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Lovin’ the PWHL
The inaugural season for professional women’s hockey is well underway and I, like many North American sports enthusiasts, have cottoned on to the excitement of the games and the fanfare. Most of the women playing are relatively well-known through previous media exposure during Olympic games, World Championships and Rivalry matches between Canada and the United States. Yesterday, March 8, being International Women’s Day, I decided that I would pay tribute to the women of the world in my own little sports-minded way, and watch a PWHL game between the teams from Toronto and Montreal. Casually observing the new teams since the start of the season, I had suspected that the Women’s league was somehow different from the NHL and other men’s hockey leagues around the world. Sometimes these differences don’t show up during the Olympic games or World Championships because of the media focus on winning gold medals and the like. However, during a regular season hockey game, be it a men’s game or a women’s game, one gets a chance to really notice what the respective games are all about. I would therefore like to weigh in on what have formerly been suspicions but now are being seen as true differences between men’s and women’s professional hockey.
By John Oliver Smith4 months ago in Unbalanced
A Spirit That Fears Nothing
There are many sound reasons to repudiate professional sport in general and NHL hockey in particular. After all, the game has been as utterly defiled by cynical, avaricious late-stage capitalism as every other aspect of contemporary existence. The ordinary fan is incessantly encouraged by marketers and advertisers to gamble, guzzle alcoholic beverages and devour kilograms of fast food, which is a bald oxymoron if you contemplate it for a moment. Salaries are stratospherically inflated, as are ticket prices, and what passes for discourse generated by the participants in, and commentators upon, the game is so full of cliches and verbal false limbs that Orwell’s ghost will never stop screaming.
By D. J. Reddall5 months ago in Unbalanced
The History of the Adams Division
I've followed the NHL in some form for 30 years, but I'm still learning about the league I enjoy watching. A long time ago, I did learn about the old divisions: Adams, Patrick, Norris, and Smythe. These divisions predated the geographical ones that we've known for the last 30 years, and the rivalries were immensely intense during that period. This will be the first of four stories focusing on those classic divisions, and I'll start geographically, even though the names had nothing to do with location. First off, the Adams Division.
By Clyde E. Dawkins6 months ago in Unbalanced
A Look Ahead to Week 18 of the 2023 NFL Season
Week 17 kicks off tonight, but I want to take a look ahead to Week 18, the final week of the regular season. We all love the final week, don't we? We've really loved it since they changed the final week's schedule back in 2010. The final week always completes the league's playoff puzzle, it's do or die for a lot of teams looking to get in and even clinch divisions. However, a lot of games lacked a lot of drama, and even saw teams not give their all when they know that they can't move up in the standings. So in 2010, the NFL decided to make all of the final week's games divisional, because regardless of where a team is in the standings, that team wants to give their all to defeat a division rival.
By Clyde E. Dawkins6 months ago in Unbalanced
63 Strikes, You're Out!
They did it, folks. They finally did it. The Los Angeles Chargers actually fired Brandon Staley as their head coach, with the firing coming after the Chargers suffered a very embarrassing loss on national television. The Chargers were on the road against the Las Vegas Raiders, and it was a game that saw the Raiders absolutely pour it on. 63 points. Nine touchdowns--seven of them by the offense. The 63 points fell just 10 short of the long-standing record set by the Chicago Bears, who scored 73 points in the 1940 NFL Championship Game over Washington. However, the Raiders' 63 points are the most in team history, and marked the second time this season that a team scored 60+ points--the Miami Dolphins scored 70 points in Week 3.
By Clyde E. Dawkins7 months ago in Unbalanced
NFL Week 9 Recap: Nine Months
January 2, 2023. We all remember that Monday evening. The Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals faced each other in what was the final Monday night game of the season. Regarding the game and the storyline, it was two teams jockeying for position in the AFC, as they were both in position to possibly take the AFC's #1 seed. This was an important game for both teams, but before the 1st quarter ended, there was suddenly something much, much more important than the game of football.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
Fantasy Football is BACK!
