NHL: Penguins Will Win On Tuesday

This is the closest thing to a sure bet. The Penguins will win tonight at home to pull the Stanley Cup Finals series to 2-1. The NHL will make sure this happens. Gary Bettman’s putrid reign over the NHL will continue to unfold. The Archbishop of Can’t-Do-Better is currently explaining why NHL rules don’t apply to Evgeni Malkin for initiating a mugging on Henrik Zetterberg in... [Read more]

Red Wings-Penguins Repeat With A Twist

This is how the Gretzky-Messier Oilers looked before knocking off the Islanders in the early 80s. So the rested Pittsburgh Penguins with a year of Stanley Cup Finals experience, Sidney Crosby, a new coach, hot goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and a charged up Evgeni Malkin will again take on the Detroit Red Wings, this time looking for a better result. The Wings could point to the fact that Marian Hossa is... [Read more]

Cavalier Attitude Dooms LeBron’s Plan

Far too often, fueled by their “gloat when you win, ridicule when you lose” approach, the no-it-alls have excess “expertise” to spout, with very little accuracy. We like our sports experts to have insight, not “I told you so.” The hype gravitating to the obvious is the laziest route to go. So we were hit with large doses of LeBron James and Kobe Bryant while they... [Read more]

Sid, Bron and Grink

Sidney Crosby takes his Penguins to Charlotte to try to close out the Eastern Conference finals and set up what is looking like a rematch for the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings. Up 3-0, Pittsburgh is playing like a team possessed since coach Dan Bylsma came up from Scranton-Wilkes-Barre in January. Meanwhile, LeBron James and the heavily favored Cleveland Cavs, down 2-1, are in Orlando where... [Read more]

Our TV Gang Confronts ‘Upfront Week’

Based on a number of television-related responses, Sportscream has a certified special interest group (SIG) that, although they like sports, is very sharp on matters that have to do with television. Anytime a TV-related post goes up, a flood of notable responses follow. This group has grown from a handfull to hundreds, and we believe it started from a core of readers that spend time together in cancer... [Read more]