Bobby Orr, Trump’s fool

Bobby Orr, you chump. To do what you have done, you would have to be dumber than a bucket of frozen pucks. You have embarrassed a nation, made a complete fool of yourself and tarnished your reputation forevermore. And for what? To support a grifter and fraud who makes your former agent, Alan Eagleson, look …

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On Claude Julien, an astonishing play and the great Lewis Hamilton

Y’know, boys and girls, we here at MMQB Central have been watching sports longer than most of you have been around. Since Rocky Marciano was heavyweight champ and Hank Aaron was a rookie. So long that when Cassius  Clay won his gold medal at the Rome Olympics, I felt inspired to go climb the fence …

On fast runners, fast drivers, Claude Julien and more…

Y’know, boys and girls, we here at MMQB Central have been watching sports longer than most of you have been around. Since Rocky Marciano was heavyweight champ and Hank Aaron was a rookie. So long that when the man who was then Cassius  Clay won his gold medal at the Rome Olympics, I felt inspired …

The Blue Monday Blues

Here we are, 19 days into October. The leaves are falling. The world is upside down, the streets a masked parade of anxious souls. And it is 39 years since Blue Monday, the day the Dodgers and Rick Monday wrecked the Expos’ World Series plans and, arguably, sent the organization on the road to extinction. …

On this Blue Monday anniversary, something to cheer about

Here we are, 19 days into October. Your Monday Morning Quarterback has grown a year older. The leaves are falling. The world is upside down, the streets a masked parade of anxious souls. And it is 39 years since Blue Monday, the day the Dodgers and Rick Monday wrecked the Expos' World Series plans and, …

Of COURSE Gallagher was going to sign. What did you expect?

There was an incident seven or eight years ago that pretty well defined the way I have thought of both players since.          I don’t recall the date or the opponent, only that Brendan Gallagher had taken a bad hit along the boards and was down on the play. Max Pacioretty was a few feet …

Molson stuck with Bergevin and now it’s paying dividends

Hating Marc Bergevin is a cottage industry in Montreal. There are niche broadcasters and columnists whose entire schtick is based on ripping the guy day after day after sorry day. It saves effort, I suppose, and thought, and dispenses with the need to actually know what you’re talking about – but it’s also ugly, unfair …

Those loyal Sabres fans get taken in – this time by Taylor Hall

When I first came to hockey during the 1970-71, the Canadiens (here’s a surprise) were my team. They had a few players you might recognize: Jean Béliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Henri Richard, Serge Savard, J.C. Tremblay, then Frank Mahovlich and Ken Dryden. Sometime after that, I adopted a second team: the Buffalo Sabres. Something about the …

The Monday Morning Quarterback on the Taylor Hall watch

&&&& now boys and girls, by way of wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving, we’d like to send you a little Christmas music for this special season: Deck the Hall with bags of money Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la la-la… Yes, folks. It’s true. Like everyone else, your Monday Morning Quarterback is working hard on the Taylor …

On kids, a park in St. Lambert, and a small, pointless calamity

This is the sort of civic nonsense that makes you want to scream, tear your hair out, and run naked down the street bellowing that the world has gone utterly mad. In St. Lambert – genteel, constantly complaining St. Lambert – there is a little park called Parc Mercille. It faces the St. Lambert Library …