Hockey's never been much for the sanctity of seeds. No one blinked last year when the eight-seeded Kings blew through the competition on the way to a Cup. So it's not any sort of mathematical upset that the Red Wings took a 2-1 lead in their series with the top-seeded Blackhawks last night—but they needed one very egregious no-goal ruling to make it happen.
Sharing the Beat
Jane Gross to Roger Angell in his 1979 New Yorker story, "Sharing the Beat" (subscription required):
Mile-Wide Tornado Hits Oklahoma City Suburb, Killing at Least 51
A massive, mile-wide tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma Monday afternoon, killing at least 51 people, including 20 children. A reporter from local news station KFOR supposedly called it "the biggest, most destructive tornado in the history of the world," and estimated it was two to three times the magnitude of the…
Tie Domi's Son Pulls Off Between-The-Legs Saucer Pass
This nifty bit of stick handling came during the second period of MasterCard Memorial Cup round robin action between the Portland Winterhawks and London Knights on Monday night. Max Domi floated the puck over the defenders stick and it landed neatly on Bo Horvat's—in mid-air—before being redirected to the back of the…
University Of Minnesota Lost Money Selling Beer To College Kids
Gentle people of Minnesota, you may want to rethink shelling out for that Golden Gophers diploma.
Man Breaks Record For Most Backflips On A Pogo Stick
We throw the word "hero" around a lot on the internet, but sometimes there is simply no other word for doing more backflips on a pogo stick than any other person in the history of human-and-pogo-stick coexistence.
The Celtics' Terrence Williams was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly threatened a woman with a handgun. [Seattle Times]
Jerry Colangelo Says He Punched A Bulls Fan During The '93 NBA Finals
The man in charge of USA Basketball once owned the Suns and the Diamondbacks, the WNBA's Mercury, and the arena league's Rattlers. He was also responsible for bringing the NHL to Phoenix. But if you were to say something nasty to his mom, Jerry Colangelo wasn't always above behaving like some beer-soaked barfly in…
