Mr B Bird
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The Expendables
Aug 28th
Trawling the world of American sports is basically a full time (technically non paying) job. What with the NFL in preseason and contract holdout mode, MLB starting to get into battles for playoff spots, the NBA and NHL, although out of season, still providing interesting story lines regarding contracts and the standard off field controversys, the PGA Fed-Ex Cup is kicking off and New York is hosting the US Tennis Open starting Monday.
San Deigo, Border Agents & Guns – My Weekend
Aug 5th
Location: San Deigo When: Sunday, 1 August 2010 Why: Rumour of many hot girls (confirmed) I’m at this bbq on Sunday night, pretty sweet pad looking down over the city onto the bay and a general good time being had by all. I’m getting various queries regarding my accent and all that malarky and I get…
How to Talk Like a Canadian
Jul 7th
In my travels I have come across some rather interesting speeches, sayings, catch phrases, slurs etc. Ranging from the always funny ‘Engrish’ that runs throughout the Asian world (‘you warra nu zeawan pawk chob?’ translates to ‘would you like a New Zealand pork chop?’), to the always confusing Cockney Rhyming slang (‘I’m heading up the…
What to do in Las Vegas
Jun 23rd
Vegas; WTF?! This is not a night at the Realm. Where to begin… might as well go from the beginning: Friday, June 18, circa 12pm West Coast Time: After a journey from The Maple Based North, I arrive at the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas (http://www.hardrockhotel.com) and check in. With word from the boys i…
There is no ‘I’ in team
Jun 9th
But there is definitely a big ME!! This ladies and gentlemen, is the phrase that should adorn the front offices of all major US sports governing bodies. A country where they consider their own baseball league be fit to use the title ‘World Series’ as its finals format, a country where a 18 year old…






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