The Greatest Game Never Played – The Golden Era Of Chatham Minor Hockey
A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE TEAMS DURING THE GOLDEN ERA OF CHATHAM MINOR HOCKEY PREFACE When I was a kid in Chatham, not too many days went by without a […]
The Lost Season – The Story of The’89-’90 Blenheim Blades
THIS IS THE STORY OF MY ROOKIE SEASON WITH THE 1989-1990 BLENHEIM BLADES. A team of hockey cast-offs forever bonded by one of the worst seasons in junior hockey history. […]
FINDING BRUCE LEE and MY JKD
Finding Bruce Lee and My JKD is a book about my journey in the study of Bruce Lee. Jeet Kune Do and martial arts. It is also about Hockey, The UFC, Life, Loss, Perseverance and Inspiration.
The Beautiful Loss
After two false starts in the last four years, 2018 was going to be the year. I will never forget the second time it happened due to the fact that […]
ONTARIO SOUTH DOWN: A Hockey David vs. Goliath
The Ontario South Selects was a spring/summer ice hockey team in the mid to late ’80’s. The team was made up of the biggest and best 1973 born players in Southern Ontario compiled and coached […]
2018 Olympic Winter Games: Inside The South Korean Men’s Ice Hockey Team
Ice Hockey is underway at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games with the women’s preliminary round already in swing and the men’s prelims starting tomorrow (Feb. 14th) with Group B action. The Republic […]
My Vegas Golden Knights Roster
Everyone is doing it, so here is my mock draft for the new expansion team the Vegas Golden Knights.
Japanese Canadian Baseball League Celebrates 50th Season
Dwight Wakabayashi – Freelance Journalist 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Baseball League and we would like to invite the Japanese Canadian Community to celebrate with us! A celebration to […]
The Fight That Shook The County
“A 519 Feature Story By Dwight Wakabayashi And…..here we go off the face-off down in the Jr. Kings corner oh wait what have we here, we have two guys and squaring off… […]
The Top 15 Chatham Jr. Maroons of All Time
A 519 Feature by Dwight Wakabayashi The Chatham Jr. Maroons are a storied junior ice hockey franchise that was founded in 1959 in the town of Chatham, Ontario Canada. […]
THE TOUGHEST GUY IN HERE
A 519 Feature Story By: Dwight Wakabayashi On the morning of March 10th, 2007 Perry woke up for work feeling a bit off. A slight headache clouded his head as he prepared […]
Wakafighter With Japanese Fighting Legend Akihiro Gono
This photo was taken at Bellator 67 immediately after Gono announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. Gono is one of the “original’s” in this sport. He can be considered […]
