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| Name: | owl |
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Business Week Votes Bettman among the worst managers of 2004 A fairly scathing review of Bettman's performance, and not just this year. He is in good company with luminaries such as Eisner (Disney) and Scott Livengood of Krispy Kreme.
posted on January 04, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Dissecting the Levitt report An economist and a hockey fan looks at the Levitt report.
posted on March 30, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
the cbc has a top ten list of the bottom ten moments in hockey violence.
posted on March 10, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Sweden yay, Ave's nay reports in sweden indicate that Forseberg is set to go to Modo again next season, in the event of of a lockout. Colorado denies it. well, wouldn't they?
posted on February 29, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
NHL standings and magic numbers. a different way of looking at the standings, as well as projected finishing positions, using magic numbers. it's not as esoteric as it sounds.
posted on February 18, 2004 - Go to the detail view for this result
Sharapova has lost "N" match points It was said that Maria Sharapova would go to death if she couldn't get the Grand Slam(the Aus Open),but now she has already cracked down on her way.
posted by luckygirl9 at 01:47 AM on January 28
Australian Open temperature rises what with Hewitt's bad behaviour, Chela's dummy spit (without the dummy) and a dodgy drug story over the last week or so, it's now down to the Quarter Finals and the real heat.
posted by owlhouse at 01:01 AM on January 26
i think thats a pretty fair assessment. federer doesn't exactly seem to be off his game right now, tho. speaking of close matches owlhouse, nalbandian/hewitt fit the bill pretty nicely...
posted at 05:15 PM on January 26
Australian Open temperature rises what with Hewitt's bad behaviour, Chela's dummy spit (without the dummy) and a dodgy drug story over the last week or so, it's now down to the Quarter Finals and the real heat.
posted by owlhouse at 01:01 AM on January 25
it was a let down in a way, but it did serve (no pun intended) to showcase federer's dominance, you're right. plus, i got to bed an hour earlier than i thought i would, so thats good... i don't think anyone can outlast him, but safin might be able to outpower him. how bout that nadal? damn good run against hewitt.
posted at 09:51 PM on January 25
Australian Open temperature rises what with Hewitt's bad behaviour, Chela's dummy spit (without the dummy) and a dodgy drug story over the last week or so, it's now down to the Quarter Finals and the real heat.
posted by owlhouse at 01:01 AM on January 25
im very much looking forward to the agassiz/federer match tomorrow. wish i were there.
posted at 01:29 AM on January 25
H-E Double Hockey Sticks NHL players should go ahead and accept European contracts for this year and next, the player's association president has told players privately on the group's Web site. " It's time for the moderate voices on both sides to exert their influence and save a $2-billion business that is on the verge of causing itself irreparable damage," laments Ottawa Sun writer Chris Stevenson
posted by rcade at 09:08 AM on January 17
both the vancouver province, and the vancouver sun are reporting that goodenow and whats-his-name are meeting over this weekend (past). but who knows.
posted at 01:46 AM on January 17
MeFi tackles NHL lock-out: i think two posts are worth sharing...and then promptly breaks down into violence/ethics blather.
posted by garfield at 10:44 AM on January 14
an intersting mefi post. perhaps a bit overdone, but the meaning is clear, and i am consistently being drawn to what should be an obvious conclusion: we are all taking this too seriously. i mean, who really cares if a man pantomines mooning a crowd? did it hurt you? who cares what the players get paid? if they get paid less, will it help you? who cares what happens in the grump between the league and the PA. if it means you dont want to watch anymore, or play anymore, than dont. hockey wont miss you, sports wont miss you, and i wont either.
posted at 03:57 AM on January 14
Play stick cricket: and while you are at it donate to the Tsunami appeal.
posted by Fat Buddha at 08:59 AM on January 12
that was harder than another cricket game i played...more fun.
posted at 04:10 AM on January 12
Business Week Votes Bettman among the worst managers of 2004 A fairly scathing review of Bettman's performance, and not just this year. He is in good company with luminaries such as Eisner (Disney) and Scott Livengood of Krispy Kreme.
