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There's No Meltdown Quite Like A Canucks Meltdown
I know it's hard to conceive of, but there will come a point when you actually feel sorry for Canucks fans. Yesterday's debacle, losing 7-4 to the Islanders after conceding seven goals in the third period, just hours after GM Mike Gillis wrote a letter to season-ticket holders stating the organizati...
Dolphins Offer To Pay For Majority Of Sun Life Stadium Upgrades
Just nine months after trying—and failing—to get nearly $400 million in taxpayer dollars to pay for renovations to Sun Life Stadium, word comes out of Miami that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is willing to pay for the majority of the upgrades himself. This should be remembered every time a team tries ...
Marcin Gortat Wants The NBA To Allow Fighting
Kyle Weidie has a fun Q&A with Marcin Gortat (outtakes here), and the Polish center was asked about rule changes he'd like to see in the NBA. In the lighthearted spirit of the interview, he offered up that basketball could stand to be a little more like hockey....
What Will The NHL Do About Shootouts?
The NHL's GMs kick off their annual meeting in Boca Raton today, and high on the agenda is what to do about the shootout—more specifically, how to stop it from happening so often....
Ravens Lineman Charged With Battery After Strip Club Fight
Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Jah Reid was arrested and charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery this morning after he allegedly struck a man and security guard multiple times at a strip club in Key West....
Ukraine Team Stages Symbolic Protest At Sochi Paralympics
Amid rumors and questions over whether Ukraine would boycott the Sochi Paralympics after Russia's occupation of Crimea, the Ukrainian Paralympic Committee decided to participate, but not without acknowledging the situation....
This Is How You Kill The NCAA
Originally posted at Bloomberg View....
Netting Falls At Bruins Game, Injuring Two
A section of the netting behind the glass at TD Garden collapsed after the Caps-Bruins game last night, striking two fans and sending them to the hospital with what were described as minor injuries....
Getting Ready For MLS? Allow Us To Convince You Otherwise
It's about that time of the year again! Timber Joey is gassing up his chainsaw, Thierry Henry is stretching those creaking joints, and Michael Bradley is getting ready to lace up his boots, the prodigal son back on (well, North) American soil after so many years away. Yep, Major League Soccer, the l...
The NHL's Horseshit Deal With The Devils
Back in 2010, the Devils signed Ilya Kovalchuk to a frontloaded 17-year contract. It was an obvious attempt to clear cap space by sticking cheap, never-intended-to-be-honored seasons on the back end, and the NHL responded swiftly, voiding the deal and fining the Devils $3 million and first- and thir...
Albert Belle Is Still A Glorious Asshole
One of the worst things about getting older is watching age wear down everyone else's edges, and wondering if the same thing is happening to you. That radical you knew is now a lawyer who hems and haws a lot about working inside the system, that one guy in the band you liked does corporate training...
Cortland Finnegan Uses Twitter To Tell The Rams He's Leaving
CB Cortland Finnegan followed Jeff Fisher to the Rams, but in his second season in St. Louis he's been terrible and injured. He's due $6 million next year, and would count for $10 million against the salary cap. Since this is the NFL and contracts mean nothing, the Rams sure as hell weren't going to...
Diego Costa Snubs Brazil For Spain And Could Swing The World Cup
Diego Costa is, at this moment, the best Brazilian striker in the world. The 21 goals he's scored for this year's title-challenging Atlético Madrid team are the fourth highest tally in the top five European leagues. Normally, you'd think Costa's impressive resumé would see him as one of the faces of...
Tim Thomas Torn From Loving Arms Of Roberto Luongo
Tim Thomas will take his tire-pumping efforts elsewhere. He's heading to Texas, which, let's be honest, is cosmically right. His newest old teammate took it poorly:...
Who's Even Running The Canucks Right Now?
A pretty fascinating report on the situation in Vancouver, which may be more screwed-up than we thought possible. From Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:...
Martin Brodeur Asks Out Of New Jersey. But Who Else Would Want Him?
Last night's win over the Red Wings, his 684th all-time, was either Martin Brodeur's last start as a Devil, or his last start as a Devil until Friday (when NJ takes on Detroit again in the first half of back-to-backs). So no one knew quite how to act....
The Franchise Tag Is Just A Way For NFL Teams To Cheat Their Players
Originally published at Bloomberg View....
Canucks Finally Trade Roberto Luongo, Prepare To Blow Everything Up
The NHL trade deadline isn't until 3:00 EST tomorrow, and today has already been fantastic. From the nonexistent to the impactful to the hilarious to the Bryzgalov, each deal has been more fun than the last. Now Roberto Luongo is heading back to Florida, this time to hang out with his old buddy Tim ...
AWOL NFL Prospect Believes He's Fulfilling Internet Messiah's Prophecy
The story of Adam Muema, the San Diego State running back who left the NFL Combine because he believed God told him to, then spent three days at the airport, somehow manages to take even more unexpected turns....
The NFL Is Considering 42-Yard Extra Points
There has been much hay made about the supposed impending demise of the extra point try, with even Roger Goodell coming out in favor of eliminating the vestigial gimme from the game. But no one in a position of power had offered a viable alternative–until now....