I’m not a fan of any particular sports team. You can call me a Habs fan, you can call me a Riders fan, but since fan is short for “fanatic” I don’t think I qualify. I do like those teams, better than other teams in their respective leagues, but I’m not fanatical about them. I don’t go out of my way to buy souvenir merchandise that has the logos, and I don’t get too upset when they lose. The reason is because I tend to be more of a fan of the sport itself.

I am a fan of the CFL. I love Canadian football. I will go out of my way to watch any little bit of CFL action that I can get my hands on. It’s an exciting sport, even if the players aren’t making millions. It’s high paced, top flight action, from start to finish. A lot of people would scoff at me to hear me say that not every NFL’er would fit into the CFL, but it’s true. The CFL requires a slightly different athlete than the NFL. Some NFLers would keel over after the first quarter of CFL paced football. That’s not a knock against the NFL, since a lot of NFL players could come to the CFL and be dominating. It’s a statement that the two leagues are a lot more different than you’d think.

I’m a fan of hockey. Not just NHL, but any high tempo, fast paced, quick skating, hard hitting, big shot-big save game of hockey. I haven’t been to a Blades or Huskies game in a couple of years, but I think that when William is old enough, I will take him to a lot of games - both Blades and Huskies.

So, that’s why it doesn’t bother me when people say mean things about the Habs, or the Riders. Yeah, Kovalev and Ribero were pretty dumb. I feel fine admitting that here. Doesn’t change the fact that I will be cheering for them tonight. At the same time, if they get eliminated tonight, I’m not going to go into a funk and stop watching hockey. There is too much entertaining hockey being played this year, and it could be a while before we see NHL calibre hockey on TV again.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “And I’ll STILL kiss your butt and call it ice cream!” - Homer