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Malkin jumping over to Pens? MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russia's Metallurg Magnitogorsk will go to court to seek compensation from Pittsburgh Penguins after the sudden disappearance of their best player, Evgeni Malkin, the Superleague club's head said on Sunday.
posted on August 14, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Hasek to return to Wings Dominik Hasek is returning for a third tour of duty with the Detroit Red Wings. The team announced Monday it has signed the 41-year-old to a one-year deal, believed to be worth about $500,000 plus incentives.
posted on July 31, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
SpoFi down? or are you back now?
posted on July 13, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Sorry Coach my ADD was acting up? LaRoche's Blunder Puts Spotlight on ADD: Adam LaRoche knows how it looks. He doesn't seem to be trying hard. He comes across as inattentive, sluggish, a little too laid-back to be a professional athlete. LaRoche's relaxed approach and a disorder that makes it hard for him to concentrate have come under scrutiny after the most embarrassing moment of his three-year major league career. On Sunday, after scooping up a routine grounder that should have been the third out of the inning, LaRoche took his time getting to first and was stunningly beaten to the bag by Washington's Nick Johnson, who was hustling all the way.
posted on May 17, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Switch pitcher "Pat Venditte Sr. came up with the idea when he was tossing a ball to his 3-year-old son in the backyard. Wouldn't it be neat if he could get Pat Jr., a natural right-hander, to throw equally well with his left?"
posted on April 28, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
A former cyclist come clean (NY Times link) Two of Lance Armstrong's former teammates come clean.
posted by sic at 09:30 AM on September 15
NHL Sticks: Now With 50% More Curve! Not only has the Rules Committee decided to up the allowable stick-curve from 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch, they've updated the shootout rules and are upping the penalties for diving to include fines and suspensions.
Given how the new rules went over last year, this could be interesting.
posted by chicobangs at 12:52 PM on September 15
Who's on the poor goalie's side? I think its more that they're trying to restore something like the former state of affairs where hockey scores didn't resemble soccer scores. Goalies and their equipment have steadily gotten better and better over the last 20 yrs or so. I'm for giving some sort of edge back to the guys trying to score. Even with the greater excitement and increase in scoring chances last year I don't think there was a significant increase in goals scored. Any time they want to widen the ice or give 4 on 4 hockey a trial would be fine with me too.
posted at 02:23 PM on September 15
Oilers prospect, Robbie Schremp, is a hotdog. (embedded Windows Media video) On the ice and on the golf course. I wonder if we'll ever see a lacrosse move in the NHL. And more importantly, how long will that player's head remain on his shoulders after pulling off such a move?
posted by NoMich at 12:38 PM on September 14
myshtigo (way to beat me to the punch on the high sticking): I think is was only a year or two ago that the behind the net and in the top corner move that they showed in the clip was all over the sports show highlights. I think it was an OT winner in a playoff game or something too.
posted at 01:53 PM on September 14
Oilers prospect, Robbie Schremp, is a hotdog. (embedded Windows Media video) On the ice and on the golf course. I wonder if we'll ever see a lacrosse move in the NHL. And more importantly, how long will that player's head remain on his shoulders after pulling off such a move?
posted by NoMich at 12:38 PM on September 14
The guy is good, but I don't think the lacrosse type moves belong in hockey. Isn't it high-sticking at some point if he has his stick in contact with the puck above shoulder level? I'm going to guess there's eventually going to be some sort of refinment of the rules to eliminate it (before, like you said, someone eliminates the hot dog).
posted at 01:49 PM on September 14
You've heard of "shanking a kick," but how about "shanking a kicker?" In a move I can only describe as "Tonya Harding-ish," Mitch Cozad, the backup punter for the University of Northern Colorado, stabbed starting punter Rafael Mendoza in his kicking leg. The link above has the straight info, and this one has the snark.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 09:33 AM on September 13
RyanMorton: congratulations, you've waited since Feb 25 to make that one profound comment.
