I think the above picture which was tweeted by someone at the Saskatchewan Hockey Association basically sums it up for many of us dont'cha think??
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If you follow the Riders on Twitter or visited their
website, you saw a lot of great stuff over the last few days from Bradenton, Florida as the team held
its mini-camp. Dangerous Dan
Plaster and his crew did a tremendous job with photos and interviews to keep
everyone informed as to what was going on. This just whets the appetite for
training camp which sadly is still a few weeks away, but it gave us a little
glimpse of what to expect.
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A few people I talked to asked why the Riders wouldn’t have
done this in Regina using the Eventplex or go to Moose Jaw to use the
Fieldhouse like they did last year. I think GM Brendan Taman said it the best
during a visit to CKRM’s Sportscage on Thursday. Taman said having the camp in
the U-S allowed everyone to be there thus insuring no passport problems. That
and the fact that I don’t think any other CFL team would camps like this in
their home city using places like California, Florida or Texas to find that
player that may be able to come a star.
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It’s the biggest story that no one in this country seemingly
cared about. It was the Chad Owens-MMA story. If you didn’t know about it, the
CFL’s MOP unbeknownst to his team has been training for an MMA fight and he
actually stepped inside the octagon and won. While I find it hard to believe that
A)Owens wouldn’t tell the Argos about this and B) The Argos would condone it,
the story just disappeared completely. Tell me that if it was Aaron Rodgers or
Adrian Peterson or JJ Watt stepping into the octagon that this story wouldn’t
have wheels to it. Does that put the
blame on the Canadian media or is it just a sign that no matter how much we
think the CFL is growing that it is still just small potatoes in the overall
scope of Canadian sport. You can banter that around during water-cooler talk.
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Some congratulations are in order. The first one is to the
Regina Rebels female hockey team. They are off to the Esso Cup after winning
the West regionals on the weekend. Well done girls! The other is to the city of Moose Jaw as they
land yet another big event. It was announced Friday the Moose Jaw Generals will
be the host team for the 2014 Telus Cup which is the Canadian midget hockey
championship. That will be a great event! Strike up another one for Scott Clark
at Mosaic Place. I hope Moose Jaw realizes how lucky they are to have someone
of his ilk doing what he is doing for not only the facility, but the city
itself. Not to anger the fine folks in
Moose Jaw, but whoever is behind the new stadium here might want to look his
way when it comes to an operations manager.
When you think about it, southern Saskatchewan is very lucky to have
people like Clark and Neil Donnelly bringing in some top-notch acts to this
neck of the woods. Its tough when Saskatoon has Credit Union Place which is
much more lucrative to get people down here as well, but both find a way to do
it.
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Everyone has Tiger winning the Masters. I’m not one of them.
I don’t think Phil or Rory wins either. For some reason, I like Padraig
Harrington. No rhyme or reason to that statement. I just do. I can also see a Keegan Bradley or a Brandt
Snedeker coming through and winning it for the first time like Bubba Watson did
last year.
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Why on earth the Chicago Cubs kept Carlos Marmol on the
roster this year much less as their closer is a head-scratcher. The guy
re-defines terrible! He really should be a spokesperson for 7-11, because like
them, he doesn’t close. He gassed a game in Atlanta Saturday night and he’s
been fortunate to get out of two Cub victories this year.
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Does the R.A in R.A Dickey stand for really awful. So far it has. I thought the Jays gave him wayyyy too much money and early indications are I was right. A knuckleballer is too risky. I don't think Toronto fans need to start pushing the panic button yet though. There is a long ways to go.
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The Boston Red Sox have a guy named Jackie Bradley Junior in left field. I hear that name and I keep thinking of Jackie Rogers Junior from SCTV. I loved that show.
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If you are a fan of the old Montreal Expos, you need to
read this. I don't know if it will happen, but if someone with deep pockets wants to build a park in Montreal----one that could house the Alouettes as well it could happen as the Canadian dollar and economy is a lot better now.
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If you watched Wrestlemania, what did you think? By far and away, the best match once again involved the Undertaker as he improved to 21-0 with a win over CM Punk. While that was the best match of the night, nothing else really surprised me and that included the John Cena win. I thought going in that Cena would win, but perhaps turn some of his fans against him for doing something controversial. Nope! I'd like to see an edgier persona on Cena, but he is the WWE's bread and butter right now.
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There is no better introduction in all of sports or sports entertainment than that of the Undertaker! None!
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Wrestlemania needs to come one year from Calgary. What better place to have the event than "McMahon Stadium"?Vince could be so clever on that one.
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My girl Miranda Lambert comes through at the ACM's. No complaint from this guy!
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I’m not going to openly rail on the city for snow removal
and street control, but it does baffle me as to how some streets can be in the
condition they are in. I was on one street Saturday afternoon in which I was
actually wondering if my car would make it down it considering the ruts. What baffles me even more is I’ve seen a
grader go down a street without the blade down when it could easily take a
quick detour down a side-street or two with the blade down. Then again, I also have seen some people
shovelling snow into the street over the past few days and really, does that
help anything. NO!
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Some were getting all over TSN for not publicizing the Canadian Davis Cup win when promoing Sportscentre Sunday night. Why would they promo an event that isn't a pro league and isn't their property. I'm guessing Sportsnet rarely talks about the Scotties, Brier or Worlds both in setting up casts and on Connected. If you ain't the pros and we ain't paying for it, you aren't going to find out much about it on our network. That will never change. Its why some don't like the fact that TSN has a monopoly on CFL broadcasts again. You don't see much CFL info on Sportsnet, the Score or CBC anymore.
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Before I forget.....GOBLUE!!! Its Michigan or should I say "Mitchigan" in the NCAA basketball championship tonight against Louisville.
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Sleeping is nice because you're not actually dead and you're not awake so it's a win-win situation.
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Have a good Monday!
