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Quick everyone, reach for your tissues. If we are to believe the football pundits this weekend, we’re supposed to feel much pity for Shawn Merriman following his four game suspension for steroid use. Apparently, Merriman is a “good kid” who’s a “team player” and “upstanding citizen”. Ummm, no. Merriman can now be placed on an […]

A few years ago (by the looks of it, back when I still had room for Michael Landsberg in my life), I wrote this little column for The Voyageurs website (check out their forum: It’s the web’s premium gathering place for Canadian soccer). I’ve dusted it off a bit and am offering it to you […]

Alright, it’s time for me to get on my box (taking my box out of the closet, blowing the dust off, placing it in the middle of the room and climbing up). Fans care about players cheating. Pure and simple. We do. That’s a message for you in the media that don’t think we care […]

A rare shark sighting in this part of the world, courtesy The NHL on TSN. With the World Series in a rain delay, it allowed me to check in on one of the top teams in the West, a privilege usually reserved for our Western compatriots and night owls with the Centre Ice package. First […]

As if reacting to the media criticism before the game last night, the Leafs and Sens provided us with the sparks and fireworks that had been deemed missing in their first two meetings. If you’re looking for a game to spiral out of control you need one of the teams to embarrass its opposition, and […]

The topic du jour amongst hockey columnists in Ontario seems to be the absence of the usual ill will in the Battle of Ontario. Many of the usual suspects have gone; Domi, Roberts, Havlat, Quinn, Hossa. Daniel Alfredsson and Darcy Tucker seem to be the only holdovers from the “good old days”. Perhaps that explains […]

I come to you tonight live from my living room as I watch Monday Night Football. No, this is not a running diary but don’t be surprised if random comments about the game make their into this week’s Pimple. It’s an appropriate setting as well since I wish to reflect on this year’s MNF broadcast, […]

One David “Pepper” DeRosa requested a few weeks ago that I stop focusing so much on the Senators and start talking about “winning” hockey teams, you know, like the New Jersey Devils. Well, I aim to please the people, so here it is. The Devils played Saturday night. They played and lost. They played and […]

For years now I’ve been harping about Jason Spezza’s liabilities on the defensive end. In fact, it’s triggered some pretty heated arguments betweens friends and colleagues. According to Chris Stevenson, the rest of the city appears to be waking up: Boos for Spezza Senators centre Jason Spezza heard it from the crowd at Scotiabank Place […]

You know, I’m pretty sick of hearing about how bad the National League is when compared with the American League. Although I don’t care much for the St. Louis Cardinals, and although the Tigers are a better feel-good story, I hope the Cardinals prove all the doubters wrong and win the World Series – emphatically […]