Archive for April, 2012
I’ve been saying for the past several months that I really don’t care about this year’s NBA season. Nothing that I’ve seen during this shortened and condensed season has done anything to change my mind. The opportunity for this league to place itself back on the top of the list of leagues with integrity was […]
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Tags: Basketball, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, NBA, NBA Playoffs, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Sports Talk
Is it just me or did the first round of the NHL playoffs seem like it lasted for a month? Let me re-phrase that. Didn’t the first round of the Eastern Conference NHL playoffs seem to go on forever? Even the final game of the final series just refused to end! When the Devils’ Adam […]
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Tags: Hockey, Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, nhl, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Sports Talk, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals
Now you know why I decided not to prognosticate beyond the first round of the NHL playoffs. This is the one sport that you can count on upsets throughout the brackets. It’s also the only sport that allows the top seeds to face the bottom seeds in every round, so you really don’t know who […]
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HOCKEY HIT OF THE WEEK — 4-18-12
My apologies for taking a week off from this feature, but I’m sure you’ll agree that I have made up for it with this week’s hit. Most people have seen this hit by now, but only those that actually watched the game saw it at real time speed, rather than slow motion, which depicts it […]
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You work hard all season long just so you can gain the home team advantage in the playoffs. It’s huge in football, with the home team winning more times than not. In basketball, it’s rare that a seventh or eighth seed ends up with more than one or two victories before being knocked out of […]
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Tags: Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, home team advantage, Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, nhl, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoffs, road victory, San Jose Sharks, Sports Talk, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals
I know, I know…it’s only been a week since the season has begun. How could anyone possibly know who the winners are? The reality is, no one knows. But that doesn’t stop everybody with a keyboard from making their projections, does it? Hey, look what I’m sitting in front of. A keyboard! I guess that […]
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Tags: Arizona Diamonbacks, Baseball, Baseball winners, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Projected Division Winners, Sports Talk, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, true sports fan
The chill of the winter has been replaced by the blooms of spring. The birds are singing. The sun is shining. This can only mean one thing. You need to get to the arena – the playoffs are starting! That’s right. After 82 high-paced, rock’ em, sock’ em hockey games, the real season is about […]
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For those of you on the east side of our great country, you may not have heard of Mike Smith, goalie for the Phoenix Coyotes. Okay, maybe you heard of him when he was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning for parts of four seasons (2007-2008 to 2010-2011). Odds are, what you heard didn’t […]
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Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Hockey, Mike Smith, nhl, NHL Playoffs, Phoenix Coyotes, Radim Vrbata, Ray Whitney, Shane Doan
Was that a great tournament or what? Tons of upsets in the early rounds. A few more upsets in the middle rounds. Ultimately the final four had very good teams that put on an exciting semi-final show before the best team in the country handily won the championship game! Who can ask for anything more? […]
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Tags: Basketball, Baylor, Kentucky, Louisville, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, Stanford
It’s not often that you get to witness something incredible. Many times you don’t even realize that you are watching something of such great magnitude until it’s too late. So when it does happen, and you do notice it, you should make note of it and share it with your friends. That’s why I am […]
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Tags: 1000th Point, Hall of Famer, Hockey, nhl, Phoenix Coyotes, Rabim Vrbata, Ray Whitney
A View From the Nose Bleed Seats 