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They Shoot, They Bore: the Nothing Happens League is back; 10 things I hate about the NHL

Wrong Answers Only Wednesday: Lehner vs. NHL, Ontario chaos politics, Grudenfreude and how to get out of seeing Dave Chappelle's comedy special

Wrong Answers Only Wednesday (even though it is Thursday): MLB playoff format, 'mad blood' at McMaster and hey, the OHL is back!

The Blue Jays got screwed by an August losing sked; is anyone gonna talk about that?

The Blue Jays are the Best Fourth-Place Team Ever; Win or Lose, Chaotic Good is still Undefeated

On those 2019 Raptors, breaking dams of doubt and going in on underdogs: a SportsLit Segue

Corey Perry, NHL do not rate a pass on degen acts ’cause it’s the Cup

It is Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 0 before the kids even get dropped off at the hockey academy

Sportsnet muzzles Martinez and Tabler; and Ontario’s hybrid learning needs to be pushed back on

If the Stanley Cup playoffs were seeded like March Madness, with all 32 teams; or the Leafs are too high, and so are you

Connor McDavid, an end to NHL tanking, and rooting out unearned privilege everywhere

All 32 NHL teams should be in the Stanley Cup playoffs — it is the Wright way to celebrate hockey's chaotic heart

This Tom Wilson NHL rant is 850 words long, the maximum allowable under the CBA

How Jeffrey Loria sort-of created MLB's gambling fixation and the European Super League idea

Nothing to see here with Bundchen, DraftKings and Brady, and the NHL might want to create a domestic violence policy

NFL draft, baseball's strikeout problem and a whiff of the old Hockey Night bully pulpit

NFL Draft, NFL schmaft; either way the comet is coming for it; and Rocket Roger's 20K game was 35 years ago today

Mandy Bujold and allyship with athlete mums' fight; caring about McDavid's 100-point quest

Steven Matz is worthy of Jimmy Key's digies, but before one gets into that . . .

How baseball analytics show that Ontario's vaccine rollout deserves the hall of shame

Canadian sports postponement power ratings! Where do the CEBL, CFL, CPL, OHL and IIHF rank?

The Leafs made NHL betting history — and showed the future of wagering in a dystopian post-privacy world

A European Super League is socialism for the rich; the Yankees prove why that is bad for any game

Canucks' J.T. Miller shows us what's out of whack, Padres-Dodgers a case for MLB 'unalignment'

For the OHL, time has run out on 2020-21; and why Bo Bichette can play shortstop with his bat

The Jackie Robinson biopic that could never be made; and the deep-cut Office quote that explains Doug Ford

Connor McDavid speaks up; and while you live in Doug Ford's Ontario, at least you are not a Baltimore Orioles fan

On Babbler and Tabbler, stick-tapping the Frozen Four, Ontario's governmental fail, and 40 years since Fernandomania

The Blue Jays create MLB temporary stadium fever; the Canucks and COVID19, and Henry Aaron's true legacy

A bad MLB team gets the all-star game but that is OK, the Canucks' COVID19 situation is real bad; also, Geoff Smith was the realest

The PCs of Ford and Lecce have lost the room, is the Legislature to follow? Best Case Ontario

Brantt Myhres, the NFL's broken schedule format gets worse, and no one is beating Gonzaga

Perdita Felicien's gold-medal memoir, what the Isobel Cup tells us about the NHL, and the Elite Hate is set

The Ford Gang is prolonging the pandemic for political gain and needs to go; then we'll get back to sports

Isobel Cup, Overdog Leafs, what the CFL's future debate is really about, and a 'Pony Exce$$' retrospective

Gamblor, NHL officiating and you; ethics of covering accused stalkers, and more

Elgin Baylor, 1934-2021, and an #OlympicsIsOver party

March Madness shaming bracket, the Ostrich Party Rides Again, and the Clint Malarchuk anniversary

March Madness, #NotNCAAProperty, the meaning of March 19, and subbing out ‘Hoosiers’ for ‘Mighty Macs’: From My Pandemic Sports Diary

A soft return to sports writing from the viewpoint of a Canadian Xennial who is intent on opening neutral pathways during these tough times.