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KK Hockey found this 11/26/2007 on www.sportingnews.com [flag]
Last week, we wrote about Jiri Tlusty's embarrassing encounter with the Internet , where compromising photos of the Toronto Maple Leafs rookie made him the butt of locker room jokes across the NHL. Tlusty's experience brought into focus just how vulnerable pro athletes can be when it comes to their activity on the Internet. With that in mind, members of the NHL's security team are making ... [link]

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MySpaced NHLers
Published 11/26/2007 by Alanah at KK Hockey
... ‘Oh, I’ve been talking to you for the past month and a half.’” Umberger, who is married, went online and discovered there were four people posing as him on their own web pages. When he found that some were soliciting women, he had all four accounts canceled. “They talk to girls on there like they’re me,” he said. “People out there think they’re talking to me and they’re asking, ‘Aren’t you married?’ It’s ridiculous. Everybody on this team has a fake one and people believe it.” more...

The NHL vs. The Internet
Published 11/27/2007 by Jes Gőlbez at Hockey Rants
... As Chuck Gormley of The Sporting News reports, the NHL wants to make its players aware of a world that many of them know little about. Unbeknownst to many players, they are posers pretending to be an NHL player, and often getting away with it. ...

News You Can Use Late in the Day
Published 11/28/2007 by kanadienkyle at IllegalCurve.com
... have signed Braybon Coburn to a contract extension. 10. The NHL has visions of expanding the Chinese hockey market. 11. David Shoalts feels that MLSE must been unanimous when choosing the next GM. 12. George Johnson of ESPN with his picks for the NHL Awards. 13. Fanhouse notes that Jordan Staal is successfully demonstrating the sophomore jinx. 14. Chuck Gormley with an interesting story about the perils of the internet for ...

Knee-jerks and Notes: Florida, 11/28
Published 11/29/2007 by DC Sports Chick at On Frozen Blog
... Interesting article in The Sporting News on Monday about fans posing as players on MySpace and Facebook. (Frankly, I’m surprised that someone would see a page that starts with “Hi, My name is Daniel Briere” and really think that was the actual guy.) ...