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Hear me out: The NHL should split up its scheduleThe NHL schedule has been jumbled by the league’s latest COVID-19 outbreaks, resulting not only in games being postponed now, but the withdrawal of the game’s top players from the upcoming Olympics....

Deadspin's 2011 NHL Entry Draft Running DiaryWelcome to Deadspin's first and likely last annual NHL Draft Diary. Follow along with due reverence for the most thrilling pageant in all of sport....

Why Mike Emrick Is The Best SI has a nice profile this week of hockey's undisputed signature voice, Mike "Doc" Emrick. The story picked up some of the things that make Emrick a great play-by-player: his research, his enthusiasm, his longevity....

Network Airing Stanley Cup Finals Does Not Know Who Is In Stanley Cup Finals

This is what you get for slashing Dick Ebersol's $600 billion promo budget....

Putting The NHL's TV Deal With Versus In Context

The NHL is set to announce the terms of their renewed contract with NBC and Versus today, for upwards of $200 million a year. (Multiple sources say it's a 10-year deal.) That sounds like a lot of money, or not a lot of money, depending on who you talk to. Versus also sounds like the best home for ho...

Here's Your "Is This A Big News Story?" MNF Open Thread

Rex Ryan's fun-lovin' Jets are in Foxboro to take on Bill Belichick's down-to-business New England Patriots. Here's a reminder of what every pre-game report has already reminded you of: these coaches have one thing in common — dramatic pause — winning....

Angry Interplanetary Ice Bear Will Destroy Anchorage, Bring Back Hockey

Seriously, this bear is fucking pissed. Wouldn't you be if you were the mascot for an obscure college hockey team in Fairbanks and then got banished to the stars? I would certainly want to smash some shit up, starting with that small moon over there. Do not fuck with the Nanook Space Bear....

Sports Fella Still Miffed That ESPN Won't Let Him Run The Place

There's been little or no compelling Sports Fella/WWL melodrama in recent weeks, but yesterday, thankfully, Simmons is back to using his podcast to undermine his employer once again....