Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Bruins goalie Tim Thomas made major headlines this January when he declined attending Boston's championship trip to the White House in an effort to make a political statement against Barack Obama. (He said it was a statement against both political parties because the federal government has grown out of control, ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
If the NHL wants to turn non-believers into fans, it wouldn't hurt to have every game turn out like the ones between the Winnipeg Jets and Philadelphia Flyers. But given the impossibility of that happening, I'd gladly settle for seeing the two duke it out in a first-round playoff series.
The ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Last year, we began what we hope becomes a tradition here at Rumors and Rants and tipped our hats to Cheap Trick by naming the losers of the year in every sport we pay attention to.
In case you are wondering, there is no scientific formula to being named loser of ...
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Randy Cunneyworth was named interim coach of the Montreal Canadiens this weekend when the team fired Jacques Martin. Cunneyworth is Canadian so one could assume that a Canadian coaching the Canadiens would be enough to placate the fan base.
Ah, but you see these are Canadiens, not Canadians.
And those French Canadians ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
The Los Angeles Kings and star defenseman Drew Doughty finally agreed to a deal late Thursday night that will keep the 21-year-old in Los Angeles for eight more years.
Doughty is undoubtedly one of the bright young stars in all of hockey, and he was looking for a big payday. Well, ...
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