The Nassau Coliseum Was Not A Dump: What The Isles Are Leaving Behind
In October 2012, a month into the NHL lockout, with the schedule already beginning to crumble, the New York Islanders made a big announcement: Upon expiration of their lease in 2015, the Isles would be leaving the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, their publicly owned home of 40 years, for Brooklyn...
Megan Fox Tries On Ian Laperriere's Teeth In <em>This Is 40</em>
If you're a hockey fan looking to escape the pain of the lockout at the movies this holiday season, be sure to skip the certifiably mediocre This Is 40. Four then-Philadelphia Flyers make a cameo in the above scene. From left to right: Scott Hartnell, James van Riemsdyk (now of the Toronto Maple Lea...
Why Did <em>The Globe And Mail</em> Take Down Its Story About How Kyle Turris Hates Finland?
After supposedly "returning" from the Finnish SM-Liiga, Kyle Turris complained about his lockout home to The Globe and Mail, in just the latest of a few such stories to come out recently. The Globe and Mail piece covered the usual stuff: the food sucked, the travel sucked, "they spoke a different l...
Four 4chan Users Won A Contest To Meet Arian Foster
The above image shows five 4chan users, the one in the middle being a running back for the Houston Texans. Apparently the four guys in the zany animal t-shirts are posters from 4chan's /sp/ board, who, with the immense voting power of the 4chan behind them, won an internet contest to meet Arian Fos...
Ilya Bryzgalov Can't Take Your Calls Right Now; He's About To Launch Into Space
The Russian men's national hockey team recently removed Flyers' goalie and philosopher Ilya Bryzgalov from their roster before the start of the Channel One Cup, an annual tournament for Europeans playing in European leagues. During the NHL lockout, Bryzgalov has been playing for CSKA Moscow of the ...
Listen To A Possibly Shitfaced Bernie Kosar Ramble On A Cleveland Radio Show
Former NFL quarterback Bernie Kosar appeared on 850 WKNR, Cleveland's ESPN affiliate, this week for his regular spot on "The Hooligans" show. The segment had to be cut short, unfortunately, because Kosar sounded like he was completely wasted. Initially the two hosts laughed, thinking Kosar was play...
Does Carson Cistulli's Admittance To The BBWAA Finally Justify His Preposterously Detailed Wikipedia Page?
Earlier today, Carson Cistulli of FanGraphs, along with a few internet-based others, joined the ranks of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the organization which ensures media access to baseball games, and votes for major awards and Hall of Fame membership....
Andre Johnson Spent $19,521.14 At Toys "R" Us For Kids In Child Protective Services' Care
Here's one to get you in the spirit of the season. Renowned nice guy Andre Johnson went down to Toys "R" Us and bought toys for foster kids in Texas' Child Protective Services. We haven't verified whether $19,521.14, the amount cited by a random Instragram commenter, is exact, but with a receipt th...
Russian Youth Hockey Game Features Non-Stop Brawling, About 30 People In The Penalty Boxes At Once
Russian players don't have the best reputation as fighters in the NHL, but the next generation of Russian hockey stars seems set on changing that. As you can see, this game got away from the referees a bit, with most of each team ending up in the penalty box at once: ...
Hope Solo Defends Jerramy Stevens On Twitter
People are tweeting at Hope Solo about her new husband Jerramy Stevens's legal troubles. And surprisingly enough, she's responding to a few of them:...
Patrick Kane Is Just A Cool Bro Chilling In A Post-Apocalyptic Hell-Earth
In the wake of the lockout, NHL stars Tyler Seguin and Patrick Kane signed on with Switzerland's EHC Biel. They arrived too late for player photo day, however, which was apparently "no shirts, battle axe optional."...
Interviewer Solicits Questions For Danica Patrick On Facebook; It Goes About How You'd Expect
Before interviewing Danica Patrick yesterday, SBNation's Amy K. Nelson asked her Facebook fans to help her come up with questions for the famous driver. She got over 80 submissions, and right off the bat, they were about as awful as you'd probably expect. Toward the end, Nelson jumped in to express...
Official <em>Monday Night Football</em> Twitter Account Accidentally Links To German News Story About Brutal Nightclub Death
Apparently, ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcast runs some Twitter contest that amounts to "What player is Jon Gruden thinking of right now?" Last night, Gruden was thinking of San Francisco's NaVorro Bowman, which user @DanShedd correctly guessed. The MNF crew congratulated Dan on Twitter, told h...
Desperate For Hockey, Nashville Predators Fans, Announcers And Coaches Surprise Local Youth Team
Figuring their fans had nothing better to do at the moment, the Nashville Predators invited the faithful down to a local rink for a "pizza party" last week. The pizza was just a front, though, for a flashmob meant to surprise two youth hockey teams. 200 fans, the Predators' P.A. announcer, the rad...
Mark Buehrle's Pit Bull Is Illegal In Toronto
Alex Anthopoulos thought he hit paydirt, ripping off the miserable Miami Marlins for most of their good players in Jeffrey Loria's latest fire sale. This sabermetric-darling GM, however, is about to learn that the stats can't tell you everything you need to know about a player—e.g. whether that pla...
Don Cherry Tweets By Phoning The CBC
With a little more free time thanks to the NHL lockout, staunch Canadian nationalist and colorfully dressed "Coach's Corner" co-host Don Cherry sat down for a Q&A with The Globe and Mail's James Mirtle. The best revelation from the interview, by far, related to his joining Twitter:...
Fake Gary Bettman Twitter Account Outs Gary Bettman's Two Remaining Fans
Last night a Twitter account purporting to be NHL commissioner Gary Bettman popped up. While the account turned out to be fake, many believed it at first, both because @Commish_Gary was Bettman's handle before he wisely deleted it pre-lockout, and because the impostor played it straight, tweeting j...
"Ur Probably Rob Ray": Jeremy Roenick's Spirited Banter With The Twitter Troll He Wants To Fight
Yesterday, we brought you the story of Jeremy Roenick exploring the legality of a death match with a Twitter troll. Since then, the troll in question has gotten in touch and sent us the direct messages Roenick sent him. We reached out to Roenick about the authenticity of these DMs, but he never got ...
What We Learned From Joe Buck's Deadspin Chat
Joe Buck came by today for a lively and entertaining chat. After deciphering his Joycean prose style, here's what we learned about Joe:...
Your KHL Update: Importing the Enforcer
While the NHL and the NHLPA may or may not be making significant progress toward saving the season, hockey rages on abroad. Hopefully I'll have reason to stop doing these posts soon, but in the meantime, here's your second weekly KHL fix....