Article: "Blackhawks May Lace Up at Soldier Field"

Deadspin and Sporting Blog: "The NHL is gonna hit the outdoors again. In Chicago."

There's a little difference between those two.

@Afino:

Will likes to get ahead of the story.

@Afino: Spencer Hall is not big on fact checking

(see also: "first outdoor NHL game in modern history")

@Afino: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.

Sometimes I forget words too, so I really can't...I really can't....what's the word? Blame! Thanks! I really can't blame Mike Patrick.

@Afino: I wrote about this on FanHouse yesterday:

"Chances Increase for Chicago Winter Classic"

[sports.aol.com]

You can't blame Will for this one -- the Sporting Blog read the same story I did, saw the same quote from the 'Hawks claiming this was in the "What If?" stages, and decided to declare it official in its headline.

"But Blackhawks president John McDonough said discussions about Soldier Field have 'been informal on a what-if basis,'' adding, 'I have friends at all of the venues: Wrigley, U.S. Cellular. I think they'd all like to take a run at it.'"

Jeez, don't have it at Wrigley. The Blackhawks will end up trading Patrick Kane for Ernie Broglio.

Clare is a junior high school girl.

@Rob Iracane: We haven't seen a rivalry like this since the... the.... Cola Wars! That's it thank you.

@Rob Iracane:
-Oh, hello! I'm Rob Iracane... {whispers} Line?
-{offscreen whispers} Welcome.
-Welcome! ... {whispers} Line?
-{offscreen whispers} To.
-To! ... {whispers} Line?
-{offscreen whispers} Deadspin dot com.
-Something.com!

I really can't wait for an athlete to come out and say "thank god? for what? i thank mom and dad for being horny bastards 24 summers ago"

Yea. Wirtz would've gone for this...

@Rob Iracane: No love for "Lights Out" Lidge?

Mmmm Frozen Blackhawk! Delicious and ready in about 2 minutes. Thank you Sara Lee!

If I were the producer, I would have told him the line is, "I fellate Mike Kryzewski(sp) and Greg Paulus."

@MrMoustache: don't you mean "Broken Shell of a Man After the 2005 NLCS Homer" Lidge?

What is Brady Quinn's preferred snack on a hot summer day?

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: "it's dot commmmm!"

/threadjack

Who's doing the live blog of the Gatorade Duels from Daytona ?

/shows self out

@I Party With Smoot: If the Hawks want to win they should take the Costanza approach and do everything the opposite of what Bill Wirtz would do.

@Lady Andrea: Some people think it was Scott "No Homers" Podsednik that did Lidge in... but it was Albert "Stick It In Your" Pujols that crushed his spirit.

@Sir Hotbod Handsomeface: He forgot the important (in the United States)

Those Sox didn't retire, they just left the South Side.

Wait a minute? If no one pays to see the Blackhawks indoors, who thinks they would pay to see the Blackhawks outdoors?

Mmmm Frozen Blackhawk! Delicious and ready in about 2 minutes. Thank you Smallpox Infected Blankets!

/fixed
/Bouqueted

@Wyshynski:

I realize that, which is also why I included Sporting Blog, considering that's where I'm sure Will got it from.

@LeagueofShadows: People, we've been over this: Burgundy will read anything you put up on that prompter!!!

/Willardized

Commit to the Frozen Indian?

Omg..an athlete is a christian...that is such a fun thing for me to make laughter at! And so novel. Let's do homogays and muslims next! oh wait, only christianity is in play. Got it.

@BillyMumphry:

SAY IT AGAIN, REVEREND!

@Texas Gal:

Just read your old article about attending the ALCS last year.

Good to see you are so open-minded and fair in your assesment of Cleveland. I'm sure the place you grew up in is much nicer than Hunting Valley, because obviously all of us there fuck our sisters and spend half the day at Wal-Mart, right?

So Brian Billick was fired even though he made the wisest decisions?

As an Eagles fan I can see why our coach is at such odds with this rating system. Zeus is a Greek God, and Andy Reid looks like a goddamned Greek.

@racistmascot_inc: Not sure why you're commenting here on a totally unrelated article from a totally different website, but... while I wish I could take credit for that article, it was from the brilliant mind of J-Money. She's from West Fuckin' Virginia, so she knows things.

@Texas Gal:

Yes, because you didn't take any unnecessary potshots at Cleveland in the article comments, right?

You're right though, Texas is much classier than the rich eastern suburbs of Cleveland.

@racistmascot_inc: GEOGRAPHY SMACK!

im pretty sure being rich in Ohio means you have the most tires in your yard. Or couches.

@BillyMumphry:

Hunting Valley is the 5th richest area in America by per capita income, but I'm sure they spend all that money on tires and outboard motors they can put on their 15 acre properties.