CBS Sports is open on BW's phone every 2 minutes; he's eternally stealing glances at that glowing little screen and jarring me to attention with "Woohoo! Wisconsin won!" We're in a March Madness bracket through a Canadian friend and BW is delighted to have been in the lead pretty much the whole time.
I just picked all the underdogs. Everyone likes a good underdog story.
I was concerned about how BW would do with a steep lack of American football in his life, but he's been playing futbol (i.e. soccer) on Fridays to fill that sports-nut void. He even joined in a hockey scrimmage the other night that jr. high gym teacher D arranged.
However, the recent ice time was just a drop in the bucket; it turns out that gym teacher D is a former pro hockey player! D not only was a member of the National Czech ice hockey team, but he also was a torch runner in the Nagano 1998 Olympics, the Czech Inline Hockey Champion in 2011 and second in the world for inline in 2006.
I'll bet skating with a pro for an evening beats watching an American football game on TV any day.
However, the recent ice time was just a drop in the bucket; it turns out that gym teacher D is a former pro hockey player! D not only was a member of the National Czech ice hockey team, but he also was a torch runner in the Nagano 1998 Olympics, the Czech Inline Hockey Champion in 2011 and second in the world for inline in 2006.
I'll bet skating with a pro for an evening beats watching an American football game on TV any day.
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| See the "Kanada" pub sign on the left? |
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| While the scrimmage played out on one end of the rink, the rest of us got a skating lesson on the other end. |
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| Helmets and smiles for newbies on skates :) |
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