Marvin's Room video

Drake drops the video for Marvin's Room, his first single off of the upcoming album Take Care.

Bomb video.

TFC finally make some good signings...

TFC has announced the signings of former German international Torsten Frings and Dutch forward Danny Koevermans. Both players will be measured as TFC's designated salary players in the MLS.

Its without a doubt that Frings will be coming in to lead the squad after being a part of 2 successful World Cup's and 2 European Championships with Germany. This leaves questions surrounding Julian De Guzman's future as he is beginning to fall out of favour in Aron Winter's system.

Throw the arm band on Frings.

Burke to go after Richards... Maybe Stamkos?

GM Brian Burke will have a few decisions to make approaching Friday's free agent "frenzy". Qualifying offers have been made to restricted free agent's; MacArthur, Schenn and Bozak before the July 1st deadline. This leaves Burke with ample cap space to successfully pull off either a trade or free agent signing to fill the void for a top line centre.

We all know the Leafs will be in the running for 31 year old Brad Richards but it is unlikely that Burke will want to sign him to a ridiculous 8-10 year contract. The Leafs and Rangers are set to invest around $6.5 million a year for the star centre but other teams are sure to bid higher.

Stamkos may be the most intriguing story of this year's free agent class as it is unclear if the Tampa will be his home next year. The Lightning have small market money and want Stamkos to take a pay cut... usually when players take pay cuts, the team uses the excess money on other players to build around the star player. The Lightning won't be at the salary cup maximum for a while... Leading to rumours of other teams looking to sign the restricted free agent to an offer sheet.

Doubt Burke will stoop to Kevin Lowe's level after the whole Penner situation..."gutless"
But would love for the Leafs to drop an offer sheet on Stamkos...

The new van der Sar

United's search for the perfect replacement for their retiring keeper Edwin van der Sar is finally over. Atletico Madrid's David de Gea has long been expected to complete the Old Trafford move after the conclusion of his successful European Under-21 Championship campaign with Spain. His services reportedly cost Sir Alex about £18 million. 

Upon completing his medical in Manchester, it is apparent that he will be dubbed the "new van der Sar" by United supporters because of their similar physical features and style of play. 

The 20 year old straight up looks like van der Sar's son!

Could go down as the best sports movie ever...

Michael Lewis' Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game is one of the greatest sports biographies one can ever read. The book outlines the success of baseball cult hero Billy Beane and how he revolutionized the game of baseball, to allow low budget teams to succeed in a anti salary cap league.

Director, Bennett Miller collaborates with writers Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian to field an all star cast of; Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The film hits theatres September 23rd, just before October baseball in the MLB playoffs begins! Will be there opening day...

The Weeknd- Trust Issues Remix

The Weeknd's latest track is his version of Drake's Trust Issues. Don't get me wrong I like Drake's version, but The Weeknd tears this beat up (no surprise...). The Weeknd is one of Drake's featured guests at this years OVO Fest in T.O, July 31st. http://the-weekndxo.tumblr.com/

Thursday can't come soon enough...

Leafs draft Biggs and Percy

The Leafs traded their 30th and 39th pick to Anaheim in exchange for the 22nd pick in the 2011 draft. There was no surprise when Burke chose the captain of the U18 U.S National team, power forward Tyler Biggs with the 22nd pick. Drawing comparisons to Colby Armstrong and Milan Lucic, Biggs undoubtably fits Burkes team idea of testosterone and truculence. (Biggs grew up a Leaf Fan)

With the 25th pick the Leafs took Oakville' Stuart Percy, who is described as a low maintenance, puck moving D-man. Playing under Dave Cameron, Percy enjoyed a solid Memorial Cup run with the St. Michael's Majors. Percy put up 4 goals and 33 points in his first OHL season. (Also grew up a Leaf fan)

Leaf fans should be moderately happy with the draft, but will be wondering when and how Burke is going to fill the void at centre. Don't think Brad Richards wants to be in Toronto, heating up the "Toronto trade rumours"...

SBTRKT: Wildfire

Dope video, even better song...

Check the Drizzy remix- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIluOj-yoeI

Kaberle deal looks even better with arrival of Liles

On Feb 18, 2011, the Leafs acquired a 1st round pick, prospect Joe Colborne and a conditional 2nd round pick from the Bruins in exchange for veteran D-man Kaberle. The condition of that pick was if the Bruins either re-signed Kaberle or the made it to the cup finals.

The Leafs were then able to parley that conditional 2nd round pick into a deal with Colorado for offensive D-man John-Michael Liles. 

The Kaberle deal looks even better now when you consider he was essentially traded for John-Michael Liles, prospect Joe Colborne and a 1st rounder.

Big surprise Raps draft international...

The Raps used their 5th overall pick in this year's draft on Lithuanian centre Jonas Valanciunas. In a draft that is being dubbed as the "International Draft", 4 international players have been taken in the top 7; Kanter, Valanciunas, Vesely and Biyombo.

Bargnani, Calderon, Kleiza, Barbosa, Garbajosa, Ukic, Delfino, Nesterovic, Turkoglu... It's no surprise that the Raps went the international route. Let's just hope Brandon Knight and Kemba Walker are NBA flops or else Colangelo and his international lover Maurizio Gherardini might be looking for work in the Euro League.

Props to Toronto native Tristan Thompson going number 4 overall! Wish that Cleveland took this Lithuanian giant instead so Thompson could be in a Raps jersey...

