Calgary Flames winger Curtis Glencross has scored 25 goals
and is being paid $2.5 million a year which GM Brent Sutter says is due to him
taking a home team discount. Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Grabovski has scored
21 goals and signed a contract for $5.5 million which GM Brian Burke says was a
visiting team bonus.
Tough year for NHL coaches with Lindsay Ruff out 2 weeks
after breaking ribs, Todd McLellan spent a month with a concussion and Don
Cherry’s career may be over with what is being called an upper back stabbing.
New research from the Harvard School of Public Health
suggests even moderate consumption of red meat — as little as one serving a day
— poses a more serious health risk than first thought. The report says men
should now shoot for a body with abs like bean curds. The authors of the report
were going to release their findings earlier but no one had the strength to
deliver it.
NY Rangers forward Sean Avery has retired saying he “threw
my skates in the Hudson River”. The announcement came as a shock to the Hudson
River revitalization committee who has tried for years to clean up their dirty
reputation.
The union representing British Columbia's 30,000 nurses is
throwing a spotlight on what it argues is declining patient care as it appeals
for public support to hire thousands of additional workers in the latest round
of contract negotiations. A spokesman says the only chance BC has to avoid a
catastrophic situation is if the Vancouver Canucks keep playing the way they
have lately and thus reduce the need for riot nursing.
A municipal task force aiming to make housing more affordable
in Vancouver released its first set of recommendations on Monday. Officials are
warning the cost of housing will affect the aged, chronically poor and CFL rookies.
I filled out my March Madness bracket this year and was
instantly referred to a site that provides support for delusional behaviour.
Despite this you heard it here 1st… Syracuse by a nose!
