Nathan Sager

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Laurier looks like a Laval slayer in the Vanier Cup, but remember, it's Laval.

Nov 17, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

When Laurier keeps Taylor Elgersma upright and performs certain other football tasks, they resemble other Ontario football teams that have taken down Laval with style, over the years. The Vanier Cup got the anticipated Ontario-Québec matchup, and it is in Kingston, Ont., a rough midpoint between the two competing schools. We will see whether Laurier’s touchdown thresher is built to slay Laval.
Dodgers over Doofus Culture, 4-1 | Way Late World Series wrap-up

Nov 12, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

At least baseball stood up for norms when the L.A. Dodgers’ Mookie Betts was assaulted by Yankees fans during the World Series. It said, No, this is not something the media ecosystem can turn into humor so a person can have their five minutes of Internet fame.
Schadenfreude in Double Blue | GRUFF, Vol. 4.

Nov 10, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

(CW/TW: This does contain a discussion of workplace bullying and sexual harassment.)None of the principal figures on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers — quarterback Zach Collaros, head coach Michael O’Shea, and key national starters such as cornerback Tyrell Ford — have publicly damaged the league’s integrity. That makes them the Grey Cup sentimental favourite. Hearing “integrity” in the context of the CFL and a Grey Cup that involves the Toronto Argonauts should tip the angle of this coverage.
Kurtis Rourke, 9-win Indiana & Football Influencers | GRUFF, Vol. 3A

Nov 4, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Section 3, Row 30 in the south end zone was opposite where nine-win Indiana and Kurtis Rourke found close to peak form. That worked out well since I am a nerd who goes to football games with a pair of binoculars. When you get end-zone seats in a goals-based sport, you joke about that. Pay XX dollars for a ticket and, sure enough, all the goals, touchdowns, or emphatic dunks happen at the far end, and then bupkes when the teams change directions.
An 'Iron Mike' trivia contest, Cito Gaston-Joe Carter Day, and a 'Killer' punchline

Oct 23, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

Knowing a Hockey Person is knowing they relish a chance to get out to a ballgame. The spirit of that is why the summertime NHL draft should always sync with the nearest MLB team being in town. Why is that? It will come back around at the end. First, a bit of KBO related to October baseball and SportsLit. You can win a copy of the memoir from championship hockey coach Mike Keenan. The Stanley Cup-winning Keenan is the most recent guest on SportsLit.
Laurier rallying the kinfolk, CFP-arty crashers, and GRUFF insights, Vol. 1.

Oct 20, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

If symbolism has any hope left, the Michael Faulds-guided Laurier Golden Hawks will need to drive north for a Vanier Cup victory in 4½ weeks’ time. As in the north end zone at Richardson Stadium in Kingston. That end zone of the Queen’s Golden Gaels and Michael Faulds got well-acquainted during his early coaching career at Laurier and in his days as a record-setting, universally respected quarterback for another purple-hued Canadian football team that is based in London, Otnario.
MLB is having a 'dream postseason' amid harsh climate reality; time for a weird flex

Oct 17, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

MLB is having a 'dream postseason' amid harsh climate reality; time for a weird flex Baseball needs some formatting that (i) reduces how many games teams fly to outside their time zone (ii) addresses the competitive imb…By Nathan Sager
The simple MLB playoff plan that might have been | The Notional League

Oct 10, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

Writin’ exercise: takes an idea someone threw out there, for this athletics supporter to be served back into the universe. For all of it, click the headline. ‘Baseball should at most have six teams in the playoffs.’For fun’s sake, imagine it coming from Dave Rose, Happy Endings’ resident go-to idea man, and a Chicago Cubs fan. It applies to this playoff season in Major League Baseball.
Up and Åtta | MLB playoffs, sentimental hygiene, and it may be the Padres' time

Oct 8, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | D.J. Byrnes |Nathan Sager

In response to: all four MLB regional finals being level at 1-1; the Mets just went up 2-1 on the Phillies. You might call ’em the best-of-five Division Series round, but this is more fun. Click the headline to read it all!If you have ever tried to create a Dollarama sports psychology course, Manny Machado pulling the Padres in close on Oct. 6 reads very clearly. It is the point where getting the W was not enough. It was time to kick some Dodger Blue arse.
Mike Keenan, 'Iron Mike: My Life Behind the Bench' | SportsLit S8E15

Oct 3, 2024 | n8sager.substack.com | Nathan Sager

Host-executive producer: Neil Acharya; tech’l producer: Michael Ella; cocreator: Nathan Sager. Guest: Mike Keenan, Iron Mike: My Life Behind The Bench (with Scott Morrison, Penguin Random House Canada, October 2024) Topics: Hockey, Coaching, Cross-sports theory, modern NHL history more info: sportslit.ca. Mike Keenan is checking — confessing to — his blind spots before he gets on the I-75. I is for Iron Mike; 75 for the milestone birthday the championship coach will mark in October.