G N R…for those who are curious, Guns N Roses started their set at the ACC last night at 11.35pm. Unconscionable bastards. By the time they finished, at 2am, on the coldest night of the year thus far, subway service was finished and thousands were left roaming the downtown trying to find a cab or [...]
G N R..Axl and his mates performed in Montreal last night. Because of the bands proclivity for late starts, they were politely informed that some adjustment might need to be made given the Montreal Metro’s (subway) closing time of close to 1am. Fans need to get home, right? Instead of starting the show at a [...]
THE RAIL..It’s not often you sit down for a pint and the fellow next to you volunteers he’s just out of jail after serving a six year manslaughter sentence. Cool (extricate yourself now! alarm raging in your brain). A pleasant conversation ensued where I was taken through the various 9/11 conspiracy theories and, of course, [...]
GRID IRON..one of the great fallacies of Superbowl week is likely to be the repeated assertion that Indy’s march to the Championship vindicates coach Jim Caldwell’s decision to rest starters beginning with the Dec 27thgame against the New York Jets. It does nothing of the sort. It is entirely plausible that Peyton Manning et al could have [...]
GRID IRON..does it end like that for Brett Favre? You wouldn’t believe that finish if it were in a novel. After a season of redemption, a season when his gunslinger tendencies were controlled, Favre kneecaps his team with an unnecessary and senseless decision. Vintage Favre, vintage village idiot. The Vikings were the dominant team yesterday [...]
PUG LIFE..junior featherweight Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) scored a convincing seventh round knockout over Steven Luevano in New York last night. Lopez represents the future of boxing and he appears to have come through his very difficult test last out, against Rogers Mtagwa, with flying colours. In that last fight, a spectacular twelve [...]
GRID IRON..it may be a product of advanced age, or whatever, but I’m finding it easier to wager quietly on the web and avoid bar bets or pools. A pool that finished at the end of the NFL season still has not paid me what I’m owed. Crazy. It’s a pricey pool and they are [...]
GRID IRON..I didn’t see any “great” defence in 2009. Teams that flirted with the number one ranking included Green Bay, Dallas and Pittsburgh - the prize finally fell into the laps of the Jets after facing two moribund squads in their final two games. My pick in the AFC Championship is going to surprise some. Normally I’d [...]
GRID IRON..Peyton Manning faced Rex Ryan four times when Ryan served as the defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens. Manning went 4-0…Manning was sacked a miniscule ten times this season, despite launching over 500 balls…if DT Kevin Williams can’t play for the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday it is an enormous boost to the chances of [...]
GRID IRON..what a kick ass show Bob McCowan of The Fan had during yesterday’s drive home time-slot. Buddy Nix, new GM of the Buffalo Bills, was the guest and he did his best to explain the decision to hire Chain Gailey (ripped by Troy Aikman as a “dinosaur” in 1998), as the Bills Head Coach. [...]
