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In The Dog House
by Steven Ratson
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Kramer, you’re banned! I’m banned? Yeah, that’s right, banned!
February 14, 2010 -
The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances!
January 27, 2010 -
Oh, it's got cachet, baby! It's got cachet up the ying-yang!
January 9, 2010
Scott Taylor’s E-Take
Scott Taylor is a Winnipeg-based sportswriter and broadcaster.
Should the NHL go to Russia in 2014?
March 29, 2010
This will be the toughest decision the National Hockey League will ever have to make (well, this and determining the exact time when Gary Bettman’s Sunbelt Experiment has officially failed).
Good News for Baseball: Mauer Stays in Small Market Minnesota
March 22, 2010
The Minnesota Twins announced yesterday that they had signed superstar catcher Joe Mauer to an eight-year, $184 million contract. That’s $23 million a year if you’re keeping score at home. It’s a contract that will keep last year’s American League MVP under contract to the upper midwest’s small-market team through 2018.
Asper: "Be Patient, Winnipeg."
March 15, 2010
David Asper has only one thing to say to skeptical Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ fans: "Be patient."
Is This the Year for The Winnipeg Goldeyes?
March 8, 2010
It’s kind of a Winnipeg thing, but professional sports championships in our town arrive only on occasion.
A Canadian’s objective view of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games!
March 1, 2010
Let’s hope that between now and 2014, the Canadian government and the Canadian TV rightsholder for Sochi just shuts the hell up.
Own the Podium was HOGWASH!
February 22, 2010
After Canadian snowboard half-pipe competitor, Mercedes Nicol fell in her second run in the final last Thursday night, she looked into CTV’s camera, smiled, waved and said, "Sorry, Canada."
POUND, DICK ANGRY!
February 15, 2010
In honor of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, here is another classic example of the stunning hypocrisy of the IOC.
Bombers Board has Balls
February 8, 2010
Mack and LaPolice Choices Go Against the Grain! Maybe Things Are Looking Up in Bomberland?
Peyton Manning is a Marked Man!
February 1, 2010
Was Something Amiss in NFC Championship Game? And Should The Colts Be Afraid?
Is This The Answer? Finally?
January 25, 2010
There was a certain aura of déjà vu this past week when Joe Mack was introduced as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers latest general manager and vice-president of football operations.
Favre Plays Brilliantly. Leads Vikings to Rout of Cowboys.
January 18, 2010
He entered the game as the oldest quarterback ever to start a National Football League playoff game. He left as the oldest ever to win.
Thank goodness for the Cardinals and Packers.
January 11, 2010
Thank goodness for the Cardinals and Packers. It was the last game and the best game and it saved what might have been a weekend full of blowouts.
Team Canada: Win Gold to End Debate
January 4, 2010
Team Canada will be favored to win gold. And with the Games right here in Vancouver, nobody will be happy if this group finishes with anything less.
Kelly Speaks Up About His Relationship With Winnipeg’s Corporate Media
November 26, 2009
There are so few people in the Winnipeg media who can actually talk about football that, ultimately, the only thing they can do is destroy a coach who speaks a language most of them don’t understand.
Whatever Happens in the Vikings Locker Room
November 20, 2009
Teammates Love Him. So Who Was the Moron Who First Suggested that the Vikings Wouldn’t Want Brett Favre?
It’s Getting Comical. Mike Kelly Just Makes Them Crazy.
November 13, 2009
It’s Getting Comical. Mike Kelly Just Makes Them Crazy.
President Says Phoenix Coyotes Have To Win!
November 6, 2009
President Says Phoenix Coyotes Have To Win!
NHL Work Stoppage
October 30, 2009
Prosperous Money in a Recessionary League
What Is a Real Fan?
October 23, 2009
What Is a Real Fan? The One Who Cheers Through Thick and Thin or the One Who Only Attends When the Team is Winning?
Gary Bettman's NHL Sun Belt Experiment is Dead
October 16, 2009
Gary Bettman's NHL Sun Belt Experiment is Dead
Why can't we have a Red Mile? Heck, why can't we just tailgate?
October 9, 2009
Why can't we have a Red Mile? Heck, why can't we just tailgate?
Big Day for Winnipeg: New Commercial Development and Perhaps The Return of the Jets
October 2, 2009
Big Day for Winnipeg: New Commercial Development and Perhaps The Return of the Jets
Winnipeg needs a new football stadium. Now! Not in three years.
September 15, 2009
Winnipeg needs a new football stadium. Now! Not in three years.
What Kind of Stadium Are We Getting?
August 26, 2009
What Kind of Stadium Are We Getting?
If the Bombers crash who will be the first to go?
August 12, 2009
If the Bombers crash who will be the first to go?
Asper Faces 2nd and Long!
July 28, 2009
Asper Faces 2nd and Long!
Winnipeg Lightning?
June 26, 2009
Dog Days of Summer in the NHL!
Barish Ready To Go
May 29, 2009
He Needs a Smaller "House"!