Over the 16 days of Pan AM Games, over photographer Kevin Gamble shot over 20 events around the Toronto area and took just over 10,000 photos. Here are some of his favourites from Toronto 2015. READ MORE
Author: taketheleap
A New Year, A New Design
For some of the regular readers, you may have found the site a bit jarring this morning: we have launched Last Word On Sports, 2.0 (although, truth be told, it’s actually around 4.0 or 5.0, but we don’t talk about those early designs… ever.). Our new web design and layout has been built with our […] READ MORE
The NHL Lockout: A Rant From A Former Fan
I love hockey. Like most Canadians, I have spent my share of Saturday nights watching Hockey Night in Canada, having a pint with friends in the playoffs and being crushed when my team is beaten out of the playoffs. The majority of my winter revolves around my favourite winter sport, from October to May. For […] READ MORE
A Guide To March Madness
When my wife and I first started dating, I warned her up front: for all of March, I become a crazy sports lunatic – more so than usual – and can not be disturbed every week through Thursday – Sunday. I have since dragged her into my little world of crazy – she is an […] READ MORE
Conference Tournament Preview
At the beginning of January, I tried to project the 68-team field for March Madness. As a part of this projection, I threw out my picks for the winner of the conference tournaments, which are set to get under way this week, starting with the Big South, Horizon, Atlantic Sun, Ohio Valley, Patriot and West […] READ MORE
Rivalry Week Review
Austin Rivers forever etched his name on the UNC-Duke rivalry by hitting a game-winning, buzzer-beating three at Chapel Hill. (courtesy, ESPN) Here are your Points of Interest from this past week: With their emphatic 78-58 slaughtering of #8 Florida on Tuesday night, the undisputed #1 team in the country is Kentucky. The Wildcats are simply […] READ MORE
Miami Drops Duke; Top 7 Hold Ground, Leading Up To Rivalry Week
Here are your (lengthy) Points of Interest from the last week in college basketball: Formerly-ranked Illinois knocked off #9 Michigan State on Tuesday night, 42-41. MSU drops out of the Top 10 to #11 with the loss. In one of ten games that pitted ranked teams against each other this week, #23 Michigan knocked off […] READ MORE
A Week of Upsets
The Iowa State Cyclones beating #5 Kansas were just one of the crazy upsets this past week. Well now, that was an interesting week. Let’s just get right to it and our Points of Interest from the past week: Connecticut (was #24) lost their third straight to unranked Notre Dame, Sunday afternoon, 50-48. The loss […] READ MORE
Undefeated Syracuse Falls to Notre Dame; Week in Review
I just had to say it, didn’t I? This past Wednesday, I wrote this: “With the matchups [Syracuse and Murray State] have this week, both are expected to carry that perfect record into next week.” Just had to say it. In a complete domination of a game, the Fighting Irish ended Syracuse’s bid for a […] READ MORE
Week in Review – January 18, 2012
A note to the change in format of the NCAA Basketball column: the weekly update will come on Mondays, with other columns thrown in-between these. Check back every Monday at 4PM for the latest weekly update. Follow our NCAA Basketball writer: @kevingamble, and don’t forget to follow our other writers as well. The past week […] READ MORE
