A Warholian take on Phelps’ accomplishment
On the one hand, Michael Phelps and his U.S. teammates were dominant, setting world records in 7 of the 8 events where the 23-year old struck gold. Even with that kind of dominance they often won by the slimmest of margins - fractions of a fraction of a second […]
Photo: Associated Press
That’s a quote from Michael Phelps shortly after his time-warping victory in the 100 meter fly final. Belief is a common theme in sports, with just about every team and their fanbase believing this year is their year - from the Chicago Cubs and their fans to the Detroit Lions and their […]
I personally don’t get the whole mainstream media v. blogger tete a tete. I mean sure, there are lunatic fringes within both groups who come off like raving lunatics whenever describing or discussing the other side. I tend to agree with Will Leitch’s take where he said all you can do is sit […]
Paris as a Puckhead
photo: World Net Daily
No, Paris Hilton wasn’t actually a banger. At least not the kind of banging that takes place in a hockey game. But she did apparently play hockey in high school. World Net Daily has the story.
“That was quite the sight,” said Hilton’s teammate and Canterbury hockey […]
The 3 dozen Lions fans left are mad as hell
and they’re not going to take it anymore
Big Al over at the Wayne Fontes Experience gets his snark on looking at the 5 most hated men in Detroit sports. It’s a good list. There’s no doubt who’s #1 on the list.
Millen is historically bad. […]
The United States under-18 hockey team plays Russia today for the opportunity to win their third straight Gold medal.
USA Hockey.com article
James vanRiemsdyk (Middletwon, N.J.) scored his second goal of the night and Josh Unice (Toledo, Ohio) stopped all three of Canada’s shootout attempts to lead the U.S. National Under-18 Team past Canada, 4-3, at the […]
I just saw this on You Tube and it cracks me up.
Other Sports
Chris Stevenson from the Ottawa Sun has a good proposal for how to improve the All Star game. It is fairly similar to the one I proposed last week, but he adds some wrinkles that I really like.
I really like the idea of playing 4 on 4 hockey. When I wrote my article […]
Adam Proteau over at the Hockey News has some interesting ideas on how the NHL can make the All Star game more appealing. His basic ideas are to either go back to the North America against the World format (a good idea) or have a sponsor put up a big pot of money that […]
Last year Mark Cuban expressed some interest in putting together a group to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins. Being a native of the Keystone state, he seemed to have some interest in helping keep the Pens in the ‘burgh. Since that story line has disappeared it probably will not happen. But given the […]
