VDAY. ONE BILLION RISING.

Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! How are you spreading the love today?  Me?  Well, I tried to leave home early today to pick up cupcakes from Crumbs before I headed into the office.  Unfortunately,… Read More →

Jagr Said What?

That’s what I’m trying to figure out.  Here’s the Czech-English Translation of what he posted on his Facebook. ENERGY.Everything is energy. So, as even the best car moving anywhere without fuel, the best… Read More →

A Player’s Blindside Hit

After last night’s premiere of ESPN’s 30 for 30 “Broke,” I thought I would republish an article I wrote a while back on professional athletes going broke.  When I first released it, it… Read More →

Friday Loves

1. Frozen Planet.  I am all about the BBC’s “Frozen Planet” this week.  It is probably the coolest and most intriguing documentary I have ever seen.  I’ve learned so much from it.  These guys… Read More →

It Takes a Village To Make a Hockey Team Work

After I tweeted the attendance for the Devils game last night, I got an onslaught of tweets basically laughing at the Devils, almost in a ‘kick us while we’re down’ kind of fashion. … Read More →

Final Season

Every summer I contemplate whether I’m going to return for another season or not.  I tinker with it and then decide I’m not ready yet.  But this time, my intuition is saying that this is… Read More →

Happy Birthday/Free Agency/Canada Day To Me!

Ok…so Canada Day I just threw in there.  It’s just that all three happen on the same day.  But I’m only going to talk about the Happy Free Agency Day part. It seems… Read More →

Stupidity Overdrive

Something tells me I’m going to be saying this a lot this season… I was emailing with my editor last night what happened at the game that had me call a team out… Read More →

The 2010 List of the NHL’s Top 5 Best/Worst Dressed

For this year’s list, there are new rules.  The first rule is that a player had to have played in one regular season game in order to qualify for the list.  So last… Read More →

An Unpredictable Year

Wow. Who could have predicted the outcome of this year’s Eastern Conference champions? By mid-season, most would have said that the New Jersey Devils were going to go far…what with all of the… Read More →

Favorite Moments of the Season

Since last year’s list included a lot of on the road moments, this year, I stayed close to home, so the stories will be a bit more homegrown. These are in no particular… Read More →

The Top Players YOU Should Be Watching

Every season there are a few diamonds in the rough that emerge in the hockey season that you may or may not notice. Well, there are a few out there that have caught… Read More →

End of the Season Thoughts

TSN’s Bob McKenzie said recently on Twitter that what it takes to have a job like his…covering hockey…you have to be an expert. When I read that, it really hit home. You have… Read More →

A False Hope

If anything, hockey should not be predictable. If it does become predictable and you can throw in the word “ugly” to a win…something needs to change. Friday night, the Devils got lucky in… Read More →