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…And we’re back
Alright. After a brief summer hiatus I’m starting up this blog business again ahead of the school year and what I think will be a really, really exciting volume for this paper. All kinds of craziness and excitement in store. A couple notes today — one from the pros and two from close to home. [...]
Jays fans overreacting again
Sometimes in life — and I know this can be hard to believe — there are things that are bigger than baseball. Believe it or not, a meeting of the leaders of the 20 most economically powerful nations in the world trumps a mid-season baseball series. Whether Roy Halladay is pitching or not. That’s why [...]
Habs are making Gary Bettman sweat
It’s hard not to enjoy watching the Montreal Canadiens’ unlikely rise through the NHL playoffs. Sneaking in the back door as the eighth seed, the Canadiens have already eliminated the President’s Trophy winning Washington Capitals in the first round. Now, with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in game six of their second round [...]
Things aren’t so bad in Ottawa
You know what the best thing about the NHL playoffs is? The return of good hockey. No more bumbling stalemates between the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs with both teams coasting at half speed, trying to preserve their 1-1 tie for overtime where they’ll both be awarded a point they truly do not [...]
Fans going overboard on Overbay
I get it, Toronto sports fans. You’re fickle. That’s why you cheer ridiculously when the Raptors score 100 points, entitling you to a voucher for a free slice of pizza that you probably won’t even redeem. That’s also why you boo Lyle Overbay pitch-by-pitch when he’s in the middle of a slump at the beginning [...]
Chris Bosh has some tips for his boss
It’s fitting that the last image of Chris Bosh in a Toronto Raptors uniform fans will ever see was of the 6-10 power forward writhing in pain on the floor with a fractured nose and upper jaw, blood pouring from his face. After all, Bosh and Toronto fans have been headed for an ugly breakup [...]
Top 10 most popular sports articles of 2010
Not a single sports article made it into the top ten most popular Gazette articles of 2010. I know, it must be some sort of technological mishap. So I asked the Gazette‘s crack web team — see: Thompson, Stuart — to compile a list of the top ten most popular sports articles of 2010, based [...]
Brannagan will have steep hill to climb
It’s great that Danny Brannagan has signed with the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts. Great for me because I called that the Argos would sign a Canadian QB here. But somewhat more importantly, it’s great for the growth of the game in Canada and the emergence of Canadian Interuniversity Sport competition as a true proving [...]
Argos could be in play for Canadian QB
It’s really, really hard to be a Toronto Argonauts fan right now. The team, still reeling from their latest campaign under an unpopular import coach, boasts an awful 7-29 record over the past two seasons and was recently sold to BC Lions owner David Baley because, well, no one else would take them. Talk about [...]
Sixteen Things
1. Don’t be fooled by Gary Bettman’s posturing over the NHL’s involvement in the2014 winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia. The NHL will be there. 2. Bettman, a shrewd negotiator, is well aware of the fact the players want to be at that tournament. And with another session of collective bargaining with the NHLPA quickly [...]
