What. A. Night

That was about one of the most exciting 4 hours of hockey I have witnessed in a long, long time. 2 Game 7s and one of them went into ovetime and the other only had a game-winning and series-winning goal with 3 minutes left in the game. Which quite frankly, for the NHL nowadays, is pretty much your average, run-of-the-mill day! But alas, I will allow the videos to do the speaking on last night. First up, here's Cleary!



And now, into overtime we go ahd Scott Walker, you who has never scored in ovetime goal in your NHL career, the ice is yours!



Just an incredible night and 2 incredible games. I will have the schedules up tomorrow, but we'v3e got the Red Wings and the Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals and the Hurricanes and the Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals. It should be good times, indeed and I will try to have some more live blogs up for you guys as we progress deeper into the playoffs (I won't live blog everything, but I'll do some on nights I'll be around all night). Oh yeah, one last thing. Who in the blue hell is this and why on Earth did Versus/TSN think it was a good idea to flash him on the screen for 2 seconds during the 3rd period of the Hurricanes-Bruins game?



JC guessed Boris Yeltsin and frankly I think he may be on to something. Your thoughts on 2 things here, first of all, is that Boris Yeltsin? And if so, then why on earth would the Versus/TSN even have a picture of him????????

NBA Playoffs Day 26 Open Thread

Tonight's games....

Game 6: Boston @ Orlando 7:00 (ESPN - Mike Tirico and Hubie Brown, SR: Lisa Salters)

Game 6: Los Angeles @ Houston 9:30 (ESPN - Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy, SR: Doris Burke)

Enjoy the games and leave comments!

NHL Playoffs Day 28 Live Blog

I'm going to do this anyway even though I will most likely be in and out for the evening (including possibly missing the start). I was hoping to do one last night but I got home literally 5-minutes until game time and I had not eaten yet (and I was starving, btw) and there was no time to set up the blog. Plus add on top of that the fact that I was exhausted and there was just no flipping way it was happening. But it is tonight! So get your comments and your funny ready, it should be a heck of a night (well, on the bright side, it can't be worse than last night).

Tonight's games....

Game 7: Anaheim @ Detroit 7:00 (Versus - Dave Strader and Darren Eliot, SR: Lindsay Soto) (CBC - Bob Cole and Greg Millen, SR: Elliotte Friedman)

Game 7: Carolina @ Boston 8:00 (Versus - will JIP TSN broadcast) (TSN - Gord Miller, ItG: Pierre McGuire)

Enjoy the games and leave comments (unless you're a troll named Nathan and/or a "sports reporter" from Detroit and/or Boston!)

Please Help Put A Stop To Chinese Fur Farms!

I'll be the first to admit that especially when it comes to their exploits into the sports world, I bash and make fun of PETA like there is no tomorrow. But the work they do is real and some of the stuff they uncover is downright shocking. I mentioned this in the NHL open thread last night about one of the most shocking and graphic videos I have ever seen and this is it. And while the way I came about this video is unbelieveable in its own right, the contents of the video are even more shocking and even more appaling than anything I've ever seen before. It's an undercover video on a Chinese Fur Farm. And according to PETA, over 50% of the fur imported into the United States comes from China. So don't think this is not relevent to you because it's a video from China. And the funny part is, I'm not this type of person to always go out and campaigning for animals rights, but somethings are just too bad. So I will warn you. If you choose to watch this video, it is very, very graphic and shocking, to say the least. Unless seeing a raccoon still moving after you have just seen them being skinned and then seeing a dog literally beaten to death is your cup of tea, I think you too will be shocked by what you see. (If you're squirmish and/or get queasy easily, don't watch!)


Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.

To help, you can click on this link to the site on this on PETA and learn more about this. I can also forward you, of all things, the chain email from where I first learned about this with a petition at the bottom that you can sign (believe it or not, some chain emails are actually accurate). And I would also greatly appreciate it if you could spread the word about this either through your blogs and linking back here or by talking and telling those close to you and showing them this video. I know, I'm not necessarily one for this kind of stuff, but this just scared and shocked me so much that I felt that I had to post something on here about it.

And seriously people, is it really asking much to not buy anything made of fur? That's really all this is asking you to do. What is made with fur that you can't buy in any other synthetic material? Nothing that I can come up with.

Thanks for all your help in this matter!

A Shocking Look Inside Chinese Fur Farms (PETA)

Jayson Werth Is Quite The Thief

It's quite safe to say that last night's performance was definitley a werthy one from the Phillies right fielder, Jayson Werth. He stole a total of 4 bases including 3 in one inning which included his epic steal of home plate, the 2nd of time someone has stolen home this season. And while this happened over 24-hours ago, my schedule and the lack of quality videos of this that were up last night prohibited me from posting on this, but seeing as the Phillies were creamed today by the Dodgers, I figured why not re-live the glorious moments of last night (and meanwhile make 49er16 a very happy person). So here is Jayson Werth's incredible performance....



Just an amazing performance that tied a club record set by Garry Maddox in 1978 and Sherry Magee in 1908. I know I said that I was planning on live blogging tomorrow's game over at Keith's Sports Journal yesterday, well, there is a slight problem with that and that's the TV that I use for this is satellite only and does not have basic cable. Which means because I have DirecTV (and not Comcast Digital) that I don't get CSN Philly in the room where my laptop is. So yeah, I sort of forgot about that. If I feel like it, I might move my laptop and plug it in elsewhere, but chances are I'll be too lazy. ;-)

Just Another Reason Why The Nickname "Shitty Field" Fits The Mets New Stadium

Keith's Sports Journal has been on top of everything today, including getting this hilarious video of a rather bare and revealing moment at Citi Field Tuesday night. Presumably they were in between innings (or junk time, as you might want to call it) when all of a sudden, a rather unwanted and uninvited guest showed up on the field and started strutting his stuff. Here's the video and folks, he's off like a bulb of gas.....



AND THE STREAKER IS SAFE AT 2ND!!! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, FOLKS!

But alas, it can now be officially said. The Mets are indeed the ass of baseball.

Video Of Epicness: Skip Bayless PWN3D!

It's Mike Missanelli vs. Skip Bayless debating Philly fans on Philly Sports radio channel ESPN 950 and methinks this is a no-contest knock out.



My eternal gratitude to Missanelli for shutting that douchenozzle up and causing him to hang up, and as far as the reputation of Philly fans goes, well, there is nothing that I can say that Missanelli did not already say. He hit the nail on the head perfectly.