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Other Hockey Players With Unpopular Beliefs
Tim Thomas isn't the only hockey player with unpopular beliefs. Let's take a look at the controversial opinions of some of hockey's biggest stars: -Steven Stamkos refuses to say "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance because he's not quite ready to rule out Quetzacoatl. -Joe Thornton believes...
"You can't do that!": A salute to aberrations in strategy that somehow haven't ruined sports
With all due respect to Cassandra McClellan and her appeal for a return of sanity and the prevailing of cooler heads, I don't think it's over, not by a long shot. "It" being the hubbub (not quite an uproar...but stay tuned) raised over the Philadelphia Flyers' attempt to thwart the 1-3-1, Tampa T,...
Iowa State: I'm Here Because You Need Me Now
Howdy there, Cyclones. While all of you have been busy celebrating the second-most exciting college football game on television last Saturday, your overtime win over arch rival Iowa for the CyHawk Trophy, a pressing matter has come to my attention. With realignment talks ongoing this football...
RTT Obtains Exclusive Fictitious Letter From SEC Headquarters
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Question of the Week: Favorite blogosphere stories from last season
With the 2010-11 season completely in the rear-view now and the glimmer - as faint as it is - of the 2011-12 season nearing, looking back at last season still is a good topic to be had. But instead of asking about the sport, I thought it was worth asking about another aspect that many of us love...
Dan Boyle's Favorite Bands: A Critical Perspective
Dan Boyle has been spending his summer in California for the first time ever, and the Sharks website decided to interview him about it. After some discussion about how nice the weather is in California, how much Boyle liked Big Sur, and how Boyle is at "maximum fitness*", they get to the good...
My Very Earthly Marleau Just Sat Under Niemi's Porch
Which San Jose Sharks players are most like each of the planets in the solar system? If you're like me, you've probably asked yourself that question at least once, and then decided that it would make a good topic for a stupid post when there's nothing else important happening with the team. Let's...
Hockey Goosebumps #1: Welcome to Dead Rink
Twelve-year-old Patrick Marleau is about to find out that there's a reason no one goes to the old hockey rink... "But I don't want to move to a new town!" I whined from the back seat of my dad's car, "All my friends are back in San Jose!" "Now Patrick," my dad replied, not taking his eyes off the...
We're All Doomed, Revisited
Back in late August of last year, Rudy and I collaborated on a hilarious and heart-warming post sort-of satirizing the prediction posts everyone does before the start of the season. It was called "We're All Doomed" and it detailed the reasons why every single team was going to have an awful...
Kentucky Basketball Recruiting: Listening In On The NCAA Committee On Infractions
Kentucky coach John Calipari recently put up a post at CoachCal.com entitled, "Coach Cal's Holiday Message On Recruiting." In his message, Coach Cal tries to debunk what he sees as some common myths about college basketball recruiting. However, we know others besides the Big Blue Nation are...
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