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Renovated MSG To Bring Sports Arenas Into (A Six-Year-Old's View Of) The Future
The first thing that jumps out at you in the renderings of the new-and-improved Madison Square Garden are two "sky bridges" that hang over the floor. Gimmicky? Yep. Sure to be ridiculously-priced for something higher than the highest nosebleeds? You betcha....
New York Rangers Are Underage Drinkers, Hipster Scum
Sorry, Fauxhemian scum. Anyway, that's Brian Boyle and 20-year-old Michael Del Zotto hitting up a Boston College party after the MGMT concert. Nice Natty Ices, guys. [Watch The Gap Sports]...
You Should Be Watching Hockey This Weekend, Seriously
Remember when everyone was so into hockey that time? Ha! But there's plenty to love: the NCAA championship, an NHL playoff berth battle, and oh yeah, some Slovenian hockey players who won their league title then beat up their coach!...
Happy Valentine's Day, You Poor Bastard (Veracity Update)
To some people, proposing on the big screen at a hockey game is the most romantic idea imaginable. Not to the woman who stormed out after being popped the question at the Rangers game today....
Hockey Players Must Humiliate Themselves For National Exposure
Yup, that's Madonna being carried into David Letterman's show by the New York Rangers. The Blueshirts also delivered the first Top Ten list in years to actually have a funny #1. [NYRangers.com]...
Donald Brashear Suspended Six Games For Breaking Faces
Six! One for pushing Colton Orr and five for a late hit on Blair Betts—so he'll miss Tuesday's Game 7 and most (maybe all?) of the next series if they win....
Rangers Coach Suspended For Fighting Fans
It looks like Sean Avery's hot-headed, loose cannon ways are rubbing off on his head coach John Tortorella, who got himself suspended for today's crucial Game 6 (on national TV!) against the Capitals....
Alexander Ovechkin Would Have Made A Lousy Cold War Spy
The Captials star was booted from the Rangers practice today "'because they're afraid of me,' he said with a smile." Really? Which of your first two home losses scared them the most? [NYPost]...
Sean Avery Still Has The Magic Touch
I have been complaining that Sean Avery has been handcuffed by the NHL's fun police, but I need not have worried. The guy still has a few stupid and annoying tricks in his bag....
A Night At The Garden With Sean Avery And Friends
Last night, I went to Madison Square Garden for the first time since I caught the circus there at age four, and one thing was immediately clear—Ranger fans love Sean Avery....
Sean Avery Makes Himself Useful Again
Sean Avery has four goals in three games, including two power plays against Philly yesterday. The Rangers are 4-2 since his return and have moved up to 7th place in the East. [NY Post]...
Rangers Claim Stars' Slop— Oh Forget It
I guess coach John Tortorella is over his Sean Avery allergy, as the New York Rangers have picked up the walking controversy on re-entry waivers. He could play as soon as Thursday. New York Post]...
Will Sean Avery Get His ... Second Chance?
Dallas is expected to put Sean Avery on re-entry waivers on Monday, a move long planned that would send him back to the New York Rangers. Except ... things have changed slightly....
NY Rangers Coach Deftly Manages To Get Fired
New York was actually having a decent season, but after 10 losses in 12 games coach Tom Renney has been shown the door. Not an NHL record, but still a fine effort! [ESPN]...
New York Rangers: Still Holding On To That '94 Cup?
Adam Graves has his number retired, which is great and all, but maybe someone should tell the Rangers that they don't have to wait 54 years to win another championship. [Daily News]...
Jump For Joy! There's A Hockey Game On Today!
NBC is broadcasting a regular season NHL game today ... on TV even! Rangers at Penguins (probably sans Crosby), 12:30 p.m. ET. Let's watch that! [NBC]...
Big Brother Is Watching Your Drunken Upper Bowl Antics
What did we ever do before cellphones with video cameras in them and the democratizing force of YouTube? We got drunk at sporting events without the entire planet knowing that we were thrown down a flight of stairs by arena security. It was a simpler time back then.No fewer than three citizen journ...
New York Rangers Still Have Receipt For Dead Prospect
It's been almost four whole weeks since the New York Rangers' top draft pick Alexei Cherepanov collapsed and died during a league game in Russia, so the team probably figures that enough time has passed that someone should address the needs of those who have been most effected by this senseless trag...
Hockey Night(s) In Europe
The NHL season hasn't even really started yet, but the Tampa Bay Lightning already have two losses. That's the same number of losses my rec league hockey team has and we didn't even have to go to the Czech Republic to earn them. (Heck, we don't even have uniforms.) The New York Rangers are the benef...
The NHL Season Is Here, All of Prague Rejoices
The NHL regular season starts today for a new year of blood and glory, fists and fury. (I'm such a freaking poet.) The league is abandoning its American following and fleeing to Prague to open the season with the Rangers and Lightning. What does it mean? It means unless you have the NHL network, you...