Woke up this morning to discover my “under 39.5″ bet on the Philadelphia Eagles-Cleveland Browns (Eagles 30-10) game got slapped down by, darn, a half point. No worries, my sleepy head reasoned, we had a nice score on the Detroit Red Wings blow-out over the Colorado Avalanche and Andrew Raycroft, right? Well, some days you just [...]
Andrew Raycroft will start for the Colorado Avalanche tonight as they venture into Hockeytown to battle the Detroit Red Wings. Or, to phrase it differently, Red Wings fans and punters, cha-ching!….Goalie updates; Montreal puck stopper Carey Price is expected to be out through Christmas. Cam Ward returned for the Carolina Hurricanes last week. Rick Di [...]
The New York Yankees received government assistance to the tune of 800 million dollars to erect their new stadium. With harbingers of economic doom descending like locusts, how would you feel as a New York taxpayer now that the Bronx Bombers have handed out over 240 million dollars worth of contract to two pitchers? I [...]
The Toronto Blue Jays are going to be brutal this year, a miserly squad playing in the shadows of the free spending Yankee and Red Sox squads. How can they sell this unpalatable approach to the public? Well Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star gives us the spin in today’s paper. They are going to be [...]
The richest baseball contract of all time is the 275 million dollar package the New York Yankees gave Alex Rodriguez. Yesterdays 161 million dollar agreement between the Yanks and CC Sabithia ranks fourth, but does represent the highest amount ever given to a pitcher…sports radio was burning up with the rumoured Jason Blake for Sean [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers were upset by the Sacramento Kings 113-101 at Arco Arena last night. Kobe Bryant cheekily blamed the loss on the lack of cowbells at the arena(!). Back in the day large boisterous crowds would clang away all night in an attempt to get Kobe off his game. Dwindling attendance and an [...]
Nice of Jason Blake to contribute the game winning goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs last night. It appears Mr Blake can still play effective hockey, if suitably motivated. Last night the wee weasel wanted to strut in front of his former New York Islander mates…Calgary Flames head to the Bell Centre to take on [...]
Marc Crawford has an interesting take on this years streaking San Jose Sharks. He believes the subtraction of Craig Rivet and Brian Campbell and the addition of Rob Blake, Dan Boyle and Brian Lukowich has added needed leadership both on the ice and in the room. I find this intriguing as I’m still skeptical concerning the [...]
It may seem old to you, but to me it feels new
- “Heartbeat” Louise Veronica Ciccone
Its fight night, a time for reflection and anticipation. The hopes of entire nations march to the ring with tonights combatants. Truthfully, no one knows what will happen. These delicious moments, the beloved countdown to sports greatest spectacle, the HUGE [...]
Paul Maurice’s biggest challenge in Carolina is going to be resurrecting the moribund career of Eric Staal. The purported team leader and star has been dismal this season…free agent pitcher CC Sabathia is listed at 6 foot 7 and 270 lbs. Most observers feel that weight number is on the low side…wow does it ever [...]
