Archive for April, 2010
This series ran like the PNE roller coaster with a plate full of highs and lows, surprises and disappointments.
For the game's intellectuals, some coaching tactics, and just down home, good Canadian entertaining hockey for the rest of the fans.
Who knew the Canucks' penalty kill would be so atrocious that it just about cost them the series? Or that it would do a 180 and change the outcome of the series?
Some players ...
Eye for Talent: Can you recognize 10 NHL Stars by their eyes?
Posted: 27th April 2010 by Derrick Lightfoot in NHL
While we watch the first round action of the 2010 NHL Playoffs, and see the number of teams fighting for the Stanley Cup drop to eight, most of our teams are fighting to get par on the local golf course.
Excitment is high, but it's always nice to test your hockey knowledge, or superficial tendencies if you will.
If you watch a lot of postgame interviews, or oddly pay attention to players' ...
It’s the Valhalla of pro sports.
It’s the revered temple where you, at the same time, might find yourself both giddy and terrified to be.
The Super Bowl is a nice little sporting event, perhaps even deserving of its Roman numerals on occasion. Other games, events and tournaments shine in their own way: the Final Four, the Kentucky Derby, the Indy 500, The Masters.
You can have them all, and ...
No, the three stars of this series will not be awarded to the three forwards on the "second" line, but they could be. That line accounted for 22 points, nine of the team's 19 goals, three of the four game-winners, and averaged better than a plus-five.
But this series was far too close for any one line to get all three stars. In examining the three stars of an entire series, ...
Shakespeare said it best when he said, “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.”
This Band Of Bruins has come together in a year of turbulence.
A year where they lost 10 games in a row.
A year they lost their star player to a cheap shot by a goon from the fake Black and Gold.
A year ...
Montreal Canadiens Defy All Odds Behind Halak, Cular Performances
Posted: 27th April 2010 by Phenom Jay in NHL
Throughout the tremendously entertaining first round of the NHL playoffs thus far, we have seen goalies shine and turn in great performances.
When you take the sum of all of their performances thus far as a backdrop to Monday's spectacular performance by Jaroslav Halak , there is simply no comparison. Invoking memories of great performances and goalies past, flashing Roy-like leather in several highlight reel saves, Halak was everywhere and simply ...
P.K's "OK"...
He may have only played just over 10 minutes, but given his Game Six performance, I think it’s safe to say the P.K. Subban era has commenced in Montreal.
There are not too many defensemen that can play in all zones, Subban looks to be that kind of player.Keeping with the Montreal Canadiens, the Canadiens forced a Game Seven in their first round series against the mighty Washington Capitals. The ...
Should the New York Yankees Start Sergio Mitre With Javier Vazquez Struggling?
Posted: 27th April 2010 by Doug Rush in MLB
In the beginning of the 2010 season, a lot of things have gone right for the Yankees.
Curtis Granderson is fitting well into the center field spot for the Yankees, as is Brett Gardner in the left field spot.
Phil Hughes is doing a tremendous job as the fifth starter while for the most part, Joba Chamberlain has done a good job as the setup man.
However, there has been one glitch so ...
Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool û 2010 Speed Demons Vol. 1
Posted: 27th April 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
Just because you’ve slipped behind in the stolen base category doesn’t mean you can’t catch up. Here are some reasonably available SB threats.
Brett Gardner, OF, New York Yankees Gardner is making the most of his increased playing time by hitting .327 with 12 runs and five RBIs. What has fantasy owners smiling though is the nine SBs he’s posted. Gardner is owned in 87.9 percent of ESPN and 48 percent ...
Brian Bruney, Throw Strikes; Drew Storen Is Closer Than He Appears
Posted: 27th April 2010 by Farid Rushdi in MLB
When the Nationals traded their Rule V pick last winter to the Yankees for reliever Brian Bruney, many thought it to be a solid addition to a woeful bullpen.
The 28-year-old veteran had a career record of 17-10 with a 4.31 ERA and he seemed like a logical option to either be the team’s eighth-inning set-up man or perhaps even their closer.
But buried deep within his otherwise solid statistics is one ...