I’ve often wondered what the average IQ is on a pro hockey team. Do they fight because they can’t control their anger, or is it just a tease, to draw crowds to the games. Check out this video from a Manchester Monarchs game, featuring forward Kevin Westgarth punching out Philadelphia Phantoms’ Jeff Szwez.

It must be the magic teenage years when young athletes’ personalities change, and attitudes make dramatic upturns and downslides. I’ve noticed it lately with my 14-year-old son, Brandon. The one-word description of school for the day is “boring.” And when asked what he did all day, I get “nothing.” Sounds educational! And I keep wondering [...]

I’ve photographed and read about people named #1 sports fans in their communities, but I have never met one who inspired so many people, lived to help others, and suffered through cancer so much, as my father, Duane Hammerstrom.

 
He was nicknamed the first “Hammer” in the family. I am the second, and my son, Brandon has [...]

With a pool of blood in front of me, on the middle of Elm Street, I stood on the sidewalk and photographed Nashua police officers taking pictures and measurements for hours, as they investigated what appeared to me as a pedestrian accident with a car, behind Nashua City Hall Friday morning, May 2, 2008. But who [...]

When I think of poor sportsmanship, my thoughts are of fighting hockey players, soccer red cards, John McEnroe, and the picture I shot following a Rothsay, Minn., football playoff game 20 years ago. Do you remember the phrase, “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never hurt me?” Well, they do!
 
With brutal November temperatures [...]

 
Do you enjoy traveling, and calling “time-outs?” Are you accustomed to kids talking back to you, and parents becoming emotional about every decision you make? Well, if this sounds interesting, pick up a whistle and try on a zebra shirt.
This was the last year for my eighth-grade son, Brandon to play in the Auburn Recreational [...]