In the second day of action, eight more teams got underway. Four of the powerhouse teams had relative tune-up games with the USA, Sweden, Finland, and Czech Republic trying to get off to strong starts. Continue reading
Author: Steve Murray
Weekend Link-Off: Now With Less Speling Errors
To celebrate the success of our Beyonce post, she headlines today’s link-off. After the jump, an ad for the strangest restaurant ever in the history world. And that spelling error in the title was intentional.
The Washington Nationals may be a major league ball club but both the quality of the team on the field and the spell checkers off the field would seem to contradict that. (Deadspin)
NCAA approves Division 1 women’s beach volleyball. Well, I say beach volleyball but in order to be politically correct it’s called “sand volleyball.” So will sand volleyball use the beach volleyball wardrobe? (ESPN)
Ergonomics gone wild! Keyboards gone horribly wrong when they’re designed with ergonomics, ease of use, and general insanity in mind. (CIO)
Space dust: The galactic taste treat. (Daily Telegraph)
The new Yankee Stadium has seen a substatial increase in home runs over last year. It has nothing to do with the fact that it’s a new stadium or players on the juice. No, the seats are accelerating the air heading out to rightfield. (CNBC)
Since I’m in Canada, I don’t really understand the whole Erin Andrews obsession that’s swept the blogosphere. Well, besides the obvious reasons. Fortunately, Dan Shanoff of The Sporting News does a good job of figuring it out for me. (The Sporting Blog)
The Vancouver Canucks have been jinxed by a local blog that’s asked readers to submit Stanley Cup parade routes. That will always end well. (The White Towel)
Since we’ve been doing a lot of NHL playoff coverage the last week and a half, here’s a list of NHL players and celebrities separated at birth. (Sports Illustrated)
Another chapter in the book of “Are Race Car Drivers Athletes”. This time, Formula 1 drivers. (F1 Fanatic)
Good news Facebook users. Facebook has decided that they don’t completely own you. They just own you until you delete your account. (CBC)
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Short Order
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
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.
The Lowdown 