Does the Size Still Matter?
Another blast from the past… The bench shot of my dreamteam, my favorite hockey team Dinamo Riga in the season 1980-81. Coach Vladimir Yurzinov. Players waiting for their shift on the ice. Backup goalie...
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What To Do In the KGB When You Are Thirsty
“You passport, please!” To be honest, I’ve never been asked to show my passport before entering the stage in the theater. It’s not a regular theater and not a regular stage, of course. We...
Cold War Diet
Things are turning crazy between Russia and the West. Some say it’s almost a Cold War! Cold War? I somehow remember the Cold War of the past and what’s happening today is well beyond...
Oldtime Stand-Up and Improv
Just a blast from 100 lbs ago. Unbelievable but true… this guy used to do on stage stand-up and improv for a living. On the average, he could keep this audience laughing for a...
Balderis vs Holecek in 1976
USSR vs. Czechoslovakia, April 17, 1976 WC-1976, Katowice, Poland. Team USSR vs. CSSR. One of the all time greatest rivalries in the history of world hockey. Helmut Balderis is 23 years old. This is...
Weightlifting Anonymous
The good old Olympic weightlifting times are over. Those were glorious days of big battles on the competition platform. In the past, champion athletes lifted more than their opponents. Then, the happy medalists stepped...
Alex Ovechkin scores his 500th goal in the NHL
In less than 24 hours after scoring his #499, Alex Ovechkin scored his 500th goal in the NHL. It happened in the Ottawa vs. Washington game, when Ovechkin wrist shot passed by the...
499th For Alex Ovechkin
The most North American player style wise ever to come from Russia, Alex Ovechkin scored a game-winning goal in the overtime of the Washington vs. New York Rangers game. It was the 499th goal...
Top 25 Most Wanted Men In Finland
The final game for the gold medals at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship was emotional. In the end, both Team Finland and Team Russia won. Finland won gold. Russia won silver. It was...
At 1:33 in overtime…
Kasperi Kapanen (#24) scores for Finland a gold medal winning goal in the final game against Team Russia at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki. Team Finland wins gold medal. Russia takes...
