Lesley Visser has written for the best sports section of all time, been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame, and carried an Olympic torch. Plus, she’s been drinking with Barrett Bryan.
Opinions, Column
Finding Jesuit Values in BC Athletics
“There would be no complaining, self-pity, nor worry. It was time for these athletes to go to work, time for them to change the world.”
Column, Opinions
Tom Brady and the Persian King
“It doesn’t matter what you did last year, last week, or last game, if you do not prepare for the next challenge, you are in trouble because someone else probably is.”
Opinions, Column
A Day in the Life of a Pitcher
“That’s the other funny thing about baseball: if you think, you’re dead. The action happens too fast. To be great you have to trust your training, trust your instincts, and simply react.”
Opinions, Column
Remembering the Value of Athletics
“That competitive energy that once propelled us down the field can be channeled into a desire to do the best we can during midterm week.”
Opinions, Column
Why We Should Watch Women Win
“Supporting women’s sports will have a positive effect on the industry, as well as on society, by giving young girls a chance to see successful female athletes. Let girls see that they can do what men can, and that people care enough to watch.”
Metro, Featured Column
The End of the Line for Our Heroes: How City Sports Figures are in Decline
With Ortiz the latest to call it quits, sports icons, especially those that have managed to remain in the same city for over a decade, are an endangered species.
Opinions, Column
A Shaky Line Between Fair and Unfair Insults
“I would never deny that the perpetrators of this chant should have been punished and forced to apologize, but Newton North never had to apologize for its chants.”
