Rejuvenated Darnold sparks NFL Vikings Paid Members Public
Big-name quarterbacks in the National Football League are taking a back seat to some lower regarded passers and the best example through the first five weeks of the 2024 season is Sam Darnold of the Minnesota Vikings.
Skinner finally bound for NHL playoffs Paid Members Public
The happiest guy on the eve of the 2024-25 National Hockey League season might just be Jeff Skinner.
Black cloud hovers over start of NHL season Paid Members Public
It’s going to be a sad beginning to the 2024-25 National Hockey League season as the Aug. 29 death of all-star winger Johnny Gaudreau is going to overshadow the traditional start-of-season thrills
Royal Montreal in golf world’s spotlight Paid Members Public
Canadian flags will be flapping all over Montreal this week as 24 of the world’s best golfers descend on Royal Montreal Golf Club for the President’s Cup.
Has Rourke resumed role as CFL’s best QB? Paid Members Public
When Nathan Rourke returned to the Canadian Football League after two years of trying to make his mark in the National Football League, was he automatically the CFL’s No. 1 quarterback?
Ko’s career a knockout on LPGA circuit Paid Members Public
What a great career professional golfer Lydia Ko has enjoyed. And while her career may be winding down, fans of the Ladies’ Professional Golfers’ Association are hoping that Ko’s stated plan to retire three years from now at age 30 gets postponed.
No rivals for Aaron Judge in MVP race Paid Members Public
They won’t need a judge or jury to determine the Most Valuable Player in the American League this season. It’s a runaway for New York Yankees’ superstar slugger, Aaron Judge.
Encouraging start to Blue Jays’ rebuild Paid Members Public
Toronto Blue Jays are doing it right. When a Major League Baseball team like the Jays falls flat on its face, it not only disappoints fans from Deer Lake, Nfld. to Duncan, B.C., and all points in between, but it makes a mess of its owners’ bottom line.
Canada Small population, big medal haul Paid Members Public
It’s no surprise that the world’s athletic powers, the United States and China, stood atop the medal standings when the Paris Olympic Games concluded Aug. 11.
Scheffler’s Olympic gold ends all POY arguments Paid Members Public
After Xander Schauffele won the Open championship at Troon for his second major championship of 2024, the major conversation among golf insiders was about PGA Tour Player of the Year.
Canada’s athletic reputation stained once again Paid Members Public
Canada, primarily because of our comparatively small population, is not one of the heavyweights in the global sports picture, unless we’re talking about hockey, where we dominate.
Trotz and the Predators go on spending ‘frenzy’ Paid Members Public
The Sports Network calls July 1 ‘Free Agent Frenzy’ and the label definitely applied this year as about $1 billion in contracts were finalized with National Hockey League players who officially became free agents when their contracts expired at midnight, June 30
Stanley Cup drought thirty years and counting Paid Members Public
When the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 to win this year’s Stanley Cup, it marked the 30th consecutive season that a team based in the United States has paraded around the ice holding Lord Stanley’s mug.
McIlroy dealing with ‘major’ scar tissue Paid Members Public
Professional golfers don’t like to use the word ‘choke’, but how else to explain what Rory McIlroy did to hand the 2024 U.S. Open championship to Bryson DeChambeau?
Sure things are rare at NHL draft Paid Members Public
The ghost of Nail Yakupov annually hangs over the National Hockey League draft, which is being held at the Sphere in Las Vegas this Friday and Saturday
Alouettes show 2023 Grey Cup win was no fluke Paid Members Public
The Canadian Football League started June 6 with a rematch of last year’s Grey Cup Game — the Blue Bombers were whipped 27-12 by Montreal — and will end with a halftime performance by the Jonas Brothers at the Grey Cup Game Nov. 17 in Vancouver, but what might hit the headlines in the meantime?
