Wednesday, February 29, 2012
USA SHOCKS ITALY
The USA Men's National Team this afternoon pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent international soccer history, as they shocked the Italians 1-0, on Cliff Dempsey's 55th minute goal. This is both the first time the Yanks have beaten Italy, and the first time the Azzuri have ever lost a football match in Genoa.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Aston Villa Lost $85 Million Dollars Last Year`
Premiership club Aston Villa lost a record $85 MILLION DOLLARS last year. I realize that running a premiership club is expensive, and Villa made a big free agent signing, but HOW ON EARTH DOES MAJOR LEAGUE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM LOSE $85 MILLION DOLLARS IN ONE YEAR? Especially given the fact that Barclay's Premiership, like the NFL in this country, is a virtual license to print money. If a MLB, NBA, or NHL team lost that kind of money in one year, they would be filing Chapter 11, or even end up contracted, considering the Dodgers lost nowhere near that kind of money last year, and ended up under an Emergency Financial Manager, much like a distressed municipality or school system. All I can figure, is that that organization is grossly incompetent, or worse.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Trades, Trades, and More Trades 2012
February 16: Dallas trades Nicklas Grossman to Philadelphia in exchange for a 2nd-round pick in 2012 and a 3rd-round pick in 2013.
Tampa Bay trades center Dominic Moore and a seventh-round draft pick this year to San Jose for a 2012 second-round pick.
February 17: Montreal Trades Hal Gill and a conditional 2013 fifth-round draft pick to Nashville for a 2012 second-round pick, prospect Robert Slaney and Blake Geoffrion, the 24-year-old grandson of Hall of Famer Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion. Nice pickup for the Preds on the backline. Habs are selling this year.
February 18: Tampa Bay Lightning trades Pavel Kubina to Philadelphia for Jon Kalinski, a second-round and fifth-round draft pick. Needless to say, a nice pickup for the Flyers
February 21: Colorado trades Kyle Quincey to Tampa Bay Lightning for Steve Downie. They promptly trade Quincey to Detroit for a 1st round pick & prospect Sebastien Piche. Old friend Stevie Y. comes to the rescue by trading Quincey to The Wings, which saves the Wings of the distasteful exercise of trading directly with the Avalanche, and the Bolts get a number one in the deal, which never would have happened had the Wings been trying to trade with the Avs. You can say what you want about rivals, but, as Brian Burke once said in a USA Today article some years ago about the trading deadline, rivalries are real, and you seldom see trades made between Wings-Hawks, Wings-Avs, Ducks-Kings, Habs-Bruins, etc...
February 22: Columbus Blue Jackets trade forward Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for a second round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft (via Ottawa), a conditional fifth round selection in the 2013 Draft and minor-league goaltender Curtis McElhinney. No big deal, I suppose a nice little pickup for the Dogs, while the Jacks are sellers building for the future.
February 23: Columbus Blue Jackets trade forward Jeff Carter to the Los Angeles Kings for defenceman Jack Johnson and a first-round draft pick in either 2012 or 2013. Kings needed a goal-scorer badly, with Carter, they got it.
February 24: New Jersey Devils trade forwards Nick Palmieri and Stephane Veilleux, defenseman Kurtis Foster, a second round pick in 2013 and a conditional third round pick in 2013 to Minnesota Wild for defenseman Marek Zidlicky. Jersey obviously wanted Zidlicky badly to give up this high a price for him.
February 25: New York Rangers trade forward Wojtek Wolski to the Florida Panthers in return for defenseman Michael Vernace and a third-round draft pick in 2013. Panthers show they mean business by aquiring some scoring punch. Rangers, who believe they are close to a cup run, add a defenseman, and shed salary in advance of perhaps a big move(which did not happen).
February 26: St. Louis trades goalie Ben Bishop to Ottawa for a second-round pick.
TRADE DEADLINE DAY, February 27:
Montreal trades Andrei Kostistyn to Nashville for a 2013 second-round pick, and the conditional 2013 pick they had traded to the Preds in the Hal Gill deal. The Kostitsyn brothers are reunited, and it feels so good.
Detroit trades Mike Commodore to Tampa Bay for a conditional seventh-round pick. The Wings unload salary, so that they can bring up Brendan Smith and Jakob Kindl.
Edmonton trades Nick Schultz to Minnesota for Tom Gilbert.
Toronto trades Matt Gilroy to Ottawa for Brian Lee. A rarity. The Leafs and Sens actually make a trade.
Columbus trades Sammy Pahlsson to Vancouver for two fourth-round picks. Canucks wanted some more grit. Jax looking to sell.
