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THE REPORT

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

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Say what you will, Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer in history.

Considering that after all the crap he went through, some of his own making, most of it the media’s making, Woods went out and shot a first round 68 at the Masters yesterday. It was his finest opening round ever at the Masters. The first time he ever had two eagles in the same round. It doesn’t matter what happens the rest of the way. Nobody plays the game better than Tiger Woods. Period.

THE REPORT

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM Afternoon Coach’s Commentary. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

So the Bombers lost $1.2 million in 2009. Hmmmm. Considering they paid out $982,000 in severance payments to two coaches and slew of former employees, dropped $673,000 in corporate sponsorships, ticket sales and merchandise sales and fell another $150,000 in expected CFL revenue, they did pretty well to lose only $1.2 million.

Considering everything that happened, the real question is this: How did the CFL lose $150,000 per team in revenue when the league’s popularity has never been greater.

THE REPORTS

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the Coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM National Hockey League Report. Brought to you by MAACO Collision and Auto Painting at 983 Wall Street.

If you were a team in the Eastern Conference, would it scare you just to think that Martin Brodeur was playing his best hockey of the year?

Tuesday night, Brodeur recorded his second straight shutout while Winnipeg’s Travis Zajac scored a goal and was one of the best players on the ice as the New Jersey Devils whipped the Atlanta Thrashers 3-0 to eliminate Atlanta from playoff contention. Brodeur now has 600 career wins and two straight shutouts. Look out for the Devils in the post-season

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM NASCAR REPORT. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

After a week off, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to action as the teams battle it out at Phoenix International Raceway for the Subway 600.

Mark Martin is the defending champ while Jimmie Johnson won the fall race at Phoenix. Both drivers will be tough on Saturday night at 7:30 on Fox.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM Afternoon Coach’s Commentary. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

Don’t believe it’s such a bad thing that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were $44,687 over the cap last season. Considering that with all the money promised or pre-paid by Brendan Taman, much of it to players who were already departed, the Bombers started the season $300,000 over the cap and played almost the entire season with their own cap of $3.9 million, not $4.2 million.
With a record of 7-11, the Bombers did extremely well – under the circumstances.

THE REPORTS

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the Coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM National Hockey League Report. Brought to you by MAACO Collision and Auto Painting at 983 Wall Street.

Friday night I was sitting with Dallas Stars assistant GM Les Jackson at the Lightning-Rangers game in Tampa and he made an interesting comment. He believes the NHL needs to add eight more teams to the playoffs every year, not just for competitive reasons but for business reasons.

According to Jackson, if more teams made the playoffs fewer would lose big money. Makes sense. And with some thought, it could be practical, too.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM NASCAR REPORT. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

The Sprint Cup drivers are getting set to drive hard and fast at Phoenix International this weekend and as we head into the seventh race of the season. After six, Jimmie Johnson leads the Sprint Cup standings by 14 points over Greg Biffle.

Matt Kenseth is third, 16 points back while Kevin Harvick is fourth 61 down. If Johnson is hot this weekend, that fifth straight title could start coming into focus.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM Afternoon Coach’s Commentary. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

Saying he expects to win the Masters, Tiger Woods met the media at Augusta National Golf Club yesterday, and apologized to the fans and to his fellow professionals for, and I quote “what they had to endure” by being asked questions about Woods since his been away from the game.”

That’s it. The end of the mea culpas. Now it’s time for Tiger to play golf. The crowds loved him on Monday. They‘ll love him even more if he plays well and makes the cut.

Monday, April 5 2010

THE SCOTT TAYLOR REPORTS

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the Coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM National Hockey League Report. Brought to you by MAACO Collision and Auto Painting at 983 Wall Street.

Sure, just about everyone you talk to in the NHL these days believes Phoenix Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett will easily win the Coach of the Year Award. But could it be that Tippett is merely the illustration required to show that Wayne Gretzky was a horrible coach.

Saturday night, the Nashville Predators locked up a playoff berth with a brilliant 4-3 win over the Red Wings in Detroit. Tippet is worthy, but Barry Trotz is the best coach in hockey.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM NASCAR REPORT. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

When you think of Kevin Harvick, you usually think of the Daytona 500 or the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, but he’s a pretty darn good Nationwide driver, as well.

