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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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Time to put Gaston out to pasture
Cito Gaston must have thought he had travelled back in time. It was opening day and a Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher was carrying a no-hitter and a three-run lead into the seventh inning. Gaston probably thought this was opening day 2009 and that was Roy Halladay dominating the Texas Rangers with a no-no through [...]
The Gazette’s 2010 Blue Jays Primer
Spring is great. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the patios are opening — and the Toronto Blue Jays, with a 0-0 record, are .500. Jays fans will want to relish this moment as all indications point to a difficult season for this young, rebuilding ball club. Nevertheless, here’s how the Blue Jays [...]
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 [...]
Fourteen Things
Busy week in sports, no? Definitely a whole lot to talk about. I won’t get to everything — how about them Raptors? — since most customers won’t make it through to the end of this if I do. Apparently the kids don’t have the attention spans for my, um, extensive writing style. But as Mark [...]
Seven things…
1. I’m not feeling a lot of remorse for Georges Laraque after the Montreal Canadiens told the 13-year NHL veteran to go home and stay there for the rest of the season — a move Laraque called “classless.” Laraque is being grossly overpaid — the Habs signed him to a three-year contract to the tune [...]
McGwire Comes Clean
The Mark McGwire steroid admission has to be the biggest non-news of the new decade. Of course, we all knew McGwire took steroids during his heyday in the late 1990’s when he put up four straight seasons of 50+ home runs and 100+ RBIs. McGwire was always a good hitter, but not that good. Who [...]
So Long Roy Halladay
It’s a bittersweet day in Jays land to say the least. The best pitcher to ever put on a Jays jersey — yes, he’s better than Clemons — has moved on to greener pastures where he’ll have a shot at a world series championship. Certainly Roy Halladay will be missed — and not just for [...]
