Muckler Gets The Heave-Ho From Ottawa

Heave Ho. Sounds like a hooker that pukes a lot, doesn't it? Well, I don't know about hookers, but the Senators franchise always crapping out in the playoffs really does leave me feeling a little queasy. I doubt this will solve anything. Muckler put together a great team. Sorta.

And now for something not even remotely related: Is Michael Vick an animal lover?

Montreal Rollergirls Fightin For It All: Plus Cheap Beer!

Via Derby Luv:
If you are looking for hot chicks, on fast wheels (roller skates), tons of violent acts, and free flowing beer (okay, not free but cheap) and you live in Montreal then you'll want to check out the MTL Roller Derby Championships tonight.

Hot girls. Beer. Violence. Oh my! I bet if I brought my camera there would likely be an ouch file or two to post for sure!

Yashin to Habs

OKay, some people might think that Yashin signing with Montreal would be a mistake, but not me. I am positively drooling at the idea of a line with Yashin, Kovalev and maybe Koivu or Ryder. Destructive!

NOw if only we can teach Yashin to show up every game. And while we're at it teach it to Kovalev too.

Gary Sheffield Not in Control

SMS makes an interesting point about Gary Sheffield.

Derby Luv, a blog about roller derby, has a cool new look!

Stanly Cup overshadows Baseball?

Maybe not. But in this baseball comic from Small Market Sports, it sure looks that way.

Ouch Files: Cheerleading leads to bodily harm

It seems that Cheerleaders are destined to be rooting the medical staff at their local ER, at least according to this article.

“They tell me I missed being in a wheelchair by one millimeter,” she said.

She endured two months with a halo device bolted to her skull that held her head and neck in place. Although her neck is healing and she has complete use of her arms and legs, she has dropped out of school and her movements remain highly restricted. She said she rarely sleeps at night, awakened by recurring flashbacks of the accident.

“Still, I’m one of the lucky ones,” she said. “Some people don’t walk away from a cheerleading fall.”

Snakes in a Press Box

A 3-foot black snake sent reporters scurrying in the press box as the the New York Mets defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-5 in a spring training game on Tuesday.

Sometimes you don't need snappy commentary. This is just plain funny. :) Read the article:
http://dwb.heraldonline.com/24hour/weird/story/3575756p-12824375c.html

Chris Simon Suspended

Chris Simon was suspended for the rest of the season and depending on how the Islanders do in the playoffs or if they make the playoffs could be suspended even into next season.

This sports cartoon posted on SMS really says it all. Simon has been suspended too many times during his career. He should be banned from NHL level hockey.

And made to start duking it out against those monsters in ultimate fighting championships.

Nascar Cookbooks

You know something? Every time I think of high performance vehicles crashing into a falming smorgasbord of automtoive parts, body parts and pavement I can't help but wish I had a good recipe for salad.


Well, Nascar fans, nows your chance to dine on meals fit for the pavement (insert roadkill joke here, I guess, huh?) as some Nascar-themed cookbooks are on the shelves.

Check it out"
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2939974&page=1

Ouch Files: Chris Simon the Decapitator!

Serious case of the ouch, and a heartfelt & gut wrenching wince, as The New York Islanders' Chris Simon nearly decapitates the New York Rangers' Ryan Hollweg.

You can view the incident on YouTube (naturally):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ht6RyAI9370

Best NHL Uniforms.... Chicago Blackhawks?

Based on results from hassling 357 NHL players with likely a horde of absolutely ridiculous questions, a poll in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated shows that the Blackhawks have the snazziest uniforms in the league, and the Nashville Predators have the eye-burning worst.

Apparently, orginal six teams = rocking cool, and expansion franchises = designed by the blind.

