It was a chilly day in London which meant that the winds were freezing at T.D. Waterhouse Stadium on the University of Western Ontario campus. It wasn’t just the weather that was cold but so were the All-Star offenses as they put on the second lowest scoring game in CIS all-star game history. However, the West All-Stars did just enough to earn the win by a score of 16-7. Continue reading
Entertainment Link-Off: The Boobtube Busts
Did anyone check out the series* finale of Scrubs on Wednesday night? It was such a brilliant episode! Definitely one of the best series finales ever… assuming ABC does not extend the show for a 9th season out of desperation. Anyway, headlining the article today is Hayden Panettiere doing the Vulcan hand sign. No, she’s not in the latest Star Trek flick (that was released Thursday night), but she did appear at the premiere. The film currently sits at 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Perhaps J.J. Abrams did manage to revive the franchise that was declared dead after the disastrous 10th flick Star Trek: Nemesis.
Let’s start off with a very random entertainment news. Apparently Chuck Norris can still kick ass… even if it’s just a cardboard version of him! (Olivia Munn)
After the jump, some movie news, a tiny bit on new music and the end of network television! Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Home Cooking
It was Eastern Conference Friday night last night. The Penguins were looking to head back to Washington with an even series. Meanwhile, on the coast, there was a storm brewing in Carolina as the Hurricanes looked to take their third straight win against Boston. Continue reading
World Hockey Championship Roundup: Road To Gold
It was semi-final Friday at the Ice Hockey World Championships today. Russia battled the USA in one game while Canada met Sweden. The winners would have their tickets punched to Sunday’s championship final. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: All Tied Up
It was Thursday night with the Western Conference last night. Vancouver looked to take a stranglehold of their series against Chicago. Meanwhile, Detroit was trying to put a controversial goal behind them and even up their series with Anaheim. Continue reading
World Hockey Championship Roundup: Collision Course
The second pair of quarter-finals was on the schedule at the world championships today. Latvia looked for a monumental upset of Canada while Sweden was battling the Czech Republic for a birth in the final four. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: All Overtime, All The Time
The Eastern Conference was on the schedule last night in the NHL Playoffs. The four teams took the spotlight and ran with it longer than they were supposed to as both of last night’s games ended in overtime. Continue reading
World Hockey Championship Roundup: The Medal Round Begins
Only two games on the schedule today but they were big ones. The medal round started today with two of the four quarter-final games. Belarus looked for a Salt Lake City-sized upset of Russia while Finland and the US battled in a barnburner. Continue reading
Wednesday Link-Off: Twitterific
Another week, another linkdump. To celebrate the beginning of Indy 500 practice, here’s Danica Patrick. You might have heard of her. After the jump, a guy in a sweater learns not to mess with Larry Merchant when he’s conducting an interview.
All sorts of coaches, managers, owners, and players are on Twitter. Hell, even NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is on Twitter. Some sports leagues even have twittering policies. Or would it be tweeting policies? (USA Today) Did I mention that I’m on twitter at twitter.com/TheSteveMurray. And did I mention you can subscribe to The Lowdown Blog news feed by clicking here?
Speaking of Twitter, it turns out that it’s more of a fleeting thing for folks that sign up for it. Mind you, I’d like a 40% retention rate for visitors over here. (CBC)
Since we’re talking so much about Twitter, here’s your one stop shop for Twitter updates from sports personalities. (AthleteTweets.com)
This could be the greatest blog in the history of Canada. (Don Cherry Jacket Watch)
Grapes may condone hockey fights but I’m not sure what he’d think of softball brawls. (Busted Coverage)
Some athlete’s would be better than others for a night on the town. Amazingly, I think this bunch could make things end worse than my last night out. By worse, I mean the tab. (Fat Pickled)
An interview with the guy responsible for the seemingly endless playbooks in the Madden NFL video games. (Sports Prose)
As shocking as it seems, we missed Star Wars Day on Monday. To make up for the lack of geektacular goodness, here’s Geek Tyrant’s best Star Wars stories of the last year. (GeekTyrant)
My business school education tells me that laying someone off is best done on Wednesdays. Firing a reporter while he’s at the game might be pushing it, though. (The Big Lead)
The internet may be ending soon… again. Plan accordingly. (Times Online)
Some blogs and blog writers are getting book deals and are actually getting paid for it. How I envy them. (New York Times) Continue reading
Murky Details Around Phoenix Coyotes Bankuptcy
More details have emerged surrounding the bankruptcy filing by the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday. The NHL appears to be caught off guard by the bankruptcy petition and for good reason. It is believed that the league may have taken over operations of the team earlier in the year. Continue reading
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