Sir Charles Barkley paid the tuition of a busboy from one of his favorite restaurants when the guy said he couldn't afford it. Now, that happened earlier in the week. Notice how much coverage it got? None mainstream. Zero. But if he enters a casino, look out...a couple interesting items on the air in Beijing. The air quality is five times worse than what the World Health Organization deems acceptable. Second, working outside is like smoking 70 cigarettes a day. Makes me want to run a marathon, row a boat, or ride a bike...Chicago Cubs pariah-fan Steve Bartman turned down an offer of $25,000 to sign a picture of the infamous playoff mix-up. If I'm him, I'm signing. Fast...Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis says the race for Mats Sundin is down to them and Toronto. My thinking is he's half right. Toronto. Or Montreal...Ottawa Sens owner Eugene Melnyk is making noise about an MLS side for Ottawa. There's talk of Steve Nash among others in on a Vancouver squad. And Montreal is all but a certainty with Montreal Canadiens and Liverpool owner George Gillett in the mix. Small names these are not...Tom Coughlin lit up Jeremy Shockey as selfish, and acknowledged Shockey's "me" outlook was a consideration. In other news, water is wet...Joba Chamberlain and Josh Beckett take to the bump tonight at Fenway as the Yanks and Sawx renew hostilities. Odds are Kevin Youkilis is getting another in the ribs from Joba...with these volatile markets, the Yankees might be buying Bonds. As in, Barry Bonds. Words cannot describe how against this I am...be sure to catch SportsCenter below to see the wildest brawl in a long time in baseball. You will not believe what one pitcher did...David Beckham went the distance in the MLS All-Stars 3-2 win over West Ham United. Local boy Dwayne DeRosario scored the winner. Hilites here. Of particular note: they played God Save The Queen. They played the Star Spangled Banner. They did NOT play O Canada. Fuck you, MLSE...have a great Friday.Friday, July 25, 2008
Friday, July 25th, 2008 - No "O Canada"?
Sir Charles Barkley paid the tuition of a busboy from one of his favorite restaurants when the guy said he couldn't afford it. Now, that happened earlier in the week. Notice how much coverage it got? None mainstream. Zero. But if he enters a casino, look out...a couple interesting items on the air in Beijing. The air quality is five times worse than what the World Health Organization deems acceptable. Second, working outside is like smoking 70 cigarettes a day. Makes me want to run a marathon, row a boat, or ride a bike...Chicago Cubs pariah-fan Steve Bartman turned down an offer of $25,000 to sign a picture of the infamous playoff mix-up. If I'm him, I'm signing. Fast...Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis says the race for Mats Sundin is down to them and Toronto. My thinking is he's half right. Toronto. Or Montreal...Ottawa Sens owner Eugene Melnyk is making noise about an MLS side for Ottawa. There's talk of Steve Nash among others in on a Vancouver squad. And Montreal is all but a certainty with Montreal Canadiens and Liverpool owner George Gillett in the mix. Small names these are not...Tom Coughlin lit up Jeremy Shockey as selfish, and acknowledged Shockey's "me" outlook was a consideration. In other news, water is wet...Joba Chamberlain and Josh Beckett take to the bump tonight at Fenway as the Yanks and Sawx renew hostilities. Odds are Kevin Youkilis is getting another in the ribs from Joba...with these volatile markets, the Yankees might be buying Bonds. As in, Barry Bonds. Words cannot describe how against this I am...be sure to catch SportsCenter below to see the wildest brawl in a long time in baseball. You will not believe what one pitcher did...David Beckham went the distance in the MLS All-Stars 3-2 win over West Ham United. Local boy Dwayne DeRosario scored the winner. Hilites here. Of particular note: they played God Save The Queen. They played the Star Spangled Banner. They did NOT play O Canada. Fuck you, MLSE...have a great Friday.
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You got it wrong bro. They announced that they were playing GSTQ and The Star Spangled Banner so during the Star Spangled Banner the Canadians broke out Oh Canada. Right after that was done the Canada flag came out seperately and it was sung. This was done because everyone had agreed that having the Canada anthem seperately and on tv would look great for the country, sport, etc. However the PA announcer did not mention this so when fans heard that the original first 2 anthems they assumed Oh Canada wouldn't be played.
Btw, TFC got Chad Barrett in exchange for McBride's rights.
Ahh, now I gets. I just read the ESPN report that I linked to in the RM and at the same time, was listening to the Drive This! podcast, so I was at about "incandescent" on the rage meter to begin with. HA!
Maybe I'm still sour about the way it was handled at the MLB ASG.
On another front, I think anthems should be done away with at games really. It's a tradition of bygone years that isn't treated well. Look around and see how many have their hats on at whatever event you're at even after being asked to remove them.
Have to agree with this article. Booing ANY anthem is bush.
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Warmington_Joe/2008/07/25/6260791-sun.php
I'm on the fence with anthems. I tend to see it your way but having watched some sporting events down south during Veterans day...having 70k sing the Star Spangled banner was a thing of beauty.
With that said having the same Anthem booed during the Mayweather/Hatton fight was an unavoidable disaster. Everyone knew it was going to go down like that.
Ya it's terrible but I think the Americans understood they weren't booing the Anthem more at the fact that they felt Oh Canada wasn't going to be played.
An avoidable mess If you ask me.
" Please take off your caps and stand as we play GSTQ, The Star Spangled banner followed by a special presentation of OH Canada"
That's all the PA Announcer had to say and none of this would have happened.
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