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Hartford Whalers: From Heartbeat to Heartbreak: Whalers and Canes fans on here may want to check this out. Almost an hour run length so maybe not for casual quickie viewing.
As a former Hartford resident, I remember what the downtown area was like during hockey season when the Civic Center was rocking.
In the early 80's the UConn men's basketball team played some of its games there, but they hadn't hired Jim Calhoun and become nationally prominent yet, so the Whalers were absolutely the main game in town.
posted by beaverboard to hockey at 11:20 PM on December 20, 2024 - 4 comments
RIP Franco Harris: An icon and hero of my adolescence. Heading into the 1972 Draft, Franco was seen as a workhorse and his Penn State backfield mate Lydell Mitchell was seen as the skill stud. It was stunning when the Steelers drafted Franco well ahead of Mitchell, but they knew what they were doing. Lydell did OK for the Colts, but Franco ascended to the pantheon of immortals. He was a major tone setter for the great 1970's Steeler rosters, which caused great pain to Cowboys fans and others. I was somewhat ambivalent about the team until they handled the Fran Tarkenton Vikings in the Super Bowl. Then I got on board. Anyone who took care of Tark was deserving of a thumbs up in my book. With several teammates and coaches already deceased, I'm glad that Terry Bradshaw is still around and able to clearly articulate his thoughts and feelings in great detail as people reminisce about Franco and those Pittsburgh teams.
posted by beaverboard to football at 11:41 AM on December 22, 2022 - 2 comments
I Don't Want Cooperstown, I want Shaughnessy: Curt Schilling's thoughts on baseball immortality and settling scores.
posted by beaverboard to baseball at 01:58 AM on January 27, 2021 - 5 comments
Chargers Team Doctor Punctured Tyrod Taylor's Lung: Broadcasters during the Chargers/Chiefs game on Sunday were mystified by the last-minute absence of quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who wasn't on the injury list but did not make the start. Coach Anthony Lynn revealed that Taylor missed the game because the team doctor accidentally punctured his lung while administering a painkiller injection for Taylor's cracked ribs. He's out indefinitely.
posted by beaverboard to football at 04:26 PM on September 23, 2020 - 2 comments
I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike: Elite runner Mary Cain's harrowing tale of breakdown in the grips of the Nike training program.
posted by beaverboard to general at 07:34 PM on November 08, 2019 - 3 comments
Which reminds me, I'm still pissed at Tom Brady during Deflategate when the league demanded his cell phone and he told them it was given to an assistant and broken or lost instead of saying "Go to hell and get fucked, you have no authority, you're not getting my phone".
posted by beaverboard at 04:49 PM on June 03, 2025
Many thanks, tommy. So wild - today, the Boston Globe just published a piece on what happens when you travel outside the US.
I started scrolling through it and had to pause for a diversion when they got to the point of having to unlock your phone or give out your laptop password.
If it ever gets to that point with me, someone with an insignia will be swimming to Windsor using a recalled Ford airbag as a flotation device.
posted by beaverboard at 04:45 PM on June 03, 2025
If I crossed the border to go see a game and then wasn't allowed back into the US, are there affordable places to stay in and around Moose Jaw?
posted by beaverboard at 11:41 PM on June 02, 2025
How can you even think about the NBA with all the exciting pre-season preparations being made by the University of North Carolina football program?
posted by beaverboard at 12:08 AM on June 02, 2025
At some point, the Canadian end of a super long distance Cup Finals (Edmonton, Vancouver) is going to have to prevail.
I remember the Rangers - Canucks mid 90's Cup Final. It was pre-internet and the games in BC were hard to keep track of if you were on the East Coast of the US and couldn't watch them. Spinning through radio and TV channels just to try to get a late night final score.
posted by beaverboard at 05:30 PM on May 30, 2025
I do like those Canes dark unis.
Are the Canes at the point that the Buccaneers were at when they deep sixed Dungy and brought in Gruden?
If the Oilers close out the Stars, I think they'll have home ice this time. Not that the Panthers seem to care about that.
posted by beaverboard at 06:44 PM on May 29, 2025
I can be forgiven for awaiting the start of the third period with dread and a sense of inevitability.
posted by beaverboard at 01:55 AM on May 27, 2025
It's not that there's no drama.
It's just that it's not competitive drama.
posted by beaverboard at 02:49 PM on May 23, 2025
Why Reggie Miller should not be calling the Eastern Conference Finals
posted by beaverboard at 06:51 PM on May 22, 2025
Good piece on Irsay in the Athletic was posted a few hours after his death.
I wish Bob Irsay had never owned a NFL team and I wish Carroll Rosenbloom had never traded the Colts to Irsay for the Rams.
But there's no guarantee that Rosenbloom would have kept the Colts in Baltimore since his Rams eventually fled LA for St. Louis.
posted by beaverboard at 01:28 AM on May 22, 2025
I'm hoping that last night was a bit of Raleigh rust and not a portent of what is to come.
Can a goalie have more than 5 holes?
posted by beaverboard at 07:55 PM on May 21, 2025
If I was a Leafs fan, I don't know what else I would have expected.
Just one Canadian team left. Go Oilers, so there'd be no doubt as to whether the Cup winner would be visiting 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Meanwhile, God saw Dallas was having so much fun (Stars' Cup run, NBA lottery win, WNBA top draft pick), that George Pickens was sent there to help compensate.
Note to Steelers: during the draft, decide which skill position player you would take if you could, then let another team draft him.
posted by beaverboard at 03:07 PM on May 19, 2025
I hear that the Scheffler tour made the most of its time in Charlotte this week.
posted by beaverboard at 07:16 PM on May 18, 2025
If I was a longtime Leafs fan, I don't know whether I would share your apparent enthusiasm for tonight's contest.
I'd likely be torn between anticipation and dread.
posted by beaverboard at 12:23 PM on May 18, 2025
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
After the Knicks disassembled the Celtics in the playoffs, some folks probably thought that one of those head coaches would get the boot.
But I bet they didn't think it would be Thibodeau.