More qualification round action was in the books today in Switzerland. France needed a win to stay alive while Latvia was dreaming of a medal round birth. The US and Russia were battling for tops in Group E. The Czechs and Slovaks renewed their rivalry. To top things off, Finland and Belarus battled in a classic. Continue reading
Entertainment Link-Off: Welcome to the Dollhouse
Since Eliza Dushku has been featured in an earlier edition of the weekend link-off, I thought I would let her Dollhouse costar Dichen Lachman headline this post. The season finale of Dollhouse airs next Friday at 9 pm on FOX (since the network decided not to air the 13th episode titled Epitaph One). While this show has little to no chance of returning next season, perhaps an uptick in viewers for the finale might help change FOX’s mind.
I know this is an “entertainment link-off”, but this first article is too good to pass up. A new Viagra rival is actually an ointment that can be rubbed onto the skin. [Insert ‘rubbing to turn something on’ joke here]. Apparently this product can lead to quicker hard-ons compared to Viagra. I guess this could generate some entertaining results. [Daily Telegraph]
After the break, Dollhouse, Chuck, some music news and the latest Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen trailer! Continue reading
CFL Draft Recap
In what is likely going to be the only blog doing this, we’re covering the 2009 Canadian Football League draft. The CFL draft is unique in sports in that the only draft eligible players are those who played at Canadian universities and Canadians who played at American schools. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Originals Rule The Night
Two more conference semi-final series got underway last night. Anaheim and Detroit renewed pleasantries at the Joe while Carolina shipped up the coast to Boston. Continue reading
World Hockey Championship Roundup: Don’t Get Relegated
After meeting the qualification round teams yesterday, we saw got our first taste of the Relegation Round (Group G) today. Elsewhere, we had two more games with teams dreaming of a gold medal. Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Close But Not Quite
Round two kicked off with only one game. Chicago visited Vancouver for game one of their Western Conference semi-final. Continue reading
Welcome To The Lowdown Blog Official Launch
I know that we’ve been running pretty much full time since the beginning of April but we said ages ago that this would become our online home on May 1st. So welcome to The Lowdown Blog. This is a spin-off of The Lowdown radio show that has run for two years on 94.9FM CHRW in London, Ontario, Canada. Like the radio show, we’ll have news, sports, and entertainment news and opinion. It’s the same Lowdown fun and excitement in a blog.
If you haven’t been here before, maybe you’d like to read up on some of our more popular articles:
Howard Stern Exposes Beyonce
7 Reasons Not To “Chuck” Your 3D Glasses
Formula 1: How Does A Diffuser Work?
Canada’s Sexiest Sportscasters
Entertainment Link-Off: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at thelowdown@live.ca. Or if Twitter is more your thing, you can follow me on Twitter.
World Hockey Championship Roundup: Where Heroes Are Born
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
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
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