Football Headlines in 2008
Philadelphia, drought free since 2008
December 29, 2008 by Austin Kent
Every now and then the stars align above bustling Philadelphia and the seas of a luckless city's toughest competition gracefully part in order to allow the consummation of karmic redemption. Whether it be a New York Mets baseball club crashing to the National League finish line like an alpaca with a broken tibia...
Read the full story...All they needed was two
December 24, 2008 by Travis MacKenzie
I'm not one to switch favourite teams in sports, so it can't be said that I've had much success as a fan. What I've gotten out of the four major team sports are the 1992 and 1993 Toronto Blue Jays World Series wins, and, more or less, nothing else...
Read the full story...Who's next in the Buffalo-Toronto series?
December 10, 2008 by Travis MacKenzie
The Buffalo Bills have six more chances to get this Toronto thing right. After more than nine months of heavy fanfare, the Bills completed the first of five regular season games (in addition to three exhibitions) to be played at the Rogers Centre over a five-year...
Read the full story...Should the NFL care about Vegas?
November 19, 2008 by Travis MacKenzie
It's a given that, every once in a while, a referee will make a mistake during a sporting event. As much as leagues attempt to prevent it, it will happen. We're all human, and corrections will often be made. A week 11 NFL football game, however, certainly raised the question......
Read the full story...The man behind the dynasty
October 29, 2008 by Travis MacKenzie
Who cares about Tom Brady? You shouldn't. Save for those whose fantasy seasons were ruined by taking Tom Terrific with their opening selections and watching in pain as he walked off the field for good in the season's first week, the loss of Brady should not be too distressing for...
Read the full story...Pinball Clemons bleeds the double blue
October 7, 2008 by Chris Pope
As I walk around field level of the SkyDome, excuse me, Rogers Centre, I start taking in the fact that just 10 yards away is the gridiron where such Canadian Football League greats as Doug Flutie, Damon Allen, Joe Theismann and Michael "Pinball" Clemons have all donned the Argo blue...
Read the full story...The NFL cheat sheet: After one month
October 3, 2008 by Travis MacKenzie
There's a reason that the NFL is America's most popular league: All you need to watch is one game a week. You can do whatever you want during the week, and then on Sunday, traditionally the day of rest, you sit back and watch a beautiful mesh of athletic grace...
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