It’s been a while since Toronto has had a sports team to get excited about. There is the Argos who are terrible and do you know how much you have to suck to be terrible in the CFL? There is the Raptors who are still recovering from losing their star player/mascot Chris Bosh. Then there is the Maple Leafs the laughing stock of the NHL. The team who gets just close enough to making the playoffs without making them and in the perfect spot to get a mediocre player out of the draft. Now we have The Toronto Blue Jays who haven’t won the World series since 1993 which in compared to the Leafs winning anything, not too bad.

Toronto has always been known as a hockey city, but that is beginning to change. The Rogers Center was sold out for the home opener and there is a buzz in the air. Why so much excitement? With addition of the extra wild card spot this year, the Jays are a young exciting team with all the tool to not only grab a wild card spot but win the division (Yeah I said it). For the series in Cleveland the Jays fans drowned out the home town Indians fans with there cheering. We can finally believe in a sports franchise.

Jose Bautista is coming off two home run titles and is one of the best batters if not the best batter in MLB today. J.P. Arencibia is improving behind the plate, and we have Brett Lawrie for the entire season this year. Not to mention our bullpen has improved significantly from last year. They proved that in our first game going into 16 innings and not allowing anyone to score. Ricky Romero may have had a rough start to the season but they still pulled out the win, and Brandon Morrow only allowed one hit. 

This is our year Toronto, it’s time to believe! 

Go Jays Go!

A lot of teams are being thrown around as Peyton Manning’s next stomping ground like Arizona, Denver, and Tennessee. But the one I think he would fit perfectly into is The Miami Dolphins and here is why.

Money - Now at this point in Manning’s career I doubt money is going to change his mind. Although Miami is the team that is willing to pay him the most as well as sign him before even seeing him work out.

Reggie Wayne - Manning’s go to guy from the Colts is also on the free agency market, and has expressed he would be willing to sign with Miami if Peyton does. He didn’t say that about any other team and Miami seems to be the only ones willing to bring both Wayne and Manning. 

Receiving Core - Miami has some of the best receivers in the NFL. They just aren’t showcased as much because of the fact that Miami hasn’t had a franchise QB in years. Brandon Marshall caught four touchdowns in the pro bowl game. Even though it was the pro bowl that is still hard to do for a receiver. Anthony Fasano is a very underrated tight end plus add Reggie Wayne to that group.

Defense - Now we all heard the saying Defenses wins championships and in Miami’s case our defense is the reason we won a lot of our games last season. We have a top ten maybe top five defense. So if Peyton were to come to Miami all the pressure wouldn’t be on the offense to win like Tom Brady in New England. 

Weather - Now Manning started in college in Tennessee. Then he went to the indoor Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy. So Peyton wouldn’t be used to playing in bad weather. Who has better weather then Miami?

Schedule - A lot of people don’t realize Miami next season may have the easiest schedule out of any other team. We have Arizona, Seattle, St. Louis, Buffalo, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Oakland and even play Indy who wouldn’t want to see Luck vs Manning? 

Proving Whose #1 - Manning would be in the same division as Tom Brady so now we would get Brady vs Manning twice a year and taking the Miami, New England rivalry to a new level. Who wouldn’t want to see the two top QB’s battling it out every year?

Does’t Need To Buy A New Home - Peyton already has a condo in South Florida so there would be no need to pack up and move everything.

New Coach - With a new coach in Joe Philbin they would both be starting in a new organization and both work together in putting plays together. Peyton wouldn’t becoming into an already set system as we all know Peyton Manning is one of the best play callers in football. 

The Most Honest Quote Ever

Every now and then something comes around that makes you think… Really? Why? That right now would be Chris Brown supporters. These supporters are about as brain washed as the Westboro Baptist Church. They say it the situation happened so long ago move on. Really? He acts like his god’s gift to music, which of course he’s not. The fact is he didn’t just hit a woman, he beat her. In the police reports it says he continually punched her in the face and when Rihanna attempted to fight him off he began biting her, because nothing shows you are a tough guy then biting someone. He is nothing but a punk boy who never grew up.

The people who have taken him on like Jay Z, Miranda Lambert and most recently CM Punk have all made great points yet Brown chooses to have the same comeback each time. Saying they are just using him for publicity and then just plays it off. Come on Chris you are showing people you aren’t educated.  If they wanted to use someone for publicity, the first person to come to their minds wouldn’t be Chris Brown. He recently tweeted “The confrontations that people continuously bring my way are very amusing. Cuz honestly, that shit is too time consuming to argue wit every person who has their own issues.” He is telling them to deal with their own issues? Hey Chris maybe it’s time to deal with your own it’s clear you have anger issues, from beating a woman to smashing windows at NBC. It’s time to grow a set and take responsibility for your own actions, and get better comeback because the same one over and over again is just like your music career.

Chris Brown supporters come on! Wake up there is a lot better music out there! I know you’ve had a lot of challenges to fight you for charity and you play it off once again as they just want publicity. So here is what you should do Chris Brown vs Gina Carano. She can kick your ass and you can still feel comfortable since you would be fighting a woman.   

I usually don’t post pics like this but come on! It’s a duck in a cup!

#1. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon is my favorite late night show. Now I may be a little bias considering I’m a huge Saturday Night Live fan and Jimmy Fallon is my favorite alumni cast member. Although when the show first began it was a bit slow, Fallon has really found his groove in late night. He has the ability to make his guests step out of their comfort zone by playing games and participating in funny skits. Fallon also has his great and hilarious reoccurring bits like Mets Bucket Hat Guy, Shout Outs, and of course Thank You Notes. Not only is his show great but he has hands down the best band in late night, the legendary Roots. How Fallon got them to do late night just proves he is one of the best and will take over the Tonight Show one day, until Jay Leno comes back and takes it again.

