Good afternoon, I'm Andrew Zwarych with this CSM Sports Update...
The Toronto Blue Jays are back home tonight after their road trip from hell.
Casey Janssen takes to the mound for the Blue Birds, he goes up against Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
Wakefield handed the Jays their first of nine straight losses just 10 days ago.
The AL East leading Red Soxs are coming off a series split with the Twins.
If the Jays are able to sweep the Soxs, they jump back into first in the division.
Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference finals go tonight.
The Lakers are looking to close out their series against the Nuggets.
Kobe Bryant had 22 points and 8 assists in LA's big 103-94, game 5 win.
On paper the Lakers have the advantage over Denver.
Head Coach Phil Jackson is 49-1 lifetime, when holding any lead in the playoffs.
While the Lakers haven't lost a best of seven series after being tied 2-2 and winning game 5 since 1969, when they lost to the Celtics in the NBA finals.
The French Open is underway at Rolland Garros, so far this morning Rafael Nadal defeated Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets.
Nikolay Davydenko defeated 17th ranked Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
In Women's action;
Number seeded Dinara Safina has a two set lead over 27th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
While Venus Williams lost her first two sets too 29th ranked Agnes Szavay.
Steve Stricker has a two shot lead at -5, over Jason Day at the Colonial.
Bright Grove, Ontario's Mike Weir shot an opening round 69 and is one under par, he is set to tee off just after 1:30.
Keeping with Bright Grove golfers, Matt Hill captured the NCAA Division I men's golf championship yesterday.
The Stanley Cup Finals kick off this weekend.
The Penguins will travel to Detroit for game 1 saturday in a rematch of last years finals.
For CSM Sports, I'm Andrew Zwarych
Friday, May 29, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Scrumbs after the Whistle
During NHL playoffs the amount of scrums that come after a whistle increase ten-fold and its ridiculous.
No matter the play, what has happened prior or what will happen later on in the game expect to see after most whistles a scrum of three to five players which not only wastes time but it is a serious deterrent to the game.
When the whistle is blown it is suppose to allow for a line change and a quick break for the players on the ice, but in the NHL playoffs when the whistle blows it acts as a bell in a boxing match and signals the start of the bout. With this ridiculous notion of what the whistle means it not only causes problems but increasingly wastes time. A normal-couple second whistle break turns into a full out brawl and the time spanning from the actual game will be a few minutes. Not only does the brawling last however long it takes for it to be broken up, officials have to figure out what to do once the fighting has stopped.
Once everything has calmed down, before the whistle is blown to indicate the start of the game again, decisions have to be made with regards to the scrums. A defenceman strolled in from the blueline and joined in on the ru-ha-ha, the officials have to come to a conclusion on what sort of discipline should be used. It is this kind of penalty that comes back to haunt teams, and cost them games, series and championships.
Even if there are no penalties handed out during a skirmish between players, they can be more costly if some happens to get injuried. A somewhat small argument arrupts over the away teams unwillingness to stop swarming the goalie after the whistle, so the home team takes acception and a scrum ensues. In all of the commotion a player losses his footing and falls. Not only could he be injured but he could injur someone else. The post whistle scrum has become a breeding ground for injuries, most of which are pointless and could have been avoided.
The NHL will have to take a good long look at what they aren't stopping, thus allowing, pointless scrums post whistle. It is time for the league to stop these before they become out of hand, before a tragedy errupts through the sport, the way Don Sanderson's tragedy did with fighting in the sport. Stop the issue before it becomes a serious problem. Do Not Allow Post Whistle Scrums.
Friday, April 17, 2009
april 14 update
The Pittsburgh Penguins will try and take a two game strangle hold on the Philedelphia Flyers when the two teams meet up at the Melon Centre in the Steel City tonight.
The fourth seeded Pens dominated the Flyers in game one with a 4-1 win.
Philly will be without tough-guy Dan Carcillo, who will sit out serving a suspension for punching Max Talbot in the final minutes of game one.
The Minnessota Wild were hoping to bring Leafs advisor Dave Nonis in as their new general manager.
But, Brian Burke flat out denied the request.
Tampa Bay's former GM Jay Feaster has expressed interest in signing with the Wild, as well as the Avalanche.
And for all of our cricket junkies, the Canadian Cricket team qualified for 2011 Cricket World Cup.
This will be the fourth time Canada qualified for the tournament, they made it in '79, '03 and '07.
