Saturday, April 15, 2017

Bring on TV Sports!

In springtime, it's always a sports fan's dream.
With all the extra TV Sports channels, we can catch events from around the globe, and never have to ask: 'Will that game be in TV?'
A few weeks ago, Canada was enveloped by curling. 'The Brier' featured week-long coverage on TSN.
The Brad Gushue rink from Newfoundland and Labrador, captured the event -- undefeated -- and went on to win the 'The Worlds' -- again, undefeated! TSN provided extensive coverage.
In the U-S, it was all 'March Madness,' when all 66 American college basketball games were on TV, often available from four different venues at the same time.
The championship winner was the University of South Carolina.
Sergio Garcia won the Masters last weekend on the first hole of a playoff, on his 19th attempt.
BTW - We don't watch much golf in this household, but, a few years ago, we started watching the back nine on Sunday in the Masters. Again this year, the golf shots -- and the coverage by CBS -- were both excellent!
Over in Britain, the BBC World TV service provided live coverage of the famous Oxford-Cambridge boat race. Great weather, great race, Great coverage. The women's and men's teams split victories.
Their soccer -- say, 'football' -- Premier League, national and international tournaments each show exciting matches several trimes each week.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs -- Canada's greaqtest event -- began this past week, with coverage of ALL games in ALL series available on Rogers SportsNet and CBC.
They go on each night until early or mid June!
In junior hockey, they are also in early series for Memorial Cup, locally, featuring Québec League teams from Charlottetown and Cape Breton.
While the major league baseball season began a couple of weeks ago, the Toronto Blue Jays have posted their worst ever opening record, notably with little run production. (Their pitching has been excellent, but they can't score any runs.)
In a week or so, the N-B-A Playoffs begin, with the Toronto Raptors meeting Milwaukee Bucks. (Pro basketball doesn't usually hold my interest unless the raptors or the Boston Celtics are doing well.)
We watch tennis only on the two weekends when they play at the U-S National Tennis Hall of Fame, in Newport, Rhode Island.
(Classic tennis: wearing whites, few hundred fans, outdoors, on grass. Great dining room!)
Next month,
-- on the 6th, we'll catch the 'two minutes'; of the Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in the 'triple crown' of thoroughbred racing on NBC, and
-- on the 28th, we can watch an auto racing tripleheader: the Formula 1 'Grand Prix of Monaco,' in the morning, the 'Indy 500' in the afternoon, and the NASCAR 'Coca-Cola 600,' starting around suppertime. All three events are presented on TSN.
Now, Dear Reader, all I have to do is find the TV remote!

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