Credit to Author: Paul Chapman| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 21:42:37 +0000
OPINION: Take the NHL, bring on the NHL Players’ Association and then add in the International Ice Hockey Federation and the International Olympic Committee and it appears you have a deficit of inspired thinking
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 10:03:55 +0000
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Reigning champion New England was dumped from the NFL playoffs by upstart Tennessee on Saturday, the Titans taking a 20-13 road victory that could spell the end of six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady’s career. NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry ran 34 times for 182 yards and a touchdown on his 26th […]
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:19:36 +0000
OPINION: The late David Stern understood the NBA could be more than just a sports league. It could be — and has become — a social agent for change
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 23:34:51 +0000
OPINION: We’re about to head into what is arguably the greatest fortnight of sports television each year. The bull market for sport TV programmers and advertisers spans football, basketball, hockey and even soccer. The biggest winners, however, might just be the couch potatoes
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:56:56 +0000
OPINION: The NBA has been the hottest league in North America for the past five years when it comes to rising television rights, overall revenues and franchise values but it’s only human, so every once in a while, it will step into a hot mess
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:30:30 +0000
Bulls of the Week It’s a bull market on football. On a weekend that will include everything from the 107th Grey Cup in Calgary and the 55th Vanier Cup in Quebec City to NFL matchups such as Dallas at New England and Green Bay at San Francisco, to Week 13 in U.S. college football, it’s […]
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:48:34 +0000
OPINION: Most current NHL players and younger fans seemed to agree that hockey should be used to “unite, not divide.” Yet many former stars — Bobby Orr and Jeremy Roenick among them — ridiculed Sportsnet for the dismissal of Don Cherry, a Canadian hockey television icon
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Credit to Author: Drew Magary| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:17:20 +0000
The NFL loves treating its own players as expendable; the rest of American industry shares that affection.
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Credit to Author: Paul Chapman| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:57:48 +0000
Opinion: Despite the roller-coaster ride of the World Series, it was a dud television wise.
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Credit to Author: Paul Chapman| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:31:40 +0000
Bulls of the Week It’s ironic that the former quarterbacking tandem of Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo are at the helm of the two undefeated teams left standing in the NFL this season. At an annual salary of US$35 million per year, the 42-year-old Brady and his New England Patriots are 7-0 while Garoppolo and […]
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