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The cable guy
by: johnchick99 November 14, 2010 7:43 PM comments: (1)  
Chris Bosh's latest jab at the city of Toronto, or Canada in general, seems to indicate that the man who needs to be more famous than he really is has some lingering issues about what's been said about him since he departed for Miami. Now cable TV has become newsworthy. ...more
Nothing really surprising
by: johnchick99 November 07, 2010 12:06 PM comments: (0)  
Nobody expected the Raptors to win at Staples Friday, although when you’re close — and even temporarily leading — most of the night, you might want to call it a moral victory. But that’s a crock. The Raps lost the game because they turned the ball over 21 times. You knew Pau Gasol would own Andr ...more
Nothing really surprising
by: johnchick99 November 07, 2010 12:01 PM comments: (0)  
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Just another disappointment for Canada Basketball
by: johnchick99 September 01, 2010 3:49 PM comments: (0)  
Well, at least we have ice hockey, that sport the other seven nordic nations care about. That's what you'll probably hear in this country — if you hear anything — on the latest forgettable performance from Canada's national senior men's basketball team, who by losing 71-61 to NEW ZEALAND (a coun ...more
Steve Kouleas victim of Score layoffs
by: johnchick99 August 19, 2010 2:48 AM comments: (2)  
Cutbacks claimed the jobs of The Score Television Network's longtime hockey commentator Steve Kouleas and producer Dave Krikst, better known as Cabbie on the Street's 'My Man D' this week. A handful of other behind-the-scenes staff were reportedly also let go. The moves from the sports channel at Ki ...more
Canada Basketball, MMA in Ontario and related items
by: johnchick99 August 15, 2010 10:36 PM comments: (0)  
I've been getting upset about stuff like this for more than a decade now, but I also reached the point long ago where I knew what Toronto is. It's simply the type of city that would rather fawn over local media reports about how it's portrayed in a movie like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, than  ...more
Last word (for now) on Chris Bosh
by: johnchick99 July 27, 2010 2:47 PM comments: (6)  
Chris Bosh, undoubtedly brimming with joy and confidence about his new lease on life in the land of fake breasts, indicated to the Miami Herald in a Sunday story that Toronto "smelled different" because it wasn't in the United States. Now I've written about all I can stomach about the U.S. ...more
And the Raptors acquire ... David Amber
by: johnchick99 July 22, 2010 5:19 PM comments: (3)  
With the likelihood of any meaningful player additions decreasing by the day, the Raptors organization did bring into the fold veteran TV broadcaster David Amber, who was a Toronto-based reporter for ESPN, to replace Adnan Virk, who went to ... ESPN. Amber a solid guy and a knowledgeable ball fa ...more


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John Chick has been waist-deep in Toronto sports for almost a decade. He can be seen playing basketball badly most summers at the court at Beverley and Baldwin Streets. You can also follow him on twitter @roofthatpeach.


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Having worked at The Score, I know what a mickey mouse operation it really is. Anybody that's been let go, consider it a blessing. You can't do any worse.

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