It’s not a nice time to be thoughtful in The Big Smoke.
Two of our purported leaders have botched affairs with radically stupid actions.
Mayor Rob Ford declines to attend Toronto’s biggest parade, Sundays Pride event, while Brian Burke, the Leaf GM, is noticeably absent while his underlings pitch Brad Richards, a player the team desperately needed.
Is [...]
GRANTLAND…can I be the first to start a nasty whisper concerning Bill Simmons much hyped new website? One about thin skinned, territorial writers? One concerning the best writer in sports building a team of writers he, consciously or subconsciously, knew were not able to even come close to his talents? Hmmm, the only thing that [...]
PUG LIFE…Antonio Margarito has agreed to a Dec 3rd date with Miguel Cotto. The pairs notorious first fight saw the Mexican pull a huge upset, albeit one most people believe was achieved with “loaded” gloves. Before Margarito’s 2010 fight with Manny Pacquiao he was caught attempting to create a “high” in his system by ingesting [...]
WINNIPEG…fascinating to listen to ESPN Radio absolutely slam the NHL for allowing the Atlanta Thrashers to depart for Manitoba. How, sniffed the host on today’s morning show, do you justify allowing a team to leave the seventh biggest media market in North America for a backwater? This, he explained, is why the NHL is bush [...]
PONIES…it was a dramatic renewal of the Epsom Derby this afternoon, particularly when the Queen’s Carlton House burst onto the scene just past the quarter pole and seemed intent on securing the win. Alas, it was not to be as Andre Fabre’s Pour Moi accelerated with alacrity on the outside and just edged Treasure Beach. [...]
PONIES…Carlton House, owned by the Queen, is a confirmed starter for Saturday’s Epsom Derby despite suffering a minor injury on Monday. It will be a riveting spectacle with a nation pulling for the Queen’s first win in the English Classic. Aidan O’Brien will launch a Coolmore contingent of four runners but they are definitely a [...]
All of Toronto is talking of nothing but raccoons after yesterday’s incident where a man was arrested for bashing a baby ‘coon, in front of the distraught mother, with a shovel.
We have to trap and remove raccoons all the time at my workplace and it’s often either funny or sad. Some raccoons are very feisty and [...]
The Mysterious Captain Lenny G earned the praise of all for his stellar performance in running the 5k downtown last Sunday in an improbably swift 32 minutes. Most had no idea Len was planning on the run. There’s a reason for that.
I was huddled at The Rail last Monday when I noticed a certain [...]
While Preakness Day does not have the same ring as Derby Day, the second leg of the Triple Crown is lauded for delivering magnificent racing. My five most memorable renewals;
1989 Sunday Silence edges Easy Goer…the black Californian colt was considered fodder for the imperial Easy Goer before the Derby…after stunning East Coast scribes with an [...]
In one of the most iconic moments in comic book history, Jor-el and Lara bundle their son Kal-el into a rocket ship while their planet Krypton implodes. Lara tearfully asks her husband, “What will become of our son? Will he live?” Initiating a launch sequence Jor-el looks to the stars and, embracing his wife, whispers, [...]
