference. One of my favourite sports memories is the 1994
NHL playoffs, watching the Canucks band together after a
mediocre season and take the New York Rangers to the absolute
limit—one or two lucky bounces, and the Canucks wouldn't still
be looking for the first Stanley Cup in franchise history.

At the other end of the scale, one of my worst sports memories
has got to be the way that the NBA treated this city. | must admit
that I am pleased when I hear that the Memphis Grizzlies are
attracting even fewer fans than the Vancouver Grizzlies did
despite that team’s ability to attract decent free agents. When play-
ers would rather have played in Europe than come to Vancouver
and play in the best league and, I would argue, the best city in the
world.

Having played both hockey and basketball, I re-read my article
from last week’s Other Press, and I realized that I had, in fact,
made a mistake in assessing my involvement in college sports. I
have actually represented Douglas as an athlete. I took part in two
wheelchair basketball tournaments. I don’t remember too many of
the details from those tournaments but I do know that we were
able to capture second place at one tournament—if I had been

able to shoot free-throws better than Shaq, we might have even
won the whole thing.

That’s more than enough about me. I would like to let people
know a bit about the direction that the sports section is going to
take over the next while. The Other Press has made the decision
that it would like to have more Douglas related articles in its
pages. The sports section is no different. In this issue, for exam-
ple, we have introduced a weekly “column” called “Douglas
Sports at a Glance”. Every week this column will have scores from
games involving the Royals, provide standings and a schedule of
upcoming games. Eventually, athlete profiles will also be found in
this section. We will also make a greater attempt to give coverage
to the Royals. We hope that this coverage will include game write-
ups and, with any luck, reaction from players and coaches. It will
not be an overnight change and we ask our readers to be patient
as we attempt to introduce these changes.

Because this is a big section and lots of words are needed to fill
the space, I would like to encourage anyone who has an interest
in sports (or if you don't, tell people why) to submit their stories
to me. If anyone attends a Royals game and would be interested
in submitting a write-up of the game, please contact me. I would
also like to send out a special invitation to any Royals athletes who
would be interested in writing about their experiences as a college
athlete to get in touch with me. Finally, if you've got anything you
would like to say that falls into the category of sports or recre-
ation, please do so. Articles can be submitted to me at dcsportsed-
itor@yahoo.ca. For more information on submissions guidelines
please see page 1.

 

 

Live long and
prosper at the
Other Press!

 

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