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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Racism alive and kicking - why every ethnic group is capable of being racist |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 12:39 pm |
| Tags: Recruitment, Canadian Government, Racism, University Of Toronto, Siu, Evan Eid |
| from the University of Toronto. Evon shot to unexpected (probably international) fame because a government employee responsible for managing a recruitment process (and his job application) referred to him as a 'ghetto dude'. The Toronto Star newspaper reports the story today. Here's a brief excerpt:'Evon Reid couldn't believe his eyes |
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| STATS SHMATS: Record Feats |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 5:54 pm |
| Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, David Rabinowitz, Mlb, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Stats Shmats, Toronto Blue Jays |
| '62.On Sept. 14, 1987, the Toronto Blue Jays hit 10 home runs off the Baltimore Orioles, the most ever by one team in a game, in an 18-3 romp. Nine:Ron Guidry had nine shutouts in 1978, the most by a Yankee in a single season.On Sept. 4, 1999, the Cincinnati Reds set the NL mark for most home runs by one team in a game with nine off the |
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| Cubs Considering Outfielders |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 11:12 pm |
| Tags: Adam Dunn, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Craig Monroe, Detroit Tigers, Jeff Conine, Matt Stairs, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Multiple readers have emailed me about a radio report on WSCR 670 The Score out of Chicago today. According to the report, the Cubs are considering multiple trade possibilities to fill the monthlog gap left by Alfonso Soriano's quad injury. On the radar: Craig Monroe, Matt Stairs, Jeff Conine, and Adam Dunn. Additionally, Cubs GM Jim |
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| Ontario Cabinet Minister George Smitherman Weds His Partner |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 11:10 am |
| Tags: Canada, Gay Marriage, George Smitherman, News, Toronto |
| over the weekend. The Toronto Star reports: "Smitherman, who as provincial health minister is a senior member of cabinet and often mentioned on the shortlist of future candidates for mayor of Toronto, acknowledged that such a public pronouncement of love would have political overtones. 'We haven't sought to make it political. It happens to |
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| Daily Closer: Yankees Fight For A Little Recognition |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 10:00 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays |
| As New York continued to spit vitriol at Bonds (the Daily News came up with the gimmick of actually putting him on trial), it kind of forgot that the Yankees and Mets also played on Tuesday. In fact,... |
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| Daily Closer: Yankees Fight For A Little Recognition |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 10:00 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Daily Closer, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays |
| As New York continued to spit vitriol at Bonds (the Daily News came up with the gimmick of actually putting him on trial), it kind of forgot that the Yankees and Mets also played on Tuesday. In fact, the Yanks won; got into a scuffle with the Blue Jays, and crept to within five games of the Red Sox in the East. Sure, it was a typical baseball |
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| Required Skills |
| Published: July 16, 2007, 1:23 am |
| Tags: Strategy, French, Skills, Required, Quebec, Speak, Forever, Playing, The, Wrong, Game, Toronto, Happens, Suddenly, Amazing, Hire, Swim, Finally, All, Guy |
| a given. Those that move to Toronto, though, something happens to them. Suddenly, everyone goes “this guy’s French is AMAZING! We have to hire this guy!” You’ve become the specialist. New Media is like Quebec. You need to know it all– do the Twitter, the Facebook, the blogging, the videos– all of those, just |
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| [Montreal] Saturday! PICKET Indigo/Chapters! BOYCOTT Israeli Apartheid. |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 3:54 pm |
| Tags: Toronto, Indigo, Chapters Indigo Bookstores, Boycotts, Israel, Call 4 Action, Montreal, Chapters |
| Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto) Resource page: www.caiaweb.org/indigoboycott ---> More information about the international movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid... * Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto) Resource page: http://www.caiaweb.org/indigoboycott ---> More information about the |
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| Maria Sharapova skips Rogers Cup |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 7:36 am |
| Tags: Rogers Cup, Maria Sharapova, Reason, Rogers, Toronto, Basis, Participation, Depended, Advertising, Credit |
| to the never-ending list of Toronto withdrawals. The reason is that she has played too many matches lately, and she needs to rest for the US Open. Sharapova's withdrawal was more or less expected; here's what the Russian said on her website: As I previously indicated to the Rogers Cup, I entered the event on the basis that my participation |
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| Rosenthal's Latest: Possible Waiver Deals |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 12:45 am |
| Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chad Gaudin, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Josh Towers, Kei Igawa, Mark Loretta, Mike Lamb, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Steve Trachsel, Toronto Blue Jays |
| Ken Rosenthal has a new post up; below are some points of interest for rumor-hounds like us. Josh Towers and Steve Trachsel have both cleared waivers. You'll find their contract info as well as a complete list of those who have cleared waivers here. Rosenthal says the Rockies are monitoring both pitchers; they were forced to |
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| You Can Go Home Again |
| Published: August 12, 2007, 10:47 am |
| Tags: Toronto Blue Jays |
| and David Wells returned to Toronto during their careers. Mark Eichhorn even served three tours of duty with the Jays, but to my knowledge, only one player had four tours of duty with a Toronto-based franchise, and that was Tony Fernandez. I loved Tony Fernandez. He was on the team when I started paying attention back in 1983 and he was a key |
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| Rockies Rotation In Shambles |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 10:28 am |
| Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, David Wells, Josh Towers, San Diego Padres, Steve Trachsel, Toronto Blue Jays |
| The Rockies are five games out in the NL West and two out in the Wild Card. Baseball Prospectus sets their playoff odds at a healthy 22-27%. Their main strength has been team OBP (second best in the league). The Rockies' offense has dominated at Coors Field. They've also had some fine relief work from Manny Corpas, Jeremy |
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| Stark On Waiver Happenings |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 10:23 pm |
| Tags: Dmitri Young, Richie Sexson, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Troy Glaus, Washington Nationals |
| Jayson Stark's column today was a goldmine of waiver-related material. I updated my Players Who Have Cleared Waivers post with his new info. Two thoughts from that group: I was surprised to see that no one wanted a piece of Troy Glaus's contract, which really isn't scary at $24MM over 2008-09 (assuming he exercises his player |
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| Film Clips: Fleshing Out the TIFF Foreign Film Selections |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 9:01 am |
| Tags: Cinematical, Film, Foreign Films, Movie, Toronto International Film Festival, Torontointernationalfilmfestival |
| under: Independent, Toronto International Film Festival, Cinematical IndieOne of the most maddening things about film fests is that when the film selection announcements first start rolling out, you can hardly ever find anything about most of them. It's enough to drive a cinephile insane how few independent films have official websites up |
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| TIFF Watch: MySpace Page and Trailer for 'White Lies, Black Sheep' |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 3:02 pm |
| Tags: Afropunk, Cinematical, Film, James Spooner, Movie, New York Punk Scene, New York Rock Scene, Tiff 2007, Toronto International Film Festival, White Lies Black Sheep |
| Festival Reports, Toronto International Film Festival, Cinematical Indie I reported this morning in my column about the Toronto International Film Festival that I thought James Spooner, director of newly announced TIFF addition White Lies, Black Sheep, was probably the same guy who directed Afropunk, a doc about black kids in the punk |
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