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Does Anyone Else Hate This Air Hockey Robot? [VIDEO]

Dalton Castle — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:51:20 +0000

Is this robot for real? Does this robot think he’s some sort of hot shot or something? Because if that’s the case I think I need to bring him back down to earth. Air hockey is my game and I won’t have some Wall-E Johnny five stinky robot claiming my thrown. Robot I’m putting my [...]

What Was the Most Exciting Sports Moment of the Weekend? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:56 +0000

Over the weekend, sports fans had quite the variety in programming to choose from, but which provided the most exciting moment? In the NBA, there is drama in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. Out West, the heavily favored San Antonio Spurs are now tied at two games apiece with the underdog Golden State Warriors. In [...]

Paulina Gretzky Kicks Off NHL Playoffs [PHOTOS]

Dalton Castle — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:28:08 +0000

It would be wrong to let this year’s NHL Playoff season begin without highlighting the best thing the NHL has produced, Wayne Gretzky’s daughter Paulina and her spoiled plump apple bottom! Okay maybe I really don’t mean it when I say she is better than the 4 Stanley Cups Wayne has brought home. Truthfully most of the [...]

The NHL Playoffs Are Among Us!

Dalton Castle — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:37:53 +0000

Let the beard growing commence! It’s only been half a season and already we are in the playoffs for the NHL. Hockey fans everywhere will start to procrastinate night after night and men women and children will do their best to grow the hair on their face. I love playoff hockey, it’s the only thing [...]

Giant Hockey Fight Post Game In QMJHL Playoffs [VIDEO]

Dalton Castle — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:43:37 +0000

I've never really been a huge fan of the French Canadians but after seeing how well they beat the snot out of each other I think I might have a change of heart. I love hockey and It’s not secret. I love hockey so much that I wish this country of ours would stop messing with this lousy whole gay marriage bull crap and focus on the real issues, like when is it going to be legal for Hockey and me to get married?

The best part of hockey is clearly the fights

Buzzer Beaters: Carmelo Wins Scoring Title, Packers Extend Clay Matthews and More

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:30:43 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: Kevin Durant will not play tonight, meaning Carmelo Anthony will end Durant’s three-year reign as NBA Scoring Champion. Durant would have needed 70 points to surpass Anthony anyway, so even if he had played it would be very unlikely. [ESPN] The Green Bay Packers and linebacker Clay Matthews agreed to a [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Rutgers Coach Who Abused Players Gets Fired, Rangers Trade Gaborik and More

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:30:21 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: Mike Rice was fired from his position as head coach of the men’s basketball team at Rutgers in the aftermath of leaked video showing Rice shoving and kicking his players, as well as verbally abusing them with homophobic slurs. [ABC] The New York Rangers traded forward Marian Gaborik to the Columbus [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Team USA vs. Mexico Tonight, Nike's Controversial New Tiger Woods Ad and More

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:30:12 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: Coming off last week’s stirring 1-0 victory over Costa Rica in blizzard-like conditions in Denver, the United States Men’s National Team (#USMNT) heads south of the border to face off against archrival Mexico in an important World Cup qualifying match tonight. It’s a daunting task for Team USA, as the Mexicans [...]

Buzzer Beaters: NHL Realignment Approved, NFL Free-Agency Moves and More

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:30:52 +0000

Todays’ top sports stories: The NHL’s board of governors has approved a broad realignment plan for next season that would split the league into two conferences with two divisions each. The top three teams in each division would make the playoffs, plus the two teams with the next best records in each conference, regardless of [...]

Buzzer Beaters: NHL Visor Debate Restarts, McIlroy & Tiger Pair Up and More

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:30:24 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal took a deflected puck to his face that just barely missed his eye. This has reignited the debate over whether the NHL should mandate eye shields before a player’s career or vision is ended by a shot that lands a few millimeters in the other [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Alex Smith Traded, NHL Realignment and More

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:30:31 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: The San Francisco 49ers agreed to trade quarterback Alex Smith to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for draft picks. Smith was replaced midseason by Colin Kaepernick, who led the Niners to the Super Bowl, so he’s probably happy to have a shot at a starting job again. [S.F. Chronicle] At [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Rory and Tiger Play One-on-One, NCAA Tourney Seedings, and More

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:00:01 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: The world’s top two golfers, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, played a friendly 36 holes together near Woods’ home in Florida. [ESPN] Indiana seems like the surest thing out there, but at least three of the number one seeds in next month’s NCAA tournament are still up for grabs. [SB Nation] Bobby Valentine, who [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Brady Signs Extension, NHL May Realign, and More

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:00:07 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: Tom Brady agreed to a three-year extension with the Patriots, a contract that will keep him in New England until he’s 40. The deal is for just $27 million, maybe half what Brady could get on the open market, but apparently he really wanted to stay where he was and give the [...]

Ice Skating At Empire State Plaza In Albany NY

Dalton Castle — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:24:31 +0000

I experienced ice skating at the Empire State Plaza for the first time and I felt like I was in a real life Richard Curtis film.

Five Great NHL Fights [VIDEO]

Dalton Castle — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:30:01 +0000

If you’re like me and can’t stand the absence of the NHL any longer then hopefully these videos will help hold you over. This NHL lockout crushes me every night that my brand new flat screen TV is showing me images that are NOT hockey. Yes I can man up and go to the Albany [...]

NHL Lock Out Is Destroying Canada When Mayor Of Toronto Tries Football [FAIL]

Dalton Castle — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:03:17 +0000

Listen, I think its cute Canada has the CFL and all but let’s leave it at that. We can’t have chubby Mayor Rob “Kool-aid” Ford trying to handle the pig skin. It looks cannibalistic. I miss the NHL just as much as any Canadian and I’m as American as a bald eagle. However, you don’t [...]

Canada's NHL Lockout Leads To Rise In Sex Toy Sales

Jennifer Beaudoin — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:49:06 +0000

OK so if you were in the NHL (or just a huge fan) and on a lockout with no end in sight, what would you do with your time? Apparently the majority of them do the hanky pany with their significant others, because ever since the lockout began Canada has seen a substantial increase in the sale of sex toys.

NHL Player Devin Setoguchi Has Epic Shootout Fail [VIDEO]

BJ Ragone — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:34:54 +0000

You have to watch as Devin Setoguchi of the Minnesota Wild absolutely crumbles under the pressure of a shootout situation. The Wild were on the cusp of a come back win against Montreal, but this massive fail prevents this. It hasn’t been a great year for the Minnesota Wild. They are 12th in the West, [...]

Former Albany River Rat David Clarkson Gets Into Hockey Fight Against New York Rangers [VIDEO]

BJ Ragone — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:19:27 +0000

When the Albany River Rats were still around, one of my favorite players to watch was David Clarkson. He was always getting into fights, especially when the Rats were terrible- which was all the time. Now as a member of the New Jersey Devils, Clarkson is doing the same thing. During the Devils game at Madison Square Garden against the Rangers, Clarkson got into it with Brandon Dubinsky. Some pretty big punches were thrown before the refs broke it up.

Bruins Win Stanley Cup

BJ Ragone — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:12:24 +0000

For the first time since 1972 the Boston Bruins are the Stanley Cup champions. The championship dreams of the Vancouver Canucks are once again halted. This has been one of the most exciting playoff’s that the NHL has seen in a really long time. Two of the games best goalies, playing for two teams that [...]