And your heart beats so slow
Through the rain and fallen snow
Across the fields of mourning
Lights in the distance
- Paul Hewson, “A Sort Of Homecoming”
The Toronto Maple Leafs officially came back to life with the announcement that Brian Burke will take on the role of President and General Manager. Intelligent and compassionate souls, driven away by [...]
It should be simple. Wake at 5.30am, turn on the Fan, listen to the wrap up of everything sports from the day before. Easy, right? No, the bedraggled listener has to endure wretched banter between the execrable Don Landry and the vacant Gord Stellick before Rick Ralph begin his packed summary. I’m surprised a twit like Landry hasn’t [...]
Everyone is agog with the tremendous record of double digit underdogs in the NFL this year (16-2) and punters are betting these dawgs blindly. Looks like odds makers have moved decisively to counter that trend with the spread for the Tennessee Titans-Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys-Seattle Seahawks matches Thursday. The Titans give a mere eleven, the [...]
The Lance Armstrong comeback is drawing increasing media attention. Armstrong will allow his body to be monitored on a daily basis, with results posted on the net, to bolster his claims that he competes drug free. Recently, Armstrong expressed concern that he could be physically attacked by members of the public who crowd the roadways during [...]
Bizarre situation in Minnesota where sniper Marian Gaborik, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, skates at the rink every day but disappears as soon as his team mates arrive. Gaborik has not started in sixteen games, supposedly battling a mysterious ailment, but rumours abound that Gaborik either refuses to play or has been benched by [...]
…it’s fight night in Toronto. We’ve invested time and energy following the career of Steve Molitor and are on the precipice of discovering if he is primed for ascension to elite status. It’s just a huge, damn fight. Of course memories of Shawn O’Sullivan and Willie DeWitt will haunt the arena at Casino Rama. I was in [...]
Alex Ovechkin has been stellar since returning from a brief visit to Russia. He had a goal and three assists last night as his Washington Capitals beat the Ducks of Anaheim 6-4. Ovechkin has now scored in five consecutive games and the Caps are a stunning 15-0-1 in the last sixteen games where Alex the [...]
With the Pittsburgh Steelers leading the San Diego Chargers 11-10, and five seconds on the clock, Troy Polamalu intercepted a lateral and sauntered into the end zone to make the score 17-10. Referees, after an interminable delay, ruled the lateral as an illegal forward pass and the score returned to 11-10. The implications were staggering [...]
We ran the table at Woodbine on Friday, a day of sheer perfection with all four of our picks winning with resounding ease. Loaded with cash I spent Saturday, uh, at an all day seminar on the current economy? Yeah, what a lousy comedown. I was dying to sneak out the back door and head [...]
A month ago, on Oct 19th, Brett Favre and his New York Jets floundered against the horrible Oakland Raiders, unable to get any traction in three possessions in O T. Last night, with the division lead on the line, it was Brett the Magician capturing a crucial win against the fabled Patriots…Randy Moss apparently told Favre [...]
