Category: Sports
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Karma
Had a bit of Michigan Wolverine karma yesterday. We all remember a few weeks back when the officials added one second to the clock at the end of the game. The Wolverines had a second chance to get a winning touchdown and they did. Yesterday, again at the Big House, in front of 100,000 fans…
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Bridge Too Far?
The Edmonton Oilers are known for giving players second chances. Craig McTavish while playing with Boston Bruins back in 1984 was convicted of vehicular homicide after he ran into a car ending up in the death of a woman. He was driving under the influence at the time. He served a year in jail. The…
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A Great Time
A great time to be alive. The first NFL Sunday of the season. The Edmonton Eskimos, sorry the Elks, sweeping both Ends of the Labour Day classic with the hated Calgary Stampeders. NCAA. Last week it took Michigan 60 minutes and one second to win their game over Western Michigan. Yesterday they only needed 60…
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Embarrassment
NCAA, don’t you have enough issues going on already? Like over the years I have liked Michigan. I was born raised and went to university in towns bordering Michigan so it was hard for me not to follow the Michigan Wolverines. But last night they lost that game, no ifs ands or buts. It would’ve…
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Cinderella, a.k.a. Wicked Stepmom
Donald, everything you touch turns to yuck. The last couple of weeks the reflecting pool, your great American state fair, the housing initiative that you refuse to sign and now Iran again. But there was one nice story that was going. That was the whole World Cup thing and the US team doing their Cinderella…
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End Of An Era
It was announced, yesterday, that CBC will no longer be carrying hockey night in Canada, Saturday night broadcasts, effective immediately. For anybody growing up in Canada and in the northern US border states this was a Saturday night staple. CBC started carrying Saturday night broadcasts on radio back in 1936. Their first televised broadcast was…
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Madison Square Miracle
Flipping through channels last night. My Tigers were losing. On CNN, they had a panel discussion about Trump loving inflation. The NBA finals, San Antonio was ahead by 29. The Toronto Tempo in the WNBA made a great comeback to win their game. Watch that for a while as it went into overtime. Turned back…
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Nursing A Trade
I could’ve done a political chirp today, but it’s too depressing and too repetitive. The Iran war continues. Trump is being Trump. Ukraine and Russia still at war. On and on and on. So bear with me. The Oilers are trying to trade Darnell Nurse. He has just completed his fourth year of an eight…
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You Never Know
It was reported, the other day, that Claude Lemieux had passed away at the age of 60. Lemieux over 1200 games and had nearly 800 points. He was a better than average player and a player that fans loved to hate if he was not on your team. He won four Stanley cups, one with…