Okay so my Red Wings will have to go to a Game 7 to win their second Stanley Cup in a row. They lost tonight, 2-1, to Pittsburgh. Credit defenseman Rob Scuderi for saving the win. During Detroit’s last minute empty goal anschluss, Scuderi aided Fleury in goal by stopping three shots, one with his [...]
First the pucks update. Detroit survived another power play, and the teams remain scoreless after one.
There is not a doubt in my mind that the Kobes shall win the NBA title. Even with the next three games in Orlando against a Magic squad that has proven resilient all post-season.
Had Orlands stolen Game Two, had [...]
Oh you especially clever sports fans, you know it’s a trick question.
But a fascinating one nonetheless. The Red Wings’ Lidstrom is the best defenseman in the NHL and five time Stanley Cup champ. On none of which trophy carrying squads, might I add, was he aided by Shaq. Yuk yuk.
Could he stop the most potent [...]
Pittsburgh is toast — to mix your hot and cold metaphors — in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Red Wings 5, Penguins 0 at the end of two. Detroit tallied four goals in the 2d, three on power plays. The younger, less mature Pens cracked in the same way Chicago’s similarly youthful cracked in [...]
That’s the Thursday night conundrum, isn’t it?
At least for those who recognize that NHL hockey playoffs are the most compelling in sports.
For those of us legitimately torn, we gotta figure out what to do? Picture in Picture? Set up two TVs side by side and run a cable cord in from the other room? Watch [...]
Louisville’s Cardinals are down 0-2 early to Middle Tennessee out at Patterson Field.
Due to several circumstances — all legit — I didn’t make it out to the ballyard. Okay, I’m feeling more than a little guilty, but sometimes real life imposes itself. Like staying home with the Film Babe, picking up stepson at the airport, [...]
The Stanley Cup playoffs are a grueling journey. Not only is hockey the most arduous of team sports, but that’s compounded in the post-season. Teams essentially play every other day; two day rests are cherished like extended beach holidays.
So injuries become a major factor. Certainly it’s been so in today’s Game Four Western Conference matchup [...]
Yawn.
I mean that literally. I fell asleep in my favorite Ekorness lounger. It’s a good thing.
I awoke to the Black Hawks tying up their match with Detroit, 2-2.
No biggie. The mighty Wings seem in control now, 4-2, with about 6:00 to play. Dan Cleary scored again with 8:58 to play in the 3d, after one [...]
I’ve hardly got the ol’ laptop fired up and my Red Wings are down 0-1 to the Black Hawks in Game One of the Western Conference NHL Finals.
I shall not panic.
Besides, the Film Babe and I just got back from seeing “Angels & Demons” at our neighborhood movie house. (You want my take on that [...]
Revised 5/16 3:40 p.m.
All I changed was the title. Because, uh, well, I realized that I originally said Tuesday night, but what I think I meant was Thursday night. I’m pretty sure. My memory lapses all too often. It’s Saturday afternoon now, and I can’t even remember what I ate for lunch just a [...]
