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On Sunday evening in Edmonton, the Canadian Football League championship will be decided when the 106th Grey Cup game takes place. The Calgary Stampeders will have plenty of supporters rooting for them, including their most famous fan, WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart.

I’m celebrating a football milestone. It’s been over a year since I’ve tuned into the NFL, and I am happy to say, I don’t really miss it.

For decades Top Rank Boxing has brought us some of the best fights in the history of the sport. The latest edition of bouts from the long running promotion company proves Top Rank is still tops.

Boxing used to be king in the United States. Listen for sports references in popular music and they’re almost always about boxing or baseball. Today it’s all about Brady and LeBron but it used to be names like Johnson, Louis, Marciano, and Ali that were all the rage.

The Rougarou is defined as a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf. For boxer Regis Prograis, the nickname “Rougarou” is the perfect fit. Prograis doesn’t just box, he fights. He tries to destroy his opponent. He is the Rougarou.

NASCAR’s biggest race turned out to be a wild one on Sunday, as multiple crashes played a major role at the Daytona 500. If you can’t wait another week until more racing action, there’s another race underway in Alaska right now.

Thanks to my children, I am a big fan of professional wrestling once again. I loved the WWF as a kid, but as I grew up, I grew out of my fondness of the squared circle. Now, I’m back…and I’m loving every minute of it.

We learned a couple of things during the CFP National Championship Monday night in Atlanta: First, we learned that President Trump is wildly popular. Second, we got a reminder that the clowns at ESPN are as unethical, cowardly, and pathetic as ever.

Ric Flair tells us “To be the man, you gotta beat the man”. Well, for a few years in the 1980s, I was the man when it came to wrestling fandom and knowledge.

Some schools in Idaho are crying rotten potatoes when it comes to athletics. Recent decisions on the postseason eligibility of certain student athletes has left many scratching their heads.

Now that Terry Collins has stepped down as manager of the New York Mets, the search is on for a new skipper in Queens. The likelihood of Mets GM Sandy Alderson bringing in a “Sandy Alderson guy” is probably very high.

After President Trump took on NFL protesters and NBA cry babies this weekend, lemming players predictably got their jock straps and gym shorts in a collective wad. They fired off their tough guy tweets, standing together against Trump because that’s what they do. The actual tweets from players ranged from stupid and silly to insulting and threatening.

For the first time since 1994, a no-hitter has been recorded in an Eastern League playoff game. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know about it, because neither did the man on the mound when the final out was recorded.

The man whose dad was known as “Shark” is hunting a big RINO in Nevada. Danny Tarkanian, son of basketball coaching legend Jerry Tarkanian, is running for U.S. Senate in Nevada. Tarkanian is a strong Trump supporter and his outsider campaign has already earned him the endorsement of the ultimate conservative powerhouse, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Undrafted players trying to make a team in the NFL need to show their coaches something. Mere effort doesn’t suffice. In order to crack an NFL roster, one must stand out and shake things up. So far, Anthony Cioffi has done just that.

Ainge for three! Yes!!! We heard that call belted out many times from Marv Albert over the years. The Marvelous One was talking about NBA great Danny Ainge hitting three-pointers from all over the court.

This week Adrián Beltré collected his historic 3000th hit when he smoked a double against Baltimore. The Texas Rangers slugger is one of only 31 players to reach this plateau. But, a closer look at how Beltré got here shows he is in a class all by himself.

Always consider the source. In this day and age of fake news, that advice rings more true than ever. Those words make a lot of sense when it comes to Tim Tebow as well. The Tebow haters are loud and plentiful. The weird, visceral hate for the man is of Palin-like proportions. Tebow’s crime? Being a Christ follower, a good guy, and a heck of an athlete.

If you were fortunate enough to be a wrestling fan in the 1980s, you saw the best of the best. The WWF was king and wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Paul Orndorff, and Andre the Giant were as recognizable and as loved as your MLB sluggers or NFL quarterbacks.

