NHL Playoffs: Stanley Cup Final Predictions

We’ve finally made it! June has officially arrived, Winnipeg has an NHL team again, and finally we have the Stanley Cup Finals. It’s getting a lot easier to keep track of, but how about my last round’s predictions. 1. [Bruins in 7]. What a series that was. Completely made my expectations, though if Boston wants [...]

NHL Playoffs: Third Round Predictions

Hello again! Well, there’s no denying it, that second round was pretty rough. With that said, I’m not proud of my 1-3 record, so I feel the need to explain some of the lessons that I’ve learned in my review of last round’s predictions. Like before, last round’s predictions in the []. [Capitals in 7]. [...]

NHL Playoffs: First Round Predictions

It’s that wonderful time of the year again – the NHL playoffs. And the playoffs wouldn’t be the playoffs without an attempt to predict what’s about to take place in the first round. I know I’m a little late posting this, I haven’t had time to think about a hockey blog with all the end-of [...]

All Star Bust

There have been times in my life I’ve been called pessimistic, cynical, and have been compared to a grumpy old man. And though some of those times I deserved some of those names, I don’t care what anyone thinks when I say that the NHL all star game reached whole new levels of ridiculous this [...]

Bolstering the Bullpen

Over the course of writing this week, I figured that I should address the updates that happened regarding my last post. Mere days after acquiring Mike Napoli, the Jays addressed their glaring bullpen needs by trading him to the AL champion Texas Rangers for reliever Frank Francisco, who they’ve now successfully signed after arbitration to [...]

Bye Bye Vernon, Hello Big Bucks

Wow. That seems to be a word that baseball fans, well, mostly Toronto Blue Jays and LA Angels followers, have been saying this week after the Jays unloaded their face of the franchise – and I’m pretty sure he’s the face on the Blue Jays’ dollar bills – centre (that’s center out in California) fielder [...]

Back in Action

After a lengthy break from my blogs, I will be back in full force on Cooke’s Corner. I’ll be updating my blog regularly with my sports columns, as well as including my local news work that I’m working on at journalism school in Belleville this year. Cheers! -E

Pitchers at the Plate: When NL stands for No Logic

This past season in the MLB was one of my favourites in a long time. Jose Bautista came out of nowhere to hit 53 home runs, there were multiple perfect games and no hitters all around the league, and there was a Yankees/Red Sox/Phillies-less World Series played out between the Giants and the Rangers. But [...]

Buying off more than they can chew

Ever taken your co-workers out to dinner? How about a $55,000 one? While it sounds unbelievable, it’s an annual staple in many professional sports, and one of the craziest and most irresponsible traditions of them all. It’s the rookie dinner. The rookie dinner is exactly what it sounds like – a bunch of veteran players [...]

Shoot a Birdie? Hear it Tweet

To tweet or not to tweet – that is the question. American and British Ryder Cup captains Corey Pavin and Colin Montgomerie made headlines on Monday by putting a tournament-long ban on any tweeting from their players. Though both players backed down from the aggressive stance by saying the bans were decided by team consensus, [...]