Tag Archives: Commentary

Looking at the NHL's first-round playoffs, there isn't a bad matchup in the bunch. The worst, most lopsided matchup should have been the President's Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning against the last...

Connor McDavid wears the 'C' in Edmonton and we're finally seeing the leader emerge. McDavid in the last week has not only shown his frustration, but voiced it. There is only one place McDavid wants t...

Phil Housley's hockey team won 10 straight games this season and his general manager recently said the Buffalo Sabres would not be changing coaches. Yet Housley was in the parade of fired head coaches...

Tough luck, Toronto Maple Leafs fans. The NHL playoff format you despise is going to stay in place for at least one more season. Lots of hockey fans aren't fond of the playoff format that qualifies th...

Following Canada's 2-1 overtime quarter-final loss to Finland at the World Junior Hockey Championships, Canadian goaltender Michael DiPietro said "You feel like you've let your country down" when reac...

What is the right thing to do, and when is the right time to do it? SJHL President Bill Chow said on Monday that the the league board would be on a conference call on Wednesday to discuss the future o...

Anything that reduces the number of video reviews in professional sports is a good idea. With that said, give the CFL a checkmark for recommending that coaches can no longer challenge - via video revi...

Saskatchewan Roughriders season tickets are now available. It's the first time in three seasons the CFL team has extra season tickets for sale. Two years ago the Roughriders were closing Taylor Field,...

The debate will rage in Saskatoon now that the numbers are being shown on the possible price tag of a new downtown rink. But Saskatoon needs to take a page from part of Regina's process to build a new...

While in Moose Jaw on the weekend, I sadly drove by the Times-Herald building, where the 125-year-old newspaper is days away from publishing its last edition. Thirty-five years ago I was hired there a...