TWO ONE-EYED DOGS

For much of America baseball has lost it lustre. As American as Mom, baseball and apple pie. This phrase became a clarion call for...

Wayne Gretzky wears a MAGA hat For the second time in his lifetime Wayne Gretzky has effectively thrust a dagger through the hearts of...

This game became something truly epic because of what it symbolized, for everyone involved. The threat from America is real and, in essence,

That's him. And him. Back in the earlier part of this century I managed to land a very interesting gig that had me doing interviews and...

The No-Trade Clause, kinda... Up until very recently (like ten minutes before I wrote this) I had never realized how many different...

This is not just a college football issue. It’s a national issue.

That a player can enter the NHL with this kind of youthful swagger in the serious yet dour hockey mecca of Toronto speaks to both the infect

A competitive imbalance in a sport's economics can be as lethal to a sport's future as much as anything.

Somewhere between a radical and a conservative lies a purist, or at least that’s what I try to tell myself. For some reason, when it...

In the latest installment of This Team Is Horribly Bad may I present to you the 2024 Chicago White Sox. First, the bad news: The White...

Once upon a time there were goal judges in hockey. These were men, situated directly behind the hockey net, who operated a switch - which...

While it’s easy to frame Donald Trump as an existential threat to democracy given his menacing political clout, the bigger problem facing...

My wife didn’t grow up around boys (she attended a girls’ school), didn’t have any brothers yet she is utterly-fascinated with the...

The WNBA has never been more topical than it is right now (which is a traditionally low bar, I’ll admit) but you have to take the...

As we approach the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris the question begging to be asked is: do they even matter anymore? Sure, for the athletes...

While the time of death may be in question, the date of birth of the Super Team is pretty definitive. July 8th 2010 was the day LeBron...

With other sports we relate more to the soldiers but with baseball we’re more the generals.

We often delude ourselves into thinking we’re much more than we actually are. In this case, we want to believe we're the proverbial born...

Why do we play sports? Moreso, what do we feel we get from them? I’m not talking about the obvious physical benefits from actually...

A lot has been written about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ long-standing playoff futility with the team having never won a Stanley Cup since...

If you’re one of those who doesn’t believe it’s actually possible to have too much of a good thing you obviously didn’t watch the 2024...

My wife isn’t much of a sports fan but is very intrigued when it comes to the nuances of the games, regardless of whatever game it...

I’m always intrigued when discussing how people deal with ethical dilemmas because rarely are they ever as cut and dried as we would like...

January 1st 2024 was a pivotal day in the world of women’s hockey with the launching of the Professional Women’s Hockey League. By all...

You have to wonder what Pete Rose thinks of this whole Shane Pinto situation. Rose, as you may recall, is a baseball Hall of Famer in...

In football, the act of kicking is akin to taking a tool back to the Rent All. Very boring but also very necessary. For the most part...

Shohei Ohtani is looking for a new home and, if you’re interested, it’ll only cost you roughly $650 Million USD (almost $900 Million...

I was watching a special segment of the Pat McAfee Show which was called Hockey Is Awesome! McAfee is an outspoken and surprisingly brash...

Sean Kilpatrick | The Canadian Press We’re told that for every action there’s a reaction and this was truly exemplified in a recent game...

"they seem to be especially sensitive to dark colors."

When opportunity knocks...

How did he do it, they asked. When they would look back at the turbulent years of the early 21st century they always want to know how we...

Dear America, I’ll cut right to the chase: You’ve been a real dick lately.

How jet fuel cures the Corona Virus!

Can you chase something that might not be there? Written a few years back but a question I think that's infinitely timeless.

I had this really weird dream the other night. A friend of mine was getting beaten up yet I (in the context of the dream at least) did...

"Jack Keorouac’s pearl stands more for who he was than what he was. He was – as is often said – the voice of the Beat Generation. His...

Have you interviewed The Most Interesting Man In The World? Well I have, back in 2011. His name is Jonathan Goldsmith and he's Old...

(First published April 28th, 2014) So it appears that the winter that wouldn't let go is finally letting go. This is what happens when...

(First published December 18, 2014) I can't bring myself to watch the final episodes of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson. The...

"Robin Williams wasn't funny in spite of his demons, but rather because of them."

If a cow tells you he's going to fly you might do yourself a favour and believe him. Words and art by me. Narration by Joanna Teljeur.

All gambling – despite repeated claims – is not created equal. There is wagering based on hope and there is wagering based on fear. How...

This was made during the Covid pandemic crisis but applies to all of us at any time.

The last time we had an NHL hockey stoppage it was due to a virus of a different kind...

Take a look at this cartoon... Do you see anything dirty in it. How about this, does it make you think "sodomy"? Evidently it did for...

This is Steve Ludzik. Steve is a former professional athlete who played 424 games in the NHL. This is a cartoon I created back in 2008 as...

It's not as bad as that, is it? Well...