pyleoflist.com - 5/2/2008
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The circumstances aren’t exactly the same, but no NBA Playoff series has reminded me this much of a Rocky movie since Spurs-Knicks Final in the strike-shortened season of 1999 (Rocky V-let’s just pretend the whole thing never happened). The Spurs-Hornets series covers all the major angles you remember from the third Rocky: Long reigning champion vs. young, hungry upstarts, the ...
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Rocky Statue Desecrated by Habs Fans
sports.aol.com 4/30/2008 — Here in Washington, we all had a few laughs when in between whistles on the jumbotron the home team decided to play a couple of scenes from Rocky IV where Ivan Drago was beating the spit out of the (fictional) pride of Philadelphia. As it turns out, ...
Create-a-caption: 'AHHHHH! CANADIAN! CANADIAN!' —
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Best caption wins two hockey sticks, a jar of maple syrup, some Tim Horton's coffee and a tuque. Have at it, eh. After the jump, Rocky reenacts a scene from the movie 'Jackass.' Winner, Jay Busbee: Dear lord, I hope Rocky's shot's more accurate than Iverson's. Runner-up, tabb1999: Rocky takes the first opportunity to stink up the court before the home team gets a chance.
Yo, Canadian [Canadien Ire] —
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Apparently some hopped-up Habs fans thought they would take their trash-talking and intimidation techniques to new heights by desecrating the fabled Rocky statue just before one of the Canadiens and Flyers games. The culprit is this pig-masked individual, who appears to be part of some wacky Canadian morning radio show.
Here's the thing: Messing with the Rocky statue isn't that big of a ...
Habs Fans Clad Rocky Statue In Canadiens Clothes —
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A couple of Montreal Canadiens fans have been caught committing some blasphemy by blanketing Rocky in a Habs jersey.
THE 700 LEVEL shoots over pics & video of some neighbors to the north having fun with Philadelphia’s favorite fictional character . The desecration comes as Les Habitantes face the Flyers in the Eastern Conference semis. (more…)
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This could get ugly: Montreal fans desecrate Rocky Balboa statue —
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Just when it looked like we might be able to move past the potential ugliness in the Montreal Canadiens / Philadelphia Flyers series, a guy in a cape and a pig nose drapes a Habs sweater on the Rocky Balboa statue. Why not just take a dump on the Liberty Bell while you're at it, buddy? Enrico from The 700 Level has more photos and some details about the culprit. Radio station publicity ...
