I’ve never liked the Boston Red Sox. However, I must admit that allowing Chewbacca to throw the opening pitch before a home game at Fenway Park was pretty sweet. Now if only they could have brought in Darth Vader to umpire the game…... more
§ Sports
Ian’s just posted a great article covering the CBC’s surprising failure to capture broadcasting rights to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Like him, I’m delighted to finally see the 900 lb. Gorilla of Canadian Sportscasting finally get squashed for a change—“Who’s da bitch now??” indeed. Why the glee in learning of the CBC’s failure? Because Canada’s public broadcaster... more
§ NFL
Oddly enough, I was watching baseball tonight (yeah, I know: sport for thick-glassed statisticians and chronic groin-scratchers) and it was in the the top of the 11th inning between the the Red Sox and A's when I discovered what was probably the best news I've received regarding this NFL season to date: Rush Limbaugh has resigned from ESPN's NFL Sunday... more
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I have a problem: once Sunday's events determine if West Ham are the final relegation victim in the EPL, the tension and intrigue of the sporting world I follow will become virtually non-existent until August (when the new EPL season will commence and ideally the Mariners will find themselves in a MLB pennant race). Such is the severity of this... more
§ Hockey
I'm gonna need some time. Obviously my prediction for game seven between the Wild and the Canucks was necessarily rose-tinted; I'm not Dionne Warwick. But there were a few things I wasn't wrong about: The Canucks had absolutely every thing to lose and the Wild are the most emotionally unsatisfying of possible opponents. If I see anymore of Jacques Lemerre's... more
§ Hockey
In theory, I actually don't have too much of a problem with the Canucks failing to get past the second round of the playoffs--certainly it would be a relief to shuck my playoff beard. The problem though is the team we may crash out to: Minnesota. If we found ourselves pushed to game seven in the second round against Dallas,... more
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We're deep into the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and I admit that I find myself with a playoff beard in support of our local Vancouver Canucks. If you ask men about their fondness for growing facial hair, I would suspect most would respond atleast mildly unfavourably. Most of us have never been quite comfortable with our random... more