Lamoriello Takes The High Road On Sutter Slight

The last time Brent Sutter did anything good for New York he was agitating others along with his brother Duane for the New York Islanders. His actions were aggravating to opponents and instantly kicked up the buzz and chippiness on the ice. Nothing was beneath him if it meant getting the other guy’s goat. Many of his best moves were behind the referees back. Like a pro wrestler he’d... [Read more]

Wanted: A Few Good Reporters

Spent the morning working the phones trying to get a jump on SI’s Selena Roberts and the NYT’s Michael Schmidt’s next steroid scoop. It took some doin’ but apparently Barry Bonds used steroids. Which brings us to the real story about player’s union honchos Don Fehr and Gene Orza. As Roberts and Schmidt use unethical sources to provide names about unethical baseball players,... [Read more]

The Recovery of Joe Buck

The thing with Bob Costas, Dan Patrick and now Joe Buck, is that being good announcers isn’t enough. For some reason these guys crave to be liked beyond the booth and share the same failings to try to get there…by being funny. Costas has never been funny, unless you find being short to be funny. Just read those small print lines in his weekly Sports Illustrated column to get what we... [Read more]

NYT Exclusive: News From Months Ago

According to exclusive information uncovered yesterday by The New York Times’ ace baseball writer, Michael Schmidt, Sammy Sosa used steroids. Geez, next thing you know either Schmidt or Selena Roberts will be telling us that Roger Clemens is a juicer. Schmidt and Roberts, who once worked together at ‘the newspaper of record,’ have spent most of the 2009 baseball season mining the... [Read more]

Now Spike Can Die In Peace

Congratulations to Super Lakers fan, Spike Lee, on LA’s recent NBA Championship. How heart-warming it was to see Lee embrace Laker assistant coach Kareem Abdul Jabbar, blue 2009 championship Laker ball cap in place, clutching a freshly-minted Laker championship tee-shirt, in the midst of the celebratory Laker bench moments after the game. Wow, what an insider! Supreme Jocksniffer Spike was... [Read more]