No gossip, no idle chat, just the brass tacks of sports. Let’s hit it.
The Stanley Cup. The 2005-2006 NHL season – which I still think is only a rumor – is apparently 
winding down, as the Edmonton Oilers will face off against the Carolina Hurricanes Monday night in whichever Carolina the Hurricanes play in. Wow, Edmonton-Carolina! I’m sure the suits at the NHL headquarters are really happy about this marquee match up, as are the 27 fans outside of these two cities that follow the NHL. And I’m equally as sure that ESPN is bumming that they lost out to the Outdoors Life Network on the rights to televise this instant classic.
The NBA Finals. Two words. Miami-Dallas. No, not two of the most humid cities in the States. No, not the match up of Super Bowl VI. Miami-Dallas, you know the Heat versus the Mavericks for the NBA Championship. Shaq goes against Dirk, Pat Riley’s hair against the elements, Mark Cuban versus everybody. Doesn’t that get you going? At least it’s a better match up than Edmonton-Carolina. Isn't it?
Albert Pujols. Baseball’s best player suffered a strained oblique muscle Saturday against the injury-plagued Cubs and was immediately put on the 15-day disabled list. The Cubs are so jinxed that not only are their own star players hurt, the star players that they come in contact with are also getting hurt. If the Cubs were coming into town to play my team, I’d go with all of my bench players just in case.
The oblique muscle is located on the side of your abdomen, and for any athlete an injury to this muscle could cause a lot of problems, especially for a baseball player. The Cardinals are hoping that their luck is better than the Cubs, and that Pujols will be back in a couple of weeks.
Article comments
1 - Hairynipples
[Ricky Williams. The drug-addled and drug-suspended former Dolphin running back had seven yards on just four carries in his CFL debut Friday night. You heard it here first: Williams will be a bust in the CFL and you will never see Ricky Williams playing on an NFL field again.]
Actually, I heard this from Ricky Williams first while partying with him after he signed the contract with, with, with......who does he play for? Are you sure marijuana kills brains cells only? How did I get to this website.....
2 - RJ Elliott
Sal:
If you don't like the NHL, just ignore it!
I mean, you don't report on the "International Tiddlywinks Championship Series" just so you can make fun of the players and the fans, do you?
3 - sal m
the nhl was a major sports league that was run into the ground by the owners and two different regimes in the league front office. as a result the nhl was losing more money when they were playing games than they did during the lockout.
what was a thriving, vibrant and exciting product 10 years ago has been relegated to the netherworld of d-list cable networks thanks to a mixture of arrogance and greed.
i will continue to make fun of the nhl.
4 - james
Are you kidding me sal? the new cba has brought hockey back and with much greater parity. I was so glued to the set last nite during game 5 in Carolina that my beer got warm!! Much more entertainment value than NBA finals, NFL, or MLB.
NO comparison here. The only real man's sport left...look at the NBA-- bunch of thugs that miss
games with a hangnail. NHL players get stitched up on the bench and then right back out without missing a shift! Hockey's better because of a few things...powerplay, faceoffs, penalty shots, no timeouts during play and no out-of-bounds. You
either give a hit or take a hit...much more defensive minded game and much more entertaining that any other. Hail Lord Stanley !!!
5 - sal m
james:
i have no qualms with the players in the nhl...i agree that they are the toughest of the tough...
my ire is directed at the owners and the league office, as they have ruined a great game.
it's like going to a restaurant for your favorite steak or fish only to have the chef mess up the preparation and the waiter serve it cold...it's not the food that's bad, it was what was done to it that's the problem.
6 - skippyn8
"Ricky Williams. The drug-addled and drug-suspended former Dolphin running back had seven yards on just four carries in his CFL debut Friday night. You heard it here first: Williams will be a bust in the CFL and you will never see Ricky Williams playing on an NFL field again."
Ricky is back. You were wrong.
Looks like you underestimated the power of a horrible season.