Recent Posts by skydivemom

May 10, 2007

NFL moving north?: NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell is proposing a 17th regular season game taking the place of one of the pre-season games and having Canadian cities host the games.

posted by skydivemom to football at 04:42 PM - 27 comments

April 10, 2007

Blackhawks win lottery.: Chicago won the NHL draft lottery Tuesday, giving the Blackhawks a reason to celebrate after missing the playoffs for the eighth time in nine seasons. The Blackhawks, who will pick first in the June draft, had the fifth worst record and only an 8.1 percent chance to come out on top in the lottery.

posted by skydivemom to hockey at 06:29 PM - 9 comments

April 02, 2007

NHL.com Playoff Fantasy Hockey Challenge: With the Playoff Fantasy Hockey Challenge, you begin the postseason owning the rights to every player participating in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Your task is to ice a team of ten starting players each week, but you can only select a player a maximum of three times throughout the playoffs. Are you up for the Challenge?

posted by skydivemom to fantasy at 07:17 PM - 4 comments

November 02, 2006

Federation's report on limiting Euro imports has flaws.: In a controversial new report that was quickly challenged by NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly, among others, the IIHF contends leagues on this side of the ocean have been taking a haphazard approach to importing European players, bringing in too many and, more critically, often too early in their careers.

posted by skydivemom to hockey at 02:58 PM - 2 comments

February 20, 2006

Ice Dancing Results: Spoiler inside.........

posted by skydivemom to other at 06:19 PM - 28 comments

January 30, 2006

Homeowner has 'super' find for a Steelers fan.: As a Chicago Bears fan, Bill Stocum has no sentimental attachment to the surprise discovery he made recently. He's hoping some of the Pittsburgh Steelers faithful flocking to Detroit for Super Bowl XL might, however.

posted by skydivemom to football at 03:36 PM - 21 comments

January 24, 2006

40 things to watch for at Super Bowl XL: It will be a long two weeks before Super Bowl XL is played. The wait will seem interminable. The hype will seem intolerable. The Seattle Seahawks against the Pittsburgh Steelers for the world championship of professional football. It’s eating at you, isn’t it? You want to know what the future holds.

posted by skydivemom to football at 08:55 PM - 42 comments

January 10, 2006

Where does your misery rank?: There is the misery of being so close to a Super Bowl win that you can practically taste the Gatorade in the jug as the players sneak up on the coach … only to watch the football bounce off the upright. And there is the misery of enduring so many losing seasons that not even John Facenda could make the team's history sound interesting.

posted by skydivemom to football at 09:31 PM - 26 comments

December 17, 2005

I'm sorry, did you say contract? What contract?: It's a wonderful life, if you can get one. Millions of dollars, expensive sports cars, reservations in the finest restaurants, babes. ...

posted by skydivemom to baseball at 05:32 PM - 19 comments

November 27, 2005

Feagles Breaks Record: He breaks the record that was held by defensive lineman Jim Marshall. I personally think it was harder for a lineman to set the record than a punter to break the record. There is much more physical contact when your a lineman and more chances for injuries.

posted by skydivemom to football at 06:33 PM - 8 comments

November 04, 2005

Benson Feels Threatened: Saints owner Tom "Fighting Mad" Benson does not feel the security is adaquate enough for him to attend games in Baton Rouge.

posted by skydivemom to football at 03:38 PM - 10 comments

October 11, 2005

This is going to be an awesome series!: This is written before the game tonight but I wanted to comment on how the Angels traveled so far and played 3 games in 3 days in 3 different cities. I think tonights game was great and we should be in for some great playoff baseball.

posted by skydivemom to baseball at 10:23 PM - 11 comments

September 09, 2005

Publicity Stunt? - You Decide: With all the negative talk about him do you think T.O.'s intentions are pure? Maybe the motive doesn't matter if the outcome is good. Just thought it might get some discussion.

posted by skydivemom to football at 07:03 PM - 53 comments

August 17, 2005

Too Much Time - Too Much Beer -: just wondering if I would get the same press for the same crime?

posted by skydivemom to football at 06:08 PM - 21 comments