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!
It is time to take a trip down memory lane on the anysportanytime.ca website.
In a brilliant piece of blogging by yours truly, I wrote the headline “Bettman’s Worst Nightmare” after the NHLPA confirmed that Donald Fehr would be the union’s executive director in August, 2010.
In my piece, I wrote:
“Don’t be at all surprised if NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman doesn’t get any sleep the next month.
The NHLPA’s decision to name Donald Fehr as its Executive Director on an interim basis just might be his worst nightmare.
Things will probably get tougher for the NHL now. Oh and Gary, I wouldn’t really ask Bud Selig for guidance, because that whole baseball scenario in the 1980′s and 1990′s was darn ugly….
Happy Monday!
This week on the show we look at a tumultuous week of CBA talks between the NHL & the NHLPA, and we recap the latest UFC event and look forward to some big potential fights for 2013.
In the GABBYs: The OKC Barons, Kobe Bryant, Leo Messi, the UFC, Manny Pacquiao & the LA Lakers. The Punchline this week is the New Orleans Hornets.
Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame we’re looking at a disappointing week in CBA talks in the NHL, a bad week when it comes to the new arena in Edmonton, the latest speculation about Roberto Luongo and an embarrassing result for Canada’s men’s soccer team.
In the GABBYs: Orlando Cruz, McJordan sauce, Toronto FC, the Boston Red Sox, the Asian Football Confederation and nuclear disaster jokes. The Punchline this week is the NBA & MLB!
Happy Wednesday!
This week on the show we dish our theories about the pending lockout in the NHL, we discuss what happened to the Eskimos in a big loss to the Alouettes last week and we have a look at the Stephen Strasburg situation in Washington.
In the GABBYs: Felix Hernandez, Charlie Sheen, Gary Carter, Chad Johnson, the Boston Red Sox and peewee football. The Punchline this week is Melky Cabrera!
The NHLPA has rejected the NHL’s plan for realignment in 2012-13.
The NHL was planning to go from six divisions to four divisions next season, but did not get the approval from the National Hockey League Players’ Association. Instead everything will be status quo next year.
The union’s disapproval should not come as a complete surprise. Why? Well, many players in the Eastern Time Zone would be forced to travel significantly more–specifically once a year to every single western team. According to NHLPA head Donald Fehr, the players’ concerns about travel had not been significantly addressed.
This is the first major tension between the NHLPA and the NHL since the lockout in 2005. A primary reason is that the NHLPA is significantly more organized with Fehr’s leadership in the post Bob Goodenow era. Fehr isn’t afraid to speak up for the union and take on Gary Bettman on matters he doesn’t feel are in the union’s best interests.
Chalk a point up for Fehr. Something tells me it won’t be the last time he gets a victory against Bettman.
It’s Monday and that means a new 15 Minutes of Fame video for your enjoyment.
This week, the boys talk about Zdeno Chara and the vicious hit he laid on Max Pacioretty. Kerrzy then talks about the ridiculousness of Via Rail and Air Canada threatening to boycott the NHL if they don’t do something about protecting the players.
In this week’s GABBYs: Good – The Miami Heat end “crygate,” Bettman’s response to Air Canada and the tight NHL playoff race. Bad – Kevin Martin loses at the Brier and is forced to play for third spot, the NFL locks out its players and a QMJHL player was suspended for a racial slur.
In Quick Hits: Canada cricket comes through at the world cup and NCAA march madness starts next week. Do you have the fever?
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