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Sidney Crosby Can't Do This Himself, But He Damn Well Tried
It’s me, the guy who thinks Sidney Crosby doesn’t get the attention or credit he deserves for his play. No wait, don’t leave!...
Pekka Rinne Is Good Again
“I don’t know what he needed to prove to anybody,” Austin Watson said of goaltender Pekka Rinne, but I think it was pretty obvious. Rinne had been awful in the first two games of the Stanley Cup final. He needed to prove he hadn’t collapsed completely—that he could, at the very least, again be the p...
Pekka Rinne And The Predators Have Tied Things Up
An action-packed second period and a few stellar saves from goalie Pekka Rinne let the Predators take Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final by a score of 4-1....
ESPN Wants Everyone To Know They're Not Actually Liberal And They've Got Math To Prove It
Amid absurd claims that ESPN’s so-called liberal bias has caused a drop in viewership in recent months—an opportunistic and disingenuous reading of the network’s financial troubles, which were primarily provoked by the Worldwide Leader’s failure to adapt quickly enough to technological innovations ...
Thad Matta Leaves From Ohio State, Citing Recruiting Woes And Ailing Back
Ohio State men’s basketball head coach Thad Matta announced on Monday that he is immediately stepping down from atop the Buckeyes program, citing an ailing back and recent recruiting woes as the reasons for the abrupt departure. ...
P.K. Subban's Bad Breath Is The Best Kind Of Distraction
Let’s dive right into this one while proudly admitting that it’s silly, dumb, and fun. Hockey’s best player and its most marketable player now have an enjoyable mini-beef going to spice up what’s been a pretty engrossing series so far....
P.K. Subban: Sidney Crosby Told Me I Have Bad Breath
With Nashville on their way to a 5-1 victory during last night’s Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, P.K. Subban and Sidney Crosby got into it a little—jawing at each other in the closing minutes of the third period before being separated by a referee. About the night’s gameplay, which had seen quick ...
The Time Ted Leonsis Invited Me Over To Show How The NHL Is In The Tank For The Penguins
In March 2010 Ted Leonsis asked me to meet him. I didn’t know him personally, but from the Capitals and Wizards owner’s very public persona he seemed like a nice and interesting guy, especially compared to other owners in the D.C. market. He didn’t say what he wanted to talk about, though I figured ...
Evgeni Malkin And P.K. Subban Had A Sad Fight
Lost at the end of a wild Game 2 and hidden in a commercial break, was a pretty unlikely scrap between the Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin and the Predators’ P.K. Subban....
What Happened To Pekka Rinne?
The Penguins are surely doing lots of good things to be up 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final after last night’s 4-1 win. They were the league’s highest-scoring team this year, and for brief explosions in both games in which they were generally outworked, they’ve been able to solve the Predators’ elite de...
The Penguins Crushed The Predators In One Terrifying Three-Minute Stretch
The Penguins and Predators were knotted in an ugly and contentious Game 2 for two periods, until a stunning flurry of goals turned the once-dramatic game into a blowout within a matter of minutes. Jake Guentzel scored on Pekka Rinne just 10 seconds into the third period after Rinne deflected a shot ...
Tonight's Stanley Cup Final Game 2, Simulated In NHL '94 For Sega Genesis<em></em>
Our simulation of tonight’s Stanley Cup Final matchup between Nashville and Pittsburgh is LIVE. NHL ‘94 on Sega Genesis, CPU vs CPU, with some help from NHL ‘94 expert Naples39....
Charges Dropped Against Catfish-Throwing Predators Fan
Pittsburgh cops are turning the arrest of Jake Waddell into a catch and release....
Wolfsburg Make John Brooks The Most Expensive American Player In History
This summer’s transfer window isn’t even officially open yet and we’re already seeing some crazy, record-breaking fees being thrown about. Like Paul Pogba a year ago, the source of the (arguably) biggest, most (relatively) eye-popping fee that (not quite) everyone is talking about is the record-smas...
Preds Fan Who Threw Catfish in Pittsburgh Calls Himself A “Dumb Redneck,” Vows To Fight Criminal Charges
Update (11:50 a.m.): Charges dropped!...
Reports: Jeb And Jeets Are Splitsville
Folks, our worst fears have seem to have come true: Jeb and Jeets have reportedly gone their separate ways, bringing an end to their joint pursuit of the Miami Marlins....
Preds Fan Who Threw Catfish On The Ice Charged With Possessing An Instrument Of A Crime, Disrupting A Meeting
The Penguins took a weird Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final last night, winning 5-3 despite going 37 consecutive minutes without recording a shot on goal. Also weird? A Predators fan threw a catfish on the ice, a strange tradition in Nashville that dates to 2003 but has gotten a ton of attention this ...
What On Earth Was That?
Let’s stipulate that that’s not going to happen again. The Penguins aren’t going to shoot 41.6 percent, as they did in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, because hockey teams don’t just shoot 41.6 percent. At the other end, the Predators aren’t going to again allow four goals on 11 shots (before an em...
Penguins Take Game 1, But Frédérick Gaudreau's First Career Goal Is The Better Story<em></em>
Jake Guentzel’s goal with three minutes left handed Pittsburgh a Game 1 win tonight in the Stanley Cup Final, and that goal wiped out what had been a hard-fought Nashville comeback after the Predators found themselves down 3-0 at the end of the first period. (The Penguins added an empty-netter to ma...