Category: Sports
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Playoffs Time
Back in 2001, Jim Mora, then coach of the Indianapolis Colts, after the Colts had lost a brutal game, was asked about his team‘s playoff chances. He responded with a memorable quote that you need to see. “Playoffs? Don’t talk about—playoffs?! You kidding me? Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game! Another game!” They did not make the playoffs…
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The Dance
It is that time of year again. The big dance, to the sweet 16, to the elite eight, which is today and tomorrow and then the final four. It is a time where many Americans and some Canadians do their brackets, or past tense, did their brackets, with most of those brackets collapsing. Last year…
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The Game
All across our nation, Canadians are going to do a very Canadian game, and get in front of a TV and watch the Canada versus US gold medal hockey game. Depending where you live, in Canada, the game will start anywhere between 510 in the morning, such as in BC, to 940 in the morning…
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Escape
With all the stuff going around in the world, sometimes it is just nice to escape it all and follow the Olympics. No matter what country you are from you can drape your hopes around the flag of your country. So many different sports to choose from such as hockey and figure skating, on the…
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No Crying In Curling
I was watching an Olympics curling game between Sweden and Canada and a hockey fight almost broke out. Tom Hanks, in the movie ‘ a league of their own’ came out with the following famous line. “there is no crying in baseball“ In the ninth end of this game, there was a flurry of accusations…
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It Sucks
ok Let me preface this by saying that I’m a Detroit Tigers fan? anEdmonton Oilers fan and the Detroit Lions fan. All three have been in the playoffs at least the last two years, including the Oilers, who have lost two Stanley Cup finals, including a final that went to game seven, two years ago.…
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Bet On It
The NBA was rocked on Thursday morning, when it was announced that 30 people, including current Portland Trailblazer head coach and Hall of Famer, Chauncey Phillips, and current player Terry Rozier were arrested on gambling related charges. The arrests also included a number of mafia members from various mafia families. Pro sports has bought into…
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Awkward
Baseball has been called America’s pastime. Yet it will be a Canadian team playing against the Los Angeles Dodgers for the World Series title. You may have noticed that there has been a bit of tension between our two countries in the last little while. Most of it has to do with Donald Trump and…
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Oil Gusher
Edmonton and the hockey world was rocked by an earthquake of immense proportions yesterday. Connor McDavid, with this year being his last year of his existing contract, signed a two-year extension for the same amount of money that he is making now. His salary for the next two years will be $12.5 million. His teammate,…
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15 Minutes Of Shame
There is a saying that goes everyone gets there 15 minutes of fame. Well for two of the people in the images above, it is more like 15 minutes of shame. The bottom image shows a man stealing a hat from a kid. It happened at the U.S. Open. And it went viral on the…