Profile of Robin Short

Biography

Robin Short is The Telegram's Sports Editor. One of the newspaper's senior citizens (despite his youthful appearance), he has worked at The Telegram for 24 years. He is a two-time winner of the Atlantic Journalism Award for sports reporting and is author of Rock Stars: Team Gushue's Road to Gold. You can reach Robin at rshort@thetelegram.com

All articles of Robin Short

• Danny Williams and Glenn Stanford combined their...
  One’s the rock star, the other is the producer. Danny Williams is centre stage, bright lights. Glenn Stanford is the man just off to the right, ...
• Tip your Cap
  Six years, five months and 21 days since St. John’s and Newfoundland and Labrador hockey fans last saw an official American Hockey League game, ...
• Fun, fellowship and the absurdity
  Hockey Canada comes up with the gimmicky slogans, like “Relax, it’s just a game,” reminding parents that, well, it’s just a game. Hockey’s ...
• King on the wing
  In the third period of Sunday afternoon’s American Hockey League friendly between the homestanding St. John’s IceCaps and Norfolk Admirals, the ...
• Greening credits ‘a lot of hard work’ for his...
  So what’s the secret with Colin Greening?No one can be that perfect, can they? Tall, handsome, personable. Captain of the college hockey team. ...
• Starring roles in The Show
  Has it really been that long since a Newfoundland hockey player’s mere invite to an NHL training camp made big news back home? When assignment to ...
• Shirts off their backs, for a good cause
  A great deal of planning went into the Page 1 photo you see in today’s Telegram. When you’re dealing with professional hockey players, busy ...
• Starring roles in The Show
  Has it really been that long since a Newfoundland hockey player’s mere invite to an NHL training camp made big news back home? When assignment to ...
• More than capable bunch
  Training camp is all of two days old, so there wasn’t a lot for the Winnipeg Jets assistant general manager, Craig Heisinger, to report Sunday ...
• Nobody asked me, but ...
  They’re beating each other up at the World Cup of Rugby in New Zealand, where the Canadian roster features a pair of Newfoundlanders — Ciaran ...
• Motivated by snub, O’Brien blazes out of the gate
  Upset and just a little bit ticked off he wasn’t extended an invitation to a pro camp this fall, Zach O’Brien plans to use the snub as motivation ...
• Changes needed in local baseball on and off the field
  Nobody asked me, but …Great to see government tossing around the pre-election greenbacks for new arenas this week. C.B.S., Paradise and Harbour ...
• Chasing the dream
  When the pucks drops on a new NHL season in October, five Newfoundlanders — Dan Cleary, Ryane Clowe, Adam Pardy, Teddy Purcell and Michael Ryder ...
• Remembering Freddie, with a smile
  Freddie would be really pissed right now.Pissed that it’s been a week and I haven’t written anything on his passing. “Give it to Frank Graham,” ...
• Happy faces abound around IceCaps
  Danny Williams stood at the podium on the floor of Mile One Centre Friday morning, some 10 or 20 feet from what will be the St. John’s IceCaps’ ...
• It’s official
  For a handful of winters, after he returned from law school, Danny Williams was the left and right hand for Terry Trainor and Don Johnson on the ...
• The St. John’s IceCaps will become official Friday
  The St. John’s IceCaps will become official Friday with the naming of the American Hockey League team at Mile One Centre. The name, first ...
• Dunderdale thrilled to run Tely 10
  Kathy Dunderdale says taking over the premier's chair on the eighth floor at Confederation Building felt pretty darn good, but she admitted ...
• Fewer extends reign in the rain
  Colin Fewer rounded the turn on to Bannerman Rd., just a short dash from the Colonial Bldg., Sunday morning to cheers from a healthy, if not ...
• 3,000's a crowd
  It was status quo at The Telegram 10-Mile Road Race Sunday morning, with pre-race favourites and defending champs Colin Fewer and Kate Vaughan ...
• Running down history
  He’s won a half-dozen Tely 10 titles, is the second-fastest runner to cover the old course and has firmly established himself as the province’s ...
• New senior league official, but will it last?
  Back at Tely Central after a few weeks respite where it’s actually summer. I’m freezin’, a few pounds heavier, the lawn needs mowing and the desk ...
• Ready for a record run
  The province’s largest road race continues to get bigger and bigger. A record 3,051 runners, walkers and wheelchair competitors ...
• Nobody asked me ... but
  Has anybody noticed that of the top 16 scorers in the NHL playoffs, and that includes some players tied with the same number of points, ...
• Stan the man
  “Danny! Danny! Danny!”We all knew Danny Williams was a hit in the political arena. Turns out he can draw an applause at the hockey rink, too.A ...
• Williams wasn’t letting this deal get away
  The gleam was in his eye on a chilly afternoon yesterday, at the foot of the steps leading to the rink he named 10 years ago.At times, Danny ...
• BREAKING: AHL deal done for St. John's
  Telegram Sports Editor — The Telegram has learned Danny Williams has a tentative agreement in place with True North Sports and Entertainment that ...
• Williams keeps working the corners, still thinks he...
  Greg Selinger, the Manitoba premier, stood at the MTS Centre podium in downtown Winnipeg Tuesday morning, positively gushing.“Welcome home,” he ...
• Williams warns AHL deal for St. John’s could slip...
  Winnipeg celebrated the return of the National Hockey League Tuesday after 15 years when the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg’s True ...
• Williams gets scrappy with a former teammate
  So Danny Williams dropped the mitts yesterday. The scrappy, little winger came out swinging.Williams donned his blue Gonzaga Vikings jersey — ...