The qualification round got under way today at the World Ice Hockey Championships. The top 3 teams in preliminary round Groups B & C form qualification Group E while the top 3 teams from Groups A & D are now part of Group F. Continue reading
Month: April 2009
What Were They Thinking: KISS Haters
What Were They Thinking is a semi-regular segment on The Lowdown radio show. We take a look at something completely ridiculous and ask “what were they thinking”. On our first online edition of WWTT, we go to my hometown of Sault Ste. Marie where a city councillor has deemed that KISS is too “sick and revolting” to play in the Soo. Continue reading
Crosby And Ovechkin Get Four Periods On NBC
The word has come down from NBC executives: Game one of Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals will be on the network for regulation and one overtime period. After that, coverage will switch over to Versus because NBC will begin coverage of the Kentucky Derby. Continue reading
NHL Playoffs: Conference Semi-Final Preview
After fourteen days, the field running for the Stanley Cup has been cut in half. Of the eight series, there were only two upsets with Carolina and Anaheim being the only low seeds to make it out of the first round. Now, I’m going to try to match wits with the overpaid experts and attempt to predict the conference semi-finals. Continue reading
World Hockey Championship Roundup: Scandinavian Delight
Day six of the tournament brought us the final day of the preliminary round. After the final four games, we’d know who would be in the qualification round and who would fight for their lives in the relegation pool. And it was a hell of a day. Continue reading
McLaren Given A Stay Of Execution
McLaren was spared from a potentially fatal decision from the FIA World Motorsport Council when they were given a suspended sentence. If the punishment wasn’t suspended, McLaren would have been banned from the next three races. Continue reading
Wednesday Link-Off: New Time, Same Channel
I’ve decided to move my weekly link dumps up to Wednesdays and let Jackie have free reign on Saturday. I figure the change in programming can only serve to make this more irrelevant. Headlining the post isMandy Moore for no real reason. After the jump, my favourite soccer/shoe commercial ever.
Blame Vince McMahon for all of societies ills? If I was a journalism school graduate, I would say why the hell not. Since I actually have some common sense, I like this article. (Bleacher Report)
The new Presidential CrackBerry is coming soon to a White House near you. (Daily Telegraph)
A list that Jackie would appreciate: We all know that China has lots of knock-offs of popular brands, but they don’t put much effort into coming up with new names. (Daily Mail)
Women take note: Experts say that faking it in the bedroom is a bad thing. (Edmonton Sun)
Haven’t we watched enough movies to learn this just won’t end well? IBM is creating a supercomputer to play Jeopardy against real people. (New York Times)
The US Supreme Court decides that Freedom of Speech does not apply to network television. (BBC)
Since we talked about the NFL draft last weekend, here’s how much an undrafted free agent can expect to make in the NFL. (CNBC)
General Electric has announced a new disc technology. It can store 500 GB and uses hologram technology. (PC World)
Anderson Silva, the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA, has his next opponent: Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin. (Yahoo) Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Late Heroics
Two final games for all the first round marbles. Washington had all the momentum going into their game with New York. Meanwhile, New Jersey and Carolina had been trading wins all series long heading into their deciding game. Continue reading
World Hockey Championship Roundup: Close Calls Of The Third Period Kind
Both Group A and Group B wrapped up with some good looking games. Mind you, I’m not sure what can be said when you compare the potential quality of a game between Canada and Slovakia to Hungary and Belarus. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Now Quiet On The Western Front
Another day, another two teams on the verge of elimination. Calgary had the advantage of home ice to in their battle to stave off elimination while San Jose fought for their live in enemy territory. Continue reading
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