Webmaster Ryan Vinz ensures that more than 800 games are streamed live each year Webmaster of the Week: Oct. 26-Nov. 1 Name: Ryan Vinz Site: HarborCenter – Tournaments Position: Director of Hockey Technology Background: Vinz grew up just east of Buffalo in Lancaster, New York. After playing goalie for the Lancaster High School varsity team, Vinz […]

Colorado Flash Baseball’s Scholarship Program encourages kids to look ahead to their college futures Fourteen-year-old Josh Hojnowski hasn’t taken the ACT, played an inning of varsity baseball or even applied to college, but he already has a $1,000 scholarship waiting for him when he graduates from high school in 2019. However, if he maintains his […]

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Jeff Nygaard handles the administrative duties and Neil Ravin the content creation for junior hockey league site Webmaster of the Week: October 5-11 Names: Jeff Nygaard and Neil Ravin Site: Eastern Hockey League Position: Nygaard serves as the EHL’s executive director; Ravin is the league’s director of public relations and social media Background: A Fergus Falls, […]

Former New Jersey Devils enforcer Krzysztof Oliwa does it all for junior hockey franchise Webmaster of the Week: July 27-August 2 Name: Krzysztof Oliwa Site: Kalkaska Rhinos Position: Owner, general manager, coach, webmaster Background: Oliwa, a native of Tychy, Poland, was selected 65th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. […]

With participation in youth sports on the decline, we explore what's going on and what some major players are doing to buck the trend.

Modest and unassuming, Emrah Ozmen kept his Turkish hockey legacy under wraps – until now Hiding in plain sight among rows of desks, chairs and computer monitors at Sport Ngin’s Minneapolis headquarters is a giant in the world of international hockey. At nearly 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds, Emrah Ozmen does not fit the mold of […]

Mark Broersma’s Friday Night Lights leagues have been enormously popular Webmaster of the Week: July 20-26 NAME: Mark Broersma SITE: Friday Night Lights Youth Flag Football POSITION: Co-founder, commissioner, webmaster BACKGROUND: Broersma spent 20 years working as an executive in the Mars candy bar division of Masters Food before retiring at age 45. Freshly unchained […]

Doug Biever’s organizational skills big part of Stillwater Area Hockey Association’s makeover Webmaster of the Week: April 27-May 3 Name: Doug Biever     Site: Stillwater Area Hockey Association Position: Webmaster Background: Biever has been involved with Stillwater hockey since the youngest of his four boys became active in the association in 2006. He stepped up […]

Joe Maddon thinks athletes are getting too serious, too soon. Is he right? Joe Maddon has never been a fan of younger athletes dedicating themselves to one sport. And earlier in spring training, the new Cubs skipper took another crack at reminding us why.  What started as praise for the diverse athletic resume of his centerfielder […]