Historical Badasses: Thomas Fitzpatrick

Historical Badasses

The Maestro - January 25, 2017January 25, 2017

We've all done some stupid shit when drinking; dancing, fights, arguments, hook-ups, whatever can be done, humanity has done it many, many times over. But there are very, very few people who can claim to have drunkenly committed grand theft airplane and lived to tell the tale... not just once,

Historical Badasses: Ching Shih

Historical Badasses

The Maestro - January 19, 2017January 19, 2017

With Senor Weaselo publishing a piece very shortly on his adventures through China, this felt like an appropriate week to write about this topic. From Captain Hook to Blackbeard to Jack Sparrow, pirates have been romanticized in Western society for a long time. As many of us already know, there's not

Historical Badasses: Simo Häyhä

Historical Badasses

The Maestro - January 12, 2017January 11, 2017

Historical Badasses is a brand-new weekly offseason feature here at [DFO]; with 75% of teams now out of the running for the Super Bowl, it's prime time to start entertaining you with tales of some of the coolest people to ever walk the Earth. Each week we'll take a look

CFL Beat: Season Wrap-Up

The Maestro - December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

Well, it finally happened. Forty years in the making, back in the same old stomping grounds as the last one. Both games with incredibly dramatic conclusions which will stick in the minds of fans watching for many years to come. It was a long, long time coming, and a ridiculously

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Grey Cup

The Maestro - November 25, 2016November 25, 2016

This week is a very special edition of the CFL Beat, as I give a Boots On The Ground report of being in attendance live at the East Final, where were it not for the copious amount of clothing I was wearing, could very well have frozen my own balls

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Finals

The Maestro - November 18, 2016November 18, 2016

The playoffs press on - both games last weekend were absolute barn-burners, and even if you're only just starting to pay attention now to the CFL season (which, if that's the case, what the hell? Have I just been shouting into the abyss about this for six months now??), this

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Semifinals

The Maestro - November 11, 2016November 11, 2016

The playoffs are upon us! With three weekends left in the CFL calendar year, just five games remain to sort out the Grey Cup. With Ottawa and Calgary waiting in the wings to host their respective division finals next weekend, there's two semifinals taking place on Sunday with plenty of

CFL Beat: Week 20

The Maestro - November 4, 2016November 3, 2016

Just one week remains in the 2016 CFL regular season! With a win against the Blue Bombers, Ottawa has now locked up the East Division title for the second year in a row, but there's still some intrigue left in the West, where the order for second, third, and the

Bye Week Update: New England Patriots

The Maestro - November 2, 2016November 1, 2016

The New England Patriots head into their bye week with the best record in the NFL at 7-1. They are better than your favorite team. Their quarterback has an infinitely better life than yours. Their fans remain insufferable as hell. They once drafted a murderer. And despite the sheer annoyingness

CFL Beat: Week 19

The Maestro - October 28, 2016October 28, 2016

With just eight games left in the CFL regular season, the playoff race is now mostly set, save for one big question mark: who wins the East division title? With Ottawa having just a half-game lead over Hamilton, this remains a very, very tight race, though both the REDBLACKS and

CFL Beat: Week 18

The Maestro - October 21, 2016October 19, 2016

Three weeks left to go in the regular season, and a few questions still remain about the playoff picture in the East Division; Edmonton will be crossing over, but will Toronto manage to turn it around in time and somehow magically overtake Hamilton for the final spot up for grabs?

CFL Beat: Week 17

The Maestro - October 14, 2016October 14, 2016

With just four weeks left in the regular season, the October 12th trade deadline has now passed for teams still in the thick of the playoff race. In the West, all three playoff berths have been awarded, and the frontrunner Calgary Stampeders have clinched the division, a first-round bye, and home-field