CBCSportsca Blogs News Sports Radio TV My Region Watch Listen Member Centre Login Sign UpCharlottetown Change City7c CloudyHockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Commonwealth Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Blogs and ColumnsSubscribe to Blogs and Columns Pacquiao so hot Hatton getting short shriftThursday April 30 2009 0540 PM ET For a fighter with only one defeat in a 12year career against the top fighter in the game Briton Ricky Hatton is not getting a ton of respect ahead of his highly anticipated fight Saturday against Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines the first megafight of the yearSure a few boxing writers are picking Hatton to win and most expect him to put up a tremendous struggle in the 140pound fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas but they ultimately think hell fall short against the current poundforpound champContinue reading this post Uganda First impressionsWednesday April 29 2009 0319 PM ET Its been two weeks since I stepped off the plane in Kampala Uganda In some ways it feels like Ive been here for months in other ways it feels like every day is my first Before arriving to Uganda Id been to Africa only once before and that was only to compete As any athlete can attest when you visit a place for a sporting competition your priority is to make yourself as comfortable as possible by taking control of as many variables as you can in order to acclimatize yourself to a new environment For the first time since I can remember Im allowing the environment to dictate what is both extremely challenging and thrilling at the same time Continue reading this post Last rocks and the fire in FerbeyTuesday April 28 2009 1244 PM ET The last rocks of the curling campaign are being released in a farflung place The world senior championships are the final event of what has become a long season of throwing stones Its being played out in Dunedin New ZealandThe great Canadian sport of curling has gone Kiwi if you can believe it!Then again its a sign of the times Not even curling that most homespun of national pastimes is the private preserve of this northern nation any longerContinue reading this post Offside Fixing Canadian soccer Player DevelopmentMonday April 27 2009 0119 PM ET CBC Sports soccer commentator Jason de Vos examines the state of Canadian soccer in Offside a multipart blog series exclusive to CBCSportsca This week De Vos a former captain of the Can...