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Marty York is one of Canada's most popular sports columnists with a track record for breaking big stories.

Oddsmakers again call Cards as Super Bowl longshots

February 04, 2009

Only a remarkable touchdown catch with 35 seconds remaining prevented them from winning the Super Bowl Sunday, but the Arizona Cardinals still haven’t impressed the oddsmakers.

The only scandalous thing is that these stories rank as scandals

February 03, 2009

After three-plus decades in this racket, I’ve learned to appreciate a good scandal as much as the next guy.

Steelers offence steps up to save the day

February 02, 2009

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ rich tradition always began with physical, intimidating defence.

Get ready to prop it up this Super Bowl weekend

January 29, 2009

At some point in the past decade or so, merely wagering on the outcomes of Super Bowl games themselves became insufficient and unsatisfactory for the general public - and so bookmakers introduced what we commonly refer to these days as prop bets.

Super Bowl upset not in the Cards

January 28, 2009

I am a football addict and have not missed a Super Bowl game. Never.

CFL reject anchors Cardinals' defence

January 27, 2009

It happens, oh, every 20 years or so. A player joins a CFL team, stinks, gets released, is waived through the league and becomes an NFL star.

Koskie wants to take last swing at World Baseball Classic

January 23, 2009

While several Canadians are either not able or not interested in playing for their country’s team at the World Baseball Classic in March, there’s one who’s quietly been busting his guts for the chance to participate.

Athletes get swept up in Obamania

January 21, 2009

Somewhere, Jackie Robinson was cartwheeling Tuesday.

Looks like Pinball is being bounced as Argos boss

January 20, 2009

Michael (Pinball) Clemons, arguably the most popular figure in Toronto’s sports history, is likely out as the Argonauts’ CEO, sources tell Metro.

Budding Steelers-Ravens rivalry nothing to spit at

January 16, 2009

The only Canadian player in the NFL’s conference finals Sunday is embroiled in a bizarre controversy.

NHLPA expected to extend league's CBA

January 14, 2009

Major announcements are due from the NHL Players Association by the end of the month.

Success was in the cards for Canada's newest millionaire

January 13, 2009

En route to the bank yesterday with his newly acquired millions, poker’s latest whiz kid couldn’t quite decide how he’d like his name spelled.

NBA box offices feel the economic hurt

January 07, 2009

Quietly, but surely, NBA clubs have been discounting seats for their games in recent weeks.

U.S. college football star shows love for Canucks

January 06, 2009

The top player in U.S. college football is a hockey fanatic. His favourite team: the Vancouver Canucks.

Steve Nash headed to the Toronto Raptors?

January 02, 2009

We’re barely into 2009, granted, but the finest Canadian basketball player in history is already thinking about 2010.

Big mysteries surround Eric Lindros

December 31, 2008

Mystery surrounds former NHL superstar Eric Lindros.

Benevides hiring as Argos coach a done deal, sources say

December 30, 2008

A Toronto native is the Argonauts’ newest head coach, sources have told Metro.

Holiday hopes for sporting villains

December 24, 2008

I spend (waste?) lots of time ripping prima-donna megazillionaires in professional sports, hot shots who somehow think their perspiration smells nicer than ours.

Atlanta Falcons leave dog days in the dust thanks to Canadian GM

December 23, 2008

High atop the list of most excellent executives in the NFL this year – right up there alongside legendary league luminary Bill Parcells – is a former University of Guelph student who once served as a not-so-glorified gopher for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

A 'rude awakening' for overreaching Toronto NFL organizers

December 05, 2008

A lot of us Canadians, it turns out, aren’t suckers. We’re not idiots. We’re not willing to pay outrageous, absurd prices for an NFL game just because it’s the first regular-season one being played on Canadian soil.

Jays' front office battered by layoffs

December 03, 2008

It hit the Blue Jays’ front office about as hard as a Roy Halladay fastball to the jaw.

Big shakeup in the works for slipping Oilers

December 02, 2008

Brace yourself for a major shakeup involving the Edmonton Oilers. NHL sources told Metro yesterday the Oilers are poised to complete a significant trade and/or fire coach Craig MacTavish, likely this week.

Is Kobe slumping or just learning to share?

November 28, 2008

Obscured by the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers have catapulted to a remarkable, NBA-best 12-1 start is Kobe Bryant’s slump.

Is the Stamps' Sandro southern bound soon?

November 25, 2008

Sandro DeAngelis, who connected on five of five field-goal attempts to lead the Calgary Stampeders to the Grey Cup last Sunday, has attracted the interest of dozens of NFL scouts, many of whom attended the CFL’s championship game in Montreal.

Steve Nash wants to be a part of it in old New York

November 24, 2008

B.C. native Steve Nash – the finest Canadian basketball player in history – will eventually become a member of the New York Knicks.

Calgary's Grey Cup victory is equal parts revenge and redemption

November 23, 2008

You’ve been there before, surely. You wanted a job or a position badly – desperately -- but you were not-so-nicely snubbed. And so then you dearly wanted to make the folks who rejected you regret their decision.

Trends pointing to a Grey Cup Stampede

November 20, 2008

Seven reasons that explain why the Calgary Stampeders will defeat the Montreal Alouettes in Sunday’s Grey Cup game at Olympic Stadium.

Stamps' defensive brain Jones-ing for a Grey Cup victory

November 18, 2008

Determined to win Sunday’s Grey Cup game, naturally, are all the dudes who’ll be participating in it, but I’m inclined to suggest there’s a certain member of the Calgary Stampeders who is even hungrier and more obsessed about emerging victorious.

Picking the Stampeders to hoist the Grey Cup

November 17, 2008

The Alouettes lost only two of their 10 home games this season – one of those was a meaningless match in which their all-star quarterback did not play – and yet they are not favoured for Sunday’s Grey Cup game in Montreal.

In the CFL playoffs, home is where the heartache is

November 14, 2008

The Calgary Stampeders and Montreal Alouettes will buck a weird CFL trend if they win their division finals at home tomorrow.