Canada is where NHL hockey belongs, not in the football-centric U.S. South, for crying out loud. A poll this week showed that Canucks-crazed Vancouverites are more excited about this Cup final series than they were about the 2010 Winter Olympics there.
Hotshot minor leaguer Bryce Harper hit a long homer. Instead of hustling out of the batter's box, he stood and admired it. If that wasn't bad enough, as he neared home, he blew a kiss to the opposing pitcher.
Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement on Twitter. No tears. No fuss. Just a direct message to his fans. Next thing you know, sports commentators will be rendered obsolete.
As disliked as Barry Bonds is outside the Bay area, here's something he did right. He has offered to pay for college for the two kids of the Giants fan who was beaten outside Dodger Stadium.
Some people in Vancouver have raised questions as to whether or not the rest of Canada would support the Canucks the way they united to root on the Sens, Flames and Oilers.
While the games themselves have remained exciting, Round 2 has not been as closely contested as the opening round of the playoffs. Here are some insights and observations from each of the four second round playoff series.
When it comes to sheer postseason tension, breathless action to lock you to the couch without bathroom breaks, the Stanley Cup playoffs deliver a clean body check to their hoop roommates every spring.
The NHL playoffs are well underway and the quality of play throughout Round 1 has been almost universally high. Here are some insights and observations from each of the eight first round series.
If Mets fans were hoping that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban would buy into the Mets, they can forget it. Cuban told Jimmy Kimmel the other night that he won't be an investor.
"What's the news?" one character asks another in As You Like It. The answer entails "much good sport." Celia then asks, "Sport! of what color? Nowadays, of all colors.
"Shot and a gooooooaaaal!" This was a very good night for all hockey fans in America.
The World Cup is a month-long marathon disguised as a series of furious sprints. Let me break it down for you.
Chicago is a great sports town with major league teams for Football, Baseball (two of them!), Basketball and Hockey. Hockey is the thing of the momen...
Mets pitcher Oliver Perez, who is killing his team (not to mention the fans), refuses to go to the minor leagues to work out his problems. Yes the inmates run the asylum.
Hockey in June isn't such a bad thing after all, and more people are checking it out in more ways. The numbers don't lie.
Is it possible? Is the choke in? The Boston Bruins blew a 3 games to none lead to Philadelphia. Could the Boston Celtics be doing the same to Orlando?
The Meadowlands will host the 2014 Super Bowl. Mayor Bloomberg, apparently overcome with giddiness, predicted the Giants will play the Jets. The tooth fairy will handle the opening toss.
New Journalism is still in a Wild West transitional stage. With the collapse of the publishing industry the rules have yet to be defined--and so far...
At first glance, the San Jose Sharks should be consensus favorites to defeat the Colorado Avalanche and advance to the second round of the NHL playo...
According to the ministry, which Mr. Ahmadinejad runs, the Iranian hard-liner defeated the Penguins by a score of 6-0, scoring two hat tricks in the victory.
Ironically, it is still Detroit that gives the suburbs a sense of place and America a reason to hope.
