Congratulations to all Canadian athletes and participants from Vancouver’s Winter Olympics.
Bronze medalist Women’s figure skating – Joannie Rochette, Tie Domi, gold medalists Ice dancing – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Bronze medalist Joannie Rochette and Tie Domi
Today is National Sportsmanship Day, a celebration of what’s right with sports. This is the 20th annual event as administered by the Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island.
NSD theme — Competitive Self-Restraint. The theme is taken from NSD founder Dan Doyle’s highly acclaimed The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting. Competitive self-restraint means competing hard but maintaining one’s self-control and playing within the rules.
As part of the celebration, students from elementary, middle and high schools, as well as colleges and universities, were invited to write essays of 500 words or less which address a sportsmanship theme.
The Institute estimates that around 15,000 schools will recognize Sportsmanship Day in some way.
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To the extended family of Jessica Lloyd,
My most sincere condolences on the untimely loss of Jessica.
A vibrant and warm lady, with a strong sense of humour and close community and family connections, whose death tragically came too soon.
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It now seems like such a brilliant idea that it is a surprise no one had thought of it before: pairing figure skaters with hockey players for ice dancing routines in the ultimate ice rink reality show.
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Tie and the fans have always had a great relationship. Tie respects the fact that he is very privileged to be in the position he is in. The fans have also respected the way Tie plays the game.
