Aug 19
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The custom of baseball, after some manager bitches about unwritten rules that he very well may have made up, is that…
Jul 30 2019
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“Oh my God, what did I do?” Barry Rozner of the Daily Herald checked in with Peggy Kusinski, the veteran Chicago reporter whose inexplicable 2014 question to Patrick Kane—“was that your first overtime game-winner?”—went viral and gained her the bad kind of internet fame. [Daily Herald]
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Dec 17 2018
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What has been a nightmare season for the Blackhawks has the potential to get a lot worse. Goaltender Corey Crawford,…
Dec 16 2018
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Fighting a mascot is a bad idea—mascot’s advantages: padding, potential athleticism, people care about it more than…
Nov 6 2018
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My headline is slightly glib, because Joel Quenneville—the second-winningest coach in NHL history—was fired for the…
Oct 3 2018
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Until the Capitals broke through to win their first Cup, the Penguins, Blackhawks, and Kings dominated the NHL as…
Mar 30 2018
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The Blues have dressed an emergency goaltender this season, and the Hurricanes actually put their equipment manager…
Mar 30 2018
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“I am an accounting professional with experience in financial services. I have expertise in fund accounting and…
Feb 18 2018
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Devante Smith-Pelly was subjected to racist taunts from fans at the United Center in Chicago during Saturday’s…
Jan 25 2018
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Jan 11 2018
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The Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday made a moderately sized trade splash, acquiring forward Anthony Duclair from the…
Nov 20 2017
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The story of professional sports is, among other things, the story of cheap bastard owners doing cheap bastard…
Nov 16 2017
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Artem Anisimov is in his ninth season in the NHL and he has, apparently, not been thinking about this moment. After…
Oct 6 2017
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The Penguins might have to call up a third goalie, because I bet both Antti Niemi and Matt Murray suffered severe…
Oct 5 2017
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Nearly a year after he first announced that he’d been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Bryan Bickell signed a…
Jun 23 2017
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The Blackhawks have won three championships in the last eight seasons, and inevitable with that kind of success is…
Jun 21 2017
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Chicago Blackhawks winger Marian Hossa announced this morning that he will not play in the 2017-18 season because of…
Apr 21 2017
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This was the postseason without “Chelsea Dagger.” The Blackhawks’ goal song never once played in these playoffs,…
Apr 20 2017
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Apr 3 2017
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