Not Mellon Arena’s Finest Moment

During the last TV time-out of the first period tonight, the Penguins welcomed the Versus broadcast crew.
And the fans booed.
People, John Buccigross isn’t walking through that door. Gary Thorne and Bill Clement aren’t walking through that door.
Versus won’t be winning any Emmy awards for a while, but that’s no excuse for being rude [...]

Ooh! What Does This Button Do?

Once upon a time, Mario Lemieux would single-handedly turn around hockey games by sheer force of will.
The Penguins would have a rough 1st period, fall behind by 2 or 3 goals, and shamble around for the first 5:00 or so of the 2nd, just for good measure. Then Mario would get disgusted and say to [...]

Hear that, boys? It’s open season!

UPDATE: The Commish is wise. He has indeed overturned the fine on Tuck after reviewing the tape.
 
Another day, another series of fines from Comrade Goodell. And one of them is likely to backfire on the National Football League.
Justin Tuck of the Giants was fined $7,500 for this hit on Cowboys quarterback Brooks Bollinger:
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