Mike Beamish
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Mike Beamish
@sixbeamers.bsky.social

Vancouver Sun Sports reporter/columnist, 1973-2017. Married to Theresa. Dad/stepdad to Greg, Hayley, Michaela, Joey, Coco, Emry, Peggy. Grandpa to Emma, Alexa.
Home: Lat. 49.10 N, Long. 122.70 W
Montreal Alouettes’ Herb Trawick, first African-American in the Canadian Football League (1946), the same year Jackie Robinson broke professional baseball’s colour bar with Montreal Royals of the AAA International League.
February 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Philadelphia-born Bernie Custis, first black quarterback to start in the Canadian Football League — 1951, with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
February 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Elvis was partial to pink Caddies. That’s good enough for me.
January 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Jim Robson and Friends: Happy 90th birthday to the gracious gentleman broadcaster (third from left) and his many admirers in West Coast media. Canucks, Lions, Mounties, Port Alberni basketball, legendary JR was behind the mike for them all. (Jeff Vinnick photo, Jan. 16, 2020).
January 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Wise words from The Penthouse (Vancouver) #greatwhitenorthforever
January 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wayne Rutledge in goal for the Kings. Picked up in the expansion draft, he actually started more games for the Kings than Hall of Famer Terry Sawchuk that first season (1967-68)
January 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Monaco Grand Prix, 1948, won by Giuseppe Farina
December 30, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Rest in peace, Al Raine, Canadian Ski Hall of Fame
December 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM
December 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
WHA Days: “Pie” McKenzie (Vancouver Blazers) with a member of the Winnipeg Jets
December 12, 2024 at 7:25 PM