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Ducks Gameday -- Back of the Pack
Phoenix Coyotes (furry) at Anaheim Ducks (feathery), 7 pmFive For Howling and Anaheim Calling -- Arizone clear and Califorecheck. Oof -- five games into Coach Kirby's Ducks career and the Ducks have the fewest standings points in the league. The Dirty Ducks are now the Thirty Ducks. Adapted from a...
Depression, drugs, and hockey: When it seems like there's only one way out
I know that I'm a little late to the party, but here are some thoughts about professional hockey, depression, and pain killers in light of what's happened this offseason. While depression isn't always the cause of suicide, it usually is. So there is a connection. You have to be in a pretty bleak...
Should WWE be fearful of the NFL concussion lawsuit?
In what has been one of the most newsworthy weeks of the year so far in pro wrestling, between CM Punk "leaving" WWE with their top title belt, Sin Cara's suspension for a failed drug test, Triple H replacing Vince McMahon as WWE's onscreen figurehead leader and Dana White's secretive meeting with...
Ducks Gameday -- Adventures in Futility!
Anaheim Ducks (incompetent) at Phoenix Coyotes (competent), 5 pmAnaheim Calling and Five For Howling -- two blogs that technically cover NHL teams. Is Randy Carlyle still the head coach of the Anaheim Ducks? That's a shame -- he's had 11 defensemen come try to play his system this regular season...
Duckling Gameday -- So our future sucks, too?
Anaheim Ducklings (whatever) at St. Louis Blues (whatever), 5 pmAnaheim Calling and St. Louis Game Time -- the future home of two excellent golf blogs. Ugh -- so one more night of a Selanne-less, Getzlaf-less, Koivu-less, Marchant-less, Niedermayer-less, Visnovsky-less lineup, eh? Last night the...
Wow.
Exhaustion. The numbness set in just now. It is 2:28 a.m. in the MSG press area as I write this, and I can barely feel my face. Syracuse 127, UConn 117. Six overtimes. A game that will be forever remembered by college basketball fans as...
No. 1 UConn at Seton Hall preview: And then there was Craig, Vol. 37
Before we begin, I think a feel-good moment is in order in this time of mourning: Amen. As I'm sure you're aware, it's been about a day since the news came down from above that Jerome Dyson will no longer walk among us (without a hobble) for the next few months. And like many of you, we here at...
It's Time To Play "Rank That Turnover!" (In Other Words, Which One Was The Worst?)
It's the Monday after your favorite team tied a school record for turnovers and set another one for turnover margin. The only thing you can do today is stare at your monitor and try to remember all the stupid crap you said and did because you started drinking too much after the three turnovers in...
The Hidden Cost Paid by Professional Mixed Martial Artists
Jake Rossen of Sherdog has a powerful piece on the real costs of trying to make a career out of MMA: J.R. Minkel, a Scientific American contributor, recently wrote an article for Real Fighter exploring the brain matter of combat athletes -- not the abuse suffered, but the neural pathways created...
Depressing News Nuggets: Philly won big, NFC South Champion, Super Bowl XLIII
Had the Bucs actually beat the Oakland Raiders today at home, rather than losing their fourth game in a row and second in a row at home... They would have secured a Wildcard Playoff spot, as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys 44-6. The Carolina Panthers have won the NFC South...
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