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Archive for November, 2006

Malajube

In 1988, Mitsou’s “Bye-Bye Mon Cowboy” raised more than a few eyebrows in English Canada. But since the pouting starlet herself started singing in English, little of Quebec’s Francophone pop – apart from a smattering of Roch Voisine and a few throwaway lines from Bran Van 3000 – has crossed the province’s border.

T.J. Ford

It’s the first game of the Toronto Raptors’ season, and New Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd is dribbling the ball down the court, marshalling his charges for an assault on the Raptors’ basket Out of nowhere, his opposing number, T.J. Ford, brazenly rips the ball out of his hands and starts racing down the court The referee’s whistle blows.