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
NHL Playoffs
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
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
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
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
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Let’s Do Seven
The two games of the day were both elimination games. Washington and Carolina faced their playoff mortality head on, both down 3-2 in their respective series. Continue reading
Hockey Last Night In Canada: All About Momentum
The day was bookended with a matinee elimination game in Philadelphia and a late night elimination game in San Jose. Sandwiched in the middle was Calgary visiting Chicago, looking to break home-ice advantage. Continue reading
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
The Lowdown 