This has been a rather crappy NHL offseason. If there’s been another in my lifetime that’s been this bad from a guys dying young standpoint, I cant’ remember it. First it was Derek Boogaard, then Rick Rypien and now Wade Belak, who was found dead today at 35. As a Leafs fan, this one is …
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Basebrawls And The Man In White
Let’s get today’s horrid Jays game out of our systems with a little bit of baseball history, shall we? Here’s a fun piece on basebrawls from Baseball Prospectus. Number 5 in particular is one for the ages. While we’re on the subject of baseball and since I mentioned the Jays, this whole mysterious sign stealing …
A New Goalball League For Toronto
This was sent my way by our old friend Matt. It sounds like a really good opportunity for people to learn goalball or get another chance to play the game. I hope lots of people take advantage of it. The Ontario Blind Sports Association (OBSA) in partnership with the City of Toronto is proud to …
It’s Safe To Say Your Balls Aren’t Bigger Anymore
Oh for Christ’s sake. Argos pull controversial advertisement. The Toronto Argonauts have pulled an advertisement from city subway cars and stations after receiving complaints that it promotes domestic violence. Oh man, this can’t be good. They didn’t seriously show a giant football player tackling some poor old woman or a dude with a beer gut …
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Dear UFC: Do We Really Need 5 Round Main Events On Every Show?
Going by Twitter and nothing more since I haven’t had much of a chance to read anything overly in depth on the subject, people seem pretty happy about the UFC’s decision to bump all of the main event fights going forward up to 5 rounds from 3. Personally, I don’t much care for the idea. …
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Even If It Was Standing Still, He Still Wouldn’t Be Quicker Than That Car
You hear stories all the time about people running onto the field at sporting events, but somebody doing it during a Formula One exhibition? That’s a new one. And yes, the obvious reason *why* that’s a new one applies. Formula One driver Sebastien Buemi was in Japan at a Red Bull F1 Exhibition when a …
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Goalie Fights!
Hockey fans or fans of great things in general, prepare to meet the doom of the next half hour or so of your life thanks to this Houses of the Hockey collection of goalie fights! There are some gooders in here, including my favourite of all time. Yes, Felix Potvin vs. Ron Hextall is here. …
Bob Cole Calling The Henderson Goal
I don’t think you can live in Canada for any length of time without seeing Paul Henderson’s winning goal from 1972 at least once. It’s shown all the time, and Foster Hewitt’s “Henderson has scored for Canada!” is one of those things everybody seems to know even if they don’t know they know it. But …
A Random Bunch Of Brain Blarf
I stayed up until after 2 AM to listen to the Jays last night. I shouldn’t have. I should have gone to sleep earlier. It still would have been late, but it would have been some extra rest and I wouldn’t have had to se…that. When I thought about turning in for the night, it …
#getyouricecoldbeerhere!
What a neat ideathisis, and I’m sure it’s exactly the sort of thing the smart tech people have in mind when they invent things. For the last 5 years, Kevin Zelko has been selling beer at Safeco Field. He normally does the walking up and down the stadium yelling for people’s attention thing, but now …