Despite being English, I have found myself becoming more and more enamoured with the sport that the Americans call “football”. Watching American Football in the UK used to be a most difficult proposition, aside from the Superbowl the only way to watch any action was a highlights show at 1am on a Wednesday morning. During the nineties and early 2000’s I was school aged, but after that coverage started to improve. In recent years Sky Sports have added the Thursday and Monday night games, as well as three Sunday matches. Even then, the absolutely baffling decision to host games only on nights when most people have work confuse me no end. But as my interest has grown, I’ve put additional effort into trying to keep up with the games when I can. My wife has since joined me in this interest, but unlike me she is a reasonable person, who goes to bed at a sensible time rather than staying up into the night watching foreign sports and typing up nonsense for strangers to read (4th wall break! Hi, thanks for reading).
By Luke Foster10 months ago in Unbalanced
NFL Week 1 Recap: A New York Minute
The NFL is back, and this fan was ever so eager for the season to start. My reasons were simple. One, I had a good feeling about Fantasy Football this year, and two, I'm a Yankees fan who wants to forget about this disaster of a season. With every new NFL season comes new storylines and new questions, and one of the biggest new storylines of the debuting 2023 NFL season had to be Aaron Rodgers making his New York Jets debut on Monday Night Football.
By Clyde E. Dawkins10 months ago in Unbalanced
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Oilers Reportedly Interested in Free Agent Jake DeBrusk
Jake DeBrusk's era with the Boston Bruins seems to be drawing to a close. With his eligibility for unrestricted free agency starting on Monday, there have been no signs of a contract extension from the Bruins. This development signals a significant change for DeBrusk, who has spent his entire NHL career with Boston since being drafted.
By Local Man9 minutes ago in Unbalanced
"The Unconventional Success Story of Andrew Tate: From Pro Fighter to Outspoken Entrepreneur"
Andrew Tate: The Man, The Myth, The Legend Andrew Tate is a man who needs no introduction. As a former kickboxing world champion, business owner, social media influencer, and reality TV star, he has carved out a unique and enigmatic presence in the public eye. With his larger than life personality, controversial opinions, and unapologetic approach to life, Andrew Tate is a figure who elicits strong reactions from those who encounter him.
By Hameed Ahmedabout 6 hours ago in Unbalanced
Atlanta Hawks: Zaccharie Risacher, SG/SF, JL Bourg-en-Bresse. AI-Generated.
**Atlanta Hawks Sign Young French Talent Zaccharie Risacher** The Atlanta Hawks have taken a significant step in their pursuit of building a dynamic and competitive team by signing Zaccharie Risacher from JL Bourg-en-Bresse. This acquisition highlights the Hawks' commitment to identifying and nurturing young talent. At just 18 years old, Risacher has already shown considerable promise in the French basketball leagues, and his versatility on the court is a valuable asset for any NBA team.
By Yusuf Ataka day ago in Unbalanced
CFL Week 3 Recap: Welcome Home
There they are: all eight of the Montréal Alouettes' Grey Cup championship banners, with the eighth one being the one from last year. This year is the championship defense for the Als, and it started with two games on the road, which Montréal won. For Week 3, it's the long awaited home opener, and the team and their fans celebrated their first championship in 13 years. After the banner was unveiled, the Alouettes got right to work in this East Division battle against the Ottawa Redblacks.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsa day ago in Unbalanced
A Look at the 10 Remaining Teams Who Have Yet to Win the Stanley Cup
On June 24, 2024, the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup for the first time in their franchise history, which began back in 1993. The NHL has seen a lot of first-time champions crowned in recent years. This year marks the fourth time in the last seven years that the Stanley Cup went to a team who hadn't won it before. The trend started with the Washington Capitals in 2018, and in 2019, it was the St. Louis Blues who won it. Last year, the Vegas Golden Knights won the Cup in their sixth season of play.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsa day ago in Unbalanced
Women Breaking Barriers - Challenging the NFL
Most would think that a woman as the United States President is the ultimate position any woman could obtain. Yes, that would be great, but we have women in power—our first Vice President, members of Congress, the Senate, Supreme Court judges, and CEOs of major corporations—but where is our representation in the NFL?
By Izzibella Beau3 days ago in Unbalanced
Stanley Cup Final Game Seven: You Always Remember Your 1st
Game Seven. The two most exciting words for any sports fan. It's do or die. It's winner take all. It gets bigger when it's the final round, the Stanley Cup Final in the case of the National Hockey League. The Florida Panthers won the first three games. The Edmonton Oilers won the next three. Now it comes down to this final game. What a way to end the 2023-24 NHL season!
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 days ago in Unbalanced
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