Category: Sports
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Tarnished Jet
Bobby Hull died last week, at the age of 84. He was my first hockey hero. In my home town I could easily pick up the Chicago games, at night. Given a six teal league, Chicago was on tv on a number of Saturday night Hockey Night in Canada games. They were also on a…
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Nice Story
Sourced from Daily Faceoff This picture is from a game last Saturday night between the Edmonton Oilers and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Oilers won 7-3. But that was not the main story from the fame The goaltender in the picture is Matt Berlin. Unless you go to the University of Alberta, you probably have never…
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Mental Health Issue
Attribution to Marcusvfz – Own Work This is Bruce Boudreau. Je has been in professional hockey for 48 years. He played for 17 years, include 9 years in the Toronto Maple Leaf organization. He has been in coaching, ever since. He has had a relatively successful coaching career, including one year where he won an…
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We Are All Guilty
Attribution to All-Pro Ree ls from District of Columbia The is Ivan Provorov. He is a defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers. He has been with the Flyers since 2016. He is also one of the alternate captains for the Flyers, giving him leadership responsibilities. Earlier this month, he boycotted a pregame skate where the team…
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Pendulum
The year 2022 was a pretty rough year for a number of reasons. Roe vs Wade was overturned. Russia invaded Ukraine. Republicans were looking at a red wave in the midterms in November. Donald Trump looked like a shoo in for President, in 2024 Canada was paralysed by the Freedom Convoy. Pierre Poilievre was nominated…
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No Love For OneLove
Attribution to Deccan Herald OneLove armbands were originally started as part of a 2020 inclusiveness campaign launched by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). The KNVB opposes all forms of discrimination, including by race, gender, skin colour and culture. The red, black and green colours symbolise race and origin. The pink, yellow and blue colours…
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Bravery
In 1968, the Summer Olympics was held in Mexico City. On October 16, won the 200 meter dash in world record time. John Carlos finished third. During the medal ceremony, as shown in the picture on the left, they raised their hands in a black power salute. Smith wore a black scarf on his neck…
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Week of Mayhem
Just some reflections of a crazy week Alex Jones has been ordered to pay out nearly a billion dollars in damages to the Sandy Hook families. He will fight it of course, but he will eventually lose. Hopefully this will bring about the end of his Infowars podcast. However, for all the pain and agony…
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Times are Changing
Back in my younger days, I lived and went to university across the border from Big 10 country. In the Fall, I would listen to or watch traditional games like Michigan vs Michigan State and Michigan vs Ohio State in late November. The latter usually being for the Conference Championship. Michigan was furthest team East.…
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Greatest Ever?
I have been around a long time. I have seen Orr, Gretzky, Jagr, Mario and countless others. I have never seen anyone like Connor McDavid. He is carrying the Oilers on his back this playoffs. He is creating new moves, it seems, every game. It truly is a priviledge to watch him play.