At the SportsLogos.Net site, one of the members who goes by the username of “Suigi”, made a comment regarding NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman’s apology letter to the fans.
If Gary wants me to forgive him, he better come over to my house with a goalie stick, so I can whack him and Bob Goodenow upside the head.
Where do I sign up for this?! Heck, I’ll even supply my own goalie stick.
Just a quick BLURB from TSN, stating that Derian Hatcher, Darren McCarty, and Ray Whitney have been placed on waivers. If no one claims them, then the Wings will buyout their contracts. Given the new salary cap, I don’t see anyone picking any of these guys up. Unless one of them fits exactly with what the Phoenix Coyotes are looking for.
It’s a shame to see Hatch and Mac go, though not a surprise. I am sure Hatcher is a bit miffed, signing a contract with his hometown team, and now he is being shipped out. Though on the ice, the Wings won’t miss his presence too much, considering he barely played in his one and only season with them. He is a lumbering...
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Marcia dragged me to see “Wedding Crashers” this afternoon. OK, honestly I was interested in seeing it too. It stars two of the “frat pack” actors, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
The plot? Well, the title says most of it. But to be more precise, Vaughn and Wilson play divorce mediators who also crash weddings to meet women. Near the end of their “season”, they crash the wedding of a daughter of a Washington politician (played by Christopher Walken). What happens at the wedding with the women they are chasing is not what the intended.
It is an “R” rated comedy, and like the critics have...
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This morning I finished “Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was the audio version as read by Kristoffer Tabori. The book itself won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Here is the description from amazon.com about the book:
“I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974.” And so begins Middlesex, the mesmerizing saga of a near-mythic Greek American family and the “roller-coaster ride of a single gene through time.” The odd but utterly believable...
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Lance Armstrong at the start of the final stage, about to win his 7th Tour de France in a row.
He may be considered one of the greatest athletes of all time. And that is even before taking into consideration that before his 7 victories, he was diagnosed with cancer and his outlook was very bleak.
Congratulations to Lance. And thanks for reminding us to never give up on our dream. No matter how dark or short the future looks.
This evening Marcia and I were invited over by David and Catherine on Lyric’s request to watch a movie. The choice of film was to be “Spirited Away” from the famous animation writer and director Miyazaki.
This is the second Miyazaki film that Marcia and I have seen. And like the first (“Nausicaäâ€), it was a wonderful movie. The animation, though very much like typical Japanese films/shows, it is very lush, and actually drawn (unlike the computer animation blitz).
The story surrounds 10 year old Chihiro, who is moving, and not looking forward to it. On the drive to their new house, her father takes a short...
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And my adopted (but still second favorite team), the Flyers, start first.
As expected, they announced they will buyout John LeClair’s and Tony Amonte’s contracts, according to this ARTICLE. Most Flyers fans will tell you that they are very sad to see LeClair going. But given the new salary cap, it is a move in the right direction. LeClair has been suffering from a bad back now for the last two seasons, and has seen limited action. And when he was on the ice, he had lost his effectiveness. As for Amonte, he was brought in to help fill the line-up with LeClair’s injuries, as well as Keith Primeau’s. What helped was that Amonte had...
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For the first time in a long time, I read a book of non-fiction for pleasure. That being “Eight Men Out” by Eliot Asinof. It is a look at the “Black Sox Scandal”, the fixing of the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. It is presented from as many different angles as possible, including the players, the gamblers, Mr. Comiskey and other baseball team owners and baseball execs, the lawyers and political officials, and the newspaper reporters that followed the scandal and trial.
It is hard not to compare this book to the movie. The scripts writer wrote it based on the information presented...
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The owners voted to ratify the new CBA, so it’s back to hockey!
You can look over the CBA FAQ’s at the new look web site. Really, the look was just tweeked. (And boy do they need to get rid of the nav bar above for MSN.) To highlight some of the CBA issues, there is a $39 million salary cap (of course). There is also a minimum. That’s right, each team HAS TO spend a set amount on player salaries. Also, unrestricted free agency will eventually move to the age of 27, from 31. This is good for the players, considering they now have a ceiling of money they can earn, yet now have more freedom and possibly more choices on where they...
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Just because I wanted to post this. The NHL has a new logo (unveiled this morning, while the new CBA will be unveiled at a 3:00 PM news conference).
This is the only image I can find, signifying the return of NHL games. Compared to the old one, it is nice update, without breaking with tradition.
Though I would have liked to see them keep the orange.
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