While livetweeting the Beanpot for BU Today last week, I remarked how much I enjoyed watching BU senior forward Luke Popko on the penalty kill. He may be diminutive, but he is one of the most effective penalty killers I have ever seen. He is especially effective when BU is two men down. He also [...]
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Find of the Day: When Dad Overstays His Welcome
Lindsay Kramer of the Syracuse Post-Standard is one of my daily must-read journalists. He is not only one of the most prolific hockey journalists in the US (he also has a regular NHL.com beat in addition to his newspaper work), but his dedication to covering minor league hockey exceeds that of many of his counterparts [...]
Announcing My Newest Project!
When Cameron Frye, female Boston sports blogger extraordinaire, asks me if I want to collaborate, I usually jump at the chance. So when she approached me around Christmas time with an idea for a new sports blog she wanted me to contribute to, I jumped at the chance to work with her on a regular [...]
The Program
In my parents’ pink insulation filled crawlspace in Rochester, NY, there is an entire Rubbermaid underbed container of programs. Ice show programs. Football programs. Hockey programs. Huge 11×17 full color programs. Black and white home inkjet printer printed programs.
When I was a fifteen year old, there were three things in this world I obsessively saved [...]
Supress Your Internal Andy Rooney (My Diatribe Against Newspaper Website Commenters)
When I was in sixth grade, one of my teachers at the since departed Fredrick Douglass Middle School (yes, I went to Douglass and was not shot once) assigned us the stereotypical, “Who I Admire” essay. I initially started writing an essay about my favorite actress, Gail Edwards, an obscure actress who played Six’s Mom [...]