Winnipeg trades Johnny Oduya to Chicago for a second and third-round pick next year. Hawks add a little help on the blueline.
Islanders trade Brain Rolston and Mike Mottau to Boston for Yannick Riendea and Marc Cantin. B's turn to an old friend in Rolston.
Chicago trades John Scott to Rangers for a fifth-round pick.
Minnesota trades Steve Kampfer top Boston for Greg Zanon.
Buffalo trades Paul Gaustad and a fourth-round pick to Nashville for a first-round pick. A good deadline period for the Preds.
Buffalo Marc-Andre Gragnani and Zack Kassian to Vancouver for Cody Hodgson and Alexander Sulzer.
Toronto trades Marc Fraser to Anaheim for Dale Mitchell. Just like the Wings with Stevie Y., Brian Burke trades with old friends in Anaheim.
Anaheim trades Sebastian Erixon to Vancouver for Andrew Gordon. A good deadline day for the Canucks.
Tampa Bay trades center Dominic Moore and a seventh-round draft pick this year to San Jose for a 2012 second-round pick.
February 17: Montreal Trades Hal Gill and a conditional 2013 fifth-round draft pick to Nashville for a 2012 second-round pick, prospect Robert Slaney and Blake Geoffrion, the 24-year-old grandson of Hall of Famer Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion. Nice pickup for the Preds on the backline. Habs are selling this year.
February 18: Tampa Bay Lightning trades Pavel Kubina to Philadelphia for Jon Kalinski, a second-round and fifth-round draft pick. Needless to say, a nice pickup for the Flyers
February 21: Colorado trades Kyle Quincey to Tampa Bay Lightning for Steve Downie. They promptly trade Quincey to Detroit for a 1st round pick & prospect Sebastien Piche. Old friend Stevie Y. comes to the rescue by trading Quincey to The Wings, which saves the Wings of the distasteful exercise of trading directly with the Avalanche, and the Bolts get a number one in the deal, which never would have happened had the Wings been trying to trade with the Avs. You can say what you want about rivals, but, as Brian Burke once said in a USA Today article some years ago about the trading deadline, rivalries are real, and you seldom see trades made between Wings-Hawks, Wings-Avs, Ducks-Kings, Habs-Bruins, etc...
February 22: Columbus Blue Jackets trade forward Antoine Vermette to the Phoenix Coyotes for a second round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft (via Ottawa), a conditional fifth round selection in the 2013 Draft and minor-league goaltender Curtis McElhinney. No big deal, I suppose a nice little pickup for the Dogs, while the Jacks are sellers building for the future.
February 23: Columbus Blue Jackets trade forward Jeff Carter to the Los Angeles Kings for defenceman Jack Johnson and a first-round draft pick in either 2012 or 2013. Kings needed a goal-scorer badly, with Carter, they got it.
February 24: New Jersey Devils trade forwards Nick Palmieri and Stephane Veilleux, defenseman Kurtis Foster, a second round pick in 2013 and a conditional third round pick in 2013 to Minnesota Wild for defenseman Marek Zidlicky. Jersey obviously wanted Zidlicky badly to give up this high a price for him.
February 25: New York Rangers trade forward Wojtek Wolski to the Florida Panthers in return for defenseman Michael Vernace and a third-round draft pick in 2013. Panthers show they mean business by aquiring some scoring punch. Rangers, who believe they are close to a cup run, add a defenseman, and shed salary in advance of perhaps a big move(which did not happen).
February 26: St. Louis trades goalie Ben Bishop to Ottawa for a second-round pick.
TRADE DEADLINE DAY, February 27:
Montreal trades Andrei Kostistyn to Nashville for a 2013 second-round pick, and the conditional 2013 pick they had traded to the Preds in the Hal Gill deal. The Kostitsyn brothers are reunited, and it feels so good.
Detroit trades Mike Commodore to Tampa Bay for a conditional seventh-round pick. The Wings unload salary, so that they can bring up Brendan Smith and Jakob Kindl.
Edmonton trades Nick Schultz to Minnesota for Tom Gilbert.
Toronto trades Matt Gilroy to Ottawa for Brian Lee. A rarity. The Leafs and Sens actually make a trade.
Columbus trades Sammy Pahlsson to Vancouver for two fourth-round picks. Canucks wanted some more grit. Jax looking to sell.
Winnipeg trades Johnny Oduya to Chicago for a second and third-round pick next year. Hawks add a little help on the blueline.
Islanders trade Brain Rolston and Mike Mottau to Boston for Yannick Riendea and Marc Cantin. B's turn to an old friend in Rolston.
Chicago trades John Scott to Rangers for a fifth-round pick.
Minnesota trades Steve Kampfer top Boston for Greg Zanon.
