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Thursday, September 9, 2010

A vacant field...

I know the Saskatchewan Roughriders have fanatical followers but there was 6000 out for a practice in Calgary and they were playing Winnipeg... at home in Regina...

Gary Bettman approved the contract of Ilya Kolvachuck and in addition retroactively blessed the deal given by the Ottawa Senators to Alexandre Daigle

Ben Roethisberger had his suspension from the NFL reduced from 6 games to 4 when Commissioner Roger Goodell determined he had not molested anyone in public for over 3 months... a personal record

The 1st athlete to test positive for human growth hormone in North America was a Canadian University athlete who was suspended from football but received a scholarship in science.

The Minnesota Vikings are still upset that the New Orleans Saints took what they called cheap shots at QB Brett Favre in last year’s playoff game. In an effort to drive the narrative the Vikings are teaming up with the American Association for Retired People to promote a campaign against elder abuse.

Bill “Spaceman” Lee became the oldest player to pitch a professional baseball game last week at 62. Bill was tickled when he received congratulations from kids like Chris Chelios, Jamie Moyer and Brett Favre.

The Houston Texans have signed former Arizona Cardinals QB Matt Leinhart to be their 3rd string QB in what had to be a left-handed compliment on his ability

Leaving Tiger Woods off a Ryder Cup team would be like not using members of the Cincinnati Bengals in an episode of Arrested Development...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have reached a decision as to where a new stadium will be built. The choice was between vacant land south of Regina to Montana, vacant land east to Alberta, vacant land west to Manitoba or vacant land north to Alaska...

The Quebec Provincial Government say they will pay 45% of the cost for a new arena in Quebec City and expect the balance of the funds will come from a traditional Quebec revenue source... taxpayers of Alberta...

Winnipeg Blue Bombers QB Buck Pierce will be out indefinitely after suffering an elbow injury during the Labour Day game with Saskatchewan. Pierce was originally scheduled to be out 2 weeks but he aggravated the injury while attempting to button up his shirt...

A report from the 2010 Winter Olympic organizers found snowboarders had the most injuries which came as no surprise to any football player who will tell you there are always more injuries when you play on grass...

France has been hit by a series of strikes from their transit workers and it is bringing back memories of the World Cup for the nation.... because after the team went on strike the county didn’t go anywhere in the tournament either...

A preacher in the US is threatening to hold a Koran burning to protest the 10th anniversary of 911. To put this in perspective for Canadians it would be like burning one of our holy relics... Toronto Maple Leaf season tickets... to complain about getting beat by the Detroit Red Wings

Reggie Bush might have to give back the bronze bust he won in College but I thought he had already broken up with Kim Kardashian...

A report from Canadian Border Services Agency revealed there was an increased amount of testing for radioactive devices during the Vancouver Olympics. In the end the only nuclear meltdown was when Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted his countries Olympic effort...

US researchers trying to answer the question “Does money buy happiness?” say they have found evidence happiness starts with an income of $75,000. When asked to comment a spokesman for the CFL Players Association says he found the results depressing...