It's March and that means the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament set to get underway.  There are ten Canadians in the tournament, but we're focusing on one young man from Montreal.  His name is Juan Mendez. Mendez set the all-time Canadian NCAA scoring record this season while playing for Niagara and

Periodically I like to check in on 17-year-old phenom Sidney Crosby and see how he's doing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.  On Friday night, Crosby put on a clinic scoring three goals and adding four assists.  Crosby's seven-point night lifted his league-leading point-total to 152. Last night, Crosby

The San Diego Chargers have released quarterback Doug Flutie.  This may mark the end of the 42 year old's career. I only own one football jersey, and that's a #7 Buffalo Bills Doug Flutie.  There were so many reasons to root for the diminutive quarterback.  There's the hail mary pass

Periodically I like to check in on 17-year-old phenom Sydney Crosby and see how he's doing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.  Last night he scored two goals and added three assists to lead the streaking Oceanic to an 8-3 win over the Quebec Remparts.  What makes this all

Tomorrow at 18:30 EST, they'll play Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Florida.  The New England Patriots are looking for their third title in four years while the Philadelphia Eagles seek their first-ever championship. If I were putting a loonie down on the outcome, I'd go with the Patriots.  They've

I blame myself.  The Buffalo Bills started this season 0-4 before I swore off regular season NFL football.  Then, right on queue, my favourite NFL team won eight of their next nine.  I, apparently, was a serious jinx. If the Bills beat Pittsburgh this afternoon, they will finish the season

I can pin point a moment in October 1993 when the Toronto sports scene was euphoric.  Joe Carter went deep in game six against the Phillies and we had our second World Series title in a row.  Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs were reeling off ten victories in a row to

We should all get behind the campaign to have Steve Nash named MVP of the NBA this season.  Eric Neel's "A Candidate We Can All Root For" says it best. "If Steve Nash is the MVP, we're not about wars of attrition, muscle-bound match-ups, and watch-the-paint-dry isolations. We're about pace,

Yesterday we learned that Jason Giambi used steroids for at least three seasons and this morning we're learning that Barry Bonds has admitted to using steriods, although unknowingly.  Bonds  told a federal grand jury that he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by a trainer who

I woke up this morning and put on The Score to watch sports highlights and thought they were showing WWE highlights.  I was mesmerized by the brawl that broke out near the end of the Indiana Pacers - Detroit Pistons game in Auburn Hills.  If you haven't seen it yet,

Periodically I like to check in on Sidney Crosby of the Rimouski Oceanic, the best prospect in hockey.  Last night,  Crosby set up four goals in the first period to power the Oceanic to a 7-3 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League victory over the Gatineau Olympiques. Crosby now has 51

Trail, British Columbia native Jason Bay got 25 of 32 first-place votes and 146 points Monday from the Baseball Writers' Association of America to win the National League Rookie of the Year award.  He's the first Canadian to win Rookie of the Year honours. I hadn't heard of Trail, so

Who needs the Leafs on a night like tonight in the big smoke?  It's been a great night for sports fans in this city.  Some random sports notes at this hour... The Argos are crushing the Tiger-Cats in the East semifinal.  It's now 24 to zip in our favour and

The Boston Red Sox are poised to win the World Series for the first time since 1918.  Although a part of me wishes the curse would continue, there's another part of me that wants this for the die hard Red Sox fans.  I'm thirty years old and every year I

On Saturday night the Boston Red Sox face the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.  I'll be strongly rooting for the Cardinals, and my reasons why are outlined below. Larry Walker -  The Maple Ridge, BC native is the best hitter this country has ever produced and he's never

Tomorrow morning newspapers in Boston or New York will be delivered with the headline "Seventh Heaven".  It's a virtual certainty.  At least one of the major dailies, and sometimes more than one, will go to press following tonight's ball game with that headline in large font on the front page.

I watched most of both games yesterday and here are a few random notes that are bouncing around my cranium. I want the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.  My reasons why can be summarized in two words: Larry Walker.  When he silenced the crowd with a 400-plus

In a shocking development, a 3-1 loss to Costa Rica Wednesday night has eliminated Canada from the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. It's time that we as Canadians accept the reality of this situation.  We stink at soccer. Go Ireland Go!

I grew up despising all other teams in the old American League East.  That includes both the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.  I can't stand either team yet I rooted for each team in their respective division championship series.  I'm not a fan of the Red Sox or

The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki registered three singles to equal, break and then add to the Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game against the Texas Rangers Friday.  The Japanese outfielder matched George Sisler's 84-year-old mark of 257 hits with a first-inning single before

In front of 31,395 at Olympic Stadium last night, the Montreal Expos played their last ever home game.  They got killed 9-1 by the Florida Marlins, but the final score didn't matter.  36 years of Major League Baseball in Montreal has come to a final halt.  Here are scenes

Tonight the Montreal Expos play their last ever home game.  Next season there will be no Montreal franchise in Major League Baseball.  The team will play out of Washington, DC under a new name. For as long as I can remember there has always been two teams in Canada.  As

32 years ago today, on September 28, 1972, "The Goal" was scored.  There was only 34 seconds left in the eighth and final game of the Summit Series, and only a win would allow Canada to lay claim to victory in the series against the USSR.  32 years ago today,