Saturday night, Harvick stuck with a couple of old tires and outduelled four drivers with fresh tires as he won the Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. It was his second Nationwide win of the year and the 36th of his career.

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM Afternoon Coach’s Commentary. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

It’s just about the perfect way to start a brand new baseball season. Yankees-Red Sox at Fenway? It doesn’t get any better than that.

And last night in Boston, in the first night time opener at Fenway Park in 98 years, it was a thriller. Kevin Youkilis scored the winning run on a passed ball after his third extra base hit of the night as the Red Sox came back from a 5-1 deficit to beat the Yankees 9-7. What a way to start the season.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Scott Taylor’s CITI Sports Reports

As expected, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ new stadium will be under construction as early as this summer. Premier Greg Selinger announced he would float a loan of $90 million to David Asper and the Blue Bombers in order to start construction on a new football stadium at the University of Manitoba. Asper has to pay back the loan by 2016. If he can’t, school and property taxes derived from the site of the current stadium will be used to repay the province.

There were seven games in the National Hockey League last night… and it was a big night for Calgary

Calgary 2 Phoenix 1
The Flames, winners of two straight, are right back in the playoff hunt, only two points behind eighth place Colorado in the West.

Anaheim 5 Colorado 2
The Avs lost 5-2 to Anaheim last night. Teemu Selanne had a goal and an assist for the Ducks.

Carolina 2 Montreal 1
Eric Staal scored the winner, his 24th of the year.

Chicago 4 Minnesota 0
The Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak as Jonathan Toews scored his 23rd of the year for Chicago.

Buffalo 6 Florida 2
Buffalo has now won seven of its last eight.

Dallas 5 San Jose 1
Steve Ott had his first career hat-trick for Dallas. Injured Joe Thornton missed his second straight game for San Jose.

Tampa 2 Pittsburgh 0
Steven Stamkos scored his 46th of the year, tied with Alexander Ovechkin for second in the NHL one behind Sidney Crosby.

The Manitoba Moose return to action on Friday night when they face the Marlies in Toronto.

It will be Michigan State against Butler at 5:07 p.m. and Duke vs. West Virginia at 8 in the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball championship next Saturday in Indianapolis.

And the 2010 Major League Baseball season begins on Sunday night. The New York Yankees meet the Boston Red Sox live on Rogers SportsNet at 7 p.m. The 92-CITI Sports Machine will be live in Fenway.

7:15 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the Coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM National Hockey League Report. Brought to you by MAACO Collision and Auto Painting at 983 Wall Street.

Last week, we talked about the Ottawa Senators as the toughest fifth-place team in the NHL. Well, heading into the weekend, it was pretty hard to argue that the toughest sixth-place team was the Detroit Red Wings.

The Wings, who were banged up for most of the season, have now won six in a row and moved from ninth to sixth in just 10 days. The Wings started the weekend only six points out of first in the Central Division. Look out.

8:15 NASCAR REPORT

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM NASCAR REPORT. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup boys are headed to Phoenix for the Subway Fresh Fit 600 one of the longest races on one of the smaller tracks.

Phoenix is a one mile oval built in 1964 and those four big turns will leave more than a few tired drivers after 600 laps. The big race goes this coming Saturday night under the lights on Fox

5:15 PM COACH’S COMMENTARY

Hi everybody, it’s the coach Scott Taylor and it’s time now for the 92-CITI-FM Afternoon Coach’s Commentary. For Rondex Limited, your 3M-loyal dealer at 177 Isabel Street. Where people, paint and performance come first.

Manitoba will have a new football stadium but it will be incumbent on David Asper to make his new mall at Polo Park a success or the taxpayer is going to be on the hook for the entire $137-plus million.

I’m one of those guys who wants a new football stadium, but I’m not sure the deal that was announced yesterday is the deal we were after. From 91 per cent private to potentially 100 per cent public, all based on David Asper’s business acumen, is a scary scenario