I struggle with media reports that detail what the very sick and demented Col Russell Williams did in eastern Ontario. Williams, on Monday, entered guilty pleas to two murders, multiple sexual assaults, and a string of sexually charged break-ins. The reality is that there are other Williams type birdbrains out there and they don’t need this information to further fuel twisted fantasies. To wish Williams a long, tortured existence in prison is probably not the right thing to say, but there really is no punishment that would be sufficient. Lock him up beside Paul Bernardo, I guess.
Brett Favre is taking some heat for explicit text messages that were allegedly sent to Jennifer Sterger, a smokin’ hot brunette sideline reporter who worked for the New York Jets the same year Favre was the team’s quarterback. I want to know why we, as a society, care? I also want to know why professional athletes even bother getting married. When Tiger Woods got put through the media ringer for his entourage of mistresses, I was one of the only people that had a bit of sympathy. It’s not that a feel for Tiger, but I feel every other athlete that carries on multiple affairs should also get the same treatment as Tiger if this is how it’s going to be. It should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that a professional athlete is sleeping around. Think about it. They are good looking, rich, quite often hundreds of miles away from home, and there are women at every turn throwing themselves at these athletes.
When you go to a Saskatchewan Roughriders game, you can count on the following: Darian Durant will have about 300 yards passing with a few touchdowns and, at least, one interception. The defense will struggle against the run, the return game will be a joke, and a field goal will be blocked. What you aren’t sure will happen is whether or not the Riders win or lose. On Sunday, they lost. There is no point dissecting the action. This team is good enough to do some damage in the playoffs, but they may not. Despite the wide array of talent, on paper, this club is not going to win the Grey Cup. Fans need to come to grips with that now and not a month from now after another loss in which everything I mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph takes place during a game.
Yorkton Terriers are on a bit of a skid, but don’t break your ankle jumping off the bandwagon. Every team needs some adversity and it’s better to have it now, than in March when you are in a best of seven playoff series. The San Jose Sharks, Dauphin Kings, and Weyburn Red Wings are all good examples of this. The Sharks can’t win a Cup, largely because their players don’t know how to get tough when the tough get going. The Kings obliterated everybody in their path toward the RBC Cup, but when they encountered the Vernon Vipers in the championship game, they were left with too little time to recover. Had that been a best of seven, Dauphin wins. Weyburn breezed through the SJHL season last year, but discovered a Trent Cassan coached Terrier team was going to be tenacious, physical, and more up-tempo than what they were used to. They not only did not adjust, they simply went away.
TSN turns me off their entire station when they lead Sportscentre with news that Phil Kessel is being dropped to the third line, or that Carl Gunnarson is going to the third defense pairing. This is only news because it’s the Toronto Maple Leafs and TSN is short for Toronto Sports Network. I’ve purchased NHL Centre Ice and I’ll watch that. Any news that I need will come from the internet for this year.
It pays to be a First Nations chief. Literally. Figures released Monday indicate that dozens of First Nations chiefs take home more pay than many of Canada’s provincial premiers. At least thirty of them earned more than $110 000 in tax free income last year, which eclipses the $109 893 average ‘after tax’ income paid to Canada’s premiers. Don’t forget these chiefs also have expenses, that are not included in their annual wage. One chief earned over $247 000 last year. Too bad the study doesn’t disclose the individual names. It should also be noted five chiefs were paid nothing at all.
Nice person mentions this week to Vivian La, Tina Twietmeyer, Cam Mehling, Kurt Goulden, and Michael Trebish.
Brett Favre is taking some heat for explicit text messages that were allegedly sent to Jennifer Sterger, a smokin’ hot brunette sideline reporter who worked for the New York Jets the same year Favre was the team’s quarterback. I want to know why we, as a society, care? I also want to know why professional athletes even bother getting married. When Tiger Woods got put through the media ringer for his entourage of mistresses, I was one of the only people that had a bit of sympathy. It’s not that a feel for Tiger, but I feel every other athlete that carries on multiple affairs should also get the same treatment as Tiger if this is how it’s going to be. It should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that a professional athlete is sleeping around. Think about it. They are good looking, rich, quite often hundreds of miles away from home, and there are women at every turn throwing themselves at these athletes.
When you go to a Saskatchewan Roughriders game, you can count on the following: Darian Durant will have about 300 yards passing with a few touchdowns and, at least, one interception. The defense will struggle against the run, the return game will be a joke, and a field goal will be blocked. What you aren’t sure will happen is whether or not the Riders win or lose. On Sunday, they lost. There is no point dissecting the action. This team is good enough to do some damage in the playoffs, but they may not. Despite the wide array of talent, on paper, this club is not going to win the Grey Cup. Fans need to come to grips with that now and not a month from now after another loss in which everything I mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph takes place during a game.
Yorkton Terriers are on a bit of a skid, but don’t break your ankle jumping off the bandwagon. Every team needs some adversity and it’s better to have it now, than in March when you are in a best of seven playoff series. The San Jose Sharks, Dauphin Kings, and Weyburn Red Wings are all good examples of this. The Sharks can’t win a Cup, largely because their players don’t know how to get tough when the tough get going. The Kings obliterated everybody in their path toward the RBC Cup, but when they encountered the Vernon Vipers in the championship game, they were left with too little time to recover. Had that been a best of seven, Dauphin wins. Weyburn breezed through the SJHL season last year, but discovered a Trent Cassan coached Terrier team was going to be tenacious, physical, and more up-tempo than what they were used to. They not only did not adjust, they simply went away.
TSN turns me off their entire station when they lead Sportscentre with news that Phil Kessel is being dropped to the third line, or that Carl Gunnarson is going to the third defense pairing. This is only news because it’s the Toronto Maple Leafs and TSN is short for Toronto Sports Network. I’ve purchased NHL Centre Ice and I’ll watch that. Any news that I need will come from the internet for this year.
It pays to be a First Nations chief. Literally. Figures released Monday indicate that dozens of First Nations chiefs take home more pay than many of Canada’s provincial premiers. At least thirty of them earned more than $110 000 in tax free income last year, which eclipses the $109 893 average ‘after tax’ income paid to Canada’s premiers. Don’t forget these chiefs also have expenses, that are not included in their annual wage. One chief earned over $247 000 last year. Too bad the study doesn’t disclose the individual names. It should also be noted five chiefs were paid nothing at all.
Nice person mentions this week to Vivian La, Tina Twietmeyer, Cam Mehling, Kurt Goulden, and Michael Trebish.
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