Today are the conference finals in this years NFL season. All 4 teams have the potential to go to the Super Bowl. Home field advantage should be the deciding factor in both these games. Teams rarely head into Denver and the mile high air and win, especially in the winter. But Pittsburgh have been against [...]

Ok, that was a game. 2 world class clubs met up at Old Trafford today. Liverpool vs. Manchester United. It usually doesn’t get better than that.
This season has seen the two clubs with very different styles of play, fighting for second place behind Chelsea and the automatic qualification into next years Champion’s League. Liverpool lead [...]

For the first time in nearly a month the Edmonton Oilers got the kind of goaltending that helps to win games. Mike Morrison provided that goaltending tonight and the Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks in a shootout 3-2.
It was Morrison’s first start in nearly a month and he was a big force in winning [...]

For the 17th straight game the Edmonton Oilers outshot their opponent. Tonight it was 23-19. The problem is that they have lost 9 of those 17. Tonight they lost 3-1. The difference in most of those games? GOALTENDING. Tonight was no different.
2 Easy goals through the 5-hole on Jussi Markkanen, some questionable calls by the [...]

Guest Poster: Thomas
The Edmonton Rush played their second game this week in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and first their away from Rexall Place. They were down in Calgary to take on the Roughnecks and just like there season opener, the Rush got an early lead but soon relinquished it to their opponent, and spent [...]

During the last couple of posts I have done I have had several individuals make comments about those who vote for the Green Party. Here is what Inuvik Resident said:
“Vote only for Darth Harper and the Conservative Pary of Canada. Do not vote Liberal. Any votes for the NDP will lead to a dictatorship in [...]

The Ottawa Senators came calling last night to Rexall Place in Edmonton. And Edmonton being the gracious hosts they are kept to their play of late and spotted the Senators an early lead. It seems that almost every game starts with the Oilers trailing. This game only took 2:18 for the Oilers to be trailing. [...]

Last night the great sports fans of Alberta had a new reason to have a “Battle of Alberta”. Like the Oilers/Flames and Eskimos/Stampeders before them, the Edmonton Rush and Calgary Roughnecks got together at the Pengrowth Saddledome for this new version of Sports, Alberta Style. In the past, even when the teams haven’t been that [...]

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The Manchester derby was played this morning with the Blues of City beating the Red Devils of United by a score of 3-1. As a Manchester United fan it was a hard game to watch as it appeared many times that referee Steve Bennett and his crew had decided before the game who was going [...]