Tag Archives: Sports

This is fitting: Plans to move the NFL's Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas are already awash in backroom politics, gambling, casino moguls and money. Lots of money. Sheldon Adelson, the casino owner expect...

I get excited when a new generation of sports fans get to witness history. There is nothing worse than an older generation of fans telling younger people how much better athletes were, and sports was,...

Roger Goodell and Tom Brady are already saying all the right things when it comes to the potential of Goodell having to hand over the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the Patriots on Sunday. But you know it's...

Both index fingers started hurting when I read the news: The man whose company gave Pac-Man to the world died last week. Masaya Nakamura was 91. His company, Namco, was formed in 1955. In 1980 the com...

A rare 11:30 a.m. start turned into a tight, but routine 2-1 win for the Regina Pats over the Saskatoon Blades. Over 8,000 turned out to SaskTel Centre as Team Up for Respect Day brought thousands of ...

I'll be the first one to point out that some of the loudest media types from the centre of the universe - Toronto - know the least about the Argos or, for that matter, the Canadian Football League. Th...

Long before Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal instilled their sport with grace and humility, tennis used to be the sport of bad guys. Remember the terrible tempers and on-court tantrums of John McEnroe, ...

There is so much going on in the world of sports to help distract us from reality. Sports is the ultimate distraction after all, right? A place to go to escape for a few hours, to concentrate on somet...

Capitalizing on a shock Jennifer Jones loss in the semi-finals, Michelle Englot beat underdog Darcy Robertson 8-6 to win the Manitoba Scotties. The win gives the Saskatchewan-based skip a berth into t...

Adam Brooks led the way with a pair of goals as the Regina Pats beat Red Deer 4-1 Saturday night. Filip Ahl opened the scoring for the Pats, followed by back to back markers from Brooks. Wyatt Slobosh...