Scott Stinson

LATEST STORIES BY SCOTT STINSON

STINSON: Premier League's new COVID woes sounding early alarm for NHL, NBA

Europe has been an early-warning signal to us on the realities of the coronavirus since last spring.

January 6, 2021 Soccer

Manchester City's French defender Benjamin Mendy had a New Year's Eve party.

Eagles tanking wasn't that surprising given what else happen this NFL season

When Al Michaels writes his next book, I will buy it and skip right to the part where he explains what happened in the second half of the Sunday Night Football season finale of 2020.

January 4, 2021 NFL

Eagles quarterback Nate Sudfeld gets taken down by Washington’s Montez Sweat on Sunday night.

STINSON: Eagles tanking debacle was fitting end to NFL season

When Al Michaels writes his next book, I will buy it and skip right to the part where he explains what happened in the second half of the Sunday Night Football season finale of 2020.

January 4, 2021 Football

Washington Football Team defensive end Montez Sweat sacks Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nate Sudfeld.

Kyle Lowry is our Sportsperson of the Year

Anyone drawing up a list of signature Kyle Lowry moments would not have a difficult time figuring out the top of it.

January 1, 2021 Toronto Raptors

Kyle Lowry of the Raptors looks on before Game 3 of Toronto's first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in August.

Kyle Lowry is our Sportsperson of the Year

Anyone drawing up a list of signature Kyle Lowry moments would not have a difficult time figuring out the top of it.

January 1, 2021 Toronto Raptors

STINSON: Bills and Browns both good? Yes, it's true

Had you asked, at pretty much any time over the past two decades, what it would take for the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns to make the playoffs in the same NFL season, the answer would have been easy: An apocalypse.

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December 8, 2020 Football

Quarterback Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills reacts to a first down during the second quarter of a game against the San Francisco 49ers at State Farm Stadium on Dec. 7, 2020 in Glendale, Ariz..

STINSON: What if Kawhi had missed The Shot in 2019?

In this world in which reality feels like it has been turned on its head, imagine, for a moment, an alternate timeline.

December 3, 2020 Toronto Raptors

In an alternate ending to the 2019 NBA playoffs suggested by columnist Scott Stinson, Kawhi Leonard of the Raptors is consoled by Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers after Toronto was knocked out in the second round.

STINSON: Apparently, the NFL's show must go on, so buckle up

There has always been a weird disconnect between the National Football League’s puffed-out self-importance and the way it conducts its games.

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December 1, 2020 Football

Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan (lef) sacks Broncos quarterback Kendall Hinton this past Sunday in Denver. Hinton, a wide receiver, was thrust into duty after all four of the Broncos’ QBs were placed in COVID quarantine.

STINSON: A new stadium for Toronto? Just don't let the taxpayers be seduced to pay for it

Sports stadiums are a terrible investment. They sit idle for much of the time, they can take up a huge footprint on valuable land, and it costs a fortune to build the thing up front.

November 28, 2020 Toronto Blue Jays

The Rogers Centre, outdated almost as soon as it opened back in 1989, could be torn down and then replaced by a redevelopment project that includes a new ball field, according to a published report yesterday.

STINSON: Single-game betting in Canada would turn on the wagering taps ... at last!

News from Ottawa that the federal government will soon liberate Canada’s sports bettors will be met in many quarters with a simple two-word response: About time. Attempts to change the wording in the Criminal Code that prohibits the taking of a bet on a single event — while allowing the multi-bet parlays offered by provincial lottery companies — go back more than a decade and got as far as the Senate five years ago. The United States dropped its gambling ban in 2018, and more than 20 states have legalized betting and taken in hundreds of millions in new revenue.

November 27, 2020 Sports Picks

Burnley (left) and Wolverhampton Wanderers are two of the many English Premier League teams to sport the sponsorship names of betting companies on their jerseys, helping turn gambling on soccer games in the U.K. into big business.

Scott Stinson

LATEST STORIES BY SCOTT STINSON

STINSON: Premier League's new COVID woes sounding early alarm for NHL, NBA

Eagles tanking wasn't that surprising given what else happen this NFL season

STINSON: Eagles tanking debacle was fitting end to NFL season

Kyle Lowry is our Sportsperson of the Year

Kyle Lowry is our Sportsperson of the Year

STINSON: Bills and Browns both good? Yes, it's true

STINSON: What if Kawhi had missed The Shot in 2019?

STINSON: Apparently, the NFL's show must go on, so buckle up

STINSON: A new stadium for Toronto? Just don't let the taxpayers be seduced to pay for it

STINSON: Single-game betting in Canada would turn on the wagering taps ... at last!

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