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realize that this is not the Ip()lilically correct thing to say, but I‘m not having a problem with global warming this fall. L had a couple of outings last week and a couple more this week on our wonderful area golf courses and we‘re hitting November tomorrow. 1 don‘t think Nobel prize winner Al Gore is a golfer or he wouldn‘t be whining about our balmy weather â€"here in the normally Frozen North â€" either. Oh, that‘s right. If Al doesn‘t like the cold he can probably head south to what I‘m guessâ€" ing is one of his homes in a warmer climate. Not only has this been a great fall for the ol‘ Geek and his golfing cronies, it‘s been a good time for Canada‘s favorite golfing son, Mike Weir of the former Sarnia suburb of Bright‘s Grove. Just when it looked like Weirsy, as many of his playing cronies call him, might not win again on the U.S. PGA Tour, he ended his vigtory drought by winning some lowâ€"profile nearâ€" seasonâ€"ending event in Arizona a couple of weekends back. Prior to that, he had shown signs that his work on rebuildâ€" ing his swing and game was showing improvement by playâ€" ing well for the International Team in the President‘s Cup competition at the Royal Monâ€" treal Golf Club in September, even though the Internationals got thumped by the Americans. Included in his fine 3â€"1â€"1 wonâ€"lostâ€"tied record was a vicâ€" tory over one Eldrick (Tiger) © Woods, a man who needs no introduction to golf fans anyâ€" where in the world. While some sports scribblers seemed to think his October win was the second coming of youâ€"knowâ€"who, the real golf writers put down their Canadiâ€" an flags long enough to point out that it was hardly on a level with most of his earlier tour vicâ€" tories, least of all his triumph in the 2003 Masters, which still ranks as one of my best allâ€"time television sports memories. I appreciate the fact that there are so many good golfers out there in PGAâ€"land that winâ€" ning anything is a credit, but when you look at the field in the Fry‘s event in Scottsdale it wasn‘t exactly packed with Some congrats and condolences as fall golf season winds downs the world‘s highestâ€"ranking performers. Just give us the highâ€"profile people who make us laugh, cry or think. Of course, it can‘t be all conâ€" grats. There also have to be some condolences and we‘ve got a couple. However, if the win means Mike has resurrected his confiâ€" dence and overall game, more power to him and congrats from this scribbler who has been writing about the game longer than Weir has been alive While we‘re passing out conâ€" gratulations, here‘s some for the producers of last weekend‘s Canadian Gemini Awards show. What? You think I only watch sports on the boob tube? Long ago I gave up watching the Americanâ€"based Academy Award‘s show because it just was too long and generally was too "phony" with gushing thanks, etc. However, Sunday night CBC presented the Gemini‘s in a oneâ€"hour format that ran only about five minutes over. It didn‘t show all the awards presented but focused, J think, on what people really were most interested in, like best comedy show and performers, best dramatic show and indiâ€" viduals, etc. With all due respect to hardâ€" working folks everywhere, not many people care about best sound work, screenplay and such. Sorry it didn‘t work out So sorry it didn‘t work out goes to the Colorado Rockies who went belly up in four straight games in the World Series to the comeback kids, the Boston Red Sox, who themâ€" selves were one game from being shunted out of the baseâ€" ball playoff picture in their American League playoff finals with the Cleveland Indians. That was the series where Cleveland came into the showâ€" down after having set a record for the most wins in a single season in the American League I think it was 111. I can sympathize with the Rockies fans from the Western U.S. It was only 53 years ago that 1 was an eager baseball fan in Niagara Falls and watched with horror as my beloved Indians lost the World Series in four straight to the New York Giants. Included in that setback was the stunning running, overâ€"theâ€" head catch the legendary Willie Mays made off a long drive to the outfield by Indians‘ firstâ€" baseman Vic Wertz. Hey, I might not remember your name the next time I see you but 1 still remember sports highlights, good and bad. Londonâ€"calling Also, condolences go out to the football fans in London, jolly ol‘ England, who sat through the rain to watch the National Football League‘s first foray outside of North America with a regularâ€"season game. The wet Wembley throng did get a chance to boo when the Giants, playing the NFL game the way it is programmed, ran out the clock in the dying secâ€" onds by grounding the ball at quarterback. Although it drew a big crowd â€" more than 80,000 â€" they didn‘t get much to cheer about in a boring 13â€"0 victory by the New York Giants over the winâ€" less Miami Dolphins. Lord knows I don‘t know a lot about soccer, even though 1 enjoy the game more and more each year, but the Wembley wetties should have saved their booing for when some of their soccer performers/heroes do "dives" during games. That‘s the phony falls that would chalk up big marks if they were done off a high diving board at a swimming pool. Bill (Skip) Johns retired from fullâ€"time sportswriting in 2002 but can be reached at skipâ€" schips@golden.net. Registered trademarks of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership, used under Imnseig BoEm F'il? lmirmundlnc 2005 RESTAURANT & SPORTS BAR "You‘re Among Friends" 597 King St. N., Waterloo 519â€"880â€"1828 The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Waterfoo Wolves minor atom Triple A hockey team. The Woives were in Hamilton for Thanksgiving to compete in the Tim Hortons Tournament. They opened the tournament by beating the host Hamilton team 5â€"1. They then tied the Syracuse Stars 4â€"4. In their next game they trailed 3â€"2 to the Elgin Middlesex Chiefs before coming back for an 8â€"3 win. They wrapped up the round robin by defeating the Richmond Hill Stars 2â€"1 on a late third period goal. That earned them a bye into the finals where the Wolves met Hamilton once again. The Wolves dominated play right from the face off and were up 6â€"0 by TEAM OE THE WEEK Presented by Dr. Derek Barnes 16â€"620 Davenport Road, Waterloo Call for Reservations 519â€"725â€"4242 WATERLOO CHRONICLE * Wednesday, October 31, 2007 * 31 presented by the end of the second. They clinched the tournament title with a 7â€"2 win over the Hamilton Reps. Members of the Waterioo Wolves minor atom Triple A hockey team, pictured above, are: (front row, from left) goaltenders John Raymond, Charlie Alexander, (second row) Spencer Casey, Thomas Haffner, Sam Cherry, Cameron Leung, Ryan Sparkes, Brendan Schneider, (third row) Emily Buttinger, Jake Barbuto, Boris Katchouk, Jack Anderson, Logan Stanley, Luke Israel, Liam Chatterson, Eric Kim, Riley Bester (back row) head coach Paul Nezny, assistant coach Todd Schneider, assistant coach Royce Parkins and assistant coach Harry George.