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NHL and NBA Open Thread

by John Cole|  April 28, 20167:34 pm| 48 Comments

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Go Penguins- beat those damned Caps.

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  1. 1.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    Go sports ball teams!

  2. 2.

    dedc79

    April 28, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    The age old dilemma. What do you do when you hate both teams (Caps and Pens), and it’s no longer socially acceptable (for some reason) to root for injuries?

  3. 3.

    LAO

    April 28, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    @dedc79: lol. A pox on both their houses!

  4. 4.

    p.a.

    April 28, 2016 at 7:52 pm

    @dedc79: wish ill on the owners!

  5. 5.

    Punchy

    April 28, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    I hate the Caps more than the Pens, so I guess Go Pens? Celz/Hocks game should be wickad good, as long as Bahstahn plays smaht.

    Good nite for sports. Also, fuck the NFL and their CTE-in-10-years recruitment…

    ETA: Hawks favored in this game? WTF?

  6. 6.

    dedc79

    April 28, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    @p.a.: @LAO: Good suggestions. I think I’m going to root against the Caps, since I live in DC and have to deal with way more insufferable Caps fans than I do Pens fans.

  7. 7.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    Can someone explain the NBA to me? I used to love it. Absolute favorite sport. And now I can’t stand to watch it. It’s weird, like I want to watch it, but when I do, I’m immediately repelled by the style of play and the officiating.

    That said, go Celts! Who are terrible to watch or even listen to on the radio.

  8. 8.

    Vickie Feminist

    April 28, 2016 at 8:00 pm

    Excuse me–as a DC area resident, the CAPS are our only winning team. And worse our new baseball team in nicknamed the Nats, rhyming with gnats. So you can understand why we needs the CAPS to win.

  9. 9.

    LAO

    April 28, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    @dedc79: I’ll join you in rooting against the caps. But really don’t care.

  10. 10.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 28, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    @redshirt:

    Can someone explain the NBA to me?

    It’s professional basketball. Like Red Auerbach said, “put the ball in the hole.” You try to do that more times than your opponent does.

  11. 11.

    rikyrah

    April 28, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    I hope there’s someone decent left by the time the Bears pick.

  12. 12.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    April 28, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    Let’s go Caps!

  13. 13.

    Mike J

    April 28, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    It’s Grateful Dead night at Fenway. Happily, patchouli doesn’t come through the TV.

  14. 14.

    Punchy

    April 28, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    @redshirt: The game is way faster and much less physical than it was 10-20 yrs ago. Every little contact is called. Game seems boring compared to what I remember from the 90s.

    YMMV

  15. 15.

    Mnemosyne

    April 28, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    Apropos of nothing, I realize now that I used to get a lot more historical research done before wi-fi existed. Damn it.

  16. 16.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    @Punchy: I’ve seen some Golden State games this year and they were enjoyable. Everything else is like random fouls.

    I think the isolation play really hurt the sport.

  17. 17.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I’m a big believer in turning off the internet if you don’t need it to work. It’s all too tempting.

  18. 18.

    indycat32

    April 28, 2016 at 8:17 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: I think you mean the basketball ring

  19. 19.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    April 28, 2016 at 8:18 pm

    @redshirt:

    I’m a big believer in turning off the internet

    Now that’s just crazy talk.

    ETA: When the internet goes off here in the cave, the cave stops working properly.

  20. 20.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Luckily I don’t have to work.

    Describe your cyber cave.

  21. 21.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    April 28, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    One of the legal secretaries in my firm is a Celtics cheerleader. It’s always fun to watch the male of the species in my office run to opine and exclaim to her their fealty to the Celtics the morning after, no matter what happens. I wonder why? hahahaha no, I don’t. Tomorrow morning will be another data point.

  22. 22.

    Mike J

    April 28, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: My mom’s atty defended the Garden in a suit around an incident with Kurt Rambus.

