Tigers Tanks

Former TSN reporter Leif Petterson died last week giving the sports channel a diversion from talking about Jesse Lumsden.

After seeing the injury plagued Roughriders win their 6th game in a row you have to wonder if watermelons are a performance enhancer.

With the next game in less than a week both the Roughriders and Stampeders flew out quickly after their game with Calgary using Air Canada and Regina chartering an Air Ambulance.

An Arkansas man has paid over $1.5 million for a Honus Wagner baseball card and said later it made the coolest noise in his bike spokes.

Nike says it has found numerous violations in workers conditions in one of their factories in Malaysia and plans to move the factory to China where these kind of conditions won’t be reported.

The offer of $20 million to Brett Favre to not lob bombs is second only to the amount the International Community gave North Korea.

Not sure what was my favourite part of X-Games the skateboarding, the motorcycle stunts or the Mini Me sex tape.

Officials are baffled by the appearance of human feet in numerous places in North America including BC shores, Washington State Beaches and in the mouth of Green Bay Packers GM Ted Thompson.

Olympic athlete Kyle Shewfelt and his girlfriend broke up just before he left for Beijing after he received the dreaded Dear Jung letter.

It is so hot at the Beijing Games that despite losing their first game the US Women’s soccer team still ripped off their shirts.

A Boston Red Sox fan is suing the NY Yankee organization after being harassed while cheering for his team at Yankee Stadium. This is the first case of a Boston fan being harassed in NY since last time they played.

Former Minnesota Wild defenseman Sean Hill has signed with a Swiss team and announced the news by saying it was about time.

A former “Lost Boy” of the Sudan will be the flag bearer for the US Olympic team beating out the 2004 Olympic Basketball team or the boys who lost.

Top 3 signs you may not win a medal at the Oplymics
# 3 The Viagra you took for a performance enhancer kept you up all night
# 2 You started performing when the triple jump was called the hop, skip and jump
# 1 Your trap shooting coach is Dick Cheney

Top 3 signs the athlete may not be a woman
# 3 Her nickname is bag of marbles
# 2 Constantly complaining about her 4 o’clock shadow
# 1 Wins her race by an Adams Apple

TSN (Toronto Sports Network) is said to be creating a new network called TSN2. The programs will focus on events from the past including This week in Maple Leafs history, This month in Maple Leafs history and this year in Maple Leafs history.

A mould is wiping out old tapes around the world and sporting historians are worried they will not be able to save film from the last Chicago Cubs World Series win, Toronto Maple Leafs last Stanley Cup triumph or the New England Patriots special edition Super Bowl run-through.

This week the Chinese Tiger will host the Olympics, the USA’s Tiger will miss the PGA Open and thanks to George Bush it will cost $1.40 a litre to put a tiger in your tank.

Members of the US Olympic basketball team say they are really looking forward to going to China because now they can find out what the characters they tattooed on their body really mean.