The Netherlands, Ireland and Kenya also made into the tourny, on the final day of qualification.
The fourth seeded Pens dominated the Flyers in game one with a 4-1 win.
Philly will be without tough-guy Dan Carcillo, who will sit out serving a suspension for punching Max Talbot in the final minutes of game one.
The Minnessota Wild were hoping to bring Leafs advisor Dave Nonis in as their new general manager.
But, Brian Burke flat out denied the request.
Tampa Bay's former GM Jay Feaster has expressed interest in signing with the Wild, as well as the Avalanche.
And for all of our cricket junkies, the Canadian Cricket team qualified for 2011 Cricket World Cup.
This will be the fourth time Canada qualified for the tournament, they made it in '79, '03 and '07.
The Netherlands, Ireland and Kenya also made into the tourny, on the final day of qualification.
Friday, March 27, 2009
3 min ad lib
Andrew Zwarych
3 Min Ad Lib
-welcome I’m Andrew Zwarych and this is a csm sports update
-habs struggled to score all night,
-Koivu scored the winner, 2 tries
-TB 2, MON 3 (OT)
-st. louis knocked first shot down, second one went of one of the bodies
-habs 1-for-8 on PP
-Kovalev, Latendresse scored in regulation
-David Koci, first in 86 career games
-lukas krajicek, TB scorers
-price had 17 saves in the win
-in a preview of a potential first round match up, CGY 0 CLB 5
-steve mason 33 saves
-10th shutout of the year, leads NHL
-most for a rookie since, Tony Esposito had 15 for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1969-70
-rick nash had 4 assists, career best for one game
-the flames lost two in a row, penguins and bluejackets
-CGY’s Todd Bertuzzi returned after missing 10, knee injury
-EDM 2, PHX 3
-EDM slipped to ninth in the conference, have lost 3 in a row
-PHX third win in five
-lombardi had a goal and assist,
-martin hanzal had the game winner
-ken klee scored, 1st of the season
-kotalik, hemskey scored for EDM
-Roloson’s 30th consecutive start
-VAN 2, STL 4
-david perron, tj oshie had a goal and assist
-STL are now 8-2-1, making serious playoff push
-only one point out
-chris mason made 21 saves, 25th consecutive starts
3 Min Ad Lib
-welcome I’m Andrew Zwarych and this is a csm sports update
-habs struggled to score all night,
-Koivu scored the winner, 2 tries
-TB 2, MON 3 (OT)
-st. louis knocked first shot down, second one went of one of the bodies
-habs 1-for-8 on PP
-Kovalev, Latendresse scored in regulation
-David Koci, first in 86 career games
-lukas krajicek, TB scorers
-price had 17 saves in the win
-in a preview of a potential first round match up, CGY 0 CLB 5
-steve mason 33 saves
-10th shutout of the year, leads NHL
-most for a rookie since, Tony Esposito had 15 for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1969-70
-rick nash had 4 assists, career best for one game
-the flames lost two in a row, penguins and bluejackets
-CGY’s Todd Bertuzzi returned after missing 10, knee injury
-EDM 2, PHX 3
-EDM slipped to ninth in the conference, have lost 3 in a row
-PHX third win in five
-lombardi had a goal and assist,
-martin hanzal had the game winner
-ken klee scored, 1st of the season
-kotalik, hemskey scored for EDM
-Roloson’s 30th consecutive start
-VAN 2, STL 4
-david perron, tj oshie had a goal and assist
-STL are now 8-2-1, making serious playoff push
-only one point out
-chris mason made 21 saves, 25th consecutive starts
Thursday, March 26, 2009
march 26 update
Welcome I'm Andrew Zwarych with this CSM Sports Update...
The Toronto Raptors got their first back to back win in over a month, in a big 115-106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Andrea Bargnani led the way for Raps with 23 points, the Spanish Stallion Jose Calderon poured in 19 and had 11 dimes.
and Everyone's favorite babbies daddy Chris Bosh chipped in with 18.
Richard Jefferson kept the Bucks close, he drained 20 on the night.
Before the game, the Raps announced that guard Marcus Banks had successful surgery removing a bone spur on his right big toe.
He is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Toronto also announced yesterday the signing of Quincey Dubey from the D-league.
The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their dominance of the Eastern Conference, they beat the Nets 98-87.
LeBron came close to a triple-double finishing with 22 points, 11 boards and 8 assists.
