• Review: Vancouver's free FIFA Fan Festival kicks off with a full-on Mexican fiesta

    Review: Vancouver's free FIFA Fan Festival kicks off with a full-on Mexican fiesta
    The first day of the 2026 FIFA Fan Festival will go down as a full-on fiesta. A sunlit, super fun one.After Mexico’s win over the South African side in the opening game of this year’s World Cup, the crowd at the Freedom Mobile Arch started to celebrate. When Vancouver’s crack act Mariachi Los Dorados took to the stage, it played a set of singalong favourites so familiar to the crowd that they must be imprinted on their DNA.There couldn’t have been a better choice of band
  • Pascal Vincent: “When I left Columbus, I started questioning my life choices”

    Pascal Vincent: “When I left Columbus, I started questioning my life choices”
    Pascal Vincent served as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2023–2024 season. And it didn't go well.
    As you may recall, he was brought in to replace Mike Babcock following the scandal that resulted in the veteran not coaching a single game in Ohio.
    Vincent didn't have time to settle in properly and lost his job in 2024.
    By his own admission, everything that could go wrong did go wrong. It was a very difficult year, and it even led him to question his life choices once he le
  • Brian Cashman should apologize to Aroldis Chapman before signing him

    Brian Cashman should apologize to Aroldis Chapman before signing him
    Aroldis Chapman is likely to be on the move by August 3. After all, the Red Sox aren't going anywhere, and he's a great player.
    Chapman, who is making $13.3 million this year and has a potential option for 2027 based on innings pitched and his health, will be in high demand.
    Since the player has no say in the matter, he'll simply have to report to whichever team secures his services.
    I'm speaking in the future tense rather than the conditional because I believe, barring an injury, that seeing hi