Ovechkin and Crosby Duel On Ice

Penguins-Capitals. Crosby vs. Ovechkin. The two best players in the game squaring off in a playoff series. This is what the NHL needs to capitalize on and market in order to grow interest in the game. And of course those two guys need to play well. And they did not disappoint tonight in game two, as each player recorded a hat trick.

Unfortunately for Sid the Kid, nobody else on his team scored besides him, and the Capitals won the game 4-3.

The series shifts back to Pittsburgh on Wednesday night, and hopefully the Penguins come back and make this series a classic. As much as I dislike both of these punks, you can not knock the talent and passion they bring to the ice.

Looking Forward to This Summer’s Movies

May just crept across the calendar, and we can legitimately start to think about this summer’s movies. I found this preview of the summer’s offerings in the Dallas Morning News, it’s worth taking a look.

I had not seen previews yet for Public Enemy, but these two critics seem especially high on the movie, which features Christian Bale and Johnny Depp. Definitely seems to be worth a look.

Also looking good for this summer is the comedy scene- A Judd Apatom film (Funny People) and a movie featuring Sacha Baron Cohen (Bruno) will be coming out, and neither one of those made the best comedy film of the summer, at least for these two critics.

–MK

Harper’s Island- a Mini-series Worth Your Time

If you are looking for a new show to check out, and have a taste for horror movies, give CBS’s “Harper’s Island” a look this Thursday night.

The mini-series follows a wedding party at a sparsely populated island off the coast of Washington. Taking a page out of Agatha Christie’s book, the show will see the majority of its cast killed off one by one, but whom the killer is will remain a mystery deep into the series. The first week of the show offered good storylines, solid character development and more than a little suspense.

The show, which premiered its first episode (there will be 13) this past week to rave reviews airs Thursday night’s at 10 p.m.

–MK

MLB Has Highest Number of Black Players Since 1995

In recent years, Major League Baseball has taken hits for its players’ steroid use, All-Star games that end in ties, a lack of parity and more.

So, the study done by the University of Central Florida comes as a nice relief for the league that too often finds itself beleaguered with criticism.

The study shows that MLB upped its percentage of black players to 10.2 percent of its participants in 2008, its highest number since 1995. Especially in recent years, the league has faced criticism that it was not reaching out to the black community to spread the game to them, as well as receiving negative words over their lack of minority managers and general managers.

–MK

An End to an Era? Bob Sheppard to retire?

According to the New York Times, via his agent, Bob Sheppard, the voice of Yankee Stadium, and as Reggie Jackson put it, the “voice of God,” is retiring. However, Sheppard, when asked to confirm the information, he said, “I never said I’m not returning. I never, never said I’m not returning and I say it to you now.

Sheppard has been announcing games at Yankee Stadium since 1951, when the first lineup he announced included Hall of Famers, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto.
Bob Sheppard, New York Times

-Carl Carrie

Ashley Biden’s Cocaine Tape…Non-Existent

Over the weekend, rumors surfaced about a tape on which Vice President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley, was filmed snorting cocaine.

But, it appears no tape exists since no tape has surfaced yet.

Apparently, a “friend” of Ashley Biden’s offered to sell the tape to the New York Post for a great sum of money, but the Post turned the friend down. What has resulted is a tabloid frenzy over the story, which seemingly has no factual basis.

Joe Biden has been a longtime supporter of the war on drugs in America.

But what do you think? Would it even matter if Biden’s daughter had been caught on tape snorting, in lieu of our most recent presidents admitting to some recreational drug use in their own younger years?

–MK

The Osbournes: Reloaded

Ozzy Osbourne and his family have a new show, entitled “The Osbournes:Reloaded.” The premise of the show isn’t much different from their past shows (we’re a crazy family with a famous father…WATCH US!), but it seems that this show takes things a little too far. To fully get what I mean, check out the link above for the details of the first episode.

–MK

Goalies Gone Wild

The first, Tuukka Rask of the Providence Bruins went nuts after a ridiculous call in a shoot-out the other night.

Then Toronto veteran Martin Gerber goes nuts and abuses an official after a late goal, earning himself a 3 game suspension.

And now, via the Puck Daddy blog on Yahoo! which beat me to it, here’s a top 10 clip of goaltender meltdowns.

Love this stuff!

– Gene Morris

Stephen Strasburg Throws Hard

Strasburg, a pitcher at San Diego St. is all the rage today after a feature story hit the front page of Yahoo! Sports this afternoon.

Here’s a video of him striking out 23 batters in a game! 23! Apparently he can bring it at 103 mph on the radar gun too. The fastest pitch ever recorded is 104 MPH by the Detroit Tigers Joel Zumaya.

