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Hockey Hall of Fame ghost revealed at last: The Hockey Hall of Fame moved into the historic building that had been a Bank of Montreal branch for close to 100 years. For more than 50 years a ghost known only as "Dorothy" has haunted the Hockey Hall of Fame. In the early 1990s, Toronto musician Joanna Jordan saw a female ghost looking down on her from a second-floor ceiling. Jordan, who was playing the harp at an event being held in the building's Great Hall, was unaware at the time that a ghost purportedly haunted the space. "I remember it so vividly," she says, "because it's one of those things you'll never forget." Jordan refused to go up to the second floor by herself when she played at the Hall, which opened in 1993. "It was just too spooky up there."
posted by tommytrump to culture at 12:57 PM on October 31 - 2 comments
The Fall and Rise of Theo Fleury: With a "tell-all" book hitting the shelves this week (Playing with Fire, HarperCollins Canada), Fleury goes on the record with the fifth estate and candidly discusses the dark issues that haunted him during the glory years, including the sexual abuse he experienced as a teenager at the hand of the now notorious junior hockey coach, Graham James. Behind the public bravado was a man struggling to shake off his demons. He found his release in increasingly erratic behaviour on and off the ice, fuelled by addictions to alcohol, drugs, sex. The fifth estate's Bob McKeown talks to those who know Fleury best -- both personally and professionally. We'll meet Sheldon Kennedy -- Fleury's childhood friend, Calgary Flames teammate, and a victim of the same junior hockey coach. And the fifth estate talks with Fleury's wife, Jennifer, who married Theo in September 2006, following a year of sobriety, and with whom he credits turning his life around.
posted by tommytrump to hockey at 10:51 PM on October 20 - 3 comments
Dan Snyder's dream to come true in Elmira: It's been six years. Sunday, the Atlanta Thrashers honor their former player by skating at the new Dan Snyder Memorial Arena in his hometown 90 minutes west of Toronto, Graham Snyder will no doubt have a heavy heart, but he will also know that his son will be looking down with a big smile on his face.
posted by tommytrump to hockey at 08:20 PM on October 18 - 1 comment
Yankees yank Ronan Tynan from lineup after anti-Semitic remark: First the Yankees told Challenger the Eagle to take a hike after almost divebombing Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi during the '03 World Series. Now the team is telling another Yankee Stadium postseason tradition that he'd be better off staying at home for Game 1 of the ALCS. ....the team has canceled the appearance of singer Ronan Tynan after the Irish tenor made an anti-Semitic remark to a Jewish doctor who was looking at an apartment in his building on Manhattan's East Side.
"The trouble started when Tynan, 49, bumped into a real estate agent showing an apartment in his East Side apartment building to a doctor from NYU Medical Center."The agent told Tynan, 'Don't worry, they are not Red Sox fans,' according to apartment-hunter Gabrielle Gold-von Simson. "I don't care about that, as long as they are not Jewish' was Tynan's reply."
posted by tommytrump to culture at 04:29 PM on October 16 - 42 comments
Axe comes down on Ricciardi : The Toronto Blue Jays fired general manager J.P. Ricciardi on Saturday, ending an eventful eight-year reign marked by frequent controversy and mediocre teams never good enough to reach the postseason. Many fans will wonder what took so long as Ricciardi, along with centre-fielder Vernon Wells, had become the lightning rod for those most frustrated with the team's playoff drought, which dates back to 1993 when the Blue Jays won their second consecutive World Series. Wells has five years remaining on his $127-million, seven-year deal, an albatross contract that will handcuff the club for many seasons to come. The team managed to escape the $60-million remaining on Rios's deal when he was claimed off waivers by the White Sox, but Ricciardi got nothing in return. Ricciardi twice caused spats by publicly wondering if former pitcher A.J. Burnett's injuries were simply in his head.
He had countless memorable quotes over the years, perhaps the definitive one coming during a radio show while taking calls from fans.
"It's not a lie if we know the truth," he said about the back injury story concocted for B.J. Ryan when the left-hander was actually having elbow issues in 2007.
posted by tommytrump to baseball at 12:48 PM on October 03 - 13 comments
I'll bet it was a killer reception.
posted by tommytrump at 04:31 PM on November 19
see when you don't have video that tells you what the other team's defensive coordinator has called, it makes it hard to succeed on fourth and 2
We have a winner !
posted by tommytrump at 11:39 AM on November 19
Oops ... I got my number from the preseason game.
I would have liked the final score from the preseason game better.
posted by tommytrump at 09:44 AM on November 17
Titans-Bills attendance: 22,153.
In the ESPN box score of the game, 69,143 .
posted by tommytrump at 12:08 AM on November 17
Didn't Barry Switzer do the same thing back in the 90's when he was coaching the Cowboys?
Yes.
posted by tommytrump at 01:17 AM on November 16
Going for 4th and 2 on your own 28 yard line with two minutes left and a six point lead may be the single stupidest call I've ever witnessed. Bill Bellichek should be taken out behind a shed and shot.
Slight overreaction, me thinks.
Maybe Belichick saw something in the Colts practice tapes that lead him to belive they could get the 1st down.
posted by tommytrump at 01:17 AM on November 16
Wow.
Thinking good thoughts.
posted by tommytrump at 01:15 AM on November 16
It's a hell of an opportunity to sell a bunch of Cavalier #6 jerseys.
What about next year if when LeBron signs with a different team?
Is he going to switch jerseys part way through his tenure with that club too ?
It reeks of an out and out merchandising ploy.
I seem to recall Kobe pulling this stunt without the excuse of ''honouring'' another player a few years ago with the Lakers.
While you're at it LeBron, add to your petition that noone should wear #1 or #14 either, m'kay?
posted by tommytrump at 01:09 PM on November 13
Hamilton by 18
Calgary by 11
Deangelis
posted by tommytrump at 11:14 AM on November 13
You better watch what you say, brother, or the 24" pythons are gonna' rain down on you! Watcha' gonna' do then?
Say my prayers, take my vitamins steriods.
posted by tommytrump at 02:20 PM on November 12
I always liked the creamsicle jersey. Way cool.
posted by tommytrump at 03:06 PM on November 09
British Columbia by 16
Montreal by 26
Calgary by 6
Hamilton by 26
posted by tommytrump at 10:37 PM on November 05
CFL Pick 'Em, Division Finals Edition
Montreal by 27
Calgary by 25
Anthony Calvillo
Montreal