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Bloggers Credentialed for Cup Coverage
Published 5/29/2008 by Kevin at BfloBlog.com
I don’t know how I missed this earlier. I understand that Paul Kukla pointed it out days ago. And though daily newspapers are far from ubiquitous at the finals, other media are picking up the slack. Close to 700 are credentialed by the NHL to cover the Stanley Cup – including two dozen bloggers – compared to 550 last year. Maybe I haven’t been paying a lot of attention, or maybe I’m visiting the wrong sites, but I don’t know who these bloggers are that have been credentialed. Something tells me ...

True Lies
Published 5/30/2008 by Pensblog Staff (noreply@blogger.com) at The Pensblog
... Classic ] :: KC residents dream of what could have been. [ KC.com ] [ Fleury29 ] with the link. The encyclopedia anyone can edit. Not. Rex Gildo's page mentions nothing of the Hossa song now. Have to do it: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [Mirtle M.D.] asked a good question today. According to this [MSNBC] article there are two dozen bloggers covering the finals. No clue what MSNBC is ...

Penguins and Red Wings Look to Live Up to Spotlight in Game Four
Published 5/31/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (justin) at Every Facet of the Game
... between Sidney Crosby and his Pittsburgh Penguins and the dominant Detroit Red Wings has the NHL looking to parlay the increased attention into reasserting themselves as one of the top sports in the US. And overall, mainstream media seems to be playing along. ESPN, long criticized by hockey fans for their decreasing coverage of the game following it's move to Versus, brought in none other than Hockey Night in Canada's Don Cherry to sit in on segments with Barry Melrose. As well, media credentials are up from 550 last season's finals to 700 this year. Which very well may be a ...