Edward Zawadzki

Misremembering Roger Clemens, Toronto Taxi Drivers

If the congressional inquiry into steroid and HGH use in baseball does little else in its proceedings then at least they can take great pride in knowing that due to Roger Clemens brain-numbing testimony.

Italian Culture, Hockey and American Liberalism

I know that this might sound really ridiculous but don't you just hate it when on the Sopranos or some other American shows that feature Italian cultura that they refer to Tomato sauce as Gravy!

Welfare Dollars for Muslim Polgamists

In what has to be one of the biggest travesties perpetrated on provincial government coffers, it seems that the Ontario government has potentially paid out millions of welfare dollars per month to Muslim families whose male heads are claiming up to four wives in polygamous marriages recognized under Muslim law.

Hand washing and the Islamic Medical Association

Just when you think you've heard it all, it seems that in the jolly old land of England, a rapidly increasing degree of Muslim women health care workers are rebelling against hygiene practices set forth by the British Medical Association.

Buffalo Bills heading to Toronto

The NFL is now one step closer to moving a franchise here to Canada when in the next few days it will be announced that the Buffalo Bills will play 8 regular season and pre-season games here in Toronto at the Rogers Centre.

Don Whittman, Cliff Fletcher and the Maple Leafs

Hate to start any column about anything political, but I just finished watching the South Carolina Democratic debate on the tube last night . All I can say is that I truly hope that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama keep knocking the hell out of each other and give the voters a chance to see that the third person on the stage (I don't count Wolf Blitzer) John Edwards is head and shoulders above those two twits in ideas, sincerity and charisma. He’s truly the only one up there that appears to look and sound presidential. I really think he is the only Democratic candidate that will give John McCain a run for his money.

Sports Roundup, Tragedy in Bathurst,  New Brunswick

Just sending condolences to the families and friends of the seven young athletes and one adult, who lost their lives Saturday in a tragic traffic accident near Bathurst, New Brunswick just doesn't seem adequate enough our to express our collective profound sadness.

Sports round up January 7th

With the news leaking out that a possible consortium is being put together to place an offer on the badly slumping, but economically pristine Maple Leafs in the past few days, this has definitely turned into a year of more twists and turns than a Chubby Checker concert.

2007: A year in review

A year in sports...

Steroids Rampant, Canada’s Gagne Named

In what has turned into one of the blackest days in the history of sport, the world today has learned of the findings of the Mitchell Report, the long awaited release of an investigation into rampant drug and steroid use in the world of Major League Baseball by former Senator George Mitchell.

Sports Roundup

Well it looks like Simon Frasier and UBC will be making Canadian football history, when in 2009, they will allowed to play in the US-based, NCAA football conference. The two western-based Canadian universities are to be the first two teams to be admitted into the NCAA in a 10-year pilot program to allow teams from foreign soil to participate. It'll be a great boost for Canadian based schools to start offering full scholarships for Canadian talen, and if successful will boost player development in Canada by leaps and bounds.

The Squared Circle

It was last Friday at Las Staple Centre where 29-year-old Ricardo Mayorga out machoed veteran Fernando Vargas and sent the tough super middleweight into an early retirement after a very tough, 12-round majority decision. Both pugilists showed a noticeable animosity towards each other, which culminated in a pier-six brawl at a prefight press conference.

NFL and CFL Report

Congratulations to the heavily favoured Saskatchewan Roughriders who edged out a game but outgunned Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24-19 to win their third Cup overall and first in 19 seasons Sunday at the packed Rogers Centre in Toronto.