Your “Hold On – I Need A Cup For THose Tears” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 18, 2017April 18, 2017

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NFL News: AJ Hawk signed a one-day contract so he could retire a Packer. Dallas jumped early and exercised the 2018 option on OL Zack Martin. It's worth $9.3 million, which is about $3 million less than he'd command on the open market after 2017. The Bills are going to

Your “Easter Sunday? Who Made the Ham?” Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 16, 2017April 14, 2017

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So, I was raised in a fundamentalist Baptist household. Here's what Easter meant to people who handed out Jack Chick books: Air tight! Religion sure kept my relatives from getting cancers - says the guy down to one parent and an aunt. That's why I make sure the nieces always get candy, because

Your “You Get A First Round! And You Get A First Round!” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 15, 2017April 13, 2017

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I don't know what to add. It's playoff season in two sports, Tonight's playoff action (boss): NHL: Leafs at Capitals - 7:00PM | NBCSN / CBC Predators at Blackhawks - 8:00PM | NBC / Sportsnet Flames at Ducks - 10:30PM | NBCSN / CBC NBA: Memphis at San Antonio - 8:00PM

Your Western Conference Playoff Team Previews & Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 13, 2017April 13, 2017

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Lone NFL note: the Draft is two weeks today. As with the East, so too with the West: Calgary: litre_cola Hi gang! The Ice Stampeders are in the playoffs again for the 2nd time in a long time. This here city sure gets amped up for it, bars are packed they take over

Eastern Conference Playoff Team Previews & Wednesday Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 12, 2017April 12, 2017

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I'm eschewing NFL News today & tomorrow because nothing important is going on, and the draft is still 15 days away, meaning Cleveland has plenty of time to screw things up. NHL Notes: Tonight's previews cover the teams not already written up by our crack staff of intrepid reporters. Click here, here and here

Your “Free Oakley” NY Rangers NHL Playoff Preview

Senor Weaselo - April 12, 2017April 12, 2017

(Yeah, wrong team at MSG, but whatever.) 2016-17 record: 48-28-6 (21-16-4 home, 27-12-2 away, 3-4 shootout), 102 pts (4th in the Metropolitan Division, 1st Wild Card) Goals For: 256 (4th) Goals Against: 220 (13th Goal Differential: +36 (5th) Another year, another Rangers team makes the playoffs with a 100+ point season, woo, 3 years in

Pens-Jacks Quasi-Preview Or Some Such (mostly Ice Stillers)

WCS - April 12, 2017April 11, 2017

The Pittsburgh Ice Stillers commence their Stanley Cup title defense against the "third best" team in the Metro Division, Columbus. The Pens recorded their third-best record in franchise history with 111 points, which not only wasn't enough to win the division (piss off, Crapitals), but, has them playing the equally

A Bitter Canucks Fan’s Totally Arbitrary NHL Playoff’s Preview

Beerguyrob - April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

So, it's playoff time again. And, once again, my hometown Ice Liouns are on the outside golfing in. Plus, five coaches got got within 24 hours of the end of the season, so it must be time for playoffs. The puck drops on the chase for Lord Stanley's mug on Wednesday, with

Your “Whoo Hoo! The NHL Draft” Friday Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 24, 2016June 24, 2016

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NFL Notes: Well well well - it seems the League is going to the Al-Jazeera Four (not Five, since PeyPey retired). Florio has amalgamated a bunch of different stories, and woven together a tale that the public contribution to the potential Las Vegas NFL stadium could be as high as

Your “Oh Well; When Do Euro Knockouts Start?” Wednesday Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 22, 2016June 22, 2016

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NFL Reportings: Pete Carroll once again says Russell Wilson is really, really, really dialled in. Usually when a coach is that effuse, I'm going to drop said player from my fantasy roster. Keeping Jim Caldwell was an "easy decision", according to Lions new GM Bob Quinn. "Finding" Jim Caldwell proved a