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List: Every Synonym For "Pass" That Rifled Out Of Doc Emrick's Mouth
According to Harrison Mooney over at Yahoo!, this is a list of every single instance of Mike "Doc" Emrick turning the word "pass" into some other word that could be interpreted to mean "pass" given the context from Saturday night's Game 2. It is a long list....

Bruins Knot Stanley Cup Finals At One With Overtime Goal
Boston overcame an officiating blunder to win Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals when Daniel Paille knocked home a goal at 13:48 of the overtime period....

It's A Turd! It's Plain! <em>Man Of Steel</em>, Reviewed.
1. On the surface, it seems obvious why you'd attempt to reboot the Superman franchise using the Christopher Nolan-Batman model. Nolan's Dark Knight films are terrific, brooding and powerful, and, oh by the way, they grossed a combined $2.5 billion worldwide. But their trying to make a tortured-supe...

<em>Chicago Tribune</em> Takes Back Its Post-Bombing Tribute To Boston
Remember the morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, when the Chicago Tribune dedicated the front page of its sports section to the city of Boston and its sports teams? That was a very sweet thing for the Tribune to do! But now, with the Bruins and Blackhawks facing each other in the Stanley Cup...

Chicago's Win: 112 Minutes, Two Empty Bruins, And One Pinball Wizard
This is what coaches say, over and over, as overtime stretches into a second overtime stretches into comical exhaustion: just chuck it toward the net, because you never know what can happen....

Blackhawks Score In Triple Overtime To Win Stanley Cup Game 1
It took three overtimes and a double-deflection, but the Chicago Blackhawks kept the home advantage and drew first blood in the Stanley Cup. Andrew Shaw redirected the puck with his knee for the winning goal, and the Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins, 4-3....

Gary Hoenig, A Founding Editor Of <em>ESPN The Mag</em>, Has Been Laid Off
The first-ever hire at ESPN The Magazine, Gary Hoenig, has been laid off, three sources tell me. Hoenig was the executive editor at the magazine in 1998, and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 2003. He's been the GM and editorial director of ESPN's publishing division for the last five years. Hoeni...
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Howie Schwab Among The Layoffs At ESPN [UPDATE]
Round 2 of the ESPN bloodletting began today, and a source tells us that Howie Schwab—remember Stump the Schwab?—was among those let go. ...


She's No Jockette
Dig Martha Weinman Lear's 1993 New York Times piece on Julie Krone:...


Jaromir Jagr's Playoff Beard Is Way Too Much
There are some things Jaromir Jagr is unmistakably great at. Playing hockey, for instance—which Jagr does especially well, even now, at the age of 41. When he puts his hips out and leans forward, with his body between the defender and the puck, no one can dream of filching possession. He may have b...

Joe Blanton Would Be Proud
More from Pat Jordan. Here is his latest for SB Nation Longform:...

Next Round Of ESPN Layoffs Coming This Week
Layoffs are coming to ESPN's production unit this week, according to several sources. A tipster told me this morning that "tension is at an all time high in production operations," and the cuts will begin tomorrow....

14 Innings And A Bench-Clearing Scrap: Just A Typical Red Sox-Rays Game
A nationally televised game that saw Tampa Bay overcome a 6-0 deficit, Boston take—and blow—a two-run 10th-inning lead, and a final out that wouldn't come until after midnight, and still all anyone could talk about was John Lackey plunking Matt Joyce. Here's a bold statement: Boston-Tampa Bay is the...

Want Free Stanley Cup Tickets? Try Impressing This Craigslist Weirdo
Are you a Chicago Blackhawks fan who desperately wants to go to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday? Well this is your lucky day, because somebody is offering up two free tickets to the game on Craigslist. But don't go thinking that you won't be earning these tickets, buddy. Oh no, if you ...

Patrick Kane Finally Scores A Goal The Kings Can't Come Back From
The final goal of Patrick Kane's hat trick sent the Chicago Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Finals and he needed an extra period and a half to do it thanks to Mike Richards....

Not Content Merely To Win, The Bruins Are Traumatizing Franchises
The Boston Bruins will welcome the winner of the Chicago-L.A. series to the Stanley Cup Final because of their utter dismantling of the Pittsburgh Penguins. In that series, the Bruins were able to stonewall a Pittsburgh team that won 75 percent of its regular season games and led the league in scori...

Woeful LA Dodgers Need More Of Wild-Pitch Walk-Off Hero Schumaker
Once again Friday night the Dodgers proved they can still fog a mirror. They got a game-tying homer in the sixth from the suddenly incomparable Yasiel Puig (who became just the second player since 1900 to bang out four home runs in his first five major league games) and then the winning run, on a wi...