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As the 2011 NFL season is creeping towards the halfway point lets take a quick look at who the movers and shakers are. Who are the teams to watch, and who are the teams that are going to make you cringe? The story so far: The winners The 2011 NFL schedule kicked off on September 8 th 2011 with Green Bay, the 2010 Superbowl champions hosting the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field . With the score at 42-34 to the Packers, it set up an incredible run of form and at present Green bay are 6... Read Full Story

So now that the NHL has finally found a single event that creates a buzz and gets most sports fan to take notice of hockey, they now seem to be salivating over the possibilities for future sites of the Winter Classic. They have big plans to take it everywhere from Yankee Stadium, to the Rose Bowl, to the Las Vegas strip. Vegas on New Years? Where do I sign? The NHL has finally found something here and it looks like they are going to take advantage of it. They were even talking about... Read Full Story

Cam Tucker Abbotsford Times The Abbotsford Heat have loaned defenceman Keith Seabrook to the Manitoba Moose for the remainder of the American Hockey League season. In return, the Moose have agreed to loan MacGregor Sharp, recently acquired by the Vancouver Canucks at the trade deadline, to the Heat. Seabrook, 22, from Delta, has had an up and down season for the Heat. Despite scoring four goals to go along with 20 points this season, Seabrook has been in out and of the lineup at... Read Full Story

I’ve never considered myself to be a bandwagon fan. There’s been the occasional two-to-three year stands where I cheer for a team because I like their rugged style of play or some other bad-ass aspect of a team (the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the early 2000s come to mind with Warrick Dunn, Warren Sapp, Keyshawn Johnson, Derek Brooks, etc.). But in the long term, I’ve stuck with my teams. In the NBA, that team has been the Lakers. Sure I had a five-year love affair with the Vancouver... Read Full Story

Joffrey Lupul spoke his mind to the media about P.K. Subban after the two dropped the gloves on Saturday night. Lupul isn’t the first guy to have choice words for Subban and, with the way Subban likes to run his mouth, he won’t be the last. But Lupul did have something to say that wasn’t just him upset at Subban’s ability to get under opposing player’s skin; he said players in the league will soon ”stop giving him the benefit of the doubt.” Lupul clearly gestured to Subban to take off his... Read Full Story

It’s a small window, specifically 24 hours, but speculation is beginning to run amongst Abbotsford Heat fans about the possibility Craig Conroy could be joining the AHL team as soon as Wednesday afternoon. Conroy, a 39-year-old NHLer of more than 1,000 games, was placed on waivers Tuesday afternoon by the Calgary Flames. As if this column, he has less than 24 hours to get claimed by another NHL team or he either gets sent down to the minors or retires. Given his age, the fact he has... Read Full Story

At first glance, this a surprise. Five minutes of thinking it over, and it’s not. Although NFL GM’s might be weary to take a quarterback early in the draft that has only started 16 games in the last four years, there just isn’t much more to prove for Sanchez at Souther Cal. With Sam Bradford and Tim “Golden Boy” Tebow choosing to forgo the NFL and stick around for another season of college ball, wouldn’t he want to prove himself to be at their level, and maybe even challenge for a Heisman... Read Full Story

I have seen both positive and negative reactions to the Winter Classic between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals played at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field. Those who understand the parity in the NHL have pointed out that putting two points on the line, which could determine a playoff spot later, is a little absurd given that the weather and ice conditions tend to make the game more like a shinny game. Meanwhile, others point to the emotional boost a game played outdoors has and the... Read Full Story

When Abbotsford Heat head coach Jim Playfair slammed open the dressing room door Thursday night to begin his usual post-game dissection with reporters, it was a telltale sign that The Man was at his wits end. Mired in a four game losing skid in which the Heat have come away with one measly point, and just six goals to show for in their last five outings, Playfair’s address to the media was quick – about 30 seconds long to be exact. He didn’t nitpick every little detail. He didn’t have to... Read Full Story

Tuesday seemed like any other day for the Abbotsford Heat as they prepared for Thursday and Friday night dates with the Texas Stars. An energetic practice, numerous battle drills to help shake off the rust of an extended break, technically a 12-day rest and relaxation period for the Calgary Flames farm club – what else was new? It didn’t seem overly peculiar to the few scribes who cover the Heat on a daily basis that assistant coach Troy Ward was leading practice when head coach Jim... Read Full Story