Blogville

There’s a Sports Media Canada member covering most sports events of note. He or she will be one of the busiest people at the event -- closely observing, checking details, interviewing the key people and writing the stories and taking the pictures -- or facing the cameras or microphones to help fans know and understand ‘What Happened’ at the event and in their favourite sport.
Sometimes the sports journalist will relay their observations in the form of a Blog. The Blog is usually a revelation of a more personal reaction to the event and its participants -- more like an opinion column than the conventional ‘here are the facts’ report.
From time to time that Sports Media Canada member will Blog more about some aspects of covering the event and the media assembled for coverage -- and share it with you via the Sports Media Canada website and the department we call BlogVille.

‘BoniBlog – All about blue jeans and a patient wife

HOW I MET JACQUES ROGGE: Ever since arriving in Vancouver on February 9 I’ve resisted wearing blue jeans. I’m working at the AIPS Office and representing Sports Media Canada so, aside from my travel days, I vowed not to wear blue jeans. I even took a suit to the Olympics for the first time in … [Read More …]

‘BoniBlog – Keogh keeping up with crazy pace

There’s a constant coming-and-going in the Canadian Olympic Committee’s office at the Main Press Centre with Steve Keogh always a man in a hurry. He finishes with one chat, heads to another, darts back into his office, emerges to address another demand. He comes from Ottawa, where part of his development in the field of … [Read More …]

‘BoniBlog – Olympics lure Cole back to western roots

Cam Cole, recipient of the Sports Media Canada award for writing in 2004, is back in the Olympics for a 13th time. For those of you who don’t know Cam, his field of play is the newspaper world, providing his insightful columns these days with The Vancouver Sun, 35 years after he first worked in … [Read More …]

‘BoniBlog – Vancouver is very much alive!

They’re singing in the streets. They’re hollering all around. There’s an incredible enthusiasm. Without question Vancouver is the place to be right now. The spirit of these Games is something to behold. Vancouver Sun columnist Cam Cole told me today that he’s covered every Olympics since 1988 and he’s never seen anything like this. Call … [Read More …]

‘BoniBlog – Catching up with our president

Athletes and coaches aren’t the only ones who aspire to reach the Olympics. By working on-site for these Olympics, Steve McAllister has fulfilled one of his professional desires. Aside from his sidelight role as president of Sports Media Canada (with perks such as a seven-figure annual salary and private villa on the French Riviera), Steve … [Read More …]

‘BoniBlog – O Canada, what a night!

At just past 11 p.m. Friday night, the Gabriola Press Conference Room at the Media Press Centre was oozing with super stardom. There before me were the likes of Wayne Gretzky, Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, Ashley MacIsaac, k.d. lang, Donald Sutherland, Rick Hansen, Nancy Greene, Measha Brueggergosman, Garou … I mean, like, how real was … [Read More …]

'BoniBlog – Joy Turns To Sadness

Joy Turns To Sadness … Now Show Must Go On The sun actually tried to break through the clouds yesterday morning and my trek into the Media Press Centre showed a great deal of Canadian patriotism and sheer joy. Cars were streaming past sporting Canadian flags; kids were in strollers waving miniature flags. Television coverage … [Read More …]

'BoniBlog – The Games Begin

And The Results Are In… Hey, it’s rainy and foggy in Vancouver. What? You’re surprised? Not me. I remember my first trip ever to Vancouver in the early 1970s when I was covering the Maple Leafs for The Toronto Sun. It was four days and I eagerly anticipated discovering this city. So, what did I … [Read More …]