I learned about McMahon's firing from a friend of mine. I seldom visit DJF, and I've never listened to their podcast....

He's the general manager in Philadelphia. His contract is up at the end of the year, but he says he's retiring. On the other hand, Brian Cashman (Yankees) and Theo Epstein (Red Sox) are both out of c...

kstop, I made the change from "Holland" to "Netherlands." Sorry 'bout the confusion!...

I thought it was interesting that Podolski didn't really celebrate his first goal; in fact, he looked almost crestfallen as his teammates came over to congratulate him. Kinda like how players don't te...

Geez, guys, now you've got *me* feeling let down and I wrote the article in the first place!...

I know--I tried working in a quick disclaimer (e.g., "The thought of the English national team arriving in Port of Spain instead of preparing for Euro 2008, for which they did not qualify, amuses us s...

When you put it like that, twistedtidings, that's *exactly* what I mean. ;) Actually, that's a subject for another entry: which major sport + MLS has the worst all-star game? The NFL seems like the ob...

My pleasure, CS. btw, the architect was Eberhard Zeidler--Ericq's comment made me realize I'd omitted that rather crucial detail!...

If it makes anyone feel any better, a striking TTC is infinitely better than a fully operational Calgary Transit......

Why wouldn't he get better? He certainly did last year; what could've possibly happened during the offseason that would suddenly make Frank Thomas "done?" I still maintain it was largely a knee-jerk r...

I was in awe when I found that. It might be the single greatest contribution to Flickr ever....

I can't decide if it's go Minnesota or go Calgary; it's probably one of those two, but I'll figure I'll wait til the playoffs begin and then jump on whichever bandwagon seems destined to go the furthe...

Weird: I was in Ottawa on Saturday for my friend's wedding, and our limo to the ceremony (yeah, yeah, I know) got stuck in an anti-Scientology protest...this, mere hours after my friend was late for o...

That's a fair point, nOwak, and it begs a follow-up question: as a fan, would you rather your team tank (which, in this case, would involve a heavy dosage of Andrew Raycroft) or would you rather they ...

That's a good point--and from the sounds of it, Fletcher wanted to negotiate a contract extension but Sundin refused. I can't imagine him playing anywhere else (even though he used to, once upon a tim...

The first time I heard Matt Stairs' intro music, I was sure I'd died and gone to some sort of heaven where people look like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, recognize this as fact and then embrace it wholeh...

Take this with a grain of salt, but I *believe* the "Fire Peddie" petition had exponentially more signatures than a similar, "Fire JFJ" petition. It's still a mess down at MLSE, no matter who's the GM...

That's an interesting point re: the International Bowl and the NFL's (probable) arrival in Toronto. To me, it seemed like the NFL was looming over this weekend's Grey Cup coverage; if the media wasn't...

I don't know much, but I *do* know one thing: my sensitivities aren't too refined for anything, particularly hockey. Again: if people don't think Mats Sundin is a good hockey player, fine. But I do ha...

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Some of 'em got me thinking, and I wanted to clarify/elaborate on a few things: 1. This wasn't an excuse to rip the Toronto Sun, which (as noted) is way too easy to...