A triple crown would be nice.
And no injuries.
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Nice shirt, Brent. Jesus. He has that “New Jersey Used Car Salesman circa 1981” look down, doesn’t he?
by John Cole| 41 Comments
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A triple crown would be nice.
And no injuries.
*** Update ***
Nice shirt, Brent. Jesus. He has that “New Jersey Used Car Salesman circa 1981” look down, doesn’t he?
by John Cole| 6 Comments
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This stinks:
The Pittsburgh Steelers have confirmed that former player and one of the original members of the Steel Curtain, Dwight White, has died. He was 58.
White, a former defensive end, was hospitalized in intensive care last month due to complications from back surgery.
Officials say White originally went home after the surgery, but he had to be taken back to the hospital.
“Dwight White was one of the greatest players to ever wear a Steelers uniform,” says Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, in a statement. “He was a key member of the Steel Curtain defense and a member of the greatest defensive line in NFL history. He played with a relentlessness that led us to four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s.
Thanks.
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There are few things that piss off Canadians (right Krista?)
1. American Beer
2. Messing with hockey or anything associated with it
The CBC had a license agreement to use the familiar Hockey Night in Canada theme song. It ran out recently:
The “Hockey Night in Canada” theme song, a mainstay of Canadian households for 40 years and often thought of as the unofficial second national anthem, may have launched its final hockey game, according to the company that controls use of the song.
The tune, which has opened the Canadian Broadcasting Corp’s Saturday night National Hockey League broadcasts since the late 1960s, will not be renewed as the broadcaster has chosen to move in a new direction, said John Ciccone, president of Copyright Music & Visuals.
This is not funny and I hope it is a joke. The Hockey Night in Canada theme song is as ubiquitous as Don Cherry and hockey itself! Canadians will hate this.
by John Cole| 65 Comments
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I want to congratulate you on the great race you have run, and it was an honor competing against you in the Stanley Cup. However, I want you to know that a lot of Penguins fans, in the millions, all over the country, supported us this season, and I am just not ready to make a decision tonight. Also, I would like to point out that we performed much better in our home games, and thus the away game structure of the Detroit games were systematically unfair. I would like all our fans to go to our web site and tell us what they think we should do.
A lot of pundits are asking, what does Sidney Crosby want? Well, I will tell you. A few more assists, maybe a hat trick or two, but most of all, some respect for the fans. So while it was fun playing against you, we need some time to think, and I think in the interest of fairness, we may need to play another game to really settle this.
*** Update ***
I would like to note we are open to talks about being Vice-Stanley Cup winners.
by John Cole| 54 Comments
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Home ice. Make us proud.
*** Update ***
For those of you not interested in hockey, here is a story about baristas being legally permitted to serve coffee while wearing a bikini. Another sign of our defeat of the Islamofascists.
by John Cole| 24 Comments
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According to Don Cherry, Fleury’s goaltending performance last night was the best he has ever seen (watch the video).
Also, according to my mother, all 17,000 Penguins tickets were sold out in 17 minutes.
by Tim F| 99 Comments
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I have a feeling the superdelegates are going to step in tonight.
***Update***
The Pens win West Virginia score first! There’s no stopping us now.
***Update 2***
And Kentucky! In fairness, the Pens had to play damn good hockey even to set up that own goal.
***Update 3***
Ugh. Tied up and Detroit won’t stop shooting on our goal. Unless the rules committee invalidates those first two games this isn’t going anywhere good.
***Update 4***
And the Pens win Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and PUERTO RICO!!
…maybe we should play without a goalie more often?
***Update 5***
Gadzooks. The Pens know that Detroit is a better team. They know that barring some miracle they won’t hold the cup this year. But for some reason they won’t give up and this game will go on forever. WHY WON’T THE PENS GIVE UP?
***Update 6***
GAME 5, PENS! We’re taking this thing to the convention.