Is The NHL Gaining On The NBA (Again)? [Nhl]
Deadspin —
... You may have missed this in the Friday afternoon "please let this week be over" crunch, but it's not too late to read this important post over at Puck Daddy. Well, important if you care about the friendly rivalry between delusional NBA apologists and bitter NHL pedants. Believe it or not, there was actually a time when it looked like the NHL might surpass the NBA as America's favorite post-Super Bowl diversion—and it might have if it wasn't for that pesky financial collapse/missing season. That dream is still a long way off, but looking at the numbers suggests the two ...
Links of the Day 11/24/08
The Victoria Times —
Sorry for not telling you what to look at on the internet yesterday. Your links are back today Northwestern is a rather poor basketball school. The NHL is actually doing better than the NBA this season in terms of attendance. NBA failure or NHL resurgence? Yes. Hey the Twins have a new home uniform this year. Great.
NBA versus NHL. Again.
Sports Media Watch —
... . On the Puck Daddy blog, Greg Wyshynski references the infamous Sports Illustrated cover, "Why the NHL's Hot and the NBA's Not", published in 1994. Wyshynski: " 14 years later, we find ourselves at another 'Hot Not' moment for the NHL and the NBA, the two most popular professional arena sports in North America (sorry, lacrosse). Both leagues are taking their licks as the economy worsens; but the numbers show the NHL's gains and stability in attendance, while basketball fans are concerned about what they see as a clear enthusiasm gap in the NBA ." Eric McErlain on AOL's ...
Weekend Links with Jon Marthaler
Randball —
... post says, simply, “dear god i love this blog”. I’d have to agree — if there’s a better pure football blog out there, I don’t know about it.) *Required hockey links: First, Awful Announcing has the new NHL ad for the 2009 Winter Classic at Wrigley Field — featuring, of course, Harry Caray. Second, the wonderful Ms. Conduct blog directs us to the newest picture-caption entry: it’s the nhLOL blog ! And in NBA vs. NHL news, Yahoo!’s Greg Wyshynski thinks the NHL is gaining ; the Sports Media Watch blog isn’t so sure . *And finally: I, for one, ...
