Category: Sport
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Death In The Ring
Chris Iorfida of the CBC has penned a thoughtful piece on the death of “Mixed Martial Arts” fighter Tim Hague. It was with great sadness that we learned of this tragedy. There will be an investigation and it’s looking like somebody responsible for the sanctioning of the contest is going to be up against some…
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Still Watching Hockey?
They chase a puck around a rink for multi-millions and reside in the U.S. preventing the imposition of Canada’s high rate of tax while you tote the j.o.b. for nickels in comparison. You pay into Canada’s social welfare state and sometimes irresponsibly pony up a three figure event ticket for an apparent privilege of sitting…
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Reburbished Deleted Post Flames Arena
Naturally, the Calgary Herald deleted my sarcastic post on Gary Bettman’s Calgary appearance. Hence; I reproduce it here. Oh Yes, BTW Ken King of the Calgary Flames apparently used to work for the Calgary Herald. This is what I said “Expect the Calgary Herald to delete posts representing articulate opinions against the construction of a…
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Federer’s Backhand In Australia
Prior to his injury, Federer had dropped his number one ranking but today he has won the Australian Open. Tennis pundits in recent years have bestowed the best one handed backhand drive in the game to Stan Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet. Wawrinka most likely today generates the most power from the back hand wing and…
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Some Credit To NHL
Some credit to the NHL is in order as I took in a couple of periods of the Flames vs Hawks last night at Big Al’s pub over at International Avenue. No fights! Some inspired play by John Goudreau of the Flames. Fairly tight checking with low scoring and the O/T shoot out didn’t conclude…