He becomes the second player in NBA history to reach 2000 points 500 boards and 500 assists in a single season.
Toronto Maple Leafs goatender Martin Gerber recieved punishment yesterday for his antics in Tuesday night's game.
The league handed out an automatic 3 game suspension.
Gerber went balistic when the Caps scored the tieing goal late in the third, he ended up firing a puck at the ref.
Jennifer Jones' team Canada moved to 8-2 at the World Curling Championships.
Jones pulled out a big 8-5 win over Italy in draw 15 action.
Two Canadian teams were in action in the NHL last night;
The Ottawa Senators fell to the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1.
Ryan Shannon got their lone mark.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves, shuting out the Flames 2-0.
Kris Letang and Hal Gill had the Penguins marks.
The Anaheim Ducks reached into their bag of tricks, using everything from the knuckle puck to the flying-V in their big 7-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
Charlie Conway...excuse me Corey Perry pushed the Ducks that much closer to a playoff birth, he had two goals on the night.
Patrick Kane and Jonathon Toews burried two goals in the shoot out for the Blackhawks, and Jeremey Roenick was denied by his former team securing the big win for Chicago 6-5 over the Sharks.
In Grapefruit league action, the Toronto Blue Jays take to the field later today against the Atlanta Braves.
For CSM Sports, I'm Andrew Zwarych...
The Toronto Raptors got their first back to back win in over a month, in a big 115-106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Andrea Bargnani led the way for Raps with 23 points, the Spanish Stallion Jose Calderon poured in 19 and had 11 dimes.
and Everyone's favorite babbies daddy Chris Bosh chipped in with 18.
Richard Jefferson kept the Bucks close, he drained 20 on the night.
Before the game, the Raps announced that guard Marcus Banks had successful surgery removing a bone spur on his right big toe.
He is expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Toronto also announced yesterday the signing of Quincey Dubey from the D-league.
The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their dominance of the Eastern Conference, they beat the Nets 98-87.
LeBron came close to a triple-double finishing with 22 points, 11 boards and 8 assists.
He becomes the second player in NBA history to reach 2000 points 500 boards and 500 assists in a single season.
Toronto Maple Leafs goatender Martin Gerber recieved punishment yesterday for his antics in Tuesday night's game.
The league handed out an automatic 3 game suspension.
Gerber went balistic when the Caps scored the tieing goal late in the third, he ended up firing a puck at the ref.
Jennifer Jones' team Canada moved to 8-2 at the World Curling Championships.
Jones pulled out a big 8-5 win over Italy in draw 15 action.
Two Canadian teams were in action in the NHL last night;
The Ottawa Senators fell to the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1.
Ryan Shannon got their lone mark.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves, shuting out the Flames 2-0.
Kris Letang and Hal Gill had the Penguins marks.
The Anaheim Ducks reached into their bag of tricks, using everything from the knuckle puck to the flying-V in their big 7-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
Charlie Conway...excuse me Corey Perry pushed the Ducks that much closer to a playoff birth, he had two goals on the night.
Patrick Kane and Jonathon Toews burried two goals in the shoot out for the Blackhawks, and Jeremey Roenick was denied by his former team securing the big win for Chicago 6-5 over the Sharks.
In Grapefruit league action, the Toronto Blue Jays take to the field later today against the Atlanta Braves.
For CSM Sports, I'm Andrew Zwarych...
Monday, March 23, 2009
2 min update- march 23
Hi I'm Andrew Zwarych with a CSM Sports Update...
The Montreal Canadians continue to struggle in the weeks leading up to the playoffs.
Owner George Gillett has seemed to had enough of the up and down Habs and is reportedly looking to sell the historic franchise.
Forbes magazine ranked the Canadian's as the NHL's third most valuable team in October.
The magazine estimated the Habs were worth $334 million.
Gillett purchased the Canadians and Bell centre in 2001 for $181 million.
Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors celebrated CB4's birthday two days early with a big 100-76 over the LA Clippers.
Bosh chipped in with 16 points and 13 boards.
Jose Calderon poured in 15 points and six assists while Shawn Marion had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
Zach Randolph had 20 points and seven rebounds in the loss.
The Clippers have now lost 10 of their past 12.
Sunday's match-up was the first ever NBA game to be broadcasted in Punjabi.
Edmonton Eskimos running back Jesse Lumsden is making noise in the sport of bobsledding.
