July 13 2007

In an effort to reach out to fans the NBA is compiling a video of teams on the road with a tentative title Knocked Up.

Watching the Calgary Flames and Stampeders struggle on the road is like a Greek Tragedy, from Homer to the Odyssey.

Signs your team has had a bad road trip… the only ones to greet you at the airport are paramedics… Your wife says she can’t stand the pressure and is moving to Edmonton… The airline charges you extra for the emotional baggage you are carrying.

Maybe it is the altitude so in keeping with FIFA’s ban on games over 3500’Calgary is now asking the NHL to consider an expansion team on Mt. Everest. Opposing players used to blame the loss on Calgary’s thin, dry air that left them breathless. Turns out it was just from spending a night at Cowboys.

The Calgary Stampeders receiving core has been given a clean bill of health by team doctors saying not one of them have even caught a cold.

After signing free agent Sheldon Souray you can forgive GM Kevin Lowe from recycling Sally Field’s “You like me… you really like me” Oscar speech.

Brent Sutter has signed a contract to coach the New Jersey Devils. The length of the deal is expected to be 2 years with a team option to dismiss him if they make the playoffs. Asked how coaching in New Jersey will compare with Red Deer Sutter said the landscape is not much different than playing in Moose Jaw, he has had pretty good success against the Hitmen and during his childhood he was whacked a lot.

Formula 1’s decision to abandon the races on the Indianapolis oval are an indication they are looking to go a different direction.