sports Archives - Mayahood https://mayahoodblog.com/tag/sports/ A blog about parenting, family-friendly travel & product reviews Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:08:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 47582663 Harlem Globetrotters’ 2014 “Fans Rule” World Tour & Discount code https://mayahoodblog.com/check-harlem-globetrotters-2014-fans-rule-world-tour/ Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:07:44 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=3966 A few weeks ago my family and I went to see the Harlem Globetrotters play at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga.  While it was my first time seeing them, my husband has seen them a few times himself when he was a young “lad.” He was reminiscing about how he remembers the Globetrotters being the […]

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]]> 3966 Is the violence in professional hockey impacting our kids? https://mayahoodblog.com/violence-in-professional-hockey-games-impacting-kids/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:24:35 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=3550 I’ve written several posts about my son’s love of hockey.  In fact, I’ve even compared him to Sidney Crosby.  He’s obsessed with hockey in so many ways.  He loves playing hockey in our basement, collecting hockey stickers, watching it on television and he even has dreams about hockey (we’ve heard him sleep talk about the […]

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]]> 3550 Want to run a half marathon? You can do it! https://mayahoodblog.com/want-run-half-marathon-can/ https://mayahoodblog.com/want-run-half-marathon-can/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:59:48 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=3180 21.1km… approximately the distance from my house to the zoo and to my favourite shopping mall.  It’s also the distance of a half marathon.  While I typically drive to the Zoo and the mall, on Sunday I ran the 21 K.  It was my first half-marathon in four years.  My first since having kids. Unlike my first […]

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]]> https://mayahoodblog.com/want-run-half-marathon-can/feed/ 5 3180 Sports! From the Girl’s Corner https://mayahoodblog.com/sports-from-the-girls-corner/ https://mayahoodblog.com/sports-from-the-girls-corner/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:00:53 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=1677 The saying “and from the girl’s corner…” is a familiar one in my household.  My husband, an avid sports lover, likes to use that term whenever I make a sports-related comment or question that usually has nothing to do with what is actually going on in the game.  To be fair, he doesn’t mind that […]

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]]> https://mayahoodblog.com/sports-from-the-girls-corner/feed/ 5 1677 Are we raising the next Sidney Crosby? https://mayahoodblog.com/are-we-raising-the-next-sidney-crosby/ https://mayahoodblog.com/are-we-raising-the-next-sidney-crosby/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 14:30:22 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=1150 While my husband and I (okay, mostly my husband) are completely devastated that our beloved Leafs, or any other Canadian team for that matter, didn’t make it (far) in the playoffs this season, we may soon have another reason to cheer. It appears that our 19 month old son is slightly obsessed with hockey. Every morning when […]

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]]> https://mayahoodblog.com/are-we-raising-the-next-sidney-crosby/feed/ 5 1150 Day and Night; Tremblant, Quebec has something for everyone https://mayahoodblog.com/day-and-night-tremblant-quebec-has-something-for-everyone/ https://mayahoodblog.com/day-and-night-tremblant-quebec-has-something-for-everyone/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:00:59 +0000 https://mayahoodblog.com/?p=633 We just returned from our 2nd annual family ski trip to Mount Tremblant, Quebec.  Unlike last year, Kyle and I flew there while the rest of the gang made the seven+ hour drive from Toronto.  Kyle and I flew Porter (www.flyporter.com).  I can’t say enough good things about this airline.  The experience was amazing and […]

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