Team Canada Goes Green
my.thescore.com 10/27/2009 — I’ve been off the grid for a few days, so I’m going to assume that you’ve heard by now that Hockey Canada has decided to befuddle the entire country by having the World Junior team suit up in the green of the Saskatchewan Roughriders for two games ...

Football and Canadian Nationalism
amoresplendidlife.com 29 days ago — There's been an interesting exchange on the Canadian soccer front, with Jason de Vos and Paul James both writing articles about Canadian players who have chosen to play for other national teams, and Duane Rollins responding in kind. While this might ...

Olympic flame arrives in Canada
universalsports.com 10/30/2009 — The Olympic flame arrived in Canada on Friday to begin a 45,000-km (28,000-mile) trek that will criss-cross the country on its journey to next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Oh Canada. TFC Stands on Guard for Thee
24thminute.com 29 days ago — At TFC we're discussing requiring Academy players to commit to Canada if called. We wont develop a player who turns his back on Canada Paul Beirne's Twitter feed Well, isn't that interesting. It's not al all what you would expect the COO of a professional sports team to be saying, even in ...

Canadian juniors to wear green jersey in tribute to Riders
tsn.ca 10/26/2009 — CALGARY -- Canada's world junior hockey team is going green. Hockey Canada announced Saturday that the Canadian junior team will wear green jerseys during next year's IIHF world junior hockey championship in Regina and Saskatoon. The jerseys are ...

A Few Thursday Links
fangsbites.com 10/22/2009 — In the whole Deadspin vs. ESPN and Steve Phillips affair stories that have dominated the sports blogosphere over the last 24 hours, I'm going to try to find links that don't mention them. I'll do my best, but I don't think I'll be too successful in trying to avoid the stories. Let's start with ...

Op Ed: O Canada!
loopaxles.blogspot.com 10/13/2009 — Last week when I created the Quick Poll on which nation would have the greatest success in figure skating at the Vancouver Olympic Games, I had a sneaky suspicion that Canada might come out ahead. So will Canada be the cream of the crop in Vancouver? They do have medal hopefuls in all four ...

A Couple of CBC Releases
fangsbites.com 28 days ago — I don't think I've ever had two CBC press releases in one day so I'm going to post them here for you. First, CBC has released a new Hockey Night in Canada app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA INTRODUCES iPhone & iPod APP Free App features live box scores, ...

U.S. Junior Select Team Downs Canada West, 5-2,
americanjuniorhockey.com 10/31/2009 — Team USA Opens World Junior A Challenge Against Canada East Sunday MONTAGUE, P.E.I. - Shane Berschbach (Clawson, Mich./Indiana Ice) tallied two goals and an assist as the U.S. Junior Select Team downed Canada West, 5-2, in an exhibition game here tonight at Montague and Area Wellness Centre in ...

Bears: The #1 threat to the Olympic torch relay
sportsrubbish.com 30 days ago — The torch for the 2010 Winter Olympics is on its long journey to Vancouver, provided the torch-bearers don’t get eaten by a polar bear along the way. On Sunday, the torch passed through Churchill, Manitoba, home of 923 people and tons of polar bears. So many polar bears, in fact, that ...