Tag Archives: Sports

I feel bad for the players who will make up Canada's men's hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Their names are not Connor McDavid or Sidney Crosby or PK Subban or Carey Price, so they are being t...

The latest study on concussion-related CTE in football players made me think about Rick Klassen. A defensive lineman with the B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders through the 1980s, Klassen was a g...

It was nice to see Jays' general manager Ross Atkins talk in realities rather than fruitless hope for the 2017 season. Atkins knows it's over and being sellers at the deadline is pretty well their onl...

Not only is it a rivalry game, but it's a measuring stick of sorts for the 2017 Roughriders as they face off against the Calgary Stampeders Saturday evening. The Riders are fresh off their first bye w...

If quarterback Vince Young rejoins the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the CFL team should immediately fire the guys in charge of player personnel, Chris Jones and John Murphy. Young's return would prove th...

Football coaches are funny. Actually, they're funniest when they're not trying to be funny. Like now, heading into the teeth of the CFL season, when paranoia begins to overtake them. Their reactions a...

After five days of backtracking, sucking up and public relations manoeuvres designed to cover up a CFL mistake, Karen Kuldys still isn't a millionaire. Nor should she be. Kuldys entered a free contest...

It's not quite Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier. It's closer to Rocky Balboa versus Clubber Lang, a staged stare down between two actors, featuring Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. The UFC champ, M...

I once hit Dave Semenko so hard, I asked if he was OK. Semenko, who would later become the toughest guy in the NHL, was a six foot three, 205-pound forward with the Brandon Wheat Kings. He was jumping...

TORONTO - One of the CFL's most prolific coaches has died. Don Matthews was a larger-than-life character known for his abrasive style. He died today in Oregon at the age of 77. The native of Amesbury,...