Boring is good, and jinxing the jinxer
Snapshots —
... brand of boring hockey involves an immense cranial capacity and hard work to "make things look simple," and "white-bread" personality included, he's surprisingly talkative and engaging. As far as the Red Wings' style of play is concerned, it's the most exciting "boring" hockey I've ever witnessed. As game time draws near, another Yahoo Sports scribe, Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynski, notes that a fan of Detroit's perennial bottom-dweller attempted to jinx the Penguins last summer: November 11, Yahoo Sports : Preparing for tonight's Pittsburgh Penguins/Detroit Red Wings rematch ...
GAMEDAY [15] -- DETROIT RED WINGS
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguins Blog From Behind The Veil Of Cryptic Online Identities —
... gets interrupted when a cable holding Steve Yzerman aloft above the playing surface snaps and he goes careening to the ice surface. He survives the fall, however, cheating death in the same manner he cheated his way onto the executive board for Team Canada. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: NATE what a chair Some Lions fan touched the Stanley Cup and chanted Crosby in order to jinx him and the Penguins. PUCK DADDY Lions fan. We thought all Lions fans killed themselves years ago. A new ...
Late Night Link Dump
Sports —
The Detroit Pistons finally win with Allen Iverson at the helm.
Kevin Garnett taunts Jose Calderon (hilarious).
The UFC goes video.
Chris Kaman is on the trading block. But when Larry Brown is running the team, everyone is on the trading block.
Tim Lincecum, not exactly a household name, wins the Cy Young.
Heath Miller gets dropped. A lot.
A very entertaining NBA All Comedy Team.
This is how you jinx the Stanley Cup.
An amazing comeback win (Pittsburgh Penguins ...
Red Wings Fan Attempts To Jinx Penguins With Lions Shirt; Results Predictable [NHL]
Deadspin —
... "The Lions' mojo is too strong for anyone to break," Fox said in an email to Puck Daddly. "I knew nothing is good for the Lions, they have bad mojo. Then it struck me: Why not use that mojo against the Red Wings' arch rival? So I chanted ‘Crosby' when I touched it. I was angry when I went to finals and had to hear Penguins fans at the Joe — they were actually loud. So that's my revenge." ...
More Than Just Two Points
Chris Yarbrough's Taking One For The Team —
... and all the turnovers they create and then turnaround and dismiss Staal picking Datsyuk's pocket in overtime as lucky or a fluke. Just watch Zetterberg flop around on the ice during the Pens' 5-on-3 goal and then explain to me how great he is defensively. I have never been happier watching one of my fantasy goalies give up 7 goals. Hearing Hossa getting booed on his "home" ice was priceless. Penguin fans definitely had the edge at "The Joe" last night. Red Wings fans are a joke. And this post would not be complete without a ...
Mid-afternoon missives
Snapshots —
... proposition. It would be hard to see Maxwell as anything more than a back-up on a U.S. team at the world juniors. Thomas McCollum of Guelph and Sanborn, N.Y., is by most scouts' estimations the best goalie in the O these days and the reason the Storm have been able to make noise in what many figured to be a rebuilding year. And Brandon Maxwell should know this better than most because his father, Brad Maxwell, is an assistant coach in Guelph. On Tuesday, Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski pointed out that a Detroit Lions fan attempted to jinx the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup ...
