Day 648: A Legend With An Asterisk

originally published October 9, 2013 It is quite possibly the single most iconic moment in sports history. More so than Gretzky scoring his 50th goal in 39 games, more than Tiger winning his first major, even more so than David Tyree’s helmet-catch that helped the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in Super […]

Day 614: Are You Ready For Some (Controversial) Football?

originally published September 5, 2013 There are 214 days between February 3 and September 5. This represents the passage of time between Super Bowl XLVII and tonight, the opening kickoff of the 2013 NFL season. For those of us who only feign a passing interest in other sports, who know that special splash of cold […]

Day 582: Football’s Big Fumbles

originally published August 4, 2013 For those of us whose sports-blood surges through but the vein of American football, whose clicker-thumbs are prepped for their pre-season workouts in anticipation of their September Sunday cardio, today is a special day. This is the day our beloved sport pokes its thumbs through the cocoon of the off-season […]

Day 566: The 566th-Day Stretch

originally published July 19, 2013 Regular readers know I don’t devote a lot of my sports-watching time to anything other than NFL football and Olympic shot-put trials. Nothing against the other sports out there – I simply like the fact that I can cram all my vicarious thrill-gaming into Sunday. Well, and Monday night. Thursday […]

Day 544: And The 1925 NFL Champion Is… Umm…

originally published June 27, 2013 Right about now the truly manic hockey fans in Chicago are probably ringing the final bells of their celebration festivities, gleefully swimming in the milky afterglow of a well-played, riveting Stanley Cup series. The city knows a little something about championships: the Blackhawks won one just three years ago, the […]

Day 495: Gridiron Sneakery At Its Finest

originally published May 9, 2013 If you’re anything like me, then the NBA playoffs are not exactly sparking your motor into overdrive. I’m surrounded by people who bleed hockey, and even though our lowly Oilers are watching the NHL playoffs from their well-worn sideline seats, you can almost hear the visceral whoosh of mouth-froth around […]

Day 465: It’s Masters Week!

originally published April 9, 2013 “You ever watch golf on television? It’s like watching flies fuck.” Okay, so maybe George Carlin – a noted loather of the game – was exaggerating a little. I have spent enough time watching both activities to confidently assert that the two are totally unrelated. Flies can complete the act […]

Day 462: Spring’s Here – Play Ball!

originally published April 6, 2013 As I solemnly watch another four or so inches settle onto the arctic heaps of April snow here in Edmonton, I turn my attention to the 30 Major League Baseball stadiums who are fully operational, and fully immersed in what the rest of the civilized world refers to as “spring”. […]

Day 425: Screwing The Scoreboard – Worst Sports Teams

originally published February 28, 2013 Every month I take a look at some of the worst mistakes art has made, from misguided movies to terrible tunes to the rectum of the airwaves known as reality TV. But art is subjective. I’m sure there are tens, even dozens of people who found Manos: The Hands Of […]

Day 388: The Ultramarathon – Not For The Feint-Hearted Or The Sound-Minded

originally published January 22, 2013 The list of things I will never accomplish in my lifetime keeps getting longer and longer every day. There was a time when I thought I might climb Mount Everest, float down the Amazon, or expose my nipple during a Super Bowl halftime show. But as the whirlpool of middle-age […]