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Basketball blather in T.O.

T alk is cheap – cheaper, apparently, than wins over bad teams like the Philadelphia 76ers, apparently. So the Toronto Raptors will understand why after yesterday's 114-101 loss to the Sixers, it's the words of Antoine Wright that resonate more than the ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  7 Mar 2010

Related Topics: J.P. Ricciardi,  Los Angeles Lakers,  Jay Triano,  Philadelphia 76ers,  Toronto Raptors

Pain accuses Germans of magnetizing sleds

Y ou have to understand where Jeff Pain is coming from: His career as a skeleton driver goes back to the days of learning how to make a meal out of fast-food ketchup packages and pasta and five-to-a-Volkswagen trips through Europe. Back before federal ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  11 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Jeff Pain

True advocates hard to come by

T hey are a precious few, these people who are willing to engage in the hurly-burly of dealing with the media – who lead with their chin; who can wade in with a challenge as well as an answer. The hockey world knows that Brian Burke is one of those few, ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  7 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Brian Burke,  Toronto Blue Jays,  DeMaurice Smith,  National Basketball Association,  David Stern

True advocates like Brendan Burke are hard to come by

T hey are a precious few, these people who are willing to engage in the hurlyburly of dealing with the media – who lead with their chin; who can wade in with a challenge as well as an answer. The hockey world knows that Brian Burke is one of those few, ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  6 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Brian Burke

No-trade nonsense

B aseball is the sport that made the no-trade clause popular – ask any Montreal Expos fan – so when you cover the sport you get a sense of the reasoning behind them. Because of that, the Calgary Flames desire to acquire Ales Kotalik – aside from proving ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  2 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Ales Kotalik,  Calgary Flames,  Major League Baseball

Jays stand by their man

D ustin McGowan raised hopes with a pain-free throwing session on Friday, and in the process conjured up memories of Chris Carpenter’s injury-plagued departure from the Toronto Blue Jays. Not to worry. Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos won’t ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  31 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Toronto Blue Jays,  Chris Carpenter,  Alex Anthopoulos,  Hedo Turkoglu,  Toronto Maple Leafs

Hollingsworth wins World Cup points title

j blair@globeandmail.com Mellisa Hollingsworth is confident the track at the Whistler Sliding Centre will be in immaculate, consistent shape for the women's skeleton event at the Vancouver 2010 Games. As the first competitor down the track on race day, ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  23 Jan 2010

With the Leafs, you can only say bad so many ways

You can almost take the losses to good teams. You can watch the Toronto Maple Leafs on those nights and shrug your shoulders and say it shows just how much work they need to do to be a better team. It speaks to an apparent lack of talent. But losing to ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  20 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Toronto Maple Leafs,  Atlanta Thrashers,  Niklas Hagman,  Phil Kessel,  Nikolai Kulemin

Mike Green struggles to shake Olympic heartbreak

Mike Green has just come in from receiving an hour of unconditional love from a couple of thousand kids at a Washington Capitals open practice on the eighth-floor arena of the Ballston Commons shopping centre. But Alexander Ovechkin has one more pass ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  18 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Mike Green,  Washington Capitals,  Alexander Ovechkin,  Bruce Boudreau,  Pittsburgh Penguins

A kerfuffle around the Flyers

S o. Stayed around in D.C. for the weekend and got to see a pretty intense game Sunday between the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals. Went off to worship at the Shrine of Ovechkin and on the way back to the work room couldn’t help but notice a ...

From JEFF BLAIR, Globe and Mail,  18 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Philadelphia Flyers,  Washington Capitals,  Mike Richards,  Paul Holmgren,  Joffrey Lupul

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