Your “Well, That Was Fun” Thursday Open Thread

I'm not going to lie - last night's sports action was quite delightful. All three hockey games gave us great tension, whether it was Tampa holding on to beat Detroit, Pittsburgh starting a third-string goalie and watching how he held up, or Chicago throwing everything at St. Louis for almost

Your “FINALLY! Games That Matter!” Wednesday Open Thread

I don't believe there's a person in North America - nay; the world - that feels any sympathy for Gary Bettman. But it does suck that, on the opening night of the NHL's two-month journey towards winning the best trophy in sports (come at me!), the vast majority of interest is focused

Western Conference Preview: Schrodinger’s Series

The Western Conference opening round promises to be both watchable and unwatchable. Watchable in terms of the Blues-Blackhawks series, and possibly the Kings-Sharks series. But the other two seem destined to be unwatchable or - worse - ignored once people get a taste from the first games. But what happens

Your NHL Western Conference Preview & Tuesday Open Thread

First off, a small mea culpa. I confused my Dale Hunter incidents with my Ron Hextall incidents and assigned them to the wrong team.   Thanks to Sill for pointing that out. Guess I shouldn't type & teach. For those who care, there are five NBA games tonight, and none of them have dire playoff consequences.

Eastern Conference Team Previews: Smrt People Weigh In

HAWT TAEK: People on the internet are going to have opinions, and opinions about your opinions. Now, if it's something simple like screwing up a 23 year-old Dale Hunter hit, you're going to get caught on that within 5 or 6 comments. But take someone's sports team in vain? So, in

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Midweek Special!

I know you're disappointed that, for travel-related reasons, your weekly dose of AFL Beat will be delayed. In an effort to tide you over, I offer this little analysis I did in which I asked the question:  What if the NFL used the AFL system to determine playoff seedings? I compiled the

Your NHL Eastern Conference Preview & Monday Open Thread

Psst - You know that Monday after Super Bowl, or Christmas Eve, when there's almost no sports worth watching on the teevee? Well, we've entered that two-day realm tonight. There's no hockey, and basketball only has one game worth caring about and that's on Wednesday. There have been some firings