I don’t know what the actual record is for biggest good ol’ fashioned ass whooping in sports history, but this has to be close. I would have thought the biggest stomping may have been when the Washington Redskins were on the business end of a 73-0 loss to the Bears in the 1940 NFL Championship [...]
I usually keep this stuff in the OTR blog, but considering the heightened political climate, and the fact that Sarah Palin has made big news over the weekend, I’m going to put it in the main magazine.
Deadspin got a hold of an old sports news video with Sarah Heath (as she was known [...]
There has been speculation for some time, but now it seems official, the Spectrum in Philly will close at the end of this year and be demolished. The arena is 42-years old.
“This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make,” said Ed Snider, Comcast-Spectacor’s chairman. “The Spectrum is my baby. [...]
Canadian Press reports that the Vancouver Canucks have offered Mats Sundin a two-year contract worth $20 million. Number 13 has spent the last 13 years of his 18-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, a team with which he’s set countless club records.
Should Sundin accept the deal, he would become the league’s highest-paid player, surpassing [...]
The Globe and Mail is reporting that former Pittsburgh Penguin forward Marian Hossa has signed a one-year, $7.4 million deal with the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
Hossa was with the Penguins last year when they got mopped up by Detroit in the Stanley Cup Finals.
A former first-round pick of the [...]
Luc Bourdon, a young defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks, is dead after a motorcycle crash on Thursday. He was 21.
“Luc was a winner; he was a competitor,” said Kent Hughes, his agent. “There was no quit in him. He persevered through a lot. He was a great guy and a great teammate.”
A report said [...]
According to Comcast SportsNet, the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings are scheduled to play in next year’s NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. Yep, outdoor hockey.
Last year, a league-record 71,217 fans showed up at Ralph Wilson Stadium to watch the Sabres beat the Penguins 2-1 in a snowy outdoor contest.
Chicago’s Soldier Field and New [...]
In case you missed, and judging by the amount of people that have sent me the link to the Cnnsi.com story you haven’t, Philadelphia is officially a town that hasn’t had a pro sports championship in 100 seasons. The 76ers won in 1983, and all four teams have now gone winless in their last [...]
There is no doubt that the NHL has gotten better and better the last couple years with the emergence of the young superstars, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin. But it doesn’t end there. The league is filled with young players that will make this sport very exciting for years to come. Here are [...]
The Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals last night for the first time since 2004 with a 6-4 victory over the Canadiens in Montreal. After losing the first game of the series in OT, the Flyers rebounded by winning four straight and taking the series in five games.
After never trailing in any game [...]
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