Playing the “Blame Hockey” Game Again

Some general sports bloggers are still up in arms about The Detroit Situation. For those of you living under a rock: Detroit sports fans were forced to choose between the Red Wings and Pistons, because games 1-3 of the Stanley Cup Finals and games 3-5 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals were scheduled at about [...]

Thank you, NHL Network USA!

Thank you for simulcasting the 2008 Memorial Cup in the United States. Because of your foresight, I got to witness this live:

I am forever in your debt.

Was It Really This Bad?

(H/T: Paulsen at Sports Media Watch)

The Wonders of Modern Technology

So, if a guy in his living room can rewind the Versus HD feed on his DVR, advance frame-by-frame a replay of a disputed goal call, find clear evidence of the puck crossing the line, aim his cameraphone at his HDTV, and send video to the guy next to me at Mellon Arena, what the [...]

Dagor Penntaur: I Can’t Carry It, But I Can Carry You

[EVGENI MALKIN has SIDNEY CROSBY, felled by his wounded ankle and the weight of The Puck, in a fireman's carry. They are almost to the bank of the Delaware River. Suddenly, MALKIN hears a noise behind him]
R.J. UMBERGER:
The precious is ours! We wants it!
[UMBERGER jumps out from behind a parked car, and tackles MALKIN from [...]

May 10, 2008: The day Slashdot died.

Once again, Twitter, Slashdot’s most maniacal anti-Microsoft troll, beats on the truthout.org dead horse. Of course, Twitter and Marc Ash are cut from the same cloth. They both believe that they are so noble, and their causes so righteous, that they can freely stoop to any depth, and engage in whatever underhanded behavior they please.
Marc [...]

Who else would I sponsor?

Finally, an answer to the question, “Who the hell would sponsor this guy?“

Dagor Penntaur Flashback: Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe

[SIDNEY CROSBY is watching TV in his room at MARIO LEMIEUX'S house. MARIO and the family are visiting their parents back in Montreal, so SIDNEY has the house to himself. SIDNEY hears somebody coming down the hall. Suddenly, GARY ROBERTS rushes into the room.]
GARY ROBERTS:
Is it secret? Is it safe?
SIDNEY CROSBY:
Huh? What?
GARY ROBERTS:
The puck! Where [...]

Should I Give Paul Thurrott This Much Attention?

I don’t know why I continue to read Paul Thurrott’s work. Maybe it’s because he’s pretty reliable when it comes to Microsoft news. Change the subject to Apple, though, and he gets a little weird. It’s like watching an arms race between him and Steve Jobs to see who can develop the next, most powerful [...]

Dagor Penntaur: I Guess That Concludes Negotiations

[RYAN MALONE stands before an army of 17,132 yinzers at the Valley Forge exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. At the front of that army stand GARY ROBERTS, MAXIME TALBOT, MARC-ANDRE FLEURY, KRIS LETANG, and TYLER KENNEDY.]
RYAN MALONE:
Men of Squirrel Hill! Of Blawnox! My brothers!
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the [...]