Richards dealt to Kings

Thursday afternoon, the Flyers dealt their captain Mike Richards to the Kings in exchange for Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds as well as an undisclosed draft pick. This news came shortly after the Flyers dealt away star centre Jeff Carter in exchange for Jakub Voracek, a 1st rounder and a 3rd rounder and then signed Ilya Bryzgalov to a 9 year $51 million contract. I guess a series of playoff disappointments has made summer cleaning evident.

It's apparent that GM Paul Holmgren had enough of the dressing room banter and found a way out of the long term contracts of Richards and Carter (9 and 11 years respectively). They now have a legit tender locked up and added youngsters Schenn, Simmonds and Voracek to a young nucleus of players (Giroux, and van Riemsdyk).

Pissed Schenn didn't make his way to T.O though...

Bruins bar tab

Say word some of the Bruins players racked up a $156,679.74 bill at the Foxwood's Casino bar to celebrate their victory over the Canucks. Like Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, they celebrated their game 7 win with a $100,000 bottle of Ace of Spades "Midas" champagne. 

Excessive? Naaaaa

The Weeknd- Polaris underdog...

The list of nominees for the 6th annual independent Canadian music award ranges from Arcade Fire and Neil Young to The Weeknd and PS I Love you. The Polaris Prize rewards the best Canadian album, with the judging based solely on artistic merit. I know The Weeknd's House of Balloons is a long shot but don't be surprised the mixtape cracks the top ten out of 40 bands and artists.

The winner receives a $30,000 first prize... Despite how much I love them- after the year Arcade Fire just had, I don't think they really need the loot...

Check out The Weeknd's latest track of his upcoming mixtape Thursday...

Young deal imminent at United

Today, Ashley Young was in Manchester to complete a medical and finalize his United move. Young has agreed to personal terms and if everything goes according to plan, an official announcement could take place on Thursday. United will not release the transfer value but it is thought to be around £16m. The England international is also said to have chosen the champions over Liverpool. This news means that Portuguese international Nani should be on his way out of Old Trafford...

Hopefully Sir Alex can work some magic and land some creativity down the centre midfield... Samir Nasri? Wesley Sneijder? 

Trust Issues

Despite the fact that the first minute and a half of this song is just the hook from the current single Im on One, the track's still nasty. If you were hoping for something other than the R&B Drake than this track may disappoint as he gives us yet another taste of his next album Take Care. 

It seems like Frank Ocean and The Weeknd are rubbing off on everyone...

Can the Raps draft smart?

Approaching Thursday night's draft, the raptors have plenty of candidates to choose from with their 5th overall pick. Some of those candidates include; center Jonas Valanciunas from Lietuvos Rytas, center Enes Kanter from Turkey, forward Jan Vesely of KK Partizan Belgrade, Kentucky freshman point guard Brandon Knight, Connecticut junior point guard Kemba Walker, San Diego State sophomore small forward Kawhi Leonard.

Frankly, the Raps can use help anywhere and not just at centre, so for the love of the game just please don't draft soft and "European". Do us all a favour and draft either Brandon Knight, Kawhi Leonard or Kemba Walker and develop a more athletic/tenacious team to build around guys like DeRozan, Davis and I guess Andrea Bargnani (Hope for a Bargnani trade).

Keep your eyes pealed for the two Canadians in the draft as well; Texas' Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph!

Worst city in sports... Toronto?

In a recent ESPN survey, Toronto was ranked as the worst sports city in North America. The leafs were ranked as the worst NHL franchise, the Raptors ranked as the third worst NBA franchise and the Blue Jays were ranked as the fourth worst MLB franchise.

At first glance that might seem a little bit harsh but consider the following:
-The last time the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley cup was my mother was ten year old (I'm 21)
-In 09/10 the average ticket for a Leafs game was $114 compared to the second highest average of $72 (Montreal) and the lowest average of $35 (Dallas and Tampa)
-In the short and embarrassing history of the Toronto Raptors all we have to show are a series of playoff disappointments and two pampered stars who left our city in disarray.
-TFC has arguably the best fan base in the MLS and have yet to make a playoff appearance

It can't just be the poor climate and stereotype of an igloo that keeps players from wanting to either come or stay in Toronto. As of 2008, MLSE was valued at $1.2 billion. Hopefully someone buys the shares of the Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan and beat the shit out of Larry Tanenbaum and Richard Peddie.

Someone needs to save sports in Toronto...

J.Cole drops Work Out

ROC's J.Cole drops the first track Work Out off his yet-to-be-titled debut album coming sometime this fall. J.Cole describes his new album as "really heavy- heavy in a good way" in a Billboard interview. Jay Z is apparently making an appearance on the album but the track has yet to be confirmed. If you haven't already- check out his mixtapes; The Come Up, The Warm Up, and Friday Night Lights. 

MAD RESPECT for a dude who graduated from St John's University on an academic scholarship and practically forced Jay Z to sign him. Apparently, J. Cole waited outside of Jay Z's place of work for hours to give him a sample. Soon after, he got a text at work from Jay Z's people and he was on his way to being signed by ROC. 

Dudes nasty!

Frank Ocean's Novacane Video

Odd Future's Frank Ocean drops a video for arguably his best track off of Nostalgia, Ultra. This EP has finally made it socially acceptable again for dudes to cruise around bumping R&B; turning heads for a good reason.

Keep your eyes pealed for a Frank Ocean appearance on Kanye and Jay Z's collaborative album Watch the Thrown. Word to Frank.