#2. The Graham Norton Show

If you live in the United States for Canada like me, you may have never heard or seen this show. The Graham Norton Show is based out of England and is one of my favorite shows. I got out of my way to find each episode of this show. The things Graham Norton does no this show will have you laughing out loud guarantee. If you don’t believe me go check out some of his clips on YouTube. He has done bits like calling a phone sex line with Russell Brand pretending to be Aladdin to play gay or straight with audience members. Graham Norton also finds weird stuff on the internet and shows them to his guests and even calls the people on the website and make his guests talk to them like a guy with a ballon fetish talking to Cher. Give this show one shot you will be instantly hooked.

#3. The Daily Show

Everyone knows who Jon Stewart is, he really is the voice of our generation. The Daily Show is one of the very few news shows that tell you the truth even though it’s a comedy show. Stewart exposes lies, from other media news outlets but mostly from Fox News. He is one of the greatest debaters of our time and does it in a funny way. Not to mention his great correspondents who would be hilarious on their own. The Daily Show is the funniest political show on television.

#4. Conan

When Conan found himself on TBS after being booted from the Tonight Show thanks to Jay Leno a lot of people counted him out. This just intrigued me more to see how bad he really was, and to my surprise I really like this his show. Conan’s who cares attitude is what makes his show hilarious. His monologue is one of the best in the business and him and Andy play off each other very well. Where he excels is his interviews he can take a very boring interview and turn it into a classic moment. If you haven’t already I think it’s time to join Team Coco.

#5. Jimmy Kimmel Live

Now even though I don’t watch a lot of Jimmy Kimmel Live I do watch a lot of his clips on YouTube. Who hasn’t seen some of the stuff he asks parents to do to their kids like tell them they ate all their halloween candy. I would say his monologue may be the best in Late Night and his interviews are on point. Kimmel involves his a lot of his family in the show and one of his funniest bits is when he forces his Aunt to watch Jersey Shore then review it the next day.

Now I know I may have left some shows off the list like Letterman, Ferguson, and Colbert but to be honest I like and respect them all except for one (Leno). Which I think you can put the pieces together and figure out who that is. It’s a good time for Late Night television so sit back and enjoy no matter what you watch.

For the first time in a while I was blown away by the Grammys. It was by far the best award show of the year so far minus Nicki Minaj’s exorcism performance. I don’t think anyone but LL Cool J could have handled the tragic death of Whitney Houston any better basically saying the show must go on in his smooth talking way.

The Foo Fighters took home five Grammy awards for their album Wasting Light which if you don’t have it, you can’t call yourself a music fan. The album is great from top to bottom and has no “skip” tracks on it. The best part about The Foo Fighters winning though was Dave Grohl’s speech. If you haven’t heard it by now you really should go check it out because everything he said was 100% true. The funny thing about it was he was giving a lot of the people (not all) in the room a huge FU and yet they still all applauded. This just adds to Dave’s legendary status.

The big winner of the night was Adele picking up six Grammys for her album 21. Now of course I was rooting for one of my favorite bands The Foo Fighters to win the big one, but Adele definitely deserved it. She has such raw talent that she doesn’t need to dance around and put on show. She just stands there and opens her mouth and people just sit there in awe. Adele even brought Rihanna to tears during her performance of Rolling In The Deep. I would even go as far as to say she is the next Whitney Houston.

Like I said all the performances last night were pretty on point except for Nicki Minaj’s freaky performance. Bruno Mars killed it, The Boss killed it, Coldplay & Rihanna killed it, and of course Adele killed it. But by far my favorite performance of the night was the final one. There would have been no better way to close out the Grammys then by Paul McCartney singing some Beatles classics. On top of that Dave Grohl & Bruce Springsteen came out a jammed with Paul. I explain it as having a music orgasm. 

In the end it was a great night for “real” music.

As a huge Dolphins fan it’s sad to see one of my all time favourite players leave the game. After 11 season in the NFL running back Ricky Williams has called it quits. Even though he was drafted 5th overall in the 1999 draft by New Orleans and finished his career in Baltimore he will always be remembered for his time in Miami. Williams won the Heisman trophy in 1998 playing for the Texas Longhorns. He single handily has me rooting for the Longhorns every Saturday.

For Dolphins fans he excited us, baffled us, and at one point we called him a traitor but we always respected him and his talent at the running back position. Living near Toronto I even got to see him play for my other football team the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL after his suspension from the NFL. I’ll always have many great memories of his black shades and dreadlocks barrelling down the field. Williams was one of the biggest backs in the league and was a breaking tackles artist.

I was watching the NFL network last night where they were debating whether or not he would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. How can he not be inducted one day with his resume which includes.

* Doak Walker Trophy (1997,1998)

* Jim Brown Trophy (1997,1998)

* Walter Camp Award (1998)

* Maxwell Award (1998)

* Heisman Trophy (1998)

* AP College Player of the Year (1998)

* Pro Bowl (2002)

* Pro Bowl MVP (2002)

* All-Pro (2002)

* 10,000 Rushing Yards Club

Sure he may not have a ring but like a former Dolphins QB #13 proves you don’t one. I think there is only one last thing to say…

Thank You Ricky Williams.