The results:

BEST UNIFORMS
1. Blackhawks: 28
2. Canadiens: 16
3. Red Wings: 14
4. Maple Leafs: 11

WORST UNIFORMS
1. Predators: 28
2. Sabres: 24
3. Thrashers: 8
4. Ducks: 7

Link: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/quickhits/285567,CST-SPT-1hit07.article
(you'll need to scroll down to find it)

Pitchers with the wackiest wind-ups

With the 2007 baseball season on the cusp of starting up, Stuff Magazine has posted a look at some of the oddest pitching forms and stances in MLB history:
http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=1793&src=stuff_ed

#10 Orlando Hernandez - tell me he's not in the running to be the next Spider-Man.

Marijuana is bad, m'kay, but not banned.

Yep. Canadian sports officials want to exclude the ganja from the list of banned substances.

Marijuana should be removed from the list of drugs banned in sport, one of Canada's top drug testing officials said, because it is taking time and resources away from catching the real cheaters in sport.

Yeah, plus if they are stoned they'll be easier to catch.

"I don't think it's a fight that Canada and some other countries are going to win about getting cannabis off the list altogether," he said. "I think we're just whistling in the wind on that one."

And the wind is making me get the munchies!


The entire article below:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2007/03/05/marijuana-atheletes.html

Jake the Snake Retires

Why the heck did the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trade for Jake the Snake knowing he was going to retire any way? It doesn't make sense.

Small Market sports has a sport cartoon with an interesting question about retiring, football and florida. haha

Ouch Files: John Terry Kicked in the Face

Ouch, indeed!

Chelsea captain John Terry will miss the Champions League game against FC Porto on Tuesday as he continues his recovery from a head injury from the League Cup final (read article).

Click the link to watch the video of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ec5b9r4288

Ouch Files: SI Photographer beaned with a pitch

This can't be a good omen for the rest of the season:

New York Mets pitcher Oliver Perez hit a Sports Illustrated photographer on
a leg with one of his warmup pitches. His control improved, his results did
not.

"I got hit pretty good," said the photographer, John Iacono, who was
shooting from near the backstop before the game. "At the last minute, I saw it
coming. I turned my left leg just enough so I didn't get it head on."

From the article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17387607/

Jockeys, Dildos and Drug Testing - Oh my!

Okay, I'm not making this one up.

A jockey has been caught using a dildo - yes, a dildo - in an attempt to cheat a drug test.

Here's the story:
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,21307353-32343,00.html?from=news

Trade Deadline: And the crickets chirpped on

There were a lot of very good trades made over the course of the last few weeks that made a lot of NHL teams stronger and better prepared for the playoffs.

My team, the Hab-nots , seemed to linger in limbo picking up scraps. *sigh*

Now I'm not sure if it was because Canadiens GM Bob Gainey felt our team was good enough and didn't need to make a major trade or if, as this sports cartoon by Small Market Sports suggests, it's because there just weren't any good offers for our team of misfits and slackers.

*sigh*

The OUCH Files: Cheerleading Bloopers

It's good to know that the so-called beautiful people in the world of sports (i.e. the cheerleading types) can also end up with a face full of ouch sometimes.

My Desginated Hitter is a Robot

When I was a kid I dreamed of the day when I could have a robot friend to play baseball with.

This video is proof that the dream isn't nearly as far-fetched as it might seem.

How Major League Baseball teams got their names

Montreal Expos. The Canadian city was awarded a baseball franchise in 1968, partly because its 1967 World’s Fair—called Expo ‘67—had been successful. The team was named in honor of the event.

Read the complete post:
http://www.ultimatestupidity.com/index.php/archives/1584

Raj Binder at the 2007 NHL All Star Game

If you are a fan of Thsi Hour Has 22 Minutes or the NHL, you've no doubt seen this before.

For those that haven't, however...

Will the NHL beat the NBA to Las Vegas?

There is no doubt that eventually Las Vegas is going to get a professional sports franchise to call their own. The question is which league is going to take the dive first and risk the whole headache of sports betting?

Small Market Sports suggests it might be the NHL in their last sports cartoon.