After Saturday's win in the four-man bobsleigh event its quite possible that Lumsden will represent Canada at the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver.
The World Cup season starts in November but he won't be able to participate because its during the CFL season.
So his times now are what the coaches will use to determine if he makes the Olympic team or not.
It was Kevin Martin who beat Randy Furby in the Men's final of the Canada Cup of Curling Sunday.
With the win Martin picked up $28, 000 for the win.
Canada's Jennifer Jones won at the world women's curling championship.
Jones broke open a close game with three points in the eighth end to beat Norway's Marianne Rorvik 8-5.
There were only two Canadian teams in action on the ice last night.
The Ottawa Senators leap frogged the Leafs with a 2-1 win over the Rangers.
Alex Auld had a big game, he made 28 saves and picked up the second star.
Nik Backstrom had a 31 save shut-out performance in Minnesota's 3-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
Owen Nolan potted two.
The Oilers announced today that they signed junior standout Jordan Eberle.
Eberle was taken 22nd overall in the 2008 draft.
Canada's own Justin Morneau hit his first two home runs of spring training against Canada's lone team, the Toronto Blue Jays.
Morneau went 2-for-2 with 3 RBI's in Minnesota's 11-6 win.
The Toronto Argonauts re-construction of the franchise continued today, the Argo's completed a deal with the BC Lions.
Toronto picked up Whitby, Ontario native linebacker Jason Pottinger for a fourth round draft pick in the upcoming CFL draft.
Curt Schilling twatted his way to retirement.
Schilling posted that he had decided to retire on his Internet blog this past weekend ending a historic 23 year career.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be back in action tomorrow night when they host Alex Ovenchkin and the Washington Capitals.
Sports Every 30 minutes here on CSM Sports Radio....
The Montreal Canadians continue to struggle in the weeks leading up to the playoffs.
Owner George Gillett has seemed to had enough of the up and down Habs and is reportedly looking to sell the historic franchise.
Forbes magazine ranked the Canadian's as the NHL's third most valuable team in October.
The magazine estimated the Habs were worth $334 million.
Gillett purchased the Canadians and Bell centre in 2001 for $181 million.
Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors celebrated CB4's birthday two days early with a big 100-76 over the LA Clippers.
Bosh chipped in with 16 points and 13 boards.
Jose Calderon poured in 15 points and six assists while Shawn Marion had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
Zach Randolph had 20 points and seven rebounds in the loss.
The Clippers have now lost 10 of their past 12.
Sunday's match-up was the first ever NBA game to be broadcasted in Punjabi.
Edmonton Eskimos running back Jesse Lumsden is making noise in the sport of bobsledding.
After Saturday's win in the four-man bobsleigh event its quite possible that Lumsden will represent Canada at the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver.
The World Cup season starts in November but he won't be able to participate because its during the CFL season.
So his times now are what the coaches will use to determine if he makes the Olympic team or not.
It was Kevin Martin who beat Randy Furby in the Men's final of the Canada Cup of Curling Sunday.
With the win Martin picked up $28, 000 for the win.
Canada's Jennifer Jones won at the world women's curling championship.
Jones broke open a close game with three points in the eighth end to beat Norway's Marianne Rorvik 8-5.
There were only two Canadian teams in action on the ice last night.
The Ottawa Senators leap frogged the Leafs with a 2-1 win over the Rangers.
Alex Auld had a big game, he made 28 saves and picked up the second star.
Nik Backstrom had a 31 save shut-out performance in Minnesota's 3-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
Owen Nolan potted two.
The Oilers announced today that they signed junior standout Jordan Eberle.
Eberle was taken 22nd overall in the 2008 draft.
Canada's own Justin Morneau hit his first two home runs of spring training against Canada's lone team, the Toronto Blue Jays.
Morneau went 2-for-2 with 3 RBI's in Minnesota's 11-6 win.
The Toronto Argonauts re-construction of the franchise continued today, the Argo's completed a deal with the BC Lions.
Toronto picked up Whitby, Ontario native linebacker Jason Pottinger for a fourth round draft pick in the upcoming CFL draft.
Curt Schilling twatted his way to retirement.
Schilling posted that he had decided to retire on his Internet blog this past weekend ending a historic 23 year career.
The Toronto Maple Leafs will be back in action tomorrow night when they host Alex Ovenchkin and the Washington Capitals.
