Scotch Sporting’s Year in Review
Listen to our year in Review Podcast HERE and check out below for our highlights of 2015
JANUARY
Never have we cared more about one man and his less than ample balls than in January of 2015. We found out that Tom Brady kinda, sorta, maybe, knew, or had general knowledge, that at some point, maybe a trainer deflated footballs just slightly before the AFC championship game.
What made this story believable was the fact the Patriots have been known for kinda, sorta bending the rules in the past so deflating footballs, and thus making them easier to grip, doesn’t seem to outside of the realm of possibility. The NFL fan collective seems willing to believe just about anything against the perceived evil Empire Patriots. Belichick was actually responsible for the Irish potato famine? Makes sense…
FEBRURARY
February is unquestionably the sh*ttiest month. You’ve realized how much weight you actually gained from Christmas, there are no long weekends to look forward to and you remember you live in Canada and have 2 more months of this bullsh*t weather. Then in 2015, it was made worse by Superbowl 49. Much like February as a whole, this game will be remembered for failure. Instead of being remembered for the insane catch made by Seattle Seahawk’s Jermaine Kearse (which did happen) and then a rush to the endzone by Marhsawn Lynch (which didn’t happen) it will instead be remembered for a last second interception, to hand the New England Patriots their 4th championship since 2001.
MARCH
Because this list needs some Canadian Content, March saw us saying goodbye to Canadian sports legend Steve Nash. Well, we said goobye to his NBA career. He’s still happily living in Victoria BC. After 19 season Nash retired as the greatest Canadian to ever play the game. The 8 time all star joins an illustrious list of great players to never win a championship
APRIL
Though he still shouldn’t take off his hat, Jordan Spieth had a hell of a 2015. His season was highlighted by his Masters win on April 12th, capturing the Green Jacket after Mr. Paulina Gretzky blew his lead just like the lines of coke he did the night before. Spieth became the world #1 and began a new era of young unattractive golfers with disproportionality hot wives (seriously, the gap is bigger than any other sport. See here and here for just two examples)
MAY
Ah May. Where Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, FDR is elected president and Al Capone resigns supreme on the stree-. Wait a minute… this isn’t the 1930’s….
Coming easily 82 years late, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally meet in what was dubbed as the “Fight of the (20th) Century”. Though the fight raked in huge Pay Per View money, it is widely considered a dud, with Mayweather using defense to thwart an aging Pacquiao. At least the fight was able to make the humble and kind hearted Floyd a richer man
JUNE
June was a month of cementing reputations. It saw the establishment of a hockey dynasty with the Chicago Blackhawks winning their 3rd championship in 6 years. June also saw Carey Price winning every single award possible, including a Peabody and a Best Supporting Actor Tony award as he confirmed his reputation as the greatest goalie currently playing. June also saw the Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in game 7 of the NBA finals, becoming the first pure jump shooting team that’s won it in years.
JULY
The PanAm games happened. We think…? There were lots of people in the city for a bit…
The Toronto Blue Jays also had the most active trade deadline in recent memory, with Alex Anthopoulos betting the farm to make a bid for the playoffs. The Jays trade for Troy Tulowitzki, David Price and Ben Revere. Though David Price is now dead to us.
AUGUST
After Roger Goodell inexplicably fighting super SUPER hard, Tom Brady had his 4 game suspension for his involvement in deflate gate overturned. This happened because it couldn’t be a) proven beyond reasonable doubt what he know about the scandal in advance and b) the initial 4 game suspension was without precedent based on his alleged crimes.
As some extra reading, Here’s a great article about the morality of the NFL and people who were allowed to continue playing in the NFL despite of domestic abuse allegations, drug charges and if we’re getting technical “killing people”
SEPTEMBER
Is there any other human being, male or female, who has been as dominant in their sport as Serena Williams has been for the last decade? Despite losing her bid for a Grad Slam in the Semi Finals of the US open, she will still finish the year with 21 career Slam titles and was selected as Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year (the first woman solo honored since 1983). So lets stop focusing on how she looks in eveningwear? (although for the record, the answer is F*&^ing SICK)
OCTOBER
Thats all
NOVEMBER
Speaking of Burning our Bra’s, 2015 saw the rise of Ronda Rousey. She became the rare female athlete to be just as popular, if not more so, with men than women and not just for her looks but for her undeniable dominance in her sport. She has a “masculine” type bravado which rubs many people the wrong way, but made this writer have to find new underwear quite a few times. Her undefeated streak came to an end thanks to a knockout kick by Holly Holm, but her stardom and that fight helped put women’s UFC onto the worlds stage
DECEMBER
The Golden State Warriors and Carolina panthers dominated the NBA and NFL before finally losing in game 25 and game 16 of their respective seasons causing the conversation to turn from the perennial favourites like the Heat, Spurs, Patriots and Steelers to new, young up and coming fun to watch teams. The end of 2015 also saw Ryan Fitzpatrick spotting Tay in the stands and whisking her off to Hawaii (we’re writing this as of Dec 30th, so there’s still time!)
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