Category Archives: sport – pro

most over-paid actors …

July 11, 2010 – 3:08 pm

Who does “shot unexpectedly by a bullet” worst? Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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Soccer officiating a joke

June 27, 2010 – 9:10 am

Did you see the disallowed England goal against Germany? Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Soccer is dead to me. … After New Zealand wins this World Cup.

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the beautiful game SUCKS

June 21, 2010 – 5:06 am

Like most North Americans, soccer is not my game. I like playing it, but watching a nil-nil draw between Elbonia and Molvanîa is only slightly preferable to rotting in a coffin. Like most North Americans, I appreciate skillful ball handling and passing. Soccer highlights, I enjoy. But face it, watching an interminable game of soccer [...]

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brutal NBA Final game 7

June 18, 2010 – 11:15 am

Bryant, Artest rally Lakers to 16th championship … yesterday’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the L.A. Lakers and the Boston Celtics produced an astounding 3,085 tweets per second — over 185,000 tweets every minute. … One of those tweets was mine: “… neither of these teams deserves to win a Championship“. I agree [...]

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Thompson Rivers University – Kamloops

June 2, 2010 – 5:10 am

Shout out for our accommodation at Thompson Rivers University. Not only is the best University residence I’ve ever seen, it’s one of the best University hotels. Amenities I score it 10 / 10. Yesterday I rode up the elevator chatting with coach Wally Buono. The B.C. Lions football team has just arrived for Training Camp. [...]

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Steve Nash, Los Suns

May 13, 2010 – 5:03 am

What’s happening in Arizona? Steve Nash is killing in the NBA playoffs. … kudos to the Phoenix Suns for making the decision to wear their Los Suns jerseys … in protest of Arizona’s new divisive and racist immigration law, which has since been amended but hardly fixed. … National Post Rumours of Nash’s demise greatly [...]

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What If Everybody in Edmonton Flushed At Once?

March 9, 2010 – 6:55 pm

Considering how well the (once great) Edmonton Oilers hockey franchise have played this year, I can understand how excited they would be watching some real hockey, the Olympic Final USA vs Canada. … The water utility in Edmonton, EPCOR, published the most incredible graph of water consumption last week. By now you’ve probably heard that [...]

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Iginla Olympic GOLD hero, again

February 28, 2010 – 5:15 pm

Shout out to Jarome Iginla. Jarome had a great Olympics, plenty of shots on goal. And assisted on the Olympics winning goal by Syd the Kid. Do you recall that Jarome was the gold medal game hero 8 years ago in Salt Lake City? Sydney Crosby does: … Crosby was 14 in 2002 and said [...]

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Superbowl commercials on YouTube

February 7, 2010 – 5:40 pm

I couldn’t tell you who’s playing football … but I’d love to see the commercials. Click PLAY or watch the Snicker’s ad. YouTube has them all posted online.

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Flames PERFECT SEASON over the Oilers

January 31, 2010 – 7:19 am

As I predicted Game 1 of the Battle of Alberta rivalry last Fall, the Calgary Flames just completed a PERFECT SEASON for the first time, sweeping the Edmonton Oilers 6 games this season. To their credit, I understand Edmonton fans will now throw their support behind Calgary in the fight for an Alberta team to [...]

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