Sports Every 30 minutes here on CSM Sports Radio....
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
March17-update
Hi I'm Andrew Zwarych and this is a CSM Sports Update...
The Toronto Raptors were in Charlotte taking on the Bobcats.
The Raps were coming off a big win Sunday afternoon but were unable to win back to back, falling to the Bobcats 112-86.
Gerald Wallace led the way for Charlotte with 25 points, in a big win for the Cats in an effort to make the post season.
D.J. Augustin added 15 points for the Bobcats, who moved within one game of both idle Milwaukee and Chicago in a crowded battle for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Chris Bosh led the way for the Raps with 18 points and 14 boards.
Toronto's saviour from Sunday Pops Mensah-Bonsu only drained 8 points and had 7 assists.
The Raps are off until Friday when they host the Bobcats at the ACC.
The Atlanta Thrashers picked up their sixth straight win for the first time in the franchise's history.
Kari Lehtonen had a career high 49 saves in the 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals.
Colby Armstrong, Vyacheslav Koslov, Anssi Salmela, Tobias Enstrom and Eric Perrin potted Atlanta's marks.
Eric Fehr had the Caps lone goal.
Alex Ovenchkin had ten shots on goal but wasn't able to register his lead leaguing 50th goal of the year.
The Nashville Predators squeaked by the LA Kings with a 4-3 win.
Michael Handzus potted a goal and an assist in the win.
Frederich Cepeda drove in four runs to lead Cuba to a 7-4 win over Mexico at the World Baseball Classic.
Cuba advances with the win and will play the loser of the Japan South Korea game.
Formula One has decided to change its format in announcing its champion.
Right now the championship is awarded to the racer with the most points at seasons end.
The new rule will award the racer who has won the most races by years end.
Sweden's Therese Alshammar broke her own 50-metre butterfly world record at the Australian swimming trials Tuesday.
But the Swede has been disqualified by Swimming Australia for wearing two swimsuits.
FINA which is Australia's swimming governing body stated that new rules were put in place this past weekend, which resulted in the swimmer being disqualified.
Tiger Woods and his Lake Isleworth teammates took a 6-4 lead over Lake Nona on Monday after the first day of the Tavistock Cup.
Sports Every 30 Minutes here on CSM Sports Radio...
The Toronto Raptors were in Charlotte taking on the Bobcats.
The Raps were coming off a big win Sunday afternoon but were unable to win back to back, falling to the Bobcats 112-86.
Gerald Wallace led the way for Charlotte with 25 points, in a big win for the Cats in an effort to make the post season.
D.J. Augustin added 15 points for the Bobcats, who moved within one game of both idle Milwaukee and Chicago in a crowded battle for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Chris Bosh led the way for the Raps with 18 points and 14 boards.
Toronto's saviour from Sunday Pops Mensah-Bonsu only drained 8 points and had 7 assists.
The Raps are off until Friday when they host the Bobcats at the ACC.
The Atlanta Thrashers picked up their sixth straight win for the first time in the franchise's history.
Kari Lehtonen had a career high 49 saves in the 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals.
Colby Armstrong, Vyacheslav Koslov, Anssi Salmela, Tobias Enstrom and Eric Perrin potted Atlanta's marks.
Eric Fehr had the Caps lone goal.
Alex Ovenchkin had ten shots on goal but wasn't able to register his lead leaguing 50th goal of the year.
The Nashville Predators squeaked by the LA Kings with a 4-3 win.
Michael Handzus potted a goal and an assist in the win.
Frederich Cepeda drove in four runs to lead Cuba to a 7-4 win over Mexico at the World Baseball Classic.
Cuba advances with the win and will play the loser of the Japan South Korea game.
Formula One has decided to change its format in announcing its champion.
Right now the championship is awarded to the racer with the most points at seasons end.
The new rule will award the racer who has won the most races by years end.
Sweden's Therese Alshammar broke her own 50-metre butterfly world record at the Australian swimming trials Tuesday.
But the Swede has been disqualified by Swimming Australia for wearing two swimsuits.
FINA which is Australia's swimming governing body stated that new rules were put in place this past weekend, which resulted in the swimmer being disqualified.
Tiger Woods and his Lake Isleworth teammates took a 6-4 lead over Lake Nona on Monday after the first day of the Tavistock Cup.
Sports Every 30 Minutes here on CSM Sports Radio...
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