  23. 23.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    April 28, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    wow. Chargers with surprise pick – joey bosa OSU

  24. 24.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    April 28, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    @Mike J:

    He had the entire city of Boston ready to testify as character witnesses against Rambis. We hate the Lakers as much as the Yankees.

  25. 25.

    Mike J

    April 28, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: I was at a Lakers/Celtics NBA Final game in, uhm, ’85? Nosebleed seats behind a column at one end of the Garden, but I was there.

  26. 26.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    April 28, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    @redshirt: The cybercave™ has lighting, heating and security that is computer(including cell phones) controlled. These things can also be controlled and monitored remotely, so the internet is required to be Always ON.

  27. 27.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: Used to, to both. The Lakers rivalry is greatly muted if not gone, and even the Yankees don’t generate much juice these days. The most hated object in Boston sports these days is Roger Goodell.

  28. 28.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA: Holy Connectivity, Batman!

  29. 29.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    April 28, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    @redshirt: It’s the 21st century, this is how I do most of it.

  30. 30.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    April 28, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    @Mike J:

    June ’86 I think – after the Pats lost the SB to the Bears and before the Red Sox lost to the Mets in the WS. Thank god for Larry Bird.

  31. 31.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: Amen!

  32. 32.

    A Ghost To Most

    April 28, 2016 at 8:49 pm

    Fuck the Penguins. That is all.

  33. 33.

    Mike J

    April 28, 2016 at 8:59 pm

    Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons 10h10 hours ago
    My dream for tonight’s Draft: Belichick rushes the podium after pick 31 and picks “Fuck You Goodell, quarterback, Fuck Off University.”

  34. 34.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    April 28, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    @redshirt:

    Actually, Larry Bird is my favorite bird, which also belongs in the Betty Cracker thread.

  35. 35.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    April 28, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    @efgoldman:

    hating the Lakers is like hating the runt of the litter.

    ?

  36. 36.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    April 28, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: Sue Bird is much better (video)

  37. 37.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    April 28, 2016 at 9:17 pm

    @efgoldman: They’ll still get folk in the 10K seats; It’s Hollywood, Jake.

  38. 38.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: While I love him, he’s been a Pacer for a while. Who’d a thunk Ainge would be the Celtic lifer.

  39. 39.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    April 28, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:

    I lived in Coventry, next to Storrs from ’89 to ’97 raising two young girls. Those UConn girls were such huge heroes.. Rebecca Lobo, Kara Wolters, Sue Bird, Nykesha Sales, Jen Rizzotti, then Diana Taurasi who may have been the best of all, were rock stars. Everyone knew the names of all of the men and women players.

  40. 40.

    LAO

    April 28, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    That was a thing (goal) of beauty.

  41. 41.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    April 28, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: Spousal Unit moved down for UConn grad school in ’92 and immediately became a fan. Me, too..

  42. 42.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    April 28, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: GOAT

    (Clip #1)

    (Clip #2)

  43. 43.

    PaulWartenberg2016

    April 28, 2016 at 10:41 pm

    NFL Draft, I love the Bucs taking Vernon Hargreaves III at the Cornerback spot.

  44. 44.

    redshirt

    April 28, 2016 at 10:48 pm

    Fuck the NFL draft.
    Fuck the NFL.

  45. 45.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    April 28, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:

    Amazing!!! I could watch Diana Taurasi make her shots all day long. It was effortless for her. What a star! Thanks!

  46. 46.

    JanieM

    April 28, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne:

    Diana Taurasi who may have been the best of all

    One of the things I loved about watching her was that on top of the excellence, she always looked like she was just having a great time playing the game.

  47. 47.

    Caphilldcne

    April 28, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    Caps win on Oshie’s hat trick in overtime! Heck yeah! Just got home from the game and altho I’m a red wings lifer I love these caps!!

  48. 48.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    April 29, 2016 at 12:34 am

    @JanieM: She’s hilarious and possess amazing charisma (video)

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