More photos » by NATHAN DENETTE - AP O HAI MONSTER. What a shock that the team looks more confident, composed, and is more successful with a good goalie. Who was it that said that would happen? Browse more photos » and the defence clears the rebounds. That's how things worked tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs stretched their point streak to 8 games and their winning streak to two games...
Now that was fun. We didn't just beat the Red Wings tonight, we annihilated 'em. For the first time this season, we have ourselves a winning streak. Not only have we won two in a row, but we've secured points in seven straight games. I'm now legally obligated to present you with this warning before continuing this recap. Now that that business is complete, back to the celebration. Why are the Leafs...
Mike Wilner says a lot of things I agree with in his post yesterday talking about Vernon Wells and Edwin Encarnacion 's wrist surgeries. In two of the last three years Vernon has had terrible seasons and seemingly in both he has tried to play through injuries. Now to his credit, neither year has he tried to use the injury as an excuse. In 2007 he hurt his shoulder and he never said anything about it,...
This is a fascinating two disc set that collects music that the great saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in a concentrated session in September of 1971. The music was eventually released on the albums Science Fiction and Broken Shadows . Coleman brought together former colleagues like bassist Charlie Haden, tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, drummers Billy Higgins and Ed Blackwell and trumpeters Don...
from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe, That one-hour ice rental at a local rink in and around Boston typically would cost upward of $300. At Fenway, the going rate will be $7,500 or $10,000 for each one-hour session. That is not a typo. The going rate will be as high as 33 times more than what a prime-time hour would cost at one of the area’s better rinks. And according to Sam Kennedy, executive...
CBC reports: A Quebec sovereignty group wants Prince Charles to apologize for the cultural genocide of francophones in North America. In an open letter to the prince, which was released to the media and published on the group's website, the Montreal chapter of the Société St-Jean Baptiste says the heir to the British throne will only be welcome in Quebec during his Canadian tour if he...
Born in Cleveland, Mississippi in 1934 and raised between Dallas and Los Angeles, trumpeter Bobby Bradford began playing with {{Ornette Coleman = 5818}} in Los Angeles in the 1950s, and replaced {{Don Cherry = 5668}} in an unrecorded Coleman quartet during the early 1960s. However, the most significant partnership in Bradford's musical life was with the clarinetist and composer {{John Carter = 5578}}...
“Blow what you feel–anything! Play the thought, the idea in your mind… Break away from the convention and stagnation–escape!”–Ornette Coleman, 1960. When saxophone colossus and jazz prophet Ornette Coleman titled his third Atlantic LP This Is Our Music, it wasn’t an explanation, it was an exclamation: This is our music! Recorded during three fervent and [...]...
After a shaky overtime win against the bottom-feeder Isles, the Caps are likely in for a rough practice at KCI this morning. Updates to come, but for now, some links: * Pierre Lebrun on why Alex Ovechkin didn't get fined for his slew foot of Atlanta's Rich Peverley Thursday night. (ESPN) * Don Cherry takes on Ovechkin -- again. (Fanhouse) * Sorry, Caps fans -- Philly's Mike Richards won't be suspended...
Sahar Badawy brought her two young daughters to a Flemingdon Park hockey arena yesterday to collect free gear and sign up to play shinny with the boys.
by Bruce Ciskie Filed under: Capitals , Eastern , NHL Videos After Alex Ovechkin scored his 50th goal last season, he had a rather unique celebration. Even before that happened, Ovechkin's celebrations had drawn the ire of CBC Hockey Night in Canada legend Don Cherry. Yes, Cherry certainly tends to wear his Canadian heart on his sleeve. However, people generally listen to what he has to say, no matter...
The "B" stands for Band-Aid The Boston Bruins bring their travelling road show to the Bank tonight. They are coming in a banged up team and this might bode well for a Senators squad that for the past few seasons has struggled against the big bad Bruins. (1-5 against the Bruins last year) Boston is 4-4-1 on the young season and trying to re-establish themselves as a premier team in the East...
More photos » by Luis Alvarez - AP Journeyman goon Alex Ovechkin was today banned for five games for slew footing Ross Trophy candidate Rich Peverley. Browse more photos » That's right kind folk of the Barilkosphere, it's opposite day here at PPP Amalgamated Heavy Industries. Why undertake such a Ben Onerous task, you might say? Frankly, we've been looking forwards and doing things the...
Welcome to the Saturday Links, with PCS coming to you live from Louisville, Kentucky. The internet's spotty at the hotel so I'll do my best here. Blues News: A Win! At home ! Kudos on the comment total, folks. AP write up is here . The Blues will be cautious with Roboto and Jackman. NHL News: CCR brings you a good run-down of the sports league/cable/satellite wars . A piece gets written about the Leafs...
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