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NFL Snapshots: Week 4 (2022)
The parity in the NFL this season looks a lot like my fantasy football league. One team is undefeated and everyone else is clumped together. The next four weeks are when we’ll start to see teams separate themselves from the … Continue reading
8 Takeaways from the 2022 Australian Grand Prix
I was at the mall the other day and for the first time in my life, I came across a table and a few racks of Formula 1 merchandise. I circled the display like an animal stalking my prey. I … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Australian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc, Fandom, Formula 1, Life, Opinion, People, Sport, Thoughts
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7 Takeaways from the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
I told myself that the number of takeaways I’d have for each race would differ from race-to-race and I’d just have to be okay with the lack of symmetry. For a while, I thought I would have nine takeaways once … Continue reading
Think Olympic: Beijing 2022
It has been 17 days since the flame went out on the XXIV Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Somehow, it feels so much longer. The closing montages aired. The athletes went home. Television stations returned to regularly scheduled programming. … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Athletes, Beijing 2022, Canada, Culture, Fandom, Life, Olympics, Opinion, People, Reflection, Sport, Thoughts
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Fantasy Football Post-Mortem
The streak is over. For the first time in my three years of participating in a fantasy football league, I will not be one of the teams in the championship game. I was mad about it on Monday, but as … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged About Me, Fandom, Fantasy Football, Football, Humor, Life, NFL, Opinion, Personal, Reflection, Sport, Thoughts
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Where The Sports Have No Games
Have you ever been a part of an ice breaker activity, where you sit in a circle with a bunch of fresh faces and go around giving answers to random questions? They’ll ask, “What is your biggest fear?” Someone will … Continue reading
Hockenheim
Soak it in because…FINALLY, the rain has found its way back to a Formula 1 racetrack on race day! There is nothing better than watching twenty cars struggle around every turn because the ground is wet. It’s just hours of … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Auto Racing, Cars, Fandom, Formula 1, Formula One, German Grand Prix, Germany, Humor, Humour, Opinion, Sport, Thoughts, Weather
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Vettel Should’ve Won
You are never too old to throw a tantrum. They are a part of life. They mean you care deeply about something that is (probably) being taken from you. It is okay to care. You can yell. You can stomp … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Auto Racing, Canada, Canadian Grand Prix, Fandom, Formula 1, Formula One, Humor, Humour, Lewis Hamilton, Opinion, Sebastian Vettel, Sport, Thoughts
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NBA Finals, Game 3: Shooters Shoot
I’m starting to accept the fact that I’m never going to fully comprehend the fact that the Toronto Raptors are in the NBA Finals. It’s like I’ve been sucked into a portal, but instead of being taken to Halloweentown, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Basketball, Fandom, Golden State Warriors, Humor, Humour, Life, NBA Finals, Opinion, Reflection, Sport, Thoughts, Toronto Raptors
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Thank You, Bob Cole
All I have written is the title and I already have chills. That’s how you know you are writing about a legend. Bob Cole has been the voice of Hockey Night in Canada for the last fifty years. Tonight, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Anecdote, Bob Cole, Canada, Hockey, Hockey Night in Canada, Life, Nostalgia, Opinion, People, Personal, Reflection, Sport, Thoughts
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