There
are approximately 15 days, 21 hours, 58 minutes and 36 seconds
until the home opener of the Ottawa Lynx 2005 baseball season
in Ottawa, but unless fan support and attendance rates increase,
this could be the team’s last countdown.
Reflected in
a long mirror covering the wall to her right Ada Chan stands
in the centre of a small room and points her feet sideways. At
the same time, she raises her hands above her head and slowly
bends her knees. Seconds later, Chan straightens her legs before
once again bending gracefully.
It’s 11
p.m. on a Monday night and 80-year-old Archie Stalker has spent
the past two hours twirling dance instructors around the room.
His white shirt and black pants are neatly pressed and his white
hair is only slightly out of place.
Basketball.
Watching the sport on TV used to send me into pangs of annoyance
and indifference. I couldn’t sit through one quarter of
an NBA game, let alone all 48 minutes.