Happy Tuesday!
This week on the show we look at what has stalled talks between the NHL and the NHLPA, the Taylor Hall & Jordan Eberle contracts, a recap of the Labour Day Classic between the Eskimos & the Stampeders, an interesting story from the Paralympics and the Stephen Strasburg situation in the MLB.
In the GABBYs: EA Sports, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Joey Chestnut, Penn State, the Little League World Series and Charl Schwartzel. The Punchline this week is the Toronto Maple Leafs!
Happy Wednesday!
This week on the show we dish our theories about the pending lockout in the NHL, we discuss what happened to the Eskimos in a big loss to the Alouettes last week and we have a look at the Stephen Strasburg situation in Washington.
In the GABBYs: Felix Hernandez, Charlie Sheen, Gary Carter, Chad Johnson, the Boston Red Sox and peewee football. The Punchline this week is Melky Cabrera!
Happy Monday!
The guys from “15 Minutes of Fame” are back at it for another week, breaking down the top stories from across the world of sports. This week, we’re discussing the Boston Bruins winning the Stanley Cup (and the city of Vancouver’s reaction), we make some NHL Awards & Entry Draft predictions, and the Edmonton Eskimos kick off the preseason!
In the GABBYs: The Capitals run up the score, Boston continues to win, Terry keeps his tattoo and lots more!
For the 49th time in program history the Alberta Golden Bears hockey team is conference champs. Thanks to a two game sweep of the Calgary Dinos this weekend in the Canada West Finals Alberta claimed their fourth consecutive conference title and 10th in 11 years.
In their first trip to the conference finals since 1996 Calgary was overwhelmed by the Bears explosive offensive attack, getting outscored a combined 11-1 over the two game series. Friday night saw conference MVP Derek Ryan net a pair, while Sean Ringrose would add one as well in a 3-0 Alberta win. Rookie netminder Kurtis Mucha continued his hot post-season play stopping all 32 shots directed his way to record his second shutout in three playoff games. (more…)
It was a busy weekend for U of A squads with five teams in action, including both the Pandas and Golden Bears volleyball teams who were on the road playing at nationals.
On the women’s side the number-four seeded Pandas were in Quebec City taking on the nation’s best and came away from the tournament in fourth. Alberta opened the tournament for the second year in a row against the University of Montreal Carabins, coming away from that matchup with a 3-1 win. That would be all the winning the Pandas would manage though, as they fell in the national semi-finals to the eventual champions from UBC – who won their fourth consecutive national title – and then finished off the tournament and their season with a bronze medal game loss to another Canada West team the Trinity Spartans 3-1. (more…)
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In my time covering university athletics over the last two plus years I’ve had my fair share of criticism for the CIS after they’ve shot air ball, after air ball including they way they’ve crowned national champions. While I’ve never had a particular problem with the eight team format used for women’s basketball, it was far from perfect.
Finding the best team in the country any given year should be the ultimate goal of national tournaments in my opinion, and not simply being ‘fair’ when spreading out tournament berths between the four national basketball conferences. Of course representation from across the country is an important part of any tournament, but an arbitrary ticket to a national tournament based mostly on which conference you come from wasn’t the answer. (more…)
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