Sticks of Fire reader Taylor sent this to us recently: A group of Tampa residents headed by Mimi Conneely are pushing for a crosswalk at the north end of Bayshore. Currently there is no safe accommodation of foot, bike or wheelchair traffic to or from Davis Islands, leaving S.O.L. anybody without a car who needs to [...]
Thanks to investigative reporter Mike Deeson, Tampa Bay’s 10 was the first to air the video of the Hillsborough County Sheriff Deputy dumping Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair. That video has since made its way around the world on such outlets as NBC’s Today Show, CNN and the front page of BBC’s website. Everyone is [...]
The sport is so rough, it was initially called Murderball. It’s often called Quad Rugby in the U.S., because it is played by quadriplegics. But it is internationally known as Wheelchair Rugby, because “You can’t really market ‘Murderball’ to corporate sponsors.” From quadrugby.com: The game is a tough, give-no-quarter game. … Any misconceptions about quads and helplessness are [...]
