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Winter Olympic Ice Hockey Odds
The folks at Bodog.com just passed along the odds for Men's 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournment in Vancouver. Unsurprisingly, Canada is the favorite to win Group A as well as the gold; Russia and Sweden are also heavily favored to win Groups B and C, respectively.
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Not So Unique After All
Over at ESPN.com, John Buccigross is sharing some of his memories from previous NHL All-Star Games:
2001 in Colorado: It was like 70 degrees in Denver and the West won 14-12. I think Bill Guerin had 10 goals or something and was the MVP. I also remember Thomas Dolby rehearsing "She ...
Ian LaPerriere’s PSA Outtake
Thanks to my old buddy Gil Edwards at Red Lasso for digging up this local clip from the Fox affiliate in Philadelphia. In it, we've got a local news personality interviewing Riley Cote of the Flyers. Towards the end, they cut to an outtake of Ian LaPerriere gamely trying to ...
What’s It Like to Watch Alex Ovechkin Play Hockey?
Apparently, it's a lot like watching LeBron James play basketball. Here's Bill Simmons musing on the feeling he gets whenever he sees James playing in person:
If you were ever fortunate enough to have season tickets for a memorable athlete in his prime -- Gretzky, Montana, Jordan, Magic, Bird, Pedro, Koufax, ...
More Canal Hockey Footage
Here's some more footage from Saturday's "canal" hockey game. You won't see me in this footage because I'm the one behind the camera this time. More details here from John Keeley.
Team USA Gold Medal Winning Chant
Thanks to hockeycardshow for digging up this clip of Team USA celebrating in the locker room after their 6-5 OT victory over Team Canada at the 2010 World Junior Championships:
It's fun to be a teenager -- and a world champion. Congrats again.
John Carlson Stabs Canada in the Heart
This kid can't get to Washington fast enough. For more, and there's plenty more, see John Keeley and Brian McNally.
And for those of you who might be keeping score, that's a pair of world titles that the U.S. has won in hockey in the past week when you count the ...
And Now You Know Why
If you ever wonder why Washington Capitals fans seem to have a collective chip on their shoulder concerning how the franchise and its players are treated by the rest of the hockey world, you might want to read this passage from Ted Leonsis that appeared this morning on his blog:
Then ...
A Look Back at Some Predictions
Before the start of the season, the good folks at the D.C. Pro Sports Report asked me to answer a couple of questions about the upcoming season. Now that the Caps have hit the 41-game mark, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look back at ...
A Personal Farewell to the Washington Times Sports Section
By now most folks in town have read about what many of us had been hearing first hand -- that the Washington Times sports section, along with the rest of its local coverage, is living on borrowed time. For a perspective of what the demise of the section will mean ...
Jeff Schultz is Worth More Than You Think
I was reading through yesterday's transcript of an online chat hosted by WaPo NHL Editor Lindsey Applebaum when I came across this exchange about Caps defenseman Jeff Schultz. As everyone knows by now, the Caps dealt winger Chris Clark and defenseman Milan Jurcina to Columbus in exchange for left wing ...
Another ESPN.com Fail on the Washington Caps
Perhaps I'm getting too sensitive, but it was hard not to notice that ESPN.com misspelled Chris Clark's name last night when it posted the following link.
Somebody call a copy editor.
And in case you missed it, here's another one that J.P. dug up.
Another NHL Fail on Alex Ovechkin
Here in Washington, we're always sensitive about how the league sends consistent subtle, but detectable, signals that it likes Sidney Crosby more than Alex Ovechkin. Yesterday, Nate Ewell from Caps PR pointed out in a tweet that the league's Xmas commercial for shop.nhl.com mentions Crosby by name in order to ...
Live Chat Tonight at CSNDC
The folks at CSNDC have kindly asked me to host a live chat during tonight's Caps-Devils game. Click here to join the chat at 7. Hope to see you there.
Ovechkin’s Status is Week-to-Week
The Washington Capitals just issued the following statement regarding the status of left wing Alex Ovechkin:
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin suffered an upper-body strain in Sunday evening’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and his status is week-to-week, the team determined Monday.
Ovechkin, the NHL leader in points (23) and ...
Is the Washington Post’s Sports Coverage Vulnerable?
That's a question that Slate's Jack Shafer is considering in light of the news that Joe Allbritton, the owner of WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8, has asked former Washington Post reporter and editor Jim Brady to start a Web-only publication for the D.C. area:
Most newspapers place the sports section at the ...
Crime Imitates Failed Television Show Art
A couple of years back, I caught a few episodes of an ABC television sitcom dubbed the Knights of Prosperity. The premise was simple: a bunch of folks down on their luck decided to conspire to rob celebrities like Mick Jagger and Ray Romano. David Letterman was the producer, ...
More on the Caps, Redskins and How to Handle the Media
Over at D.C. Sports Bog yesterday, Dan Steinberg picked up on the same vibe I did on Monday when I read some common sense advice Ted Leonsis dispensed on dealing with the media. Give it a read. Primary assist to J.P.
Is This a Great Time or What?
Purchase price of 42 inch 1080p high definition television: $800.
Monthly subscription to satellite television service: $100.
Yearly subscription to NHL Center Ice: $165.
Listening to an online radio feed of the Caps and Flyers after spending all of that money in order to ensure that you can watch any hockey game you ...
Are They Listening at Redskins Park?
From Monday morning's Washington Post piece on the popularity -- or lack thereof currently -- of the Washington Redskins among the locals:
David Donovan, the Redskins' chief operating officer, disputed Powell's analysis, saying that team records show a 12 percent dip in merchandise sales, which he said was understandable in a ...
Theo Fleury on ESPN’s E:60 Tonight at 7:00 p.m.
Here's the word from ESPN PR rep Andy Hall:
Theo Fleury Speaks Out on ESPN’s E:60 ESPN's award-winning primetime newsmagazine E:60 will feature a revealing interview with former NHL star Theo Fleury in the episode airing Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. ET. The program, which launched in October 2007, ...
On Rob Scuderi and Jason Chimera: Can Anybody Spell Clipping?
I was reading Greg Wyshynski's account of Rob Scuderi's hit on Jason Chimera over at Puck Daddy late last night when it occurred to me that nobody had mentioned the penalty that could have been called: clipping. Here's the reference straight out of the NHL rulebook.
Should they have thrown ...
Redskins Fans Express Their Dipleasure to Mr. Snyder
Here's a picture for all the Washington Redskins fans. The following picture was snapped by a friend of mine on Route 28 in Virginia near the team's training complex in Ashburn.
Apparently firing the owner isn't an option.
Willie Mitchell’s Clean, but Devastating Hit, on Jonathan Toews
Here's the hit everyone in the NHL is going to be talking about in the morning: Willie Mitchell's clean, but devastating hit on Jonathan Toews in Chicago on Wednesday night as the Blackhawks hosted the Canucks.
The hit, which came with the Canucks trailing 2-1 in a game that they eventually ...
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