Tag: NHL

Joel and Lars discuss the trendy new cups that share a name with a certain coveted sports trophy, people who record movies on their phones and, unsurprisingly, The Dark Knight Rises.

When Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco signed a new $120 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens that will pay him an average of $20 million per year, sports talk DJs and newspaper columnists were quick to question whether or not he is worth the cash. This week, Ned …

Ned Bitters This week’s inductees into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” are … NHL playoff beards. We’re not even a week into the NHL playoffs, but players already are sprouting the early stubble of playoff beards. This means we’ll soon start listening to wistful announcers wax stupid about …

Brian Murphy The Olympics were great for the sport of hockey. Canada and Team USA put on an instant classic that immediately became the lasting memory from Vancouver and, as a result, more Americans tuned in for the gold medal game that damn near any other program on …

Brian Murphy The USFL. The XFL. The WHA. The ABA. The WNBA. What do each of these leagues have in common? For one reason or another, they each failed in their attempts to provide an alternative to one of the “Big Four” professional sports leagues. And while the …