Author: Dwight Wakabayashi
Dwight Wakabayashi is a former Chatham-Kent resident, who is the MMA editor, and a regular sports news and opinion writer for CKSN. A featured Columnist at Bleacher Report UFC/NHL, Guest writer at Sportsnet.ca UFC, MMA Canada, and the Nikkei Voice, Dwight has 10 years of sports writing experience. Earning a diploma in journalism from Centennial College, Dwight currently lives in Toronto and is the Marketing Manager and lead writer for Word Up Communications (http://wakabayashid.wix.com/word-up-).
Multicultural Mentors: Chatham-Kent Roots Blooming In Japan
By Dwight Wakabayashi There are many people with roots in Chatham-Kent that have gone on to blossom in countries and cultures all around the world. ... Read More
The Lost Season – The Story Of The 1989-90 Blenheim Blades
By Dwight Wakabayashi The Lost Season – The Story of The’89-’90 Blenheim Blades By Dwight Wakabayashi THIS IS THE STORY OF MY ROOKIE SEASON WITH THE ... Read More
Chatham-Kent Hockey Alumni Movers and Shakers
Chris WakabayashiBy Dwight Wakabayashi We are almost at the midpoint of the professional hockey off-season and there are many things a moving and a shaking ... Read More
Nishizaki Named Director of Perfect Skating
Kyle Nishizaki in his role with Perfect SkatingBy Dwight Wakabayashi Chatham native and former Jr. Maroon Kyle Nishizaki has been tagged to run the show ... Read More
Five CK Athletes That Have Played For Team Canada
Dave Gagner with Team CanadaCKSN PRO WEEKLY with DWIGHT WAKABAYASHI On this Canada Day long weekend, it is only natural to think of sports accomplishments ... Read More
Chatham Native Boxer Steve Rolls Hungry to Shake Loss To Golovkin
CKSN PRO WEEKLY with DWIGHT WAKABAYASHI Chatham is a town of fighters but did you know that you have a native son boxer who is ... Read More
Kawhi Leonard Is The Bruce Lee Of The NBA
CKSN Pro Weekly with Dwight Wakabayashi The National Basketball Association is loaded to the rafters with loud guys. The new age, Instagram superstar and Twitter ... Read More
Ontario South Down: A Hockey David vs. Goliath
The Ontario South Selects was a spring/summer ice hockey team in the mid to late ’80’s. The team was made up of the biggest and best 1973 born players in ... Read More
Being Like Mike: MSG, Mouth Guards, and the ’86 Mets
Mike Bennett - Photo by Peggy Johnson/ CKSN.caChatham-Kent’s all time best and favorite sports writer Mike Bennett was recently inducted into the Chatham Sports Hall ... Read More
The UFC Going The Way Of Boxing
Let’s imagine a future hockey world where the following scenario faces us; It is the year 2025, and the NHL is winding down it’s season. ... Read More
The Griffin Goats, Wallaceburg’s Greatest
A hop, skip and a jump down highway 40 from Chatham, lies the tough, little town of Wallaceburg. Population of 10,010. Wallaceburg has the only ... Read More
The Fight That Shook The County
And…..here we go off the face-off down in the Jr. Kings corner oh wait what have we here, we have two guys and squaring off… ... Read More
Top 15 Chatham Maroons Of All-Time
The Chatham Jr. Maroons are a storied junior ice hockey franchise that was founded in 1959 in the town of Chatham, Ontario Canada. The Sr. ... Read More
Perry Pappas: The Toughest Guy In Here, Part 4
This is the fourth and final part of the series, Perry Pappas: The Toughest Guy In Here. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here ... Read More