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Brett Favre Retiring. Re-Re-Re-Retiring. Maybe.
My least favorite drama queen and the television media's greatest hero who plays the game like a gunslinging kid (specifically a slow kid that throws into triple coverage at crucial times in any playoff game after 1997) is retiring. Perhaps. Maybe. Again. He first did this in 2008 while with the...
Boston Bruins Are Your 2010-2011 Stanley Cup Champions
After going down in the series 3-2 Friday on the strength of a Roberto Luongo shutout, the Boston Bruins rallied to win the final two games of the Stanley Cup final with the Bs being the only team to take a road game in the series in last night's game seven. Boston erases their "choker" label...
Bits: The Conference Finals Begin (And Links)
The Eastern Conference finals began last night with the Bruins being drubbed by the Lightning who came out of the gate with furious anger. The game was essentially over mid-way through the first period as Sean Bergenheim kicked off a 3 goal in 85 second barrage that dug the Bruins a significant...
Is Vancouver the best team since the 1977 Canadiens?
No. And I'm tempted to end this post right here. But I should probably explain. I was watching NHL On the Fly last night after the Kings/Canucks game. Heidi Androl was guest-anchoring, or whatever the proper term is. When it came time to talk about Kings/Canucks, her analysis was as follows:...
Todd Grantham, Chas Henry, and the Controversy at the End of the Georgia-Florida Game
All right, I still just wanted to lie around, feel sick, and mope for a few more days, but, like Al Pacino in "The Godfather, Part III," I’ve been pulled back in by circumstances. I am speaking, of course, of Todd Grantham’s "choke" gesture, which some quarters of the blogosphere deem to be the...
A Kings Fan's Guide to Panic
The biggest late-season choke in Kings history was this time four years ago, in Andy Murray's last season. This was also, as many of the more paranoid of us are already aware, the last season the NHL took a break for the Olympics. Actually, four years ago today was the high-point of 2005-06, after...
Dallas in Mourning
From the Star Telegram: Each of the Stars' players skating slowly over to Turco as he stood dejectedly in front of the net when it was over. Affectionately, virtually every one of his teammates reached out, put a gloved hand on his helmet, and touched their forehead to his, standing like that for...
The Gillespie Rumors Don't Add Up (And Other Notes)
Some random college basketball notes during a very interesting and busy final week to the season.This has already erupted over in the diaries, but let's talk for a moment about the Stan Heath firing at Arkansas, as well as the rumored replacement candidate, Billy Gillespie. Let's start with Heath,...
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