Just one game on the schedule tonight. The New York Rangers visited Washington to have their first go at finishing off the Capitals. Continue reading
Month: April 2009
World Hockey Championship Roundup: Let’s Get It Started
Since we’re already doing so many hockey updates for the playoffs, we’re going to cover the 2009 IIHF World Hockey Championship in Switzerland. The round robin (or preliminary round as the IIHF calls it) opened today with four games with the powerhouse Canadians and Russians opening their tournaments. Continue reading
Madden 2010 Cover Athletes Revealed
EA Sports made the announcement that video game and football fans have been waiting for since the Super Bowl. This year, for the first time ever, a Madden NFL game will have two players on the cover. Starring on the cover will be safety Troy Polamalu of the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the NFC champion Arizona Cardinals. Continue reading
The Chuck Season Finale Primer
On Monday, Chuck wraps up its second season. A big rating would go a long way to keeping it on NBC. Of course, it’s not just Chuck that’s “on the bubble.” Now that Jay Leno is doing five hours a week in primetime, a lot of NBC shows are on the verge of cancellation. However, Chuck is the best of the bunch. So to get you to watch the finale, I’ve put together a little visual recap of the season to catch you up. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: On The Brink
Two more elimination games highlighted last night’s NHL schedule as both Philadelphia and Columbus faced the end of their seasons. Meanwhile, San Jose was looking to tie their series and Carolina was looking to take their first lead of their series. Continue reading
Vaughn Martin’s Draft Stock Is On The Rise
As the NFL draft approaches this weekend, we continue our tracking of the now former Western Mustangs’ defensive tackle. Vaughn Martin looks a near certainty to be a member of an NFL team by training camp. The only question now remains if he will be drafted or if he will sign a free agent contract. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: The Beast of the East
Night eight in the Stanley Cup playoffs brings us one team closer to a champion, one game from another elimination, and a best-of-three series. Continue reading
Howard Stern Exposes Beyonce
God bless Howard Stern. On his show today, Howard played a clip of Beyonce singing on NBC’s Today Show. Except it wasn’t the performance that people watching live would have heard. This is Beyonce singing along to her song while the recorded track was broadcast. Listen to the clip here.
Howard also played Enrique Inglesias singing on the Today Show a while back. Neither sound very good but at least we have supercomputers that can save us from our ears bleeding. And I envy Jay-Z slightly less knowing that he has to listen to that.
New Zealand Has Identity Crisis
New Zealand didn’t fight the law but the law won anyway. It turns out that the names of New Zealand’s two main islands were never legally registered with the country’s Geographic Board. Now the government is asking the people of New Zealand what they would name the islands. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: The First One Bites The Dust
Last night was the busiest on the schedule so far with five games being played. We also had our first elimination game of the playoffs. Continue reading
The Lowdown 