Thursday, February 28th, 2013
The Los Angeles Kings' defense of a Stanley Cup got off to a rocky 3-5-2 start, but since then they have turned things around. That run of good play continued on Wednesday. After trailing 1-0 midway through the third period against the Detroit Red Wings, the Kings came back to ...
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Friday, July 6th, 2012
Minnesota native Prince once implored us all to go crazy and go nuts. In the same breath, he also told us to look for a purple banana. Hey, why not?
His hometown Wild finally found their purple banana on the Fourth of July with the co-signings of American-born stars Zach Parise ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Well, it was a completely messed up Fourth of July weekend in the world of sports. And if you don't believe me, you best read on.
Bob Probert's Death: It had been awhile since any team I rooted for won a championship of any sort, so I forgot what happens in ...
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Man, Detroit really sucks. We've been over this before and the entire country is completely aware of that fact, but now there's even more evidence of the Motor City's awfulness.
On Sunday during the Detroit marathon, three runners died. Three!!! This wasn't just some old guy who shouldn't have been running, ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Chris Chelios just can't give it up. Seriously, the guy is incapable of leaving the ice for good.
The Blackhawks and Red Wings face each other for the first time this season tonight. That in itself is big news. Many expect the Hawks to seriously challenge the Wings for Western Conference ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
There's a lot of interesting stuff going on in the NHL playoffs (Blackhawks and Hurricanes have both tied their series with road wins, etc.), but it's hard to imagine a game more epically long and grindy than the three overtime, 4-3 win the Anaheim Ducks snatched up in Detroit on ...
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Well, we have three games down in some of the Stanley Cup playoff quarterfinal series after Sunday's games, so it seems like a good time to see what we missed over the weekend and to take stock of where our predictions stand.
Early returns aren't nearly as embarrassing as they could ...
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