It may be the obvious choice, but there is only one right choice for Sports Superstar of last week, Derek Jeter. Now, as a Red Sox fan the idea of naming a Yankee as the sportsman of the week may seem strange, but Derek Jeter is not just a member of the Yankees. Jeter is one […]
Petra Kvitova (Ladies Singles Champion) and Novak Djokovic (Mens Singles Champion) defeated superstars Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal to win tennis’ top prizes at Wimbledon this year. The other winners were: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan– Mens Doubles Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik– Ladies Doubles Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova– Mixed Doubles
I’ve always argued that the reason baseball is better than all other sports (yes, I said it, it’s not an opinion I find easy to hide) is that it’s a rare true team effort. No matter how great the single superstar on your team (or even the handful of superstars), one man simply cannot win […]
In honour of Rory McIlroy‘s history-making, record-setting, critic-silencing, storybook fodder comeback performance at Sunday’s US Open, we’re naming him My Sports Stadium’s first ever “Sports Superstar of the Week”. Sure he’s only in his early twenties, a gracious player and consistently in contention (and now a winner) at the majors, but so are a few […]
In baseball, it is often said that you really don’t know what you’ve got as a baseball team until at least 60 games into the season. Well, the Toronto Blue Jays have now played 66 games so it seems like a good time to see what they’ve got (or, as their .485 record -32 wins […]
Two months ago one of the most exciting afternoons of golf ever unfolded at Augusta National in the final round of the 75th Masters Tournament. Looking back, the narrative value of that afternoon is not lost. The triumphs and failures of some of golf’s greatest superstars and underdogs look all the more dramatic in hindsight. […]
The baseball season is officially under way, you can just feel the world getting a little bit brighter (except for the snow, that’s just unacceptable). In preparation for tonight’s game here’s a video featuring Toronto’s starting roster. Ricky, Aaron, Travis, JP, Jose and all the boys- welcome back!
NASCAR held its biggest race of the season last weekend, the Dayton 500. Did anybody watch? Their biggest star, Jimmie Johnson, (Jimmie who?) has won the last 5 NASCAR season championships, known as the Sprint Cup. Would anybody recognize his picture on a cover of a magazine? Ten years ago NASCAR icon, Dale Earnhardt Sr. […]