Here’s something or other From Gill. Sort of reminds me of that sorry attempt by Pepsi and Hockey Canada to get us all excited by Cheer Nation, including chanting “Eh! O’ Canada Go!” Remember that? Some asshole actually submitted that entry and won a contest with it, if memory serves. Thankfully most Canadians appear to …
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If You Can, Help Our Friend Ro Go On A Baseball Vacation
Some of you may be familiar with our friend Ro. If you aren’t, you should head over to her blog and get to know her. She’s pretty neat. To get you started, here’s her story. I’m not the type who cares all that much for tagging another human being an inspiration since that word gets …
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Black Friday Body Count: Thanks For Comin’ Out, Lying Spokeslady
Forgot to note this laughable pile of corporate horse nuggets when posting the broken wristed California cop thing. Walmart corporate officials said safety of customers and employees is the greatest importance. “The fight at the Rialto store was an unfortunate and isolated incident to an otherwise very safe event,” corporate spokeswoman Betsy Harden said. “Providing …
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A Few Words From Steve, Then Parental Quirks Part 2: Those Things They Say
Happy freezing ass Monday, everyone. Just what we hoped for after our freezing ass weekend, am I right? No? Yeah, didn’t think so. Believe it or not, Carin and I seriously went out for frozen yogurt on freezing ass Saturday. We felt like idiots at first, but once we walked into the place and saw …
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Yes. Please Move The Grey Cup To A Month A Little Less Grey
CFL’s Cohon mulls earlier season start to avoid winter CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon says the time has come to look at the league schedule with an eye to an earlier start so as to avoid playing games in sub-zero weather. This year’s Grey Cup, the championship game, is being played in Regina where the temperature …
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Happy CFL Sunday Because CFL Football Is The Best Football
Before we get to Gill’s latest contribution, I’d like to take a second to wish you all a happy CFL Division Finals day. Grey cup season is always one of my favourite sports times of the year. When you take the unpredictability of your average CFL football game and combine it with each playoff game …
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In At Least One League, Just Managing To Find The Field Isn’t Good Enough For A Win Anymore
Awesome. Everyone No Longer A Winner In Texas Youth Football League The Keller Youth Association (KYA) football league has decided to do away with trophies for every child who plays. The league director said the board made the decision in order to teach kids that to get awards, they have to go above and beyond just …
He Shoots, But If He Could Score He Wouldn’t Be Doing This Kind Of Thing
Ok seriously, what in the actual hell is going on here? Yesterday I mentioned the recent proliferation of tubesnake tales on the site, and woke up this morning thinking that maybe today would be a day where we could talk about something else for awhile. In an attempt to make that happen, I decided to …
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I’m Sorry. I Got That All Wrong
If anyone from the New York Yankees organization is reading this, next time you guys are looking for a play by play voice, keep me in mind. I’ve got a decent radio voice, I can think quickly, I’ve been told a time or 2 that I’m friendly and even engaging, and my ability to follow …
An MMA Fighter Died Of Weight Cutting? Shocking!
Brazilian MMA Fighter Dies Minutes Before Weigh-In I’ve been waiting for this to happen, and I’m surprised it’s taken this long. If a couple of these don’t prove to everyone in MMA/boxing/amateur wrestling/any other stupid ass weight cutting sport you can think of that weight cutting is ridiculous and dumb, I don’t know what will. …
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