Since before I can remember, I have been obsessed with sports. As a youngster, I did what virtually every Canadian kid does: I played hockey and dreamt of playing in the NHL. That didn’t pan out, but I eventually fell in love with football and rugby. I was what you call a “husky” kid; you know the type—not “fat” in the colloquial sense but not a string bean like so many eight- and nine-year-olds.