Looking Ahead in 2018 Sports: An Olympian Challenge
The 2018 sports year begins with a Bowl, but the full table setting lies ahead. What courses are being prepared? Let’s look forward at some of the most challenging stories ahead.
Read MoreYou Can't Coach Luck-- But Coaches Still Try
Now is the winter of sports discontent. NFL coaches are being primed for the chop. NHL and NBA coaches, too, are trying to stay one step ahead of the grim reaper as their team’s rosy prospects dim. We hear longtime Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis won’t come back next year. John Fox in Chicago, Bill O’Brien in Houston and Chuck Pagano in Indianapolis are all being primed for the pink slip.
Read MoreMas, Mas! A Wild, International Weekend of Sports
Sports, as the saying goes, is the gift that keeps on giving. This past weekend was one of the most diverse and interesting in recent memory with important stories that re-wrote the sports landscape.
Read MoreA Tough Month For The Blue Jays Is About To Get Tougher
It has not been a good two weeks for the Toronto Blue Jays. The most recent body blow was the news that the New York Yankees, the Jays’ bitter AL East rivals, had won the Giancarlo Stanton sweepstakes. The prodigious Florida Marlins slugger spurned deals to go to San Francisco and St. Louis to accept a trade to the Bronx. The fact that the 2017 NL MVP is owed a staggering $265 million on his contract had eliminated most MLB teams— including the Jays.
Read MoreEskimos Offensive? Whose Harm? Whose Foul?
The debate over the use of the name Edmonton Eskimos was revived again this Grey Cup week. The mayor of the city believes the name is offensive. So do some native activists. But not everyone agrees. As we wrote in this 2016 column, if many of those affected by this supposed insult don’t see it as an insult… then who is the progressive culture industry doing it for?
Read MoreIn NFL Failure Is Not An Option-- It's A Bargaining Chip
Where’s Bernie Sanders when you really need him?
The socialist scold — who’s usually out of his mind about corporate perks and privilege— has been remarkably quiet about the contract negotiations going on for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Read MoreKnights Early Success Probably Spells More NHL Expansion Joints
The stunning start to the inaugural season of the expansion Vegas Golden Knights is wonderful news. If you live in Las Vegas. If you’re a fan of the sport in general? Not so much.
Read MoreRoy Halladay: The Good Doctor
A retrospective on the legacy of the greatest pitcher to ever play in Canada, Roy Halladay.
Read MoreGSP, Namujunas, and How UFC 217 Saved The UFC
Georges St. Pierre and Michael Bisping were supposed to show up old and slow. Joanna Jędrzejczyk was supposed to be just too much and skate passed Rose Namajunas. Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw were doing their best to make the focus everything but fighting in the lead-up to their grudge match. As they say, though, that’s why fights aren’t done on paper.
Read MoreWill A Juiced Golf Ball Let Tiger Compete Again?
It will be eight years this U.S. Thanksgiving since the golf shot heard around the world. Hard to believe it’s been that long since Tiger Woods’ wife Elin practiced her short game on the back of his car in response to his infidelity.
Read MoreIs There Just Too Much Sports On TV?
The buck stops at the top. In MLB, however, the buck stops at the start of next season. Faced with a tough call on whether to suspend Houston’s Yuri Gurriel for making a derogatory Asian gesture to LA Dodger pitcher Yu Darvish, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred decided to split the baby.
Read MoreHow Trump Took The NFL To The Wood Shed
There are many reasons Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. Blowing up the NFL was not among them. Frankly, if you listed the targets Trump was least likely to hammer in the first year of his presidency, the NFL would have been high on that list.
Read MoreAltuve's Play Was Great. No, Really. It was Great
There was never any doubt. As he rounded third base win Saturday, Houston Astros second baseman José Altuvé was going to be out by at least ten feet at home. The diminutive Altuvé was trying to score in the ninth inning from first base on a hit into the right-centre gap by Carlos Correa.
Read MoreHe Was Who We Thought He Was
He was who we thought he was.
Read MoreA McGregor vs Diaz Trilogy Fight Is The Unimaginative Play
Just reflect for a moment that there was a time when a Conor McGregor versus Nate Diaz trilogy was the punchline to a joke. ‘Those two are going to fight three times!’ said no one ever. But we’re likely heading to that point. It just shouldn’t be now.
Read MoreCanadian Football, Eh? The Dowbboy Joins Sirius XM 'Inside the CFL'
The Dowbboy joined the crew of 'Inside the CFL' on Sirius XM to talk about about Canadian Football, specifically the current Stampeders era of dominance.
Read MoreCan Rugby Save The NFL's Extreme Violence Issues?
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The news last week that the NFL’s TV ratings are dropping— down 11 percent from the previous season— was greeted with all sorts of interpretations from the media that makes it their business to know what the NFL does.
Read MoreThe UFC Problem Is Like Oxygen - It's Everywhere
In the depths of UFC 215, somewhere between rounds three and five of Amanda Nunes and Valentina Schevchenko's dance-off headliner, I caught myself on a rant. In less than a week, I found my mind going from one delighted by the UFC product to one frustrated by it.
Read MoreTrump Blitzes The NFL's Racial Divide
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Like nature, Donald Trump abhors a vacuum. And as the NFL has discovered to its regret, the president has filled the vacuum created by the league’s policy on players protesting during the national anthem.
Read MoreThe Calgary Arena Conundrum: the Dowbboy joins Terry Haig on CBC RCI
A controversy riling a lot of people in the prairie city of Calgary, Alberta involves hockey and for those who might have missed it, hockey is a very serious subject in this part of the world’s woods.
Bruce joins Terry Haig of CBC RCI about the topic.
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