TV NETWORKS BLEEP OUT THE WRONG STUFF
Jesus got bleeped.It happened during a recent airing of “The View,” the ABC mid-morning show that features a handful of female broadcasters “dishing the dirt.”On this particular show, they were talking about diets. Cohost Joy Behar apparently...
Wings Have More Mature Fedorov, On And Off Ice
It could have all been different. Tonight, when the Red Wings and Hurricanes skate out for Game 3 in Raleigh, the first Stanley Cup final in North Carolina, and the building explodes and the Wings are roundly booed and the Hurricanes are cheered so loudly you’ll need concrete in your ears, it could have all been reversed for Sergei Fedorov.
He could have been on the side of the angels.
Nick Of Time: Lidstrom, Draper Let Fans Breathe
Thwack-thwack. The sound of stick meeting puck meeting stick. It haunted the Red Wings all night Thursday, the way a heartbeat haunted that guy from that Edgar Allan Poe story. Thwack-thwack. Every good shot. Every wide-open chance. Power plays. Rushes. From behind the net. From right in front. Thwack-thwack. The echo of futility. The Carolina Hurricanes were blocking the Wings like some whack-a-mole game gone berserk. Nearly 30 Red Wings chances never got past the opposing Hurricanes player.
Homer’S Playoff Odyssey: Get Beat Up, Score Goals
bmitch6> It’s Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals, and here’s what Tomas Holmstrom will be doing tonight: Slam, shove, bang, poke, prod, smash, fall, get up, fall, get up, poke, jab, punch, shoot, elbow, glove, down, get up, down, get up, stick, fall, jab, fall, kick, push, stick, bash, whack, jam, down, get up.
And if you think that’s bad, you should see him try to get out of bed Friday morning.
TAKEN BY STORMONCE AGAIN, WINGS DON’T MAKE LIFE EASY
As the minutes ticked away, and the score remained tied, and the shots stayed even, and the crowd went from breezily confident to noticeably nervous, the voice that rose from the floor-level seats to the steel blue rafters at Joe Louis Arena seemed to echo with a sad...
A Finals Debate: Motor City Vs. Tobacco Road
We tried. We truly did. As is tradition at this newspaper, before certain championship series, we host a friendly debate with a journalist from the competing city.
So, for these Stanley Cup finals between the Red Wings and the Hurricanes, we wanted to joust with a writer from Raleigh, N.C.
Alas, we could not find one. Not a single columnist. Not a single beat writer. No one was available in the entire state of North Carolina. Perhaps they were too busy studying the Tar Heels’ practice schedule.
BRING IT ON!WINGS HOPE CUP FINALS WILL BE ONE FOR THE AGES
In hockey, as in life, the difference between the old and the young is patience; only in hockey, the young have more of it.”They think ‘We have time, we can grow, losing is not so bad,’ ” says Detroit’s Igor Larionov, the oldest player in...
WHY WE AREN’T LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD
Here we go. Happens every four years. Somewhere on the planet, they are playing the World Cup of soccer. So we in America must get a lecture.”Why isn’t soccer popular in the U.S.? What’s the matter with you? It’s the biggest sporting event in...
BELIEVE IT!WINGS RAIN GOALS ON AVALANCHE, ISSUE HURRICANES WARNING
Detroit’s first shot was a goal, and Patrick Roy shook his head. Detroit’s second shot was a goal, and Patrick Roy hung his head. Detroit’s fifth shot was a goal, and Patrick Roy kicked the ice, flicked his neck, banged his stick, then skated away as...Stay Connected
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