PUG LIFE…Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz meet tonight in a rematch of their 2009 “Fight of the Year” encounter. In the interim Marquez has lost to Floyd Mayweather and Diaz split a pair with Paul Malignaggi. The stakes are still high, with Marquez angling for a Dec. date with Amir Khan and [...]
My walk on the Danforth was interrupted when tires squealed and the JDawg pulled up. Get in, he yelled.
I noticed a brand new duffel bag in the back seat.
He smiled. That, my friend, is the answer to all my problems.
A duffel bag? JDawg is about to become a father for the first time, and I [...]
The Bloor Cinema, at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor, was opened in 1941. Admission was 35 cents, with an extra dime purchasing admission to a smoking “loge”. The advertisements in the newspaper trumpeted the theatre’s “fireproof” status and noted all seats allowed full view of the screen.
Returning to the Bloor last night, after a [...]
I love tumbling into a good film. Most times, a trip to the theatre leaves one feeling appalled or betrayed. For this reason, I like to select the directors and actors I trust carefully, and then wait for the correct bang on moment to watch their latest creations.
I was borne out of my body and [...]
GRID IRON…under the radar; Julius Peppers has the Chicago Bears dreaming of a return to the “Monsters of the Midway” days. Peppers could rejuvenate a defence that looked stale and uninspired last year…
…this is how Bears QB Jay Cutler sums up new offensive coordinator Mike Martz’s system, “You take your seven steps, you identify the [...]
ICE…Teemu Selanne was very effective for the Anaheim Ducks last year, registering 48 points in 54 games. Selanne has not made a decision yet on whether he will retire or come back for one more season…
…hey, Mr Tim Thomas, goalie with the Boston Bruins, did not realize you are a nutter. In a recent interview [...]
I headed out to see Salt with McClin last night. I hate going to a movie on its opening weekend but, well, it is Angelina and my good mate insisted we go. We couldn’t find seats together, and I ended up in the fourth row aisle, looking straight up at Mrs. Jolie. Stupendous!
The film is [...]
GAGA…I was up bright and early this morning in order to find the five or six hours needed to go through Emily Herbert’s biography of Stefanie Germanotta aka Lady Gaga. I had a number of questions I wanted answered about the pop phenomenon, particularly after a recent Neil Strauss piece in Rolling Stone seemed, to [...]
ICE…it’s only a couple of years ago that Swedish free agent Fabian Brunnstrom was the subject of a feverish bidding war. Teams, including Detroit and Toronto, bid vigorously for his services. Yesterday, his reputation sullied by his mediocre performance in Dallas, he signed a one year 675k contract with the Stars. Brunnstrom had 2 goals [...]
RANDOM…Conrad Black’s first meal after his release from prison? Chazz Delore, of Morgan’s Eatery in Palm Beach, Fla, reported the financier came in and ordered a big dish of boiled money. “He wanted everything, coins, twenties, hundred dollar bills; he ate everything and ordered seconds”. For dessert Lord Black requested, and was given, the heart [...]
