A TSN hockey panellist said it’s great to see Winnipeg back in the NHL playoffs returning to “the glory days of Jets hockey.” Hmm. When exactly was that?
The Dallas Cowboys cut former All-Pro receiver Dez Bryant. There’s just one catch –– no, wait: upon review it wasn’t a catch.
Coming
to E! this summer: Kristin Cavallari's new reality series Very
Cavallari. Her husband, QB Jay Cutler, tried pitching the show to Bravo
but E! intercepted it. *
Note to Notre Dame basketball hero Arike Ogunbowale when she competes
on Dancing with the Stars. Don’t wait until the last 10 seconds to
score with the judges.
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Phil Coyne, a 99-year-old usher for the Pirates, announced his retirement. When asked for his thoughts on the Pirates visiting the Cubs, he said “Sister Jean is hot.”
I was never good at the sport of fencing. I failed to see the point.
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
From the some-jokes-write-themselves files: U.S. boxer Rod Salka fought Mexico's Francisco Vargas in shorts that read “America 1st.” He only lasted six rounds and finished second.
An old sport’s mantra suggests that to win, one must first learn to lose. I'm thinking the Cleveland Browns must be Nobel Laureates.
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
RJ’s Groaner of the Week Joe Polo, fifth on the U.S. gold-medal
curling team, named his daughter Ailsa after a Scottish island that
produces the stone for curling rocks. The kid already feels taken for
granite. *
Brad Gushue was outplayed by Sweden’s Niklas Edin in losing the world curling final. Well, at least his kids are old enough to see Daddy was one of the second-best curlers in the world.
Monday, 16 April 2018
A Round 1 match-up in the NHL playoffs has the L.A. Kings taking on the Golden Knights of Vegas. Knights versus Kings? And people say curling is chess on ice?
Arnold Schwarzenegger said he's still not feeling 'great' after undergoing open-heart surgery. In fact the first thing he said when the anesthetic wore off was “I’ll be back.”
Sister Jean, Loyola’s 98-year-old chaplain, threw out the first pitch at the Cubs home-opener. Insiders say she throws a wicked Palm-Sunday-ball.
