Sports Links And Videos Of Interest
The excellent soccer writer Rob Hughes offers his thoughts in “Amid Passion and Grief, Reminders That Italy Remains a Sleeping Giant”.
They’re angry and they don’t care who knows it. Fire Jay Mariotti goes where no journalist too chummy with the system attempts to explore lest they get overlooked for the next piece of crap golf [...]
Battle Of Texas: Dallas Eliminates San Antonio
The Dallas Mavericks knocked off the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the NBA playoffs four games to one. If you’re going to be put down may as well be by a fellow Texan. No?
Sitting from afar, I always feel a tad sad when a dynasty seemingly comes to a close. My friend, [...]
Talladega Recap: Dangerous And Exhilarating
By Bob Ellis
Nascar Ranting and Raving
In easily the most exciting race of the 2009 Nationwide Series season, David Ragan barely beat Ryan Newman by only .300’s of a second to take the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. Coming out of turn four on the final lap, Ragan’s Discount Tire Ford was in a [...]
NBA Thoughts And Notes
By Alex
NBA Tipoff
Hawks versus Heat
Last night the Atlanta Hawks were able to ward off the Heat to tie their series at 2-2. It was a game of runs, their was never really a few solid minutes of back to back baskets.
Some of that was because lots of fouls ruined the flow of the game. However, [...]
NHL Western Conference Semis Set
By Chris Boersma
Hockey Numbers
Western Conference numbers for Detroit/Anaheim and Vancouver/Chicago.
VAN
CHI
Winner
Even Strength
GF
2.67
2.8
EGF
2.33
2.63
GA
2.2
2.16
EGA
2.34
2.44
SV%
90.6%
91.1%
Power Play
GF
7.75
7.96
EGF
9.16
6.97
GA
0.84
0.64
EGA
0.66
0.6
SV%
89.8%
90.8%
As you can see by the above table and prediction, this should be a very close series. Both teams have great goaltending and steady offense.
Western Conference Semi - Detroit vs. Anaheim.
DET
ANA
Winner
Even Strength
GF
3.01
2.49
EGF
2.69
2.59
GA
2.57
2.33
EGA
2.31
2.43
SV%
88.9%
90.4%
Power Play
GF
11.45
11.46
EGF
10.17
9.94
GA
0.36
0.99
EGA
0.51
0.54
SV%
87.8%
90.2%
Detroit gets another shot at the 2007 Conference Final match [...]
MLB Power Rankings
By Rebecca Glass
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
So of course I hope you all understand why I didn’t get to these last week, but hopefully, now, they are back on track!
We didn’t learn a whole lot this week, except that the Florida Marlins early success was probably more of a reflection on the pitiful Nationals, and the [...]
Stats Corner: Greatest Boston Bruins Teams
Listening to the radio earlier this week, it was suggested the 2008-2009 edition of the Boston Bruins is one of the best ever. It was a bold proclamation to make publicly so let’s see if the commentator had a point.
But how to determine this? I’ll keep it simple. First, I’ll explore the best Bruins teams [...]
Bulls Need To Adapt And Adjust Better
By Alex
NBA Tipoff
The Bulls suffered a blowout loss to the Celtics at home in game three. This happened mainly because they were never able to get comfortable on offense and score consistently. While it may be a sign of solid Celtic defense, it’s more a sign of poorly designed and executed Bulls offense.
Sit, stand and [...]
Tax Sodas: More Stupid State Interventionism
By Sal Marinello
Health and Fitness Advice
The Health Commissioner of New York City and a Yale University professor look to expand the nanny state with proposal to tax soda and sports drinks that contain sugar.
In the attempt to save us from ourselves two so-called public health officials have written a paper published in the New England [...]
