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pensionplanpuppets.com - 12/8/2008

Preview: Maple Leafs v. The Fishsticks

— pensionplanpuppets.com — Editor's Note: In a continuing effort to present a varied view of the Leafs and their opponents... (read: I forgot there was a game today) I enlisted the help of a colleague to give us a glimpse at the current state of affairs with the future Hamilton ... (more) Preview: Maple Leafs v. The Fishsticks

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yesislanders.com - 12/1/2008

New York Islanders 2008 Best Blog Award

— yesislanders.com — Blog Awards are great for promoting link-love between the NYI blogs. If you write a blog and... you like a certain blog then link to it asking your readers to vote for it . Link-love between the NYI blogs helps promote the whole NYI blogosphere and NYI ... (more) New York Islanders 2008 Best Blog Award

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New York Islanders

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weblogs.newsday.com - 12/10/2008

More stations agree to carry Islanders on radio

— weblogs.newsday.com — The Islanders announced the addition of radio stations that have agreed to carry their games and thus... extend the limited reach of such games - a source of much consternation for many of their fans. Click below for the entire news release.  ... (more) More stations agree to carry Islanders on radio

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New York Islanders

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NHL Teams Should Support The Newspapers
KK Hockey — ... cut. I understand there are far greater issues here, but I recommend that Newsday and the Islanders broker an appropriate travel arrangement that’s beneficial for the newspaper and maintains the coverage of the team. Just as the Islanders travel with their radio and TV broadcasters on the private team charter, beat writer Greg Logan and any other assigned Newsday writers should fly with the team to and from games. (Needless to say, the Post and Daily News should be welcomed, too). more Filed in: ...

Death by 1000 cuts
Lighthouse Hockey — ... , including three sports columnists. There's an interesting discussion in the comments to former Isles PR VP (now an essentially independent Isles blogger) Chris Botta's post on the topic, with even a couple reporters weighing in. ...

Islanders-sponsored blogger invites reporters to fly
Sports stories from Newsday — Interesting debate over the weekend about the idea of reporters going back to traveling with teams they cover - with Baumbach on one side and Botta on the other. I'm with Baumbach, who says it's a bad idea, but I appreciate Botta looking for creative solutions to the financial problems of the newspaper business. I once did travel on a team's charter, when I flew back from Quebec City with the Rangers in the early 1990s, but Newsday paid for my trip. We were fogged out of LaGuardia and had to land in Newark. GM Neil Smith gave me a ride ...

Sunday Roundup: LeBron to Stay?
The Big Lead — ... Dude, just sign somewhere. It’s getting annoying, you’re not that interesting. (MLBTradeRumors) The first of five NBA games on Christmas begins at noon. (New York Times) Curry shoots 5-for-26, Davidson gets smoked. (AP) URI’s Jimmy Baron could’ve held his own in those Bird/Jordan McDonald’s commercials. (Mass Hysteria Sports) A suggestion to keep beat writers on the road. Newsday is a mess. (Islanders Point Blank) Iowa St., Auburn and their incestuous coaching ...