And of course his agent, Scott Boras, will try to use this as an opportunity to blow up the MLB draft structure and create even more disparity between the rich and “kinda” rich teams.

Maybe he can be a Yankee!

– Gene Morris

Florida Panther’s Are On A Roll

As a supplement to Shawn’s post below, I give you this.

Those lucky Florida fans. It’s probably 80+ degrees there everyday now, their team is making a run at the playoffs, and they have a crazy radio guy who’s always good for a few laughs.

I think this puts them over the top. (And the fact that I feel the need to say this is the censored version is awesome.)

Gotta love live TV!

– Gene Morris

A reason for non-hockey fans to watch

Florida Panthers Stephan Weiss playing against Toronto Maple Leafs. (REUTERS)

Let’s be honest, not everyone is a hockey fan. Personally I prefer football, basketball and baseball myself.

In some cases, the most entertaining part of the game is when a fight breaks out or when someone gets put through the glass on the boards.

For sports fans looking for a reason to watch hockey, let me introduce Randy Moller. The energetic announcer from the Florida Panthers doesn’t just scream at the top of his lungs after every goal, but uses music and movie references constantly.

The Dan Le Batard Show posted this video that is becoming a YouTube sensation.

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But wait . . . . there’s more!

PART 2:

Posted by Shawn Brown

Check out some of my other posts:

Rafer Alston: From Playground Legend to NBA Star
Shaq and Kobe named co-MVP’s in 2009 All-Star Game
Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory season premiere does not disappoint
Lebron James, like Kobe Bryant put up big numbers at MSG
With Jameer Nelson out, Orlando is going to need some magic
Possible Chicken Wing Shortage for Super Bowl Sunday

MacGyver the Movie; A (Soon-to-be) Instant Classic

If I were to have made up a list of my heroes at the age of 10, it would have looked something like this (no family members included)…

1- Michael Jordan
2- Don Mattingly
3- Michelangelo (the turtle)
4- He-Man
5- Angus MacGyver

And now, MacGyver, that lovable mullet-headed villainous plot-foiling do-gooder himself, has his very own movie in the works.

In recent years, people have begun to catch onto the fact that MacGyver wasn’t exactly the coolest guy in the world. He lacked some charisma and his hairstyle quickly fell out of fashion as the calendar turned to the 1990s. But, if SNL and Pepsi are taking the time to poke fun at you after all this time, you must have done something right.

–MK

The NCAA Tournament Is a Fun Time!

So says the Daily News in this article, listing the top 65 things about March Madness.

But, I’m going to go out on a limb and agree with them! Here are some of my favorite reasons off their list…

“53. The age-old quandary … cheer for your favorite team – or for your bracket?”

“45. Post-game press conferences that take on the look and feel of a White House press briefing after a failed stimulus bill.”

“19. Gathering around a 13-inch TV in the office when a game goes down to the wire.”

“9. Watching an underdog execute the game-plan to perfection like Gene Hackman’s squad in Hoosiers (Rollie Massimino played the lead role in 1985 and Pete Carril reprised it in 1996).”

–MK

Gene Morris Singing “My Immortal”

This is what March Madness (America East Style) is all about

Video Credit to the one and only Michael Louis Kelly.

-carl carrie

Gus Johnson=March Madness

This video is well worth the watch if your into college basketball. Gus Johnson is the voice of the NCAA March Madness to me. This remix of a Fort Minor song done a few years ago is phenomenal.

Just watch the video and tell me you don’t get pumped up when Johnson goes “We’re going to overtimeeee innnnn Lexington…. HAHA!”

Dallas Cowboys Release Terrell Owens

WR Terrell Owens released by the Dallas Cowboys.

Late Wednesday night the Dallas Cowboys released wide receiver Terrell Owens. Michael Smith of ESPN broke the story.  This comes after they traded for WR Roy Williams during the year and giving up a first and third round draft pick for him, and also a huge contract. This could have influenced why they released him because they gave up so much for Williams and they couldn’t let him stay a number 2 receiver and justify it. Releasing Owens, makes Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, look foolish.

Owens has been a cancer on every team he’s been with over his career in the NFL. It happened in San Francisco with the 49ers, with the Philadelphia Eagles, and now with the Dallas Cowboys. He still poses some great athletic ability, and is probably in the top 10 in the league at wide receiver, but his personality is one not many can handle.

This should open up Owens’ eyes, and maybe he can change his tune. He will ultimately find a team, but it may not be a winning team, and if his goal is to win a super bowl, he’s taken a giant step backward.

By: Daniel Murray