His nickname's Jus Fly and he may just be trading in trick dunks for Olympic hopes. The Toronto Star's Olympic scribe Randy Starkman tells the tale of veteran Canadian track coach Daniel St-Hilaire's YouTube discovery of Darlington and subsequent recruitment to track and field.
Allan Maki at The Globe & Mail posted a good piece last night about why Mike Keenan could, and should, be fired by the Calgary Flames. But even the briefest of glances at Keenan's recent career begs the question -- just why the hell did they hire him in the first place? It's like the producers of Boat Trip expecting an invitation to the Oscars because they got Cuba Gooding Jr. on board.
In a move that will do no favors for the reputation of Serbian sketch comedy, tennis star Novak Djokovic stars in this "viral video" for Head tennis.
It's difficult to pinpoint the precise moment this effort induces a cringe so powerful that viewers need a change of slacks, but many observers point to either the boy band dance or the commentators' boast of once using milkshakes as currency to buy female attention as the moment dry heaving commenced.
Now that everyone's had sufficient time to allow their sphincters to relax and resume a normal posture after last night's festival of last minute action -- Fedorov downing the Rangers, Carolina besmirching the Devils, Rondo fish-hooking Miller -- we can look ahead to Round Two of the NHL playoffs. And by that I mean The Series... y'know, the one that's surely got Mr. Bettman and the entire NHL marketing machine all tingly in the trousers -- Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals. Or, Primary Marketing Asset #1a vs Primary Marketing Asset #1b. That's right, Ovechkin and Crosby. Sure, there's two whole rosters here featuring great players, but these are the two names that will be propped up and served soundbite fresh most frequently.
If you were to dare someone to shoplift a select number of articles from a certain big box store, what items would you choose? Obviously, like any eight-year-old hiding inside most full-grown adults, you'd pick a creative combination of products that could, if your daree is caught, prove somewhat embarrassing.
Well, that seems to be the case with whomever dared minor league pro hockey player Justin Bowers to nick a few things from a Newfoundland Wal-Mart a few years ago. Seems Bowers was caught five-fingering a disposable camera, box of condoms and a bottle of laxative pills. Yep.
Tiger Woods will play in his first tournament since the Masters next week at the Quail Hollow Championship.
Woods committed Friday to the event formerly called the Wachovia Championship. He won the tournament in 2007, but couldn't defend last year because he was recovering from his first knee surgery.
Woods has been off since mid-April, when his final-day charge came up short at Augusta National. He finished tied for sixth.
Woods' appearance gives the tournament in Charlotte, N.C., one of the best fields on the PGA Tour with 10 of the top 14 golfers in the rankings.
Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh, defending champion Anthony Kim, Jim Furyk and Masters champion Angel Cabrera are scheduled to play
What are the odds all the golf pundits pick Tiger to win? Can you even give odds on a sure thing?
Earlier today, the NHL announced that Washington Capitals ogre of destruction forward Donald Brashear will be asked to sit quietly off the ice and ponder his wrongdoing for the team's next six games. Brashear got one game for a little pushy-slappy warm-up bantor with NY Rangers resident softie Colton Orr, then another five for a laaaaaate hit that just happened to break the orbital bone (read: part of skull that holds your eyeball in place) of Rangers centre Blair Betts. So, Brashear's a little fired up, gets naughty and the league gives him a double-handed punch on the wrist. Fair play. So why did ESPN report Mike Green would be joining Mr. Brashear on his 18-period vacation?
We've been primarily harping on about the hockey here for one reason or another but that doesn't mean we've been ignoring the NBA playoff action. Least of all yesterday in which we, aside from feigning interest in the Cavs sweeping up of Detroit, caught an absolute classic Boston/Chicago Game 4 (well, as "classic" as a first-round Game 4 can be...).
Between the frantic back-and-forth, Ray Allen's hot hand (again), Pierce on fire, Rondo in flames, Derrick Rose being Derrick Rose, Ben Gordon for three to force the second extra time, Salmon's block on Pierce -- fun times -- we got to thinking, When was the last time these two teams met in the playoffs?
As the baseball season gets under way, there's really no better time to reflect upon the delightfully profane, Will Ferrell-produced, HBO show Eastbound & Down. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor. If you're afraid of rags-to-riches-to-gym teacher stories, unflinching character study, F-bombs galore and some of the most inappropriate life advice this side of Octo-Mom, you might want to avoid it. So, what's with the unprovoked promo blurb? Well, dear friends, the one and only Kenny Powers has decided to let us in on his daily life -- 140 characters at a time.
After the Bruins' authoritative 4-1 beat-down of the Montreal Canadiens last night, ending the Habs centennial season with a 4-0 first-round sweep, Beantown's new favorite Bear returned to local TV to express his happyhappyjoyjoy.
March 2009
