If I were smart I’d have asked Gill what the cheer was in her third item, because I laughed at the Boat Load and wouldn’t mind it being even funnier somehow. With the arrival of baseball season and hockey winding down we need to talk. Some team names have been placed beneath the microscope because …
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Watt Gives You The Right To Talk To Me Like That
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcRRaXV-fg I’m not really a soccer guy, but I am a big fan of silliness, which means I enjoyed this. Former Arsenal forward Sanchez Watt received the most bizarre red card of the season after a referee mistook the player saying his own name for dissent. Watt, playing for Hemel Hempstead in their National League …
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Let’s Play Some Basketball! Instead Of Singing? Good Idea!
Nelly Furtado, Fergie…I’m beginning to wonder if maybe the NBA should stop having folks sing national anthems at its All-Star games. Yes, I defended Nelly Furtado at the time and I stand by that decision even though her shaky start was quite a bit more jarring than I remember, But I’m not defending this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBWZI6f-38 …
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There He Goes!
Update: On the Jeff Blair show earlier this week, they spent two hours with Jerry, talking about his career and retirement. There are guests, there are phone calls, there are memories, there are emotions. You can listen to it here. Original Post: I heard my first bit of Blue Jays baseball on the radio sometime …
Baseball On Ice
Today in sports stuff that probably wouldn’t fly anymore: Baseball on a skating rink. This silent footage (sorry, blind kids) is taken from 1924, but there is a much more detailed account of a game played in 1861, a time long before video or safety now that you mention it had been invented. On February …
Vladimir Putin, Voice Of Reason: December 2017-December 2017
Well, so much for my theory about Vladimir Putin trying to act like the sensible one where the Russian Olympic ban is concerned. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused U.S. agencies of manipulating evidence from the main whistleblower on doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Putin said Thursday that former Moscow anti-doping laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov — who is under witness protection after …
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Hopefully The Crazy Talk Is Just Talk
In a move that surprised me if no one else, the International Olympic Committee stood up and actually made a reasonably good but difficult sporting decision yesterday, banning Russia from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics. The ruling came after an investigation into allegations of a sophisticated doping scheme backed by the country’s government and …
And A Huge Interception By The Local Constabulary
The Grey Cup is fantastic. It’s a big, fun, important Canadian event that many of us will stop what we’re doing to watch. But that’s not always the best idea. Sometimes you really should finish off whatever you’re up to before you settle in to enjoy the game. Like let’s say you’re in the midst …
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My Love For This Team Is A Burning Love. To The Second And Third Degree, To Be Specific
There’s nothing wrong with making a friendly wager on a sporting event. I’ve been known to bet a few bucks or a dinner here and there. And if fire didn’t scare the living shit out of me and if the things weren’t so god damned expensive, I could maaaaaaaaaaybe see myself making a loser burns …
The Story Of One Of Journalism’s Worst Days Ever
I don’t mean to alarm any of you, but believe it or not, the media makes mistakes. In spite of the high standards they’re justifiably held to, reporters are, at the end of the day, just as human as the rest of us. Sometimes their mistakes are pretty funny and when the eventual correction is …
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