posted by owl at 06:03 PM on January 05
odds seem to point to the latter?
posted at 03:06 AM on January 05
World Jrs. Final Tonight For hockey fans this will have to tide you over til the World Championships (baring some sort of act of God). A matchup between Canada and Russia should produce the best game of the tournament. The game is being hyped as Sidney Crosby vs. Alexander Ovechkin and it should be a classic. It will hopefully put a exclamation point on what has otherwise been a fairly dull tournament.
posted by camcanuck at 04:54 PM on January 04
go canucks!!
posted at 06:03 PM on January 04
Dissecting the Levitt report An economist and a hockey fan looks at the Levitt report.
posted by owl at 07:25 PM on March 31
camcanuck, the nba sets them at whatever rate they want and nobody plays by the rules...as i noted half of the teams pay luxury taxes, and they kick in at 61%. it sure does look like the tv deal is going sour. but a lot of teams are developing their own distribution channels, they should make up some of the difference.
posted at 04:45 PM on March 31
Dissecting the Levitt report An economist and a hockey fan looks at the Levitt report.
posted by owl at 07:25 PM on March 31
i don't think it was that poorly written, but i will agree he does not come across as someone who had an open mind about the numbers going in. that being said, what each player gets is irrelevant. what is relevant, to be profitable, is to keep salaries at some percentage of gross income. the nfl sets that at 64%, the nba sets it at 48%, but half of the teams pay luxury taxes that kick in at 61%, so they are kind of comparable. the nhl claims that salaries are 75% of gross income, which is out of whack to the other leagues. the article linked points out some dubious accounting practices that even with limited access to data suggest its closer to 72%, and that other factors could lower it even more. in that case, we are looking at comparable percentages accross all the sports, _independant_ of what the source of gross income is. eg, tv deal or not, although loss of that income would obviously change things. so yeah, chicobangs, i agree, lets get a decent tv contract.
posted at 11:37 AM on March 31
"Maybe somebody has to ... "Maybe somebody has to die before we learn." -- Teemu Selanne, responding to Wade Belak's two-handed slash to Ossi Vaananen's face during Saturday's Leafs-Avalanche game
posted by rcade at 08:31 PM on March 22
sorry, grum that was only a joke...thought it would be obvious.
posted at 08:50 AM on March 22
"Maybe somebody has to ... "Maybe somebody has to die before we learn." -- Teemu Selanne, responding to Wade Belak's two-handed slash to Ossi Vaananen's face during Saturday's Leafs-Avalanche game
posted by rcade at 08:31 PM on March 21
why are you defending this fiend grum?
posted at 11:28 PM on March 21
Forget labor woes. The NHL's ... Forget labor woes. The NHL's most serious problem is national TV ratings lower than Arena Football. As Tim Layden gloomily predicts in Sports Illustrated, "soon the NHL will live where track and field and skiing and swimming live, in a cable ghetto where only the truly devoted will venture in search of entertainment."
posted by rcade at 11:16 AM on March 19
"A hook is a hook. I don't care it it's the first period of a regular season game or the second overtime period in the finals. It should be called. Don Cherry would be upset because the 'we should let the players decide the game', but what he fails to grasp is they are. The players know the rules, if the refs would just called them consistently I don't think the players would mind." camcanuck, you were so right on here i couldn't quite believe that you also said you liked the glowing puck! ;)
posted at 07:11 AM on March 19
As a follow up that deserves ... As a follow up that deserves FPP status, here is a Jim Kelley spin off of Dryden's commentary.
posted by garfield at 04:50 PM on March 19
"Dryden is not only a vice chairman with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment in Toronto, but also a lawyer, a social commentator, a former NHL goaltender, a hockey administrator, a former Youth Commissioner for the Province of Ontario, a prolific author and a man who moves comfortably and ably on both sides of the US-Canadian border." he was also, by reputation, one of the most gentlemanly players of his era.
posted at 06:59 AM on March 19
what luckygirl said. sorta.