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I hope all you Colts fans are happy now.
And that ESPN’s commentators will shut up about Peyton Manning.
And that the fella himself just goes away already.
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From 2008 till at least 2012/13, there will be no more CFL on CBC.
This summer, TSN (Canada’s answer to ESPN) inked a deal with the Canadian Curling Association so it can broadcast all of Canada’s major curling tournaments (Canadian Juniors, Tournament of Hearts (Women’s Championship), and the Brier (Men’s Championship)) and the Worlds. Before that, CTV (it and TSN are part of the Bell-Globalexpress family) picked up the rights to air the 2010 and 2012 Olympics in Vancouver and London (respectively). What’s next for them? Hockey Night in Canada? That’s, pretty much, all the Ceeb has left of any major significance in regards to sports programming!
How ’bout Mats Sundin’s 500th career goal?
Emphasis mine…
Mats Sundin has performed some amazing feats among 499 regular-season goals, but how about a game-winning, short-handed, overtime hat trick, milestone for No. 500?
Yes, the Maple Leafs’ Swedish captain did it in style last night, slaying the Calgary Flames 5-4 with Darcy Tucker in the penalty box. It seemed the Leafs were doomed at that stage, only to have Sundin break out and wire his third of the night past Miikka Kiprusoff.
He became the 35th National Hockey Leaguer to reach 500, first to do it in a Leafs sweater, and he tied Dave Keon for second in team history with 365 goals. The Leafs bench emptied in joy and the ovation from 19,338 at the Air Canada Centre crowd stayed right through Sundin’s first-star introduction. The visibly emotional Sundin lingered on the ice and clapped along in recognition of their salute.
That was a beautiful sight to behold. :) And personally? I couldn’t think of a better way to reach 500. Yay!
Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin dead at 44. Apparently, he was filming a documentary in Australia, when a stingray got him near his heart–which is what did him in. Not a pleasant way to go, and probably not the way I’d dare say a lot of us thought he might’ve gone; but it sucks all the same.
Personally, I found him kinda cooky, maybe even a little crazy sometimes (crocodiles? reptiles? whuh?); but he was passionate about animals for sure. I hope that lives on somehow. May he rest in peace. :(
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Meanwhile, tennis player Andre Agassi played his last match yesterday, going down three-sets-to-one against Benjamin Becker (I don’t think he’s related to Boris). After the matched ended, Agassi received an eight-minute-long standing ovation. (Fellow tennis players pay tribute.) He was one of my favourite players growing up. I think it was watching him win his first US Open in 1994–being the first unseeded player to do so–that got me even remotely excited about tennis at that time.
The scoreboard shows that I lost today, but what it doesn’t show is what I found. Over the last 20 years I have found loyalty, you have pulled me through on court and also in life. I have found inspiration - you have willed me to succeed - and I have found generosity. I thank you and I will take you and the memory with me for the rest of my life.
~ Andre’s farewell speech
On a happier note, earlier tonight, CFL quarterback Damon Allen passed Warren Moon’s all-time passing record…for all of professional football. The new record is 70,556 yards.
And, in the end, Allen’s Toronto Argonauts crushed the Hamilton Ti-Cats by a score of 40-6. Dayum!
