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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Turn over a couple of new Leafs

After correctly predicting the Roughriders to win the Grey Cup, Giants to win the Super Bowl, Turkey to get into the World Cup Quarter finals and The Rays to win the World Series you would think my pick of St. Louis to win a playoff round is gold.

What I didn’t mention is I had Elizabeth May winning a seat, the stock market reaching new highs and the Riders remaining healthy because of all the nutritious watermelon they eat.

Toronto is in the running for a new NHL franchise and already the speculation is Mats Sundin will be the captain and Brian Burke the GM.

Sundin had a physical prior to starting workouts and as it turns out he may have too much heart to play for the Leafs

The report was quickly denied by Commissioner Gary Bettman who says he still hasn’t ruled out a second team for Nashville.

Sending in someone who is cold and hasn’t faced a shot all game? Isn’t that what the Republicans did with Sarah Palin?

The Calgary Flames had a player assessed 9 minutes in penalties and really I didn’t know having an ugly haircut was worth 2 minutes.

Manchester United is said to be releasing Owen Hargreaves over his injuries and speculation is he might sign with Barcelona, Chelsea or the Roughriders.

Why does it seem like the Riders starting QB was the one that got the last musical chair?

With time off for good behaviour Michael Vick could be out of prison by July just in time for the dog days of summer.

Two Edmonton Oilers were chastised for signing autographs when the promoter was charging $25 each. This is the most heat an Oiler has been given over a signature since Peter Pocklington signed the trade papers for Wayne Gretzky.

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Mike Commodore is getting flack over a picture of him in his underwear surrounded by $100 bills. Mike says it was all innocent fun as he was doing a celebration dance next to a bunch of nearsighted NBA players.

The Alberta government has raised the deposit on pop and beer bottles with the CFL warning this could ruin the fairness of the league wide salary cap.

Having President Bush host a worldwide summit on the economy is like former Ottawa Renegades owners Bernie and Lonie Glieberman hosting a meeting on creating a successful sports franchise.

London is having trouble getting the financing to build the athletes housing for the 2012 Olympics and it may turn out they will copy China and create space out of actual bird nests.

Gary Bettman says the outdoor game in Chicago at Wrigley Field will sell out unless the financial collapse gums up the works.

Quarterback Brett Favre has denied tampering saying he only talked to the Detroit Lions coach to set up a hunting trip not discuss Green Bays shotfun offence.

F-1 head Bernie Ecclestone says Montreal still owes them money from past races to which the rest of Canada replied get in line.