Scott Taylor's Blog, page 162

This is LeBron’s Year. He Can Only Hope it’s the Heat’s Year.

This is the Miami Heat’s year. You might not have read it here first, but now you have read it here. Wednesday night, LeBron scored 29 while teammates Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh each had 19 as the Heat beat … Continue reading →

Our Conn Smythe Trophy Candidates

It is the greatest time of the year. Baseball is under way, football is about to get under way, basketball and hockey are in the midst of the playoffs and international soccer is about to crown new champions. It’s also … Continue reading →

More Stuff to Talk About at Recess Kids…

Hey kids, gather around, it’s time to sneak a recess soda and talk about the good, the bad and the available in sports today… 1) Let’s start with baseball. Or, the bad. It gets crazier every day. Between homeplate umpires … Continue reading →

Good Week for Football in Manitoba

It’s kind of an odd thing. It’s only May 1 and yet there seems to be a lot of local football news. On Tuesday, the Blue Bombers unveiled their new Reebok jerseys and that’s always fun. On Thursday, it’s the … Continue reading →

Could We Please Have Foxtrak Replace the Homeplate Umpire

Sunday afternoon I watched Detroit Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer struggle against the New York Yankees. He would not have struggled, however, had an umpire named Rob Drake not squeezed him to the point that the only way he was going … Continue reading →

The Second Round is Upon Us… We Like the Rangers, Flyers, Preds and Blues.

Round 1 of the Stanley Cup tournament is over and it was pretty wild. There were 16 overtime games – 12 of them won by the road teams – a load of upsets (L.A. over Vancouver in five, Washington over … Continue reading →

Another Crazy Day… and it Gets Crazier Every Day.

I’m going to cheat a little bit today. I’m going to let other people do the heavy lifting while I pass judgment. There were a couple of very odd sports videos posted on the web this beautiful Thursday morning as … Continue reading →

10 Observations from a Weekend of Hockey

It’s the greatest time of any hockey season — the first round of the Stanley Cup tournament. After watching at least parts of 12 playoff games — plus the Allan Cup final and the Team Canada bronze medal game at … Continue reading →

Another Weekend, Another Whack of Crazy…

Musings from a weekend that brought us a perfect game, a 25-game suspension and a marvelous fight between Jon (Bones) Jones and Rashad Evans. In fact, let’s start with the fight: Jones is one of the greatest fighters in UFC … Continue reading →

Shanahan Throws the Book at the Guy who Threw “The Check.”

The concern that the National Hockey League is getting more violent as the year passes was brought into sharp focus again on Saturday when the NHL suspended Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres for 25 games. 25 games! It’s especially interesting … Continue reading →