Author Archives: Fred Wallace

Back in June, the Tampa Bay Rays of the American League received permission from Major League Baseball to explore the possibility of playing early-season games at Tampa Bay, but then finishing the rem...

Before I left Las Vegas this year, I made 2 hockey bets at The Flamingo before boarding the plane. With just 8 teams remaining in the Stanley Cup playdowns at the moment of the wager, I figured Boston...

I found the Championship Series in both the National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association to be an interesting study in the value and impact of coaches. Let’s start in basketbal...

I once saw a great sports documentary called ” Catching Hell “ The premise for the video was ” scapegoating “, looking for people to blame and the primary focus was on Steve Ba...

I was talking last week about ” Blue Monday ” which climaxed on October 19, 1981 when LA Dodgers outfielder Rick Monday broke the hearts of the Expos, the city of Montreal and essentially ...

Don’t let me kid you and give you the impression that my Las Vegas junkets with Puppy White Tours are non-stop events filled with sports betting and rolling the dice at the Craps Table. Truthful...

The sport of lacrosse has been played at almost every level through the years in the city of Owen Sound. The lone exception, I’d think is the Junior A category. Currently, Owen Sound fields both...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. A couple of notes today before we grind out ANOTHER CFOS-Hanover Holidays vacation through the province of Quebec. First, Owen Sound Grey Mo...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. It was a pretty good weekend for Canadian sports news. The country-wide headline was that Bianca Andreescu won the Rogers Cup of Women’...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. A very successful Softball Canada event concluded yesterday at Duncan McLellan Park in Owen Sound as the Shallow Lake Sting took the Under 1...