Mike Beamish
The Vancouver Sun
Anmore, BC, Canada
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Past articles by Mike:
Remembering Maple Ridge racing champion Greg Moore 20 years after his death
The death of the rising Maple Ridge driver — at the California Speedway, on Oct. 31, 1999 — is a moment that remains etched in time for many Canadians → Read More
Late Vancouver Sun columnist James Lawton honoured at 'journalists' church'
Legendary sports scribe not only wrote prodigiously and magnificently but enjoyed the journey immensely → Read More
The Drone Man: B.C. Lions rookie linebacker Micah Awe targets starting job
With official NFL workouts set to begin April 17, the knowledge that the B.C. Lions have a Biggie hole to fill at WILL (weak-side linebacker) assumes its full realization. → Read More
The Drone Man: B.C. Lions rookie linebacker Micah Awe targets starting job
With official NFL workouts set to begin April 17, the knowledge that the B.C. Lions have a Biggie hole to fill at WILL (weak-side linebacker) assumes its full realization. → Read More
Cincinnati Connection: Drafted UBC baseballers look to Reds as more than fantasy team
The art of hitting a 90-mile-per-hour baseball reaching home plate in 400 milliseconds — and needing half that time to decide whether to swing or not — is the most difficult act in sports. → Read More
High School High: Chris Beaton gets a orange-helmeted bear hug for lifetime achievement
Any pigskin historian who sorts through the evidence can see that coach Chris (Bear) Beaton is wrong about his place in history. → Read More
High School High: Chris Beaton gets a orange-helmeted bear hug for lifetime achievement
Any pigskin historian who sorts through the evidence can see that coach Chris (Bear) Beaton is wrong about his place in history. A many-layered but humble man, the former longtime head coach at Simon Fraser University was presented with the Bob Ackles Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent Oran... → Read More
Shocked Lion Jovan Olafioye packs for move to Alouettes
For seven seasons, he was the B.C. Lions’ Zero Hero. Since arriving in the Canadian Football League in 2010, Jovan Olafioye has missed zero games, zero practices and, in selected seasons, surren… → Read More
Mike Beamish: Shocked Lion Jovan Olafioye packs for move to Alouettes
For seven seasons, he was the B.C. Lions’ Zero Hero. → Read More
Contract for NFL vet David Foucault is Lions’ next objective to tackle
With the signing of dynamic free agents such as receiver Chris Williams and bump-ups for returning veterans, the perils of the salary cap weighed heavily on B. → Read More
Mike Beamish: Frank Alexander gives B.C. Lions his token appreciation for fresh start
Welcome to the land of the Maple Leaf — and B.C. bud. → Read More
Mike Beamish: No mat leave for Alberni District’s tough wrestlers of distinction
B.C. high schools are on March break, but there’s no such thing as mat leave for wrestler Aaron Badovinac. → Read More
Bird is the word as Madison Patrick, UBC women seek school's first hockey title
Hazing rituals are banned on campus, but that doesn’t mean an introduction to university life can’t be emotionally and spiritually painful. → Read More
Bird is the word as Madison Patrick, UBC women seek school’s first hockey title
Hazing rituals are banned on campus, but that doesn’t mean an introduction to university life can’t be emotionally and spiritually painful. Take University of B.C. women’s hockey player Madison Patrick. Her frosh year was especially rough. → Read More
Mike Beamish: Testing doesn't do justice for NFL hopeful Jordan Herdman of SFU
Evaluating a pro football prospect with a stopwatch, measuring tape, plastic cones and a dumbbell is the way it has been done for decades. → Read More
Mike Beamish: Testing doesn’t do justice for NFL hopeful Jordan Herdman of SFU
Herdman, twin brother Justin and SFU running back Ante Milanovic-Litre staged their version of the Under Armour Olympics Friday in a specially arranged Pro Day in North Vancouver. → Read More
Well-travelled Semiahmoo Totems have a Monopoly on bonding through board games
No high schooler is old enough to remember an ancient time — B.C. (before cellphones) — when the world was not so interconnected and humankind made eye contact. → Read More
Well-travelled Semiahmoo Totems have a Monopoly on bonding through board games
No high schooler is old enough to remember an ancient time — B.C. (before cellphones) — when the world was not so interconnected and humankind made eye contact. → Read More
Jordan Deshane digging the talent spike in UBC men’s volleyball
For years, the University of British Columbia's women's volleyball team had a licence to kill, the game's vernacular for successful spiking. At national championships, that activity spiked with regularity. → Read More
Mike Beamish: Is there an NFL audition in Jennings' future?
One issue of many that plagued the Arizona Cardinals last season was inconsistent punting, a fact made evident when the National Football League team looked north at the end of 2016 and signed Rich… → Read More