As a child, I fell in love with the romanticism of baseball. I loved the never ending number of statistics and trivial components to the game. As a Blue Jays fan, every time a batter hit a base hit in his first at bat, I was watching a potential cycle.
As a kid, I was enamoured by baseball trivia. At one time in the mid-80s I had memorized every member of the 500 club. The 500 club was an elite club of home run hitters who had hit at least 500 in their major league career. The 600 club was
I mentioned I entered a Masters pool at work. I selected Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington and Davis Love III in an effort to have the threesome with the lowest combined score. Out of twelve entries I finished fourth. Not bad I suppose. I asked my brother Steve to assist me
This weekend is The Masters golf tournament from Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Bright's Grove, Ontario's Mike Weir is the defending champion. I just entered a Masters pool at work. I had to select three golfers and the objective is to have the lowest combined score. Every member
Taryn went to Portugal and all I got was this lousy tee shirt. Actually, it's a very nice soccer shirt for the national team from Portugal, but wearing it violates one of my rules. Thou shalt not wear paraphernalia for sports teams thou does not passionately root for. The only
Lets rewind for a moment back to my entry of October 6th, 2003 in which I stated the following about Sydney Crosby. Sidney Crosby. Are you familiar with that name? You will be. Sidney Crosby of the Rimouski Oceanic is the CHL Player of the Week. Crosby scored five goals
We Canadians have always suffered from an inferiority complex. This is the result of sharing the world's longest undefended border with the most powerful nation in the world. We have more space but only a tenth of the populous. More often then not, we are only validated by our acceptance
Many consider it to be the greatest sporting tournament in North America. I have to admit, it's pure madness and as exciting as hell. The selections for the NCAA 2004 Division I Men's Basketball Championship tournament have been announced. Claiming the No. 1 seeds for each of the four regions
A number of years ago, my brothers and I gathered around the television to watch an OHL playoff game. It was an elimination game between the Belleville Bulls and the Guelph Storm. Normally we don't make it a point to watch OHL playoff games, but our cousin Mark Gowan was
Today at 15:00 EST is the NHL trade deadline. The entire torontomike.com staff will be manning the desk to report on any deals involving the Toronto Maple Leafs. For updates on all the NHL trading action as we approach the trade deadline, visit TSN's Trade Deadline page or
I am a devout follower of the Toronto Maple Leafs. My favourite time of the year is the NHL playoffs, I watch every single Leaf game and religiously stay abreast of all the on and off ice action. Some would call me a diehard fan, but they would be wrong.
When the Toronto Raptors took in on the chin yesterday against the Boston Celtics, it was their eighth loss in a row. Our beloved Maple Leafs themselves have lost three in a row. These are tough times in the big city. Lets rewind back to my entry of December 7,
I'm not the world's biggest golf fan. In fact, I'll only watch when one of the following four instances is true. It's one of the four majors: The Masters, the British Open, the US Open and the PGA Championship.Mike Weir is among the leaders.Tiger Woods is among the
Mike Weir fought off a resilient Shigeki Maruyama this afternoon to win the Nissan Open for the second straight year. It was a nail biter with Weir blowing a 7 shot lead to win it on the final hole in the pouring rain. Check out the official leaderboard. Now if
Don't look now, but local boy Mike Weir is tied for the lead at the Nissan Open after two rounds. Weir birdied five of his last seven holes Friday for a 7-under 64 that gave him a tie for the lead with Shigeki Maruyama, a share of the 36-hole record
A few things happened that I thought were pretty cool. Was there a person on this planet not rooting for John Daly yesterday? Only six months ago, Daly was down in the dumps when he learned his fourth wife had been indicted on federal drug and gambling charges, just five
Last night during the great collapse at the ACC, Sabre goaltender Mika Noronen was credited with a goal when Robert Reichel inadvertently passed the puck into the empty Leaf cage. Noronen became the eighth goalie in NHL history to be credited with a goal, an extremely rare feat. As rare
A couple of days ago I lamented in this space about Lennox Lewis and how conflicted I was with his success. He became a dominant heavyweight while fighting for Britain despite growing up in Kitchener and winning a gold medal for Canada at the '88 Olympics. I just read an
World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has announced his retirement from professional boxing. Lewis leaves with a 41-1-2 record, and is the first reigning world heavyweight champion to quit since Rocky Marciano in 1956. Lennox Lewis dominated heavyweight boxing waving the Union Jack for his native Britain. Canadians will be quick
Jamaal Magloire was named to the Eastern Conference all-star team this afternoon. The Toronto native is now the second Canadian ever selected to play in the NBA all-star game following Steve Nash who was selected twice. He's averaging a career-high 11.7 points and 9.4 rebounds a game this
Late in the second quarter it was beginning to look as if Super Bowl XXXVIII was going to be a dog. There was virtually no offense to speak of, then, all of a sudden, a flurry of offense finished off the half and we had ourselves a game. The final
Yesterday, it was suggested that I list the top five Super Bowls ever as my Friday Five. I didn't, but I did surf the web to find a list of the top 7 Super Bowls of all time as compiled by Rush Magazine. It's a pretty decent list, so I'll
Sunday is Super Bowl XXXVIII. The AFC Champion New England Patriots are taking on the NFC Champion Carolina Panthers in Houston, Texas. I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself. Sarcasm doesn't translate well to the written word. I should point out the aforementioned expression of my excitement was written
One month ago I wrote about Toronto-born Jesse Palmer who became the first Canadian-born and trained quarterback to start a game in the NFL. Palmer didn't win that Sunday, but he did give thousands of Canadians something to cheer about. Today, Jesse Palmer is back in the news for another
Tennis player Greg Rusedski has tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Reading these reports brought back some pretty ill feelings I have towards this athlete. There are few I dislike as much as I dislike Rusedski. Rusedski was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He's as Canadian as
