Ch-ch-ch-changes

I know you’re all dying to hear exactly what I think about the flurry of activity on the trade market recently, so I’m only too happy to oblige—even if it means only half paying attention to Battlestar Galactica in the background (and it’s the awesome two-part Pegasus episode that split season 2). Seriously, I’m [...]

Bull riding is bullshit and also a little bit awesome.

So I spent Saturday night at the PBR bull riding event at Rexall. I’ve never been to a live bull riding event before, and I was a little bit surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I mean, what could beat seeing guys get creamed by angry bovines for two and a half hours?

There’s always the crossover

 
With 27.77777 % of the CFL season complete I’d like to make some early season observations.
 
At some point last season Saskatchewan decided that they were tired of fielding a mediocre team, went on to win the Grey Cup and are off to a blistering 5–0 to start the 2008 campaign. This is the happiest [...]

MacT in a blender

As an aside before I even start in, I don’t have this Craig MacTavish card, but I do have like 3000 of them in 5 three-inch binders in my closet (three of which that my dad brought home from work are marked with the RCMP logo; yes, even the cops steal office supplies). Anyways, I [...]

Oh Danny Boy, Why Have you Not Been Fired?

I attended a funeral in Three Hills the other day, and on my way back to Edmonton one of the 1.6 billion Saskatchewan Roughriders’ fans—seriously, they’re everywhere—rode back to the city with me. At one point the discussion turned to football, and my friend started off by slyly asking, “So why don’t the Eskimos fire [...]

I don’t get Josh Childress (also, Ray Emery, but you already knew that)

I think this is the most ridiculous poster every made. Honestly, I wish I had this hanging on my wall—or, even better, the ceiling over my bed. It would brighten my day (or, I guess, my night) to know that Josh Childress, with his facial scarring and perfectly shaped afro, was waiting for me to [...]

Dr Campbell or how I learned to start worrying and hate zone defences

Points scored by the Edmonton Eskimos this year: 125 (tied for 2nd in the CFL)
Points allowed by the Edmonton Eskimos this year: 128 (second-last in the CFL)
Thus is the fate of a .500 football club. It still seems weird to refer to the Eskimos (2–2) as such, even four years into the disappointing Danny Maciocia [...]

The more things change, the more Greg Norman chokes in the final round of a Major

53-year-old Greg Norman, the Shark, captivated middle-aged golfing fans everywhere this past week, as he turned back the clock for three rounds, to hold the lead in a major. Had he been able to hold out today and retain the lead, it might have been the greatest performance by an over-the-hill former star ever at [...]

And now for something completely irrelevant: Single-A edition

In the words of the immortal Lowetide: this is David Cooper. David Cooper was the first round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in the past June’s draft. Now, at this point you’ve all probably realized that I’m about to waste your time with talk about low-tier minor league baseball, but before you get all [...]

Shawn Horcoff is an ugly yet oh-so-rich man

I want to get this out of the way right off the bat: I love Shawn Horcoff. Not quite in the same I-can’t-believe-your-hair-looks-better-after-spending-three-hours-running-away-from-330-pound-guys-in-too-tight-pants way I love Tom Brady, but in a you-helped-my-fantasy-team-a-lot-until-you-got-hurt-and-you-were-still-the-best-19th-round-pick-in-the-league-and-oh-yeah-you’re-good-at-winning-faceoffs-and-killing-penalties sort of way, which is just fine for my first line centre.
Horcoff is the sort of feel-good story that attracts a lot of [...]