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One Night Only! Why Special Events are Top Reasons for Good Sports

While you flip through the channels on a Thursday evening, trying to see if you can find ANYTHING to watch, you realize there are no games tonight. Why? Because every team, either hockey, football, or baseball has vacated the premises for the evening...

Written by Joe Lafleche about 26 days ago 14 reads 0 comments
F1 Tracks, Prix, and Tyres: 2009 Season Under Way

Well, It's been a while since the announcement of the 2009 F1 season, and its far overdue to think about the tracks that were changed up since last year...

Written by Joe Lafleche about 8 months ago 116 reads 0 comments
Jacques Villeneuve: Where Did He Go?

He's out of the headlines, nowhere to be found, lost to the sands of F1 time. Yet, no one seems to realize that Jacques Villeneuve isn't around. So where is he? He's been rolling around in a little Speed Car Series in the 2008 season...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 2,666 reads 34 comments
Kim St-Pierre and the Habs: A Priceless Moment

Kim St-Pierre, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and member of the Montréal Stars of the National Women's Hockey League, surprised the Montréal Canadiens when she stepped on the ice as goaltender at their Thursday, Oct...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 246 reads 4 comments
Men-Women: The Continuing Struggle

A couple days ago, I wrote an article relating to a subject that is very present in the world of sports today: feminine inequality. However, as one of my readers pointed out, my article was incomplete...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 400 reads 15 comments
Oh Girls! A Look At The Inequality In Professional Sports

Here is a touchy subject that not many people think about, but it's true! Women's leagues are less known than men's leagues and if just as well known—less watched. Why is that? For starters, men's leagues have better marketing...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 634 reads 6 comments
Drift Nuts Rejoyce, Art From The Men Behind The Wheel

For anyone who would like a more up close and personal look at Drifting here is a small gallery of images taken off the web. Hope you enjoy these shots, some are amazing! Shown here is one of the very rare Drift Teams in the D1: Team GReddy.

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 877 reads 0 comments
Who's Hot and Who's Not! All D1 Drivers and Notes on Who They Are!

In this fourth segment of my attempt to bring Drifting to newer heights, I give out the news on Who's in and Who's out in the Drift world. But then I found a problem...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 323 reads 0 comments
Still Going at It: Japan Never Stops Giving When It Comes to Drifting

So you're interested in drifting? You and me both, my friend! Not too sure where to start? Well, you're gonna need a car, and, if money is not a problem, take a choice of one from the list below...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 190 reads 0 comments
The World Comes to Ottawa

I have a huge interest for anything that has to do with Ottawa, so when I found out Canada's Capital might be getting a Major League Soccer team, I was ecstatic! Ottawa Senators Owner, Eugene ...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 278 reads 11 comments
North America, Welcome Back to Japan: Drifting Techniques

"So there's a lot of ways of doing this! Hand braking is the easiest, so first thing I want you to do: I want you to rip that E-Brake!" (from The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift) So a little ...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 298 reads 0 comments
North America, Welcome to Japan!

As promised in my profile, here is my attempt to bring Drift to a more well known status in North America. So what is Drifting? Basically, its doing a turn. Not so impressive right? Well what's so cool about it is how the drivers do their turn...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 208 reads 1 comments
Ottawa Senators: Preseason Thoughts

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event!" It's a line all sports fans have heard many times before. But this year the Ottawa Senators are hoping that this is their time to be the main event...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 485 reads 0 comments
Ottawa Senators: Skill, Not Location

With the NHL season done, more or less, it's time that I say what my team, the Ottawa Senators, needs to do in the offseason. First of all, the Sens have a huge hole to fill behind the bench...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 786 reads 6 comments
Ottawa Senators' Ray Emery Hits a Rough Patch

The buzz is going around, speculations are flying, and Ottawa Senators fans are wondering why Ray Emery’s performance has been so poor...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 958 reads 6 comments
41 Down, 41 to Go: Ottawa Senators at the Halfway Mark

Well, with 50 percent of the NHL season done, as seems to be a repeating theme last few years, the Ottawa Senators are right where they would like to be: on top!With a great record, which puts ...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 1,223 reads 2 comments
Best of 2007: Senators Reach the Stanley Cup Finals

For my money, the most interesting hockey story of 2007 was without a doubt the Ottawa Senators' run to the Stanley Cup Finals.Although the Sens lost the Cup to the Anaheim Ducks, the season was easily the best in the team's history...

Written by Joe Lafleche about about 1 year ago 727 reads 3 comments
Has Gerber Replaced Emery as Senators' Starting Goalie?

With the defeat from the Capitals last night, could it be that the full time starting goaltender job will go to Martin Gerber? After taking a backseat behind goalie Ray Emery last year, Gerber ...

Written by Joe Lafleche about over 2 years ago 941 reads 1 comments

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Joe Lafleche Article Archive

One Night Only! Why Special Events are Top Reasons for Good Sports

F1 Tracks, Prix, and Tyres: 2009 Season Under Way

Jacques Villeneuve: Where Did He Go?

Kim St-Pierre and the Habs: A Priceless Moment

Men-Women: The Continuing Struggle

Oh Girls! A Look At The Inequality In Professional Sports

Drift Nuts Rejoyce, Art From The Men Behind The Wheel

Who's Hot and Who's Not! All D1 Drivers and Notes on Who They Are!

Still Going at It: Japan Never Stops Giving When It Comes to Drifting

The World Comes to Ottawa

North America, Welcome Back to Japan: Drifting Techniques

North America, Welcome to Japan!

Ottawa Senators: Preseason Thoughts

Ottawa Senators: Skill, Not Location

Ottawa Senators' Ray Emery Hits a Rough Patch

41 Down, 41 to Go: Ottawa Senators at the Halfway Mark

Best of 2007: Senators Reach the Stanley Cup Finals

Has Gerber Replaced Emery as Senators' Starting Goalie?

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