Mike Vick announced this week that he’d like to coach football now that his playing days are over.

There’s no reason to sugar coat things. Right now, the Amazin’ Mets are more like an amazing mess. It’s true: Injuries galore, clubhouse drama, and a host of bad losses has led to a very underwhelming start for New York’s National League club. That said, it’s not even June and even though you wouldn’t know it from the mood of most Mets fans, there is still reason to say Ya Gotta Believe.

Unless you are one of a mere handful of NFL teams, you probably need some serious secondary help. So, many franchises have major holes when it comes to defensive backs. The good news is that there’s a Jersey guy ready to don a pro jersey and contribute immediately. The bad news is that many squads will let Anthony Cioffi slip through their fingertips.

The NBA All-Star Weekend has come and gone. Things were almost pretty pedestrian. Other than the game being played in New Orleans instead of North Carolina (because spineless Adam Silver and friends pulled a Bon Jovi and caved to the PC police, moving the festivities due to the Tarheel State’s ‘bathroom bill’), there wasn’t much buzz going into things. Other than wondering if either team would score 200 points, the break seemed to serve as just that for fans–a break from basketball. That all changed after the Sacramento Kings made a royally ridiculous transaction that sent shock waves throughout the association.

Valentine’s Day is officially next week, but there will be plenty of love on display a few days earlier thanks to Tim Tebow. Prom kings and queens across the nation, and in other countries, will gather on Friday for the annual worldwide party called Night to Shine.

While many celebrity deaths grabbed the headlines in 2016, we’ve also lost others whose names may not be as well known, but who have had an incredible impact on so many. One of those people is Doug McMarlin. The world of politics will never be the same after McMarlin’s passing in December.

While illegal servers, Benghazi, and eight years of usurping the Constitution seem to not matter much to most media outlets, the football-rooting interest of Sarah Palin is met with scrutiny and investigated with a fine-tooth comb.

Unfiltered. That’s one of many ways to describe Lenny Dykstra. The former Mets and Phillies star does not mince words. Instead he uses them any which way they happen to come out.

The first time I attended a professional football game two USFL squads rather than NFL franchises played. The Michigan Panthers and the New Jersey Generals collided in the Garden State, and for a boy who had never been to a game until then, it may as well have been the Super Bowl.

The good, the bad, and the ugly—Alex Rodriguez’s time in New York and in the major leagues can be summed up with all three, a true triple play.

Bartolo Colon is pitching very well, winning league awards, and his team is a legitimate contender to make a long postseason run. Sounds about right…for the Cleveland Indians of the late 1990s, that is.

Once, the place to go for all things sports, ESPN is now a liberal cesspool. “Agree With Our Agenda or Get Out” should be the channel’s slogan.

I guess you could say Sarah Palin and Bristol Palin have become a post-baseball Mike Timlin and Keith Foulke to Curt Schilling. Every time Schilling starts something good, the Palin women help him close the door. It’s happened yet again.

Sarah Palin swatted Ted Cruz’s decision to name a runningmate, writing, “It’s smarter to actually put the ball through the HOOP before you claim victory.”

The two-and-a-half candidates still seeking the Republican nomination for president (John Kasich counts as a half because he can’t mathematically obtain the required delegates) don’t agree on much these days, but Sarah Palin is calling on all of them to unite behind a cause that Wisconsin voters surely support. The former governor of Alaska is imploring the White House hopefuls to help push a former NFL star over the goal line, straight in to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Four-time champion Todd Palin is at it again. The former first gentleman of Alaska is racing in the annual Iron Dog, this time with new partner Shane Barber.

After throttling Arizona on Sunday by a count of 49-15, Carolina heads to the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history. The team is talented on both sides of the ball and their coaching staff meshes perfectly with personnel. Panthers football is all about execution and fun. But while the schemes and game plans that have led them to a 17-1 record thus far have been applauded, the enthusiasm and effervescence they bring to the field has been sadly panned by too many.