Premier Dalton McGuinty threw the proverbial sucker punch to Mixed Martial Arts fans once again this week.

 

On Tuesday, McGuinty was asked whether he plans to sanction the sport in Ontario.  He reiterated his previous statements and said that changing the rules in the province isn't on his list of priorites.

 

When pressed by reporters, the premier replied: "In ultimate fighting, you can tap out."

"I'm tapping out on this," he said.

 

Anyone who watches the UFC will be able to tell you that tapping out means you lose the fight.  Yet for whatever reason, Dalton McGuinty isn't willing to accept defeat on this issue -- at least not yet.

 

Big picture McGuinty's current stance isn't devestating news.  Even your most hardcore UFC fan would admit the provincial government has much, much bigger issues to deal with at the moment.

 

But the sport is wildly popular in Ontario (and North America for that ...

After all the medals have been handed out at the Vancouver Olympics, Canadians need to band together for a different cause.  It appears we need to come up with a series of new words and phrases that define us as "Canadian".

 

Rick Reilly, one of the top columnists for ESPN, recently wrote about the Vancouver games and more specifically, Canada.  Reilly's inbox filled up with angry responses from Canadians, so he wrote a second Canadian column (I'll spare you a Reilly-esque double-double joke) to make amends.

 

If you didn't read the columns from top to bottom allow me to summarize:  In the life of Reilly, Canadians say "eh" a lot, we're on the lookout for moose, and we love our maple syrup and bacon.  Anyone else get the feeling the exact same "jokes" were written by some columnist over 20 years ago during the Calgary winter games?

 

I thought these ...

Penny Lane literal video.  Considered blasphemy in some circles to poke fun at the Beatles but this is too good to pass up.  'Random cop.'

 

Chicks before Sticks this Olympics for NBC, according to The Globe And Mail.  Hockey simply not a big time sport or more proof the NBC execs. are morons?

Zach Galifianakis in the audience of "Ellen"