Happy Tuesday!
After months and months of blabbing on and on about the NHL lockout, this week on 15MOF we finally get to discuss the END of the work stoppage, breaking down the deal and trying to figure out who – if anyone – came out on top. Also, we recap a tough run for Team Canada at the World Juniors in Russia.
In the GABBYs: The NHL & the NHLPA, Alex Ovechkin, Jose Canseco, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Rory McIlroy & Trevis Simpson. The Punchline this week is NY Jets coach Rex Ryan!
Happy Monday!
This week on the show we’re talking NHL CBA talks, players speaking out about the situation, GSP’s triumphant return at UFC 154, an exciting week for the Toronto Blue Jays and we make our Grey Cup predictions!
In the GABBYs: Stanford basketball, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Buster Posey, Miguel Cabrera, Nik Lewis, Drew Tate and Draymond Green. The Punchline this week is a basketball conspiracy theory in Minnesota!
Happy Monday!
This week on the show we talk about some big news from the Edmonton Eskimos and examine their chances in the playoffs, and we discuss the latest CBA news and look at how the young guns of the Edmonton Oilers are doing down in OKC. As well, some UFC talk with a possible women’s division and two more failed drug tests after UFC 153.
In the GABBYs: Justin Schultz, JC Sherritt, Jon Cornish, Luis Suarez, Lance Armstrong, soccer fans and the Chomutov Pirates.
Happy Tuesday!
After a bit of a summer break, we’re back with another episode of 15 Minutes of Fame – this week on the show we’re talking Shea Weber, Rick Nash & the NHL, along with our expectations for the London Olympics.
In the GABBYs: Oscar Pistorius, the McLaren Racing Team, Ernie Els, the Brazilian soccer team, Dillon Donnelly & Chad Ochocino. The Punchline this week is the Olympic organizers!
It looks like it’s going to be a long summer for NBA fans!
The collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players expires today, which will more than likely signify the beginning of the second big pro sports lockout in North America this year. The two sides are meeting for one last bargaining session today, but the word on the street is that they are still very far apart on a number of issues, and a work stoppage is almost inevitable at this point.
What are the issues? Just like in the NFL labor situation and the NHL one before it, the owners say the players are making too much money and are earning too big a share of overall league revenues. Other issues plaguing the NBA process are the owners desire for a “hard” salary cap to control spending and non-guaranteed contracts, which players are staunchly opposed to. So, despite any progress that was made in the past month or so, there is seemingly still a long way to go. (more…)
Just when you thought it might be time to bring out the U-Haul’s, the Phoenix Coyotes are staying in Glendale…at least for now.
Despite the fact that the team lost a reported $37-million this season and hundreds of millions of dollars overall since moving from Winnipeg to Arizona, the NHL is standing firm in its belief that the NHL-owned club has a future in the state, even if it means being owned by the NHL for another 10 years.
That’s right – after telling us a couple of months ago that “time is running out” on the potential sale of the Coyotes to a buyer who would keep the team in Glendale, the city and the NHL have agreed to extend the “deadline” for another full season. Just like in the last agreement, the city will put aside $25-million to cover the team’s losses in the event that they still can’t find an owner by this time next year.
I hope the NHL didn’t forget its yoga mat, because it’s bending over backwards for the city of Glendale when it should really be the other way around, shouldn’t it? (more…)
Where’s Poonam?
Indian model Poonam Pandey became a household name overnight last week because of a promise she made during the Cricket World Cup – it’s a week later though, and people in India are wondering when she’ll be living up to that promise!
Pandey faced a ton of controversy last week when she said she would strip for the Indian cricket team if they managed to win the World Cup. Ever since the team’s Saturday triumph over Sri Lanka though, the people have been wondering: Where is Poonam?
(AFTER THE JUMP: Rangers playoff hopes ‘Gone in 15 Seconds,’ plus Ducks’ Perry hits 50-goal mark)… (more…)
Another First
Edmonton Oilers fans witnessed another “first” in Taylor Hall’s young career on Thursday night.
The rookie had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets and also got into his first NHL fight! With just under 6:30 to go in the second period, Hall completed the “Gordie Howe Hat Trick” when he shed the mitts with Columbus’ Derek Dorsett late in the first period.
It was quite the sequence: Hall came charging out of the penalty box and completely undressed defenseman Fedor Tyutin down the right wing, but missed the net. He then clipped Matt Calvert with a hit near the blue line, which drew the attention of Dorsett and it was actually Hall that initiated the tilt! (more…)
Hair We Go!
When the current NFL season started back in September, there were 32 teams getting ready for what they hoped (realistically or not) would be a championship season.
Heading into the last weekend of January only two teams remain though, as the Pittsburgh Steelers get set to face the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV in Dallas, Texas. Now, if you think the big story here is Ben Roethlisberger vs. Aaron Rodgers, I regret to inform you that you are absolutely wrong.
No, there is a much bigger battle being waged on February 6th: That would be the one between Head & Shoulders and Suave.
That’s right folks, the flowing locks of Pittsburgh’s Troy Polamalu (our hero here in the football division of Kerrzy’s Notebook) will go “head to head” with the golden mane of Green Bay’s Clay Matthews on that fateful Sunday. (more…)
Vote of Confidence
As a child I was led to believe by my schoolyard chums that Wednesday was ‘opposite day,’ at least when it suited whatever it was we were talking about…So I ask you, what is the opposite of a vote of confidence?
Lets let LA Clippers point guard Baron Davis take this one; he’s probably used to hearing it from the fans when he’s not playing well (like right now) but he, of all people, can take it a step further as his team’s owner has taken up heckling him! (more…)
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