Athletes Who Say Stupid Things Could Learn From Joey Votto
Joey Votto opened his mouth and said some things he regrets. His reaction to the blowback could teach other athletes a thing or two about public relations.
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Losing 'R Us: It's Never Too Early To Tell Your Fans You're Not Serious
The MLB season began this weekend, and already twelve teams have been eliminated from the playoffs. What, you might say? We are only three or four games into the season. How can teams already be eliminated?
Read MoreIs The Current MLB Gridlock A Market Correction Or A Market Collusion?
We’re told that the sincerest form of flattery is imitation. If it’s the case that teams are imitating the Houston Astros, then it’s no surprise prominent agents for Major League Baseball players are screaming foul about the phony war going on in the baseball talent pool.
Read MoreMas, Mas! A Wild, International Weekend of Sports
Sports, as the saying goes, is the gift that keeps on giving. This past weekend was one of the most diverse and interesting in recent memory with important stories that re-wrote the sports landscape.
Read MoreRoy Halladay: The Good Doctor
A retrospective on the legacy of the greatest pitcher to ever play in Canada, Roy Halladay.
Read MoreParental Leaving Your Senses? Equal Pay For Equal Aces? It's A PC World Of Sports
A baseball player turns down a lot of money for his kid and a tennis player who makes a lot of money is told her gender should thank the other gender. PC sports.
Read MoreIdentity Politics Could Mean Sayonara For NHL Coaches In Canada
Last week we documented the Fukushima zone known as the NHL’s Loonie League— the seven Canadian clubs wallowing at the bottom of the league’s table. You’d have to think that there’s going to be some firing going on in the coaching ranks as a result.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — February 22, 2016
This week: the Toronto Maple Leafs make tanking an art form, a new award for NHL teams that tank the best, and the World Baseball Hall of Fame rises.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — December 28, 2016
Dowbboy looks into his crystal ball and sees the future.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — December 7, 2015
Today: Bruce examines the new state of Gary Bettman's NHL business model, the NFL's parity machine is in full whirl and how analytics have evolved not just on the field — but in the boardroom.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — November 30, 2015
This week: what are the Blue Jays to do about David Price? AND Canadian Football is bruised and bloodied...but not beaten.
Read MoreAway Goes AA: The Blue Jays General Manager Post Goes Vacant
...the end of the AA era in the Blue Jays executive suite came well before the machinations of this season. In fact, it was a 50/50 proposition that the Montreal native would stay in Toronto from the time his mentor, president Paul Beeston, announced he was finally retiring as president of the club.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — October 26, 2015
Since re-loading at the midseason trade deadline, the Blue Jays became a massive roller brush, going over top of the opposition with their crushing offence, painting everyone blue. It got them to the playoffs for the first time since Joe Buck’s act on FOX seemed fresh.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — October 19, 2015
In the end it will likely depend on what they do today and tomorrow. Lose and you become a warm adjunct to the 1992/ 93 World Series winners— always the younger brother who could only win one playoff round when Vegas called you the best team in the game.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays (On Thursday) — October 15, 2015
It’s not every baseball game where the mayor of a city disses the officials online during said contest. But this is Toronto, where mayors are in the habit of playing the fool for an American audiences, and John Tory was not going to let down the visitors at such a public moment.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — October 12, 2015
Reynolds apparently thinks Canadians are inert objects who’ve never seen objects in flight. Harold lives on Baseball Mars.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — October 5, 2015
Players smoked cigars and engaged in some chanting about a Bush Party. There were Go Pros on heads and ski goggles to keep the brut from stinging eyes.
Read MoreI Don't Like Mondays — September 21, 2015
Sports leagues live by their stars. As the MOP debate shows, the CFL is star challenged at the moment. Getting Toronto right after all these years might come with a high cost.
Read MoreThe Blue Jays Go All In
In the face of the same old tropes about "stay the course" and "trust in the future”, Anthopoulos had to part with some of his farm assets or risk watching another season go down the tubes...
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