posted at 11:37 AM on September 13
You've heard of "shanking a kick," but how about "shanking a kicker?" In a move I can only describe as "Tonya Harding-ish," Mitch Cozad, the backup punter for the University of Northern Colorado, stabbed starting punter Rafael Mendoza in his kicking leg. The link above has the straight info, and this one has the snark.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 09:33 AM on September 13
rcade:"I'm glad Hand found it, but the snarky column in the Greeley paper is in bad taste. A stabbing's a pretty serious crime that could have resulted in life-threatening injuries, and he's treating it like a prank." I dunno..., isn't the absurdity of the guy's scheme the whole reason its even being reported in the news at all. I don't think it harms the victim really, just mocks the moron perp.
posted at 11:34 AM on September 13
A former cyclist come clean (NY Times link) Two of Lance Armstrong's former teammates come clean.
posted by sic at 09:30 AM on September 13
Quote from the "Lance Armstrong" link: "one of the possible side effects of prolonged steroid use is testicular cancer. It's impossible to prove, but if what the Andreus testified to under oath is true, than Lance Armstrong, role model and hero to so many cancer survivors, may very well have helped bring about his own cancer through his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Young athletes tempted to go down that road need to know if that's the case." St. Lance's sainthood status seems to be in more and more jeopardy all the time. Time for this guy to supercede Ben Johnson as the most notorious PED fraud of all time.
posted at 10:50 AM on September 13
The Islanders have officially gone batshit. 15-year deal for DiPietro, $67.5 million. Second in length only to teammate Yashin, who's is a 10-year deal. And by batshit I mean yes, he's a good goalie, but 15 years is a loooong time in the crease (or to expect that kind of consistency).
posted by adampsyche at 11:07 AM on September 12
I'm not at all an expert but could the 15 year contract term just a way of keeping his portion of the yearly Sal-Cap low?
posted at 04:23 PM on September 12
Brodeur :(WAY) Beyond the Crease "My preference is for Canada to stay together, but it's not unusual for Quebec-born athletes to get dragged into the endless debate over the province's future in Canada...Gatorade hurts my stomach and water just doesn't give me enough of a lift...Don't give the agents too much credit, It's not that hard...These were the same people who had certified David Frost as an agent...These are subtle ways in which the unfamiliarity of players is expressed..."
posted by garfield at 08:44 AM on September 12
So Brodeur wrote a book and..., whats the discussion here again? Just asking.
posted at 11:35 AM on September 12
Charlotte Observer: Panthers were juiced for 2003 Super Bowl run Using information from a federal steroids case and its own deduction, The Observer named names this week, saying three of the five starting offensive linemen from the Panthers' February 2004 Super Bowl team -- guard Kevin Donnalley, center Jeff Mitchell and tackle Todd Steussie -- were in the report.
posted by wfrazerjr at 06:04 PM on August 29
ho-hum none of these guys are breaking any all time records in a sport with an emphasis on individual statistics - just some beefy slobs trying to keep themselves in the lineup
posted at 12:26 PM on August 29
Jays' Gibbons, Lilly Get Into Argument. I'm sorry, but if someone ends up with a bloody nose then it's more then an "argument". Maybe some people are just wound a little too tightly to be a big league manager? So how long until Lilly is on the block to go?
posted by commander cody at 01:11 AM on August 22
Weedy, I'm not sure we actually disagree. I'm not referring to anyone that is going to the games these days, just those that used to and that we hoped would come back and fill up the Dome again since Uncle Ted opened up the pocketbook a bit. One of the reasons I enjoy the Jays far more that the Leafs is that the fans that are around are more real as fans (Sorry, you know what I mean though, the blind popularity). Whenever I visit the Batters Box site, I'm always a kind of proud that we have fans that are every bit as hardcore as any with far far deeper baseball roots (ahem, here too, of course). I guess I'm just referring to Toronto in general and the mood in the media while you are talking about the people who actually go to games. If all the new spending doesn't improve attendance I think I'd rather have a mediocre team with a true but modest fanbase than somehow sell our soul to woo back all of the fickle fans that don't come to the games any more.
posted at 03:02 PM on August 22
Jays' Gibbons, Lilly Get Into Argument. I'm sorry, but if someone ends up with a bloody nose then it's more then an "argument". Maybe some people are just wound a little too tightly to be a big league manager? So how long until Lilly is on the block to go?
