A blog from 39,000 feet

SOMEWHERE OVER THE MIDWEST – How cool is it to have wireless internet usage in an airplane? Pretty damn cool if you ask me. Just had to get a blog in while I’m up here. I even got the exit row on this flight from Detroit to Denver, and I got coffee and sparkling water on the open tray table next to the vacant seat beside me. Life is good – though I still can’t stand flying in general. I wanted to put a link to a story I wrote for SI.com, that came out yesterday. They asked me to write something on former Av Ian Laperriere, who is being nominated for Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year. Avs fans certainly know Lappy was a favorite, on and off the ice. This is the story I wrote as to why I believe he should win it. Pass it along. Also, here are your latest SI NHL Power Rankings. They were written before last night’s Avs loss. Mike Chambers is handling Avs practice today. Let’s hope the reports are good about Peter Mueller’s pract...