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Former Wings coach Ned Harkness passes away
Snapshots — Sad news: September 19, Associated Press : NCAA champion hockey and lacrosse coach Ned Harkness has died. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute says Harkness, who won NCAA championships in 1954 with RPI and in 1967 and 1970 with Cornell University, died Friday on his 89th birthday. Born in Ottawa, Harkness also was head coach of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings and the first president and CEO of the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority. He died in Rochester, N.Y., where he was living. He recently had suffered a stroke.

10 things you know I know I know, you know?
The Wayne Fontes Experience - A Detroit Lions Blog — I'm thinking this "10 things" bit may become an every Friday thing. We shall see... 10. I found it funny, and pretty damn telling, when Deadspin touched on Matt Millen's clueless vote of confidence of the current coaching regime in today's Blogdome, they linked to another "national" site (AOL's Fanhouse) rather than get the local view from the numerous Detroit blogs who also commented upon the ongoing lunacy in Allen Park. It's just another reason why I find myself reading Deadspin less and less as of late. It's not because Will Leitch left, as my issues with Gawker's site go back for quite some time. I rarely visit the Deadspin proper anymore, ...