Scooter Chronicles

It looks like the fate of the Penguins is now in limbo again.

First, if you didn’t hear, Jim Balsillie backed out of his offer to buy the team. Why? Because the league basically told him that if the deal for Isle of Capri Casinos to build them a new arena doesn’t happen because they aren’t awarded the slot casino contract for the city of Pittsburgh, then they wanted a “Plan B” in place so he couldn’t move the team. Scott Burnside talks about the effects of this in his recent COLUMN.

The second problem has now come up with the fact that a “Plan B” is in fact needed to get a new...

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Nigel had a rough day yesterday, though you wouldn’t know it by looking at him play.

He had his appointment with the specialist yesterday regarding his head size. The doctor is suggesting that we let them schedule the MRI to see what is going on with his head. He is confident that there is nothing wrong. The way Marcia put it (since I wasn’t at the appointment with her) was that the doctor is a little frustrated and feels bad that the pediatricians keep sending Nigel to see him and he finds nothing wrong. So with the MRI he can clinically prove that there is nothing wrong and there will not be anymore need to see him.

After getting back, Marcia gave Nigel some milk. Over the past week after MENTIONING that we...

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