8:00 PM CSN Baltimore has video of Marcus Smith, a U.S. soldier who dressed as a minor league umpire to surprise his children at a Bowie Baysox game with a home visit from Afghanistan.
7:45 PM A Japanese Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was swept out to sea during last year's tsunami washed up on a shore in British Columbia last month. The bike's owner asked that the motorcycle be displayed at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee as a memorial to the tsunami victims.
7:30 PM Buffalo Bills receiver David Clowneytweeted the results of his HIV test which came back negative. And to the critics of his decision to share his results, Clowney added: "Some people are Ridiculously stupid ... And can't see the bigger picture about things that are important in this world."
• WITH LEATHER slams down rumors of Ashley Massaro, a WWE Diva that TMZ claims has been grappling with opponents outside the ring while working for an escort service.
• Speaking of the squared circle, THE SPORTS HERNIA catches Dancing fool Jason Taylor showing off more wrestling moves.
The TORONTO GLOBE & MAIL reviews the hockey analyst’s choice of words in his holiday segment for “Hockey Night In Canada”.
Bedecked in a red suit and Santa tie, Cherry was anything but jolly. He began the program by reminding viewers that Christmas was all about “baby Jesus”.
He then went on a rant about the Ruuttu brothers - Tuomo & Jarkko - and their dirty style of play. When Tuomo was shown laughing after getting an Ottawa player sent to the penalty box, Cherry commented, “Wouldn’t you like to go up and smack that guy?”
As for Jarkko, the reason for Chris Simon’s 30-game suspension, Cherry said that he deserved to get stepped on by the New York Islander.
Speaking of Simon, co-host Ron MacLean brought up the opinion that the suspended player feels like he isn’t given “a fair shake” as a native Canadian of the Ojibwa tribe.
Cherry’s response: “You’re saying that natives have an inferiority complex when something happens to them?….Fair shake in life? Go out and get your own fair shake in life and work for it! Don’t give me that stuff!”
Cherry also wasn’t thrilled with an earlier CBC feature on Boston Bruins defenceman Andrew Ference and his environmental work, calling the segment “sickening”:
“What is this stuff? It’s ‘Hockey Night in Canada’. And we’re talking about saving the world and all that stuff. Let’s talk about hockey!”
