As a subscriber to The Hockey News, the last thing I expect to see is a story on global warming. But there it is, on page 51 of this week’s edition (not available online, though): a nice Adam Proteau column on NHLers whose eyes are wide open when it comes to climate change issues. Calgary […] More »
(photo courtesy Toronto FC) Apologies to all the Toronto-indifferent out there, but sometimes it is just fantastic living in the professional sport centre of this great country. The Leafs are off to their classic shaky start yet they still look better than last year (really, all you can ask of the Leafs right now), the […] More »
Please note: I wrote this piece last week, and was about to post it when the news of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle’s death in a tragic plane accident hit the media. I have held it to allow that terrible story due weight. Why We Love It When The Yanks Lose They’ve got all the money; […] More »
image courtesy a French blog It’s the season of the shove, apparently, among professional male athletes, and whether they do it with their hands, their heads or a weasely bit of graffiti on the clubhouse chalkboard, the boys of summer are all trying to make up for hockey’s diminished physicality by stirring it up themselves. […] More »
(AP PHOTO/CP, Paul Chiasson) courtesy Yahoo images The other day, national sports radio host Bob McCown did his controversialist thing when he insisted the only reason to watch womens’ sports was for “the eye candy.” His point, though I’m not convinced he actually believes it, was layered. Woman athletes have bought into a marketing around […] More »
Since watching the last forty minutes of last week’s World Cup final, I have to say I am baffled by some of the mainstream media response to Zinedine Zidane’s head butt to Italian defender Marco Materazzi, including the initial — completely one-sided — response of the play by play announcer at the game. We’re supposed […] More »
The Times of London has run a weirdly triumphant account of Germany’s loss to Italy in yesterday’s World Cup semifinal match in Dortmund: Doubts voiced about World Cup boost for host country I’ll admit to being a fan of Germany — the soccer Germany (and, in all honesty, the beer Germany, sausage Germany and literature […] More »
If we can take a break from all the Oiler-adulation for a sec, thanks…. I’d like to direct your attention to more worthy Stanley-Cup-related pursuits, such as the first novel by our own John Degen, The Uninvited Guest. Actually, to call this a hockey novel would be a mistake, since it seems (114 pages in) […] More »
That’s Deadwood’s Al Swearengen from last week’s season three opener. It’s appropriate today. Believe as we do: Edmonton is going to wipe the floor with Carolina. The Stanley Cup is coming home. More »
MASCAR dads have become the swing vote in this fall's US presidential election. But to understand the man, you must first try to understand what drives him
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