Dave Branch never afraid to make the hard decision
May 4th, 2010 by The Rog
Leave it to Dave Branch to do the right thing. The Commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League and President of the Canadian Hockey League faced a tough decision this past week, as he had to deal with some ugly behaviour at the end of Game 3 of the OHL Final between the Windsor [...]
Leafs are at least showing some progress
March 21st, 2010 by The Rog
It’s the question anybody watching the Toronto Maple Leafs right now is asking. Are the Leafs really headed in the right direction, or are they just playing better because the pressure is off and they aren’t going to the playoffs? Is not an easy question to answer because we’ve seen this act before. [...]
OHL hockey even attracts scalpers outside Toronto!
February 25th, 2010 by The Rog
The Ontario Hockey League playoffs are almost upon us. Here’s hoping that people in the GTA take notice. The Barrie Colts and the Windsor Spitfires hooked up at the Barrie Molson Centre last Saturday night and while some Toronto area fans might be surprised to hear this, the game was so hotly anticipated [...]
McGwire’s confession comes far too late
January 11th, 2010 by The Rog
“I have always told the truth and I am saddened that I continue to face this line of questioning.” – Mark McGwire, after being named as a steroids user by Jose Canseco years ago. So Mark McGwire now admits he did steroids. Way to go Mark. Now McGwire says he lied. Now McGwire says [...]
Happy New Year everybody – and thanks so much!
December 30th, 2009 by The Rog
Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to take a final opportunity before the decade ends to pass along my sincere best wishes to you and yours for 2010 and beyond, from myself and my family. The Fan 590 has been a huge part of my life for the past 17 years and it’s thanks [...]
Woods finds out it’s all about how much people like you
December 12th, 2009 by The Rog
Every major athlete in the world is “overpaid” in the strict definition of that word. Come on now – millions of dollars a year to play a game a kid plays? Sports is great, sports is a wonderful pastime, sports is a great diversion to real life – but nobody earns millions of [...]
Bills in Toronto series is lacking in value
November 25th, 2009 by The Rog
The Buffalo Bills are back in Toronto on Thursday, Dec. 3, as the Bills in Toronto series returns. Does anybody care? I have to say, I thought the “National Football League experience” in Toronto was going to be a massive hit. Hey, everybody loves the NFL right? And although the tickets were [...]
World Series at Yankee Stadium pretty hard to beat
November 3rd, 2009 by The Rog
NEW YORK – There are a lot of great ballparks in the United States worth seeing, and I have been very fortunate to see many of them. But for my money, what I have seen this week is the best of the best – a World Series game at Yankee Stadium (the new Yankee [...]
No. 1 Leaf question – can they be patient?
October 19th, 2009 by The Rog
There are still a lot of questions surrounding this year’s Toronto Maple Leafs, but there’s really only one that is vitally important to know the answer to. It is this one – will everyone involved with this team have the patience to see things through? I don’t doubt that Brian Burke and [...]
Blue Jays need to make changes – now
September 15th, 2009 by The Rog
It’s time for the Toronto Blue Jays to make some changes. No matter what happens the rest of this season, the Blue Jays need to demonstrate to their fans that they haven’t given up in the American League East, by far the toughest division to compete in. Watching the Blue Jays handle [...]
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