Buffalo trades Paul Gaustad and a fourth-round pick to Nashville for a first-round pick. A good deadline period for the Preds.
Buffalo Marc-Andre Gragnani and Zack Kassian to Vancouver for Cody Hodgson and Alexander Sulzer.
Toronto trades Marc Fraser to Anaheim for Dale Mitchell. Just like the Wings with Stevie Y., Brian Burke trades with old friends in Anaheim.
Anaheim trades Sebastian Erixon to Vancouver for Andrew Gordon. A good deadline day for the Canucks.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Amazing Race Producer Found Dead
Sometime "Amazing Race" producer Jeff Rice has been found dead in his Ugandan hotel room, due to a suspected drug overdose. He was found with fellow producer Kathryn Fuller, who was found unconscious on the floor. Police are waiting for her to recover before they interview her.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Red Wings Record Streak Ends
Alex Burrows scored in a shootout to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the Red Wings, which ended the NHL-record home winning streak at 23. The Wings will be very upset about the fact they led this game with 15 seconds left, when the Canucks tied it. The Wings can try to start a new streak on Saturday night against the Colorado Avalanche
Friday, February 17, 2012
Red Wings Extend NHL record
The Red Wings broke the NHL record for longest home winning streak Tuesday night against Dallas, and extended it last night at home versus Nashville, as Pavel Datsuk scored with five seconds left. The record is now at 22, with San Jose Sunday afternoon at 12:30 on NBC.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Red Wings Tie 82 year old record
Red Wings win 20th in a row on home ice, tying a record that has stood for 82 years. They can break the record on Tuesday-Valentine's Day night against Dallas. The original record was set by the 1930 Boston Bruins, and Tied by the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Oh By The Way, There IS A Football Game Tomorrow, Gordie Howe Diagnosed With Dementia
Oh by the way, there IS a football game tomorrow...
Lets see, tomorrow, there are...
Six to twelve hours of pregame shows...
Three hours of commercials...
Performances by "The Voice"s Blake Shelton with wife Miranda Lambert, Former "American Idol" Kelly Clarkson, and Madonna...
And between all that, the Patriots and Giants will manage to play the game, which is the reason we have all this hype in the first place! As far as the game itself, an EA Sports sim has the Giants winning, while Anastasia The Balloon Popping Dog, on "The Tonight Show" last night, had the Patriots winning. Me? We dogs stick together. I have the Patriots winning Super Bowl XLVI, XXIV-XIII(I used Roman Numerals since it IS the Super Bowl, after all, and that translates to 24-13). If I got it right, you heard it here first. If I got it wrong, you DIDN'T hear it here first!
GORDIE HOWE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA
Thursday, a story broke that Gordie Howe has been suffering with a mild form of dementia for at least the last few years. The family has been reluctant to link his dementia to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, which The Late Bob Probert, among others, was found to have had during the autopsy conducted after his sudden death in 2010. I, however, would not be surprised to find out after Gordie's death, that he does have this (unfortunately, diagnoses of CTE at this point in medical science, are not possible until after the person's death, as the player's brain is examined at that time). He suffered a near-fatal head injury against the Leafs in 1950 which left him with a permanent facial tick, and no one will ever know how many concussions he sustained during his legendary career. Just sayin'.
Lets see, tomorrow, there are...
Six to twelve hours of pregame shows...
Three hours of commercials...
Performances by "The Voice"s Blake Shelton with wife Miranda Lambert, Former "American Idol" Kelly Clarkson, and Madonna...
And between all that, the Patriots and Giants will manage to play the game, which is the reason we have all this hype in the first place! As far as the game itself, an EA Sports sim has the Giants winning, while Anastasia The Balloon Popping Dog, on "The Tonight Show" last night, had the Patriots winning. Me? We dogs stick together. I have the Patriots winning Super Bowl XLVI, XXIV-XIII(I used Roman Numerals since it IS the Super Bowl, after all, and that translates to 24-13). If I got it right, you heard it here first. If I got it wrong, you DIDN'T hear it here first!
GORDIE HOWE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA
Thursday, a story broke that Gordie Howe has been suffering with a mild form of dementia for at least the last few years. The family has been reluctant to link his dementia to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, which The Late Bob Probert, among others, was found to have had during the autopsy conducted after his sudden death in 2010. I, however, would not be surprised to find out after Gordie's death, that he does have this (unfortunately, diagnoses of CTE at this point in medical science, are not possible until after the person's death, as the player's brain is examined at that time). He suffered a near-fatal head injury against the Leafs in 1950 which left him with a permanent facial tick, and no one will ever know how many concussions he sustained during his legendary career. Just sayin'.
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