The first of three Crossroads Winter Team Ropings is in the books, and what a successful day it was! There were 166 teams in the #11 and 111 teams in the #7.

Playoffs are under way in the National Football League, and the next couple of weeks will determine which two teams will meet Feb. 13 in Los Angeles to play in Super Bowl 56…

It’s a new year, and most resolutions begin with ‘I want more’ … as in, ‘I want more good health’; ‘I’d like to make more money’; ‘more wins for my favourite sports team’; or ‘more birdies than bogies.’

Instead of focusing on the biggest names in sports as the earth begins a new trip around the sun, here’s a quick look at some not-so-huge names that are bound to hit it big in the next 12 months.

Part two of the 2021 year in review of the best quips, quotes and anecdotes, covering the period from July through December.

Looking for a safe, fun, healthy way to spending the upcoming winter break?

Best of 2021: A selection of the top quips, quotes and anecdotes from the first six months of the year.

After a forgettable 2020, when almost all sports were COVID-halted, and fans were kept away even when the pro sports leagues resumed play…

Having spent a couple of days as a spectator at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon while Canada’s best curlers were trying to win a trip to Beijing…

The National Hockey League may be getting lost in the shuffle of Canada’s men’s national soccer team (more on that squad in January as they continue their run toward the 2022 World Cup)…

Other than hockey, no sport in Canada receives as much television coverage as curling, which is why millions of eyeballs will be viewing the action from Saskatoon in late November…

Taylor Pendrith, a 31-year-old Ontario native who qualified for the Tour in 2020 via the developmental Korn Ferry Tour, but had to wait a full year to strut his stuff…

Words of advice for National Hockey League players to consider: Never ever be caught by a television camera singing the national anthem…

Toronto Raptors have lost their star power. “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” Dorothy said to Toto in the Wizard of Oz.

Winning 107 games during a 162-game season gets you nothing but expanded heartbreak when your team is eliminated in the first round of playoffs. Sorry, Giants.

One of the two most successful teams in Major League Baseball this season will have a longer winter than they may have been expecting.

In one way, the National Hockey League returns to normal this season, with divisions organized by geography rather than the all-Canadian division fans saw last year when Covid-19 dictated emergency policy revisions.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers may have missed an entire season due to coronavirus, but they apparently haven’t missed a beat when it comes to winning.

The Blue Jays, sputtering along like an also-ran for most of the Major League Baseball season, caught fire in late August/early September and got themselves smack dab into the midst of the wildcard race in the American League.

There have been some great stories emanating this year from Major League Baseball — from Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedented versatility to Vladimir Guerrero’s gaudy hitting statistics to the mound brilliance of Walker Buehler and the trading of big-name stars such as Max Scherzer and Kris Bryant.