Category Archives: Sports
Being appreciated
Over the weekend, I did my 99th play-by-play amateur hockey broadcast, and the PA announcer (a gentleman named Rick Chin) got wind of the information and did an announcement before the game, saying, “We’d like to acknowledge Mr. K.P. Wee’s 99th career broadcast in amateur hockey!”
I did not expect that acknowledgement, but it’s one of those things that cheer me up.
I can think back to the times when I would take Uber/Lyft to get to work early (non-hockey work) but not get acknowledged or be thanked. I would be saying that I wanted people to come and talk to me and tell me a joke or story to pump me up, but I would get ignored.
So, I’m definitely appreciative of the acknowledgement received at the rink. It’s a small gesture, but I appreciated it very much. Very cool.
Yes, I know…
Yes, I know that the experts will say you should always play -110 or better odds (ie. +105, +110, etc.), but a profit is a profit…
My favourite play of the last 8 days
This is my favourite play of the last eight days:
Vancouver led 2-0 over Chicago after the 2nd period, and the pick here was to choose “no next goal.” It wasn’t my own pick, but I listened to an expert’s live analysis and decided to put $100 down.
I remember back in the summer, an administrative assistant at a place that I was helping out with asked me if she could invest $300 in what I do, ie. hand $300 to me and help her invest. I explained that the NBA/NHL seasons didn’t begin until October. I said to wait until then. She said okay.
Then she, along with the management there, for some other reasons didn’t call me back for jobs. Oh well.
Here are the best of the rest for these past eight days. For most of these, I relied on expert analysis before picking them.
“So You Want to Work in Sports” in paperback
My publisher for my 2022 book So You Want to Work in Sports is going to release a paperback version of it this fall. That’s awesome! The publisher informed me late this week.
U18 Female Hockey Play-by-Play all weekend
From January 5 to January 7 (Friday to Sunday), 2024, the BC Elite Hockey League’s U18 Female Division held a showcase in Richmond, and I was asked to do their games…and I ended up calling:
- three games on Friday
- five games on Saturday (with the first game starting at 8 a.m. and the last one beginning at 6:45 p.m. – back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back)
- two games on Sunday
Saturday was exhausting for sure — my legs were sore from standing for the entire day. But it was a great experience. Here are some of the highlights:
k. p. wee 