April 10th
It's my Parting Shot for my reactions to the headlines in today's Star-Phoenix Sports Section..... First headline...Quakers win P-J-H-L championship, Blazers fall to Wheat Kings in O-T in Telus Cup West Regional final. My reaction...I see there's no mention of the winner advancing to the Keystone Cup, what was the West...
Apr 10, 2024
April 9th
It's my Parting Shot for The Fearless Predictor's picks for the major N-H-L individual awards..... If I had a vote - but I don't - here's who I would cast my ballot for... Jack Adams Award for Coach-of-the-Year - to me, this honour goes to the bench boss that guides his squad to the biggest points improvement for one s...
Apr 09, 2024
April 8th
It's my Parting Shot for my Monday Musings..... It's Masters week! Golf's first major tournament has all its pomp and ceremony over the next few days - the champion's dinner on Tuesday, the Par-3 tournament on Wednesday, the ceremonial opening tee shots very early Thursday morning and then the tournament proper from Th...
Apr 08, 2024
April 5th
It's my Parting Shot for some Weekend Short Shots..... I know I've mellowed in my old age when I shake my head with disapproval at the start of game, five-on-five line brawl between the Rangers and New Jersey on Wednesday night (pictured). It was a scene that was probably better suited to be held in the "felt foru...
Apr 05, 2024
April 4th
It's my Parting Shot to be sad for the loss of a contemporary Saskatchewan Roughriders icon..... To be blunt, Jim Hopson (pictured) made the Saskatchewan Roughriders into the model franchise of the Canadian Football League and I can only hope that his work isn't wasted! Hopson was a serviceable offensive lineman in the...
Apr 04, 2024
April 3rd
It's my Parting Shot for my reactions to the headlines in today's Star-Phoenix Sports Section..... First headline...The sky is the limit, Roughriders' receiver Emilus excited about new season under new head coach. My reaction...Ah yes, the hype before training camp starts! Everybody is great - until the ball is snapped...
Apr 03, 2024
April 2nd
It's my Parting Shot to offer up my "realistic Power Rankings" for the seven teams in the N-H-L as we are into the final two-and-a-half weeks of the regular-season..... The various sports networks and publications that do "Power Rankings" base them pretty much solely on, "What have you done for...
Apr 02, 2024
April 1st
It's my Parting Shot for my Monday Musings..... Having spent almost 45 years in the main-stream sports media, 43-and-a-half of that time in radio, I've come to perfect simplifying my analysis and basing opinions off of that. For instance, the simple explanation for the results of the first two games of the Saskatoon Bl...
Apr 01, 2024
March 28th
It's my Parting Shot for the second and final installment of The Fearless Predictor's W-H-L Playoffs Preview and picks..... After working through the Western Conference first round plus one Eastern Conference series yesterday, there is a blanket statement that applies to the other three Eastern quarter-finals. The so-c...
Mar 28, 2024
March 27th
It's my Parting Shot for Part 1 of my W-H-L Playoffs Preview..... On Monday, I said this preview would run today, tomorrow and Friday - forgetting entirely that Friday is "Good Friday" and a day off for me so we are squeezing this into two days! And, I mean squeeze!! We'll start with a quick look at the four ...
Mar 27, 2024