Posted on 19 January 2011. Tags: blindside contact, Don Cherry, Headshots, National Hockey League
Don Cherry is not used to holding back and he certainly isn’t shy about expressing his opinion. Cherry says headshots don’t need a rule! They have no place in the game! He recognizes who has responsibility for all the headshots occurring in the National Hockey League, and he says it definitely isn’t in the rulebook. [...]
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Posted on 18 January 2011. Tags: BAC, blood alcohol content, Impaired sports fans, the Journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research
Is the Fan Sitting Beside You at the Game Intoxicated? Impaired sports fans normally shy away from getting their blood alcohol calculated, but an American study suggests that a noteworthy amount of people present at pro sports games may well have elevated levels of alcohol that might augment the chances of them being in a [...]
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Posted on 15 January 2011. Tags: B.C. Avalanche, Canadian Avalanche Centre, Fernie Alpine Resort, RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk
Four people have survived a B.C. avalanche. Following an avalanche at the Fernie Alpine Resort in southeast B.C., on Saturday, 4 people were fortunate to have been rescued and dug out from the snow. RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said, Fernie RCMP is presently supporting the Fernie Alpine Resort ski patrol and other crisis response personnel [...]
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Posted on 11 January 2011. Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Michael Gibbons, Ravens Memorabilia, Sports Legends Museum
The Sports Legends Museum in Baltimore at Camden Yards has a new display of memorabilia from the Baltimore Ravens. The display comes just in time to be in place before the beginning of the playoffs. Michael Gibbons, the Executive Director, said the collectables are all about the new records that Ravens players have achieved or [...]
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Posted on 05 January 2011. Tags: Canadian Juniors, gold-medal competition, Russian Juniors, Team Canada
Team Canada has to endure another demoralizing loss in the gold-medal competition of the world junior hockey championship for the 2nd year running, in Buffalo, New York Canada was ahead 3 goals at the start of the 3rd period, only to have 5 unanswered goals scored against them letting Russia win 5 to 3, claiming [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: all-star defensive back, Grey Cup Champion, Montreal Allouettes, Tony Proudfoot
Past CFL Grey Cup Champ Tony Proudfoot, 61, has passed away at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal following a diagnosis of Lou Gehrig’s disease 3 years ago. The all-star defensive back of the Montreal Alouettes had a diagnosis in 2007 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is a lethal neurodegenerative medical condition that [...]
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Posted on 28 December 2010. Tags: Calgary Flames, Darryl Sutter Asked to Step Down From Flames GM Position, Jay Feaster, Ken King
Darryl Sutter has been asked to step down from the Flames GM position and in response he has tendered his resignation from the position of GM and Executive VP of the Calgary Flames Hockey Club. Jay Feaster, Assistant General Manager, has been named as acting GM and has assumed complete responsibility for the daily operations [...]
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Posted on 25 December 2010. Tags: Coach's Corner, Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada, Ron MacLean
Hockey Night in Canada’s commensurate coach, Don Cherry, made a surprise visit to Canadian troops in Afghanistan on Christmas Day. Cherry is a staunch supporter of the troops and regularly praises their contribution and commitment to the people of Canada in his television segments on Coach’s Corner. Cherry, surrounded by his captive military audience, held [...]
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Posted on 23 December 2010. Tags: Alexander Ovechkin, Gillette Champions, Roger Federer, Tiger Woods
Proctor and Gamble has announced that they are not renewing Tiger Woods as an endorser of their products in 2011. P&G has contracts with many athletes in a 3-year marketing campaign called “Gillette Champions”. Gillette said on Thursday that they are discontinuing that campaign and as a result will not be renewing Tiger Woods endorsement [...]
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Posted on 28 November 2010. Tags: Anthony Calvillo, Grey Cup, Saskatchewan Roughriders
The Montreal Allouettes have won the 98th Grey Cup by beating the Saskatchewan Rough Riders by a score of 21 to 28 in Commonwealth Stadium. This was the second straight win, of the Grey Cup, for the Montreal team and the 3rd cup for Anthony Calvillo, the QB, who will surely be entered into the [...]
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