SLOW NEWS DAY!!
All around the world: CBC
All I can say is good for Dustin Johnson: ESPN
Because signing a franchise goalie is too hard: PuckDaddy
Can a lower budget help: Backhand Shelf
Category: Everything Else
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Footy Interlude: Premier League Kickoff
Steve Gerrard Gerrard! He’ll pass the ball 40 yards! He’s big and he’s fucking hard! STEVE GERRARD GERRARD!
Yeah, I could have put a picture of a player from a club that has any glimmer of hope of winning the Premier League this season. Or even finishing in the top four. But I didn’t, because I can. And because Steven Gerrard is all that is man (except when he really wants to hear Phil Collins at the nightclub). So there.
And yeah, I don’t have to be writing a soccer post today. But it’s my blog and I’m gonna. Because while some revel in preseason NFL in anticipation of the big kickoff in three weeks, while others just sit around and watch the wheel in the sky keep on turnin’ until October 1st, tomorrow is a big day for a minority of us with the start of the English Premier League.
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Ask Us Anything – Answers (Pt. 2)
Keep the line movin’ again…
what do you see as the single biggest obstacle to the Hawks repeating? – Mighty Mike D
Fatigue. That sounds arrogant, but honestly with the shortened offseason, the Olympics, and the general toll that playoff run takes on a team, it’s hard to envision anyone navigating it unless you’re a super team. Realignment softens the blow, because the Hawks aren’t going to have to scrape for a playoff spot this time (I hope) and probably can manage the division pretty easily unless the Blues don’t fall apart (which I still think they will). Other than that, the Kings will still be waiting.
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Morning Links 8/15/13
Everyone is happy in Slovakia: CSN
Captain talking about how awesome The Hawks are: TSN Autoplay
All about the new playoff format from Ryan Lambert: Backhand Shelf
That didn’t take long: Globe and Mail
One guy that didn’t give up his ring to the Don of Boston Mob: Montreal Gazette
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Ask Us Anything – Answers (Pt. 1)
I’ll answer as many of these as I can before I pass out. Pick up where I left off tomorrow. Let’s kick this pig, Captain Dodge! Leave her squealin’ from the feelin’!
This may be a toughie: All time favorite bar in Chicago?
…and maybe a little less tough: All time LEAST favorite bar in Chicago. -fromheretoinfirmayThat is a toughie. I live at the Huttenbar here in Lincoln Square, but that’s too easy. Jake’s in Lincoln Park used to be a blast, but isn’t quite the same these days. Map Room during the week is a good time, but not on weekends. Let’s go with the Long Room, only because the guys who own it are the balls.
Worst? Barleycorn. It might not even be close.
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Russia, LGBT Rights, The NHL, and the 2014 Sochi Games
With the NHL season still about two months away from starting in earnest, and the the Olympics in Sochi still six months away, here in the down-iest of summer down time feels like a good enough time for this subject to be addressed now that the dust has settled from the release of the national team roster invite lists. It’s been bubbling under the surface for a while, and is only sure to boil over as time inches closer to the opening ceremonies, and that’s Russia’s flagrant LGBT rights violations, and how it’s going to affect the NHL’s participation in the Sochi games.
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Morning Links 8/13/13
No pressure dude: Blackhawks
Milestones upon us: Blackhawks Up
As in tradition: CSN CHICAGO
Whitey Bulger will keep his ring: PuckDaddy
Tragic: TSN
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Ask Us Anything
We tried this last August, and it actually turned out to be pretty fun. So let’s try it again, because God knows there’s fuck all else to talk about. Leave your questions about anything in the comments, and I’ll pop back in through out the week to answer what I can…or what I want. Though these days, those things intersect.
Fire away.
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Morning Links 8/12/13