We’ve learnt a few things this week. 7 things, actually. You should learn them too. How organized crime rigs soccer Soccer’s New Price-Fixing Scandal – via Grantland “Operation Veto found suspect World Cup qualifiers, suspect European Championship qualifiers, suspect Champions League games.It found 150 suspect matches at the international level, … Read More
Henrik Lundqvist, you’re an awesome goalie and we love watching you (despite our low opinion of the Ranger’s organization), but who told you that your mask would look great with Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman and Ingmar Bergman plastered on it? Is the Ranger’s fan base now composed exclusively of film … Read More
The easy observation is that Brian Burke failed Toronto. For an insightful, nuanced discussion of the fall of Brian Burke, we turn to the ever-erudite Grantland. For a cheap but telling laugh, here’s TSN: [youtube width=”363″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlXAgGIBGNM[/youtube]
Finally, someone else who agrees that The Dark Knight Rises was terrible. [Grantland]
In the race for second most-hated-man in the NHL (the first will always be Alan Eagleson), Grantland argues that Donald Fehr should be left out, and maybe it’s time to start calling out owners by name. [Grantland]
