The Devils Are In Hell
I’m a Devils fan, and I’m going to continue to be a Devils fan, but it’s very hard to get excited to buy new merchandise, go to games, or even watch games on TV when it’s the same sad story played out game after game. The Devils are in hell. They are horrible right now, [...]
Tiger Biscuit In The Basket
Thanks to Wally McDonough for this one. Last night was possibly the first time two Princeton University hockey alumni have scored goals in the NHL on the same night. Darroll Powe scored for the Flyers (his second) and George Parros picked one up for the Ducks (unassisted, his first of the year) on a slick [...]
How Not To Start A Season
The Devils are off to their worst start in 27 years. As far as I’m concerned their 1-4-1 record is an overstatement. They’ve lost five games and haven’t won a game in regulation yet this year. Their inability to score goals is a sign that something is very wrong with this team, and with the [...]
Puck Drop Time
It’s been way too many months since I’ve said something about hockey. Quite honestly, this was one of the strangest off-seasons (long free agency periods, contract bumbling on Sixth Avenue, dismantling of the Blackhawks) and one of the most encouraging ones (Kovulchuk, Mottau, Arnott, MacLean). With a mere eight days to the season and home [...]
Kovulchuk Is A Devil
I’m flat-out delighted that Ilya Kovulchuk will be a New Jersey Devil for the next 17 years. The last time I was this happy was when Elias signed a 7-year deal assuring he’d play in New Jersey until the Bubba graduated from high school. Kovulchuk might be the first player that we cheer through four [...]
Kick LeBron James Off Of Twitter
I think I woke up in the 1950s this morning. LeBron James is using his Twitter account to point you at his static web site that indicates his regalness will announce his free agency signing decision on television. Sponsorship dollars for that hour long blathering will be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs. This [...]
Stache of Goodness
When their hockey season ends, players start or continue work on their favorite off-ice activities. I’m thrilled by Zach Parise’s promotion of reading, and seeing large banners of #9 beats the daylights out of the “Reading is Fundamental” public service blips that ran during the Saturday morning cartoons of my youth. For every hockey player [...]
Latest Unpublished Yoga Poses
My yoga adventures continue. I’ve come to some basic realizations about the practice of yoga and my body’s tolerance for it – namely, my hamstrings are short, my legs are not like Barbie’s (in that they don’t rotate neatly in front of me for sitting purposes) but very much like other men’s (they don’t open [...]
The Value of Pie
No, not 3.14159 or circumference divided by diameter or even the real but irrational part of the natural logarithm of -1 (e to the i pi references rule). Something natural, real, rational and not subject to circular arguments. It’s not even a thinly veiled reference to my favorite high school hockey goalie, best known for [...]
Nick Swisher Renews My Faith
Nick Swisher has renewed my faith in baseball players. For years I’ve thought of most baseball players as being too busy, too focused, or too impressed with their large contracts to pay much attention to the fans. Yesterday I attended the Nick Swisher autograph signing at Sports Express in the Livingston Mall, where I waited [...]