Archive for 'NHL' Category


Random Helpful Coolness

23 June 2008 by The Borg

The Grammar Bitches on this blog (we know who we are!) should enjoy this one: There’s really no nexus here, but I stumbled across this site tonight while trying to find out exactly how many syllables are in Ronnie Belliard’s last name (according to the AP Sports pronunciation guide, 3. according to Mary […]

Futility

26 April 2008 by Robert Schlesinger

This, from the NY Daily News, well explains the NY Jets’ problems last year:
Since 2001, the Jets, Raiders and Bucs are the only teams that haven’t drafted a player selected to the Pro Bowl, not counting specialists. (Linebacker Jonathan Vilma was an alternate in 2005.) The Jets drafted two promising players last year, cornerback Darrelle […]

More on why it is better to be a college team in a city that’s a serious sports town than to be the big fish in the middle of nowhere …

31 October 2007 by Robert Vanasse

The new Reebok ad featuring the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Bruins the Celtics, a Heisman Trophy Winner, a Stanley Cup champ and the Boston College Eagles. (not sure we get style points for the mumbling mayor and Donnie Wahlberg), set to music by the Dropkick Murphys. Until NYU fields a 1-A football team […]

2010 Nats Update

14 September 2007 by The Borg

The Washington Nationals are perhaps opening a hockey training camp? Or maybe mining the Canadian market for players? In any event, this tid-bit from Barry Svrluga’s blog today:
The player to be named in the Ray King-to-Milwaukee trade of Sept. 4 is South Atlantic League batting champ Andrew Lefave, a 1B/OF. He hit .345 […]

The NHL doesn’t learn…

12 September 2006 by David

Fighting between owners and players about salary caps required so teams can make money… An ugly lockout… Cancellation of a hockey season… Ugly.
Apparently no one learns…
Today, the New York Islanders signed Rick DiPietro to a record 15-year $67,500,000 deal which will take him to age 39 or 40… (born September 19, […]