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Epic College Hockey Headline Fail

22 March, 2009 /

I Tweeted about this earlier tonight, but I took a screen capture to save the mistake for perpetuity:

"Bc top seed in NCAA hockey tournament" Epic headline fail.

"BC top seed in NCAA hockey tournament" Epic headline fail.

Yes, someone messed up or purposely changed the headline while taking a story off the wire for the Connecticut Post, and incorrectly stated that Boston College was the top seed for the NCAA Tournament. Really? Last I checked, BC didn’t even make it to the tournament this year because of their downfall in the second part of the season.

Is this a case of revenge by an Eagles fan, or honest mistake? My fellow Twitterer and BU fan, @brandoneps, claims that it may be revenge:

“Too funny, especially because it’s an AP article and someone ACTIVELY had to change the headline that came through the wire.”

I searched the web some more, and found the article correctly headlined on Google News and on the Associated Press website. Hmm….

Everyone Say, “Awww…”

22 March, 2009 /

In reading the coverage this evening from Boston University winning the Hockey East Championship, I came across this photo in the Boston Herald:

Brandon Yip, Chris Higgins and Jason Lawrence celebrate BU's Hockey East Championship (Photo: Boston Herald)

Brandon Yip, Chris Higgins and Jason Lawrence celebrate BU's Hockey East Championship (Photo: Boston Herald)

I immediately thought of the following photo that I had featured in my blog last month. Wow, isn’t the above picture strangely familiar to this picture from their freshman year, isn’t it?

Lawrence, Higgins and Yip celebrate their first Beanpot win as freshmen in 2006. (Photo: Jamd.com)

Lawrence, Higgins and Yip celebrate their first Beanpot win as freshmen in 2006. (Photo: Jamd.com)

Let’s all feel nostalgic and old now, shall we? Sniffle, sniffle.

Well, I Can Honestly Say It Was Better Than the Championship Game – the 2009 Hockey East Annual Mascot Game

22 March, 2009 /

It’s the post you’ve all been waiting for – my pictures from the cheap seats of the Annual Hockey East Mascot Broomball Game, held during the first intermission of the Boston University – Boston College semifinal game.

100_1219 And they are off!  Sam the Minuteman was definitely the most athletic of the bunch, despite having one of the most unwieldy costumes. Maybe they should recruit him to play on the actual hockey team?

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There’s a lot to like about Lowell, but hopefully more to like about BU – 2009 Hockey East Championship Live Blog

21 March, 2009 /
Your Crackberry addicted reporter with AWESOME HAIR.

Your Crackberry addicted reporter reporting from the Garden last night with AWESOME HAIR.

We are back for Night #2 of the Hockey East Championship, where Boston University will be taking on the Riverhawks of UMass Lowell, the most improbable of opponents, in the championship game tonight.

Both BU and UMass Lowell advanced last night despite their frustrating inability to get a puck in the net – shots wide, shots too high, shots not high enough, all of the above. But both moved on, thanks to Northeastern taking a nap for 2 and a half periods (save for Thiessen, of course) and Boston College no longer having Nathan Gerbe (who did so much more for that team than I think we all realized.)

So I’ll be updating away from the Garden again tonight, and then tomorrow, I will give a recap of Championship weekend, including the Annual Mascot Game and Intermission Jumbotron Trivia Fail.

Hanging Out in the Cheap Seats – The Hockey East Semifinal Liveblog

20 March, 2009 /

I hate Duke. Darn dominant college basketball power…you know, Duke, you’ve had enough wins and titles and all of that. Why not just share the wealth? Let a team like Binghamton win once. Really, Coach K, don’t you want to like, take a vacation or something?

Now that I’ve gotten that bitterness out of my system, let me introduce you to the …On Being a Sports Girl Hockey East Semifinal Live Blog. I’m going to be there from the very beginning of the UMass Lowell Red & Blue Pigeons versus Northeastern Stick-Throwers game till the very end of the Boston University versus Boston College game.  I honestly enjoy being in an arena for hours and hours on end, especially during early tournament games where I have like an entire section of the Garden to myself.

So to help out those of you unable to join me at the TDBanknorth Garden tonight, I’ll be sharing my witty observations (like if BC’s band breaks out any new pep band renditions of hip-hop songs) here through CoverItLive. I may not be delivering hard-hitting hockey analysis – I mean, I could if I wanted to, but what’s the fun in that? – but who needs that when I can muse about the fact that a riverhawk is really a pigeon?

Oh, but I will provide play-by-play at one point tonight – my favorite event of the Hockey East season, the Annual Mascot Game. My money is on the Skating Monk of Providence College – he had a rough year, and he may be out for revenge. I was hoping that Bananas the Bear might not be as depressed as he was last year, but I think he might be even more. Bummer Bananas – you really could be a contender in this game, especially if you pick up the patented Simon Danis-Pepin defense of literally sitting on the forward closest to you.  Oh, and the Merrimack Warrior will inexplicably show up. Who invited him?

Oh wait, they’re still in our league? Oops.

Well, friends, join me at 4:30pm for what looks to be quite the evening of hockey.

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