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Diagnosis: 'Islander-Face.' Di-scussing De-injuries to De-faces
Disclaimer: Because there has been some confusion (really?!) with the truthiness of our LHH Zeitgeist posts, we reiterate that what follows is not, in fact, based on real events ... as far as you know. Enjoy. For those unfamiliar with the malady, "Islander-Face" (IF) has been rampant in the NY...
Sharks Gameday: How to Lift a Curse
Next Game San Jose Sharks @ Colorado Avalanche Tuesday, Apr 20, 2010, 7:00 PM PDT Pepsi Center Complete Coverage > <!-- END WIDGET --> Do you believe in curses, bad luck, or evil mojo? Do you think the hockey gods, the ice spirits, or Lord Stanley's bloodthirsty ghost can...
The curse of Ottawa Senators draft picks
It’s one of the NHL’s strangest curses: no player drafted by the Ottawa Senators has ever won the Stanley Cup.* Despite being in the NHL since 1992, participating in 18 drafts, and selecting 161 players, none of them have won the Cup. The Senators came close in 2006-07 when they lost in...
Tuesday Nats Stats: Bad Luck or Curse?
As this season goes ever-more-ridiculously into impossible badness, let's take a quick look at how much of it we can pin on bad luck. Keep in mind that the majority of the awful comes from not enough good players--even my most optimistic pre-season calculations had us at 75 wins. Pythagoras, call...
BoC Gameday—Will the Ducks be a speed bump or a roadblock on Shark Street?
Tomorrow night:Anaheim Ducks (8th in west) at San Jose Sharks (1st in west)Ducks lead series 1-0; JavaGeek Odds: SJS 52%Go to Fear the Fin, where they have placed a ban on the word "annual". Woo hoo! Anaheim's not getting swept! According to that JavaGeek link above, not only are the Sharks...
Kings Gameday: I Figured it Out...
Los Angeles Kings (Better than Phoenix!) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (28-36-7, 12th in West) 7:30 PST, FSN West As I was watching Long Beach State's basketball team get pasted by Tennessee today, I had a startling realization: I’m cursed. I have never been a fan of a team that won a championship in...
Kings Gameday: An Elucidation on the Proper Application of Profanity in Hockey
Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharks6:00 PST, FSN West & Bay AreaAs you all know by now, I love cursing. It makes me look cool and people are often intimidated by me because of it. If cursing were a woman I would take it out for a dinner and a movie and then park 20 miles out of town and...
Wizards v. Mavericks: Preseason Game Blog 1
WARNING: The preseason game blog below elicited immediate postings last night/this morning from all three contributors to this blog. Enjoy! I hate being a fan of this team sometimes [Pradamaster, 1:13 am] That's one way to start your preseason off with a bang [Jake The Snake, 11:18 pm] Latest...
Latest on Brendan Haywood from Comcast's Chris Miller
About 15 minutes ago, Comcast's Chris Miller reported that he just got off the phone with Brendan Haywood. He said that BTH seemed in good spirits, and is still set to see a hand/wrist specialist in New York tomorrow, but at this point, if surgery is the consensus, then he will go ahead and get it...
Dallas Cowboys Roundup: Is Roy Williams on a diet?
ProFootballTalk.com took a look at the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft and it wasn’t pretty. Antrel Rolle. Carlos Rogers. Mike Williams. Travis Johnson. Whew. That’s a traveling circus of busts. Until they got to this name: DeMarcus Ware. A 2006 Pro Bowl + a 2007 Pro Bowl = not a...
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