posted by commander cody at 01:11 AM on August 22
Weedy: we're not all a bunch of mealy mouthed lookatmes True, but serious sports fans make up a smaller core that is probably in the minority -- the other 30,000 that used to fill up the rest of the Dome are pretty accurately represented by the golf-clapping, arrive late & leave early, "please don't cheer so loud", attend only because apparently this is fashionable and world class enough, stereotype. Stuff like this seriously damages their fashion appeal.
posted at 01:32 PM on August 22
Jays' Gibbons, Lilly Get Into Argument. I'm sorry, but if someone ends up with a bloody nose then it's more then an "argument". Maybe some people are just wound a little too tightly to be a big league manager? So how long until Lilly is on the block to go?
posted by commander cody at 01:11 AM on August 22
PS now this team is a sinking ship...
posted at 12:54 PM on August 22
Jays' Gibbons, Lilly Get Into Argument. I'm sorry, but if someone ends up with a bloody nose then it's more then an "argument". Maybe some people are just wound a little too tightly to be a big league manager? So how long until Lilly is on the block to go?
posted by commander cody at 01:11 AM on August 22
Its kind of hard to give Gibbons the benefit of the doubt anymore -- he's done, the sooner the better. Its a perfect opportunity to promote Ernie Whitt, who probably should have had the job in the first place anyway. This might have blown over in a different market, another city might even embrace Gibbons and call him fiery and scrappy. But in a city that is always a little put off that they get virtually ignored by the US dominated sports media, I think they'll collectively resent the embarrassment he's bring down on them by getting them in the headlines for all the wrong reasons for the second time in a month. On a day where the sports media should be all over the Yankees/BoSox 5 game Fenway sweep, a defeat of near historic proportions, they are instead they're having fun at the expense of the otherwise usually ignored Blue Jays. Since we always worry about if and how we're seen through US eyes, this has got to be an offense far worse than losing or being irrelevant. A lot of the fickle fans that the Jays been trying to cajole back into the Dome probably just decided to continue staying away.
posted at 12:49 PM on August 22
Red Sox gear up for pivotal stretch
We all know the Red Sox need to make the best of the upcoming double-header vs. NYY. It sickened my stomach to watch them drop key games to the AA Major team called Kansas City last week! - LAA will not be a smooth ride, they have no rest on their transition to the wild wild west, but at least Theo Epstein has made what I consider to be a very important move by bringing in Hinske, who will not only help the line-up, but diminish somewhat whatever gunpowder the Blue Jays have left... a rival they will meet 4 times starting Aug.31st. They cannot afford to keep losing to the Jays as they did in Boston.....
I can understand Curt when he says:
"I'm not talking about the Wild Card," Schilling snapped to a reporter after his last start. "I don't care about the Wild Card. That's for second-place teams. We can't think like a second-place team right now."
No one wants to come in second in the American League East....I believe the wild-card will be for the White Sox.... thus leaving Boston or NY out of the playoffs....
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J.Lopez has done a nice job! He's no Veritek, but has he's getting the job done. David Wells has been unbelievable on his return, the question is, can he keep it up (stay healthy and reliable)?
I still get the feeling we are a good pitcher too short.... Not having traded for one before the deadline, may be the difference between IN or OUT! -- How I regret the Mo Peņa for Arroyo deal right now.... Mo has been better as of late, but having Arroyo would have been phenomenal.... As it is, this trade could be the difference between the RedSox making it or braking it!
posted by zippinglou at 04:07 PM on August 17
re: Hinske -- thanks from the Jays for taking that $5mill salary off of our hands -- don't count on our losing the 25th (or so) man on the roster "diminishing our gunpowder" much. BTW, you just helped us either sign Vernon Wells to a contract extention next year or get another decent starter.
posted at 06:18 PM on August 17
sic, noble efforts on your part, but at some point you're banging your head against a wall. For some reason some who don't want to see their favourite cheater criticized seem to think that opinions need to be supported by hard evidence like you're laying charges in a criminal trial. As far as I'm concerned you're allowed to form an opinion when mounting circumstantial evidence points to a ever more obvious conclusion.