Here are a few sports thoughts for a warm Christmas eve. Vince Carter scored 51 last night for the Nets.  That matches his career high, scored as a Raptor during a game I attended.  I was really hoping the jerk would never hit 50 again.It appears as if the

In his illustrious NHL career, The Great Wayne Gretzky scored 894 goals and added 1963 assists for a total of 2857 points.  There is nobody like him.  He's the greatest player ever to play the sport. I've loved him for as long as I can remember.  I shared some of

The Indianapolis Colts are 13-0.  They've also secured home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.  They now face a decision that's the water cooler talk across this continent this morning.  Do they rest their stars in preparation for the playoffs or do they play to match the 1972 Miami Dolphins who are

The World Cup draw took place today.  I don't care about soccer, but the World Cup transcends the sport and even I pay attention.  To make things interesting, however, I must have a rooting interest. My go-to team, obviously, is Canada.  Canada hasn't qualified for the World Cup in twenty

Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin face off tonight in their first head-to-head NHL game.  They're one-two in rookie scoring and are clearly forces to be reckoned with for years and years to come. The last time these two phenoms faced each other, I game blogged the event.  It was Team

If Baltimore beats the spread tonight, I win this week's NFL football pool.  The Steelers are favoured by 10.5 but I feel good about my pick.  On Halloween one must never go against the team that was named after Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". Once upon a midnight dreary,

As a youngster I was always fascinated with the 1919 Black Sox scandal.  Eight players from the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds, and this group included the great Shoeless Joe Jackson.  Ever since he was banished for life from professional baseball there

The greatest position player this nation has ever produced may have played his last game.  I'm speaking, of course, about Maple Ridge, BC native Larry Walker. If he has indeed played his last game, and he hasn't made that fact official yet, here are his career statistics.  2,160 hits,

I don't watch or follow soccer unless it's the World Cup.  With Canada unable to qualify, I've adopted Ireland as my team to root for.  During World Cup action I'm more than a descendant, I'm the prodigal son. A draw against Switzerland the other day means The Republic of Ireland

When the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox finish the regular season tied for first place in the American League East division, things could be awfully interesting.  How interesting it gets depends upon how Cleveland does this weekend.  If Cleveland loses another game, both the Yankees and Red Sox

I don't remember an NFL without Jerry Rice.  For the past twenty seasons he's been one of the most exciting players, a huge part of the Montana and Young San Francisco 49er dynasties of the 80s and 90s. A two-time NFL Player of the Year, Rice holds just about every

Tomorrow the PGA Championship tees off.  Once again, I've entered the office pool and my fate is tied to the performance of these three golfers: Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald. Steve feels Tiger is a mistake and I should have gone with Vijay Singh.  I don't feel I

When the Raiders visit New England on September 8th, the 2005 NFL season will officially be underway.  That means it's time for our annual NFL Football Pool.  If you are interested in joining our pool, contact me. This pool is nice and simple.  You make your picks on-line against the

I was actually really nervous watching the lottery results.  They're still at it, but my beloved Leafs just learned they'll pick #21.  So much for Sidney Crosby in blue and white.  Damn. Edmonton and Calgary are already gone, so it's not looking good in terms of keeping Crosby in Canada.

NHL.com will be streaming the results of the draft lottery order selection for the 2005 NHL Entry Draft live at 16:00 EST.  For those of us stuck in front of a computer, this is a very good thing. 2.08%... 2.08%...2.08%...2.08%...2.08%

The 105th U.S. Open teed off this morning.  I've entered a pool at work in which I own a group of three golfers.  If my group of three all make the cut and shoot the lowest combined score, I win. My brothers essentially picked my golfers for me, so

When Kevin McBride beat Mike Tyson last night, Tyson said, "I most likely won't fight anymore. I'm not going to disrespect the sport by losing to this caliber of fighters."  Assuming Tyson isn't lured back into the ring at some point so he can cash another paycheque, and that's a

Wow. ESPN.com is reporting that Victoria, British Columbia native Steve Nash will be named the Most Valuable Player of the National Basketball Association.  The official announcement will be made Sunday during halftime of ABC's coverage of Sunday's playoff game. Not only is Nash only the third point guard in

I entered a Masters pool at work.  I selected Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington and Phil Mickelson in an effort to have the threesome with the lowest combined score.  You can follow The Masters and my team on this leaderboard.  At least you can when it stops raining in Augusta. I

Some people have told me they check this page daily but skip all the sports-related entries.  Others have told me they do the opposite.  This Ottawa Sports Blog even lists my site as a Hockey Blog. The fact of the matter is I simply write about whatever I feel like

Mark McGwire ticked me off from the start.  In his rookie season he hit 49 home runs for the Oakland Athletics beating George Bell by two to win the league crown.  This was back in '87 when George Bell was my favourite player who I desperately wanted to win the