Cornwall ON – “So here’s to dreams. May they sparkle. Well at least for a couple of days.” With my prophetic words, the dreams of the USA and England supporters alike, sparkled and then died for another four years. Both teams can hold their heads high, the USA defeated byContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Remember Georges Laraque? He may play in Sweden! That was more surprising than the NHL Draft Friday night. The internet was abuzz with chatter of teams trading down, up, all around. Edmonton was going to trade its entire team and all their draft picks.Continue Reading
World Cup – The Last 16 by David Rawnsley Cornwall ON – And now the fun begins – one-game, winner-takes-all, high stakes poker. No room for errors, no room for mistakes, no extra goals hanging around for the taking, as I might once have said, “this is for all theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – With the draft hours away there’s a lot of chatter and poo flinging going on. The big buzz is coming out of Ottawa as the Sens seem about to trade away the rights to Anton Volchenkov; while the smart money is on Jason Spezza heading off somewhere,Continue Reading
World Cup – Just Four More Wins! by David Rawnsley Cornwall ON – Yes, if like me, your team has made it into the last 16, then all that stands between them and hoisting the World Cup is another four wins. If your team, like mine, is beginning to showContinue Reading
World Cup – Quel dommage! by David Rawnsley Cornwall ON – Did the world want South Africa to win or France to lose? It is difficult to say but the outcome was always in the cards the moment that France went down to 10 men. Already a goal behind, theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The hockey world is busy. In this cap world the NHL has become the biggest Rotisserie Hockey League in the Universe and that makes for some fun. For long time Roti owners “Cap Space” is a way of life and of course the value of playersContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Happy Birthday Meryl Streep you hot piece o chicken! Ms Streep turns much less than 100 today. The great actress seems to get an Oscar nom every year, and only gets better with age as opposed to say….many of her co-stars over the years. WIKIContinue Reading
Cornwall ON- Could Carey Price be leaving les Bleu, Blancs, et Rouges aussi? Of course it’s rumor season with the draft and July 1 free agent date coming up. While the Habs swapped away play off stud Jaroslav Halak, rumblings from sources suggest that Carey Price isn’t the manContinue Reading
World Cup – And then …Brazil! by David Rawnsley Cornwall ON – What is it about Brazil that makes them special when it comes to soccer? The only country to have won the World Cup in both hemispheres; one of the few multi-winner countries; the home of greats such asContinue Reading
World Cup – One Weak Week by David Rawnsley Cornwall ON – As predicted the World Cup has largely been a bore during this first week with teams trying their best not to lose. However, things should begin to liven up now as the teams that face elimination attempt toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Cheating is quite common place in soccer. Players and coaches alike operate on the very edges of what is lawful and quite often cross the line and become cheats. One of the great challenges for today’s officials is to know when a player is faking. As IContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – In what many Habs fans will consider one of the darkest day in the teams history Jaroslav Halak was traded for spare parts to the St.Louis Blues (Lars Eller and Ian Schultz). John Davidson is going to be grinning awfully wide as he swills some singleContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If you are just tuning in to the World Cup and you are wondering what is wrong with the audio on your TV, what is that incessant droning in the background? Whoa, what is that all about? Relax! Your TV is OK. This is soccer the SouthContinue Reading
South Africa 2010 – FIFA World Cup Cornwall ON – It has started. The Stanley Cup finishes and almost seamlessly we are into the World Cup. For the uninitiated that is like the Stanley Cup in the 208 countries that are competing for this trophy. Can you imagine multiplying theContinue Reading
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Cornwall ON – It took over 16 minutes to open up the scoring, but Dustin Byfuglien opened the gates and the Chicago Blackhawks have won Lord Stanley’s Cup for the first time since 1961 by the score of 4-3 in overtime. Patrick Kane scored his 10th of the playoffs toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Candy Pollard was a very busy lady last week as she power toured the committee from the Ontario Senior Games who have to select a city for their Actifest Games for 2012. Cornwall is in the running and Ms Pollard made sure the committee saw why CornwallContinue Reading