The most confused NBA star in the league today (aside from mentally challenged players like Meta World Peace f/k/a Ron Artest) is, of course, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard. For most of the season, he demanded to be traded but Magic owner Rich DeVos and the front office couldn’t find a taker at a very […]

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A hot goaltender is often the key to winning a series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and today, the day after Mike Smith and the Phoenix Coyotes eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 2. Not to downplay Smith, or Phoenix’s playing style, which gave the Hawks fits all season, but the Hawks never put […]

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• As I said above, no one is happier than I that the dreaded, hated Red Wings and Canucks are also eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The City of Vancouver is happy that the fans didn’t riot this year. • So far, we have two Game 7 – winner take all games. […]

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This is the best time of year – the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Since there are so many stories, let’s hit the ice…. • I was a bit surprised that the NHL Sergeant-At-Arms, Brendan Shanahan, who has the third highest number of “Gordie Howe Hat Tricks” (a goal, an assist, and a fight), […]

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I was a fan of Ozzie Guillen. He managed the first Chicago World Series Champion in almost nine decades and he did so for my beloved White Sox. But every day during the season, Sox fans had to cringe at what would come out of Ozzie’s mouth on any given day. Most of the time […]

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If you had told me last week that the University of Arkansas would sever ties with Head Football Coach Bobby Petrino, I would have said that there was no f#$king way. Petrino’s team finished number 5 in the country at the end of last season. Petrino just completed his fourth season with the Razorbacks, who […]

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It is always amusing to me when a college basketball or football coach gets into trouble. When it involves players, it usually is covering up bad grades or money under the table. In that case, it’s the student athletes who are doing something they shouldn’t be doing; its hardly ever the coach’s fault for introducing […]

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