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‘Our staff made a mistake’: Toronto Blue Jays fan tossed from Rogers Centre for sporting ‘Canada is not for sale’ hat: Etobicoke resident Dan Begley was supposed to be at the Rogers Centre on Thursday afternoon watching the Jays home opener with two of his buddies. Instead, the longtime fan said he was “escorted out of the stadium by two big security guards” just moments after the game began due to his choice of headwear. For today’s game, Begley, who is 70, wore a Blue Jays hoodie and a red ballcap with the slogan, “Canada is not for sale.”
posted by tommybiden to baseball at 09:25 PM on March 27, 2025 - 3 comments
George Foreman, heavyweight boxer who became lovable champion, dies at 76: George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76.
posted by tommybiden to boxing at 09:24 AM on March 22, 2025 - 3 comments
Canadian soccer coach Marsch tells Trump to 'lay off ridiculous rhetoric' of Canada as 51st state: Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to "lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state." The 51-year-old Marsch, a former U.S. international who was born in Racine, Wisc., made his comments at a CONCACAF news conference at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., the site of next month's CONCACAF Nations League Finals featuring Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Panama
posted by tommybiden to culture at 06:07 PM on February 27, 2025 - 1 comment
Vancover Canucks trade J.T. Miller to Rangers, and more: J.T. Miller has been dealt by the Vancouver Canucks to the New York Rangers for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini and a first-round pick. In a second trade Vancouver picks up another Pettersson in a deal with Pittsburgh
posted by tommybiden to hockey at 08:57 AM on February 01, 2025 - 3 comments
Avalanche trades Mikko Rantanen to Carolina Hurricanes as part of blockbuster three-team deal: The man they call “Moose” has left the Rocky Mountains for Tobacco Road. The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen, one of the top goal scorers in team history and a key member of the 2022 Stanley Cup title team, Friday night to the Carolina Hurricanes in one of the most seismic transactions since the franchise moved to Denver. Colorado received Martin Necas, Jack Drury, a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft and a fourth-round selection in 2026 from the Hurricanes as part of a three-team deal announced late Friday night. Former league MVP Taylor Hall also went from the Chicago Blackhawks to the Hurricanes as part of the blockbuster.
posted by tommybiden to hockey at 10:54 AM on January 25, 2025 - 6 comments
Thank you for this, Howard.
Love the detailed breakdown, from a deep Celtics fan.
There's an upcoming consolidation of MLSE in Toronto.
Rogers *not rcade*, is buying out Bell's stake.
Larry Tanenbaum is expected to divest his share in the company as well.
Toronto sports fans are ..... unsure about these developments.
posted by tommybiden at 09:57 AM on March 21, 2025
I'm in! Thank you for doing this, rcade!
posted by tommybiden at 11:21 AM on March 17, 2025
Last night, Nikola Joki scored a triple double before half time. He then went on and nabbed *another* triple double before the end of the game. A double triple double?
Isn't that this week's special at In~N~Out?
posted by tommybiden at 01:02 PM on March 10, 2025
Hamilton Tiger-Cats win day with wonderful tweet
posted by tommybiden at 04:39 PM on March 06, 2025
I knew I liked Kluwe for some reason.
posted by tommybiden at 06:02 PM on February 21, 2025
I'm Canadian, I can only speak for myself. I do not know what I'd do were I at the game.
I'm not embarrassed by what fans did, we have freedom of expression in this country. Is it ideal? No. Fracturing a friendship, a trust that has existed for well over 150 years between the two nations is significantly more disturbing.
I fully understand the booing, harmless compared to threatening a nation's sovereignty.
Canadians as a group are justifiably angry. It seems the country has galvanized, united in a way I honestly cannot remember ever before.
posted by tommybiden at 04:22 PM on February 16, 2025
I'll watch some of these games but yeah, as mainly a hockey fan, I don't really feel the hype and I don't think the winner is going to be in any sense a legendary team talked about decades from now, unlike most Olympics or World Cup or Canada Cup winners.
This, exactly.
I popped in/out on the Sweden/Canada game last night. I'm sure I'll look in on tonight's game. It's great hockey, without a doubt. I don't imagine the Golden Knights or Shea Theodore are loving this tournament right now. He's out for the balance of the series, and who knows how much longer.
posted by tommybiden at 04:39 PM on February 13, 2025
Well shit, I was sure I'd clicked Eagles locked, oh well....
posted by tommybiden at 08:36 PM on February 09, 2025
My picks:
Chiefs by 7 (lock)
Passer: Jalen Hurts
Rusher: Barkley
Receiver: A.J. Brown
Player with interception: Sydney Brown
Player with sack: Jalen Carter
Player with first turnover: Mahomes
Super Bowl MVP: Barkley
Tiebreaker: March 18th 2025
posted by tommybiden at 10:02 AM on February 09, 2025
All Pettersson's, all the time.
posted by tommybiden at 09:46 AM on February 01, 2025
Without a doubt, it'll be good hockey.
I'm a Maple Leafs fan, Auston Matthews has been banged up all year. He's captaining the u.s. team, I'd rather see him rest & recover from a few aches. i fully understand why russia isn't in the tournament, but why aren't Czech Republic and Slovakia? Or, like that tourney a few years ago, have a 5th club, a World club for those not from the nations already in.
posted by tommybiden at 08:01 AM on February 01, 2025
I'm a 'fairly serious' hockey fan. I have next to zero interest in this tournament. I'd rather the players on the team I cheer for in the NHL weren't playing.
posted by tommybiden at 09:58 PM on January 31, 2025
Marc-Andre Fleury plays his (likely) final game in Montreal.
The entire YouTube clip is worthwhile but if in a hurry, start at the 3:45 mark
posted by tommybiden at 08:07 PM on January 31, 2025
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
I am also not seeing them.