Hockeytown Gets Stanley
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »Oh, and the Red Wings won their fourth Stanely Cup in 11 years tonight. Woot, woot.
Triple Overtime Ends with No Cup for Detroit. Yet.
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »The Stanley Cup was in the house tonight as the Detroit Red Wings faced the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5. The Penguins struck first with two goals in the first period and Detroit answered with one goal in the second. ...
Detroit Red Wings Can’t Fill Their Arena
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Sporting | 2 Comments »How sad is this? The Detroit Red Wings—currently on a franchise-high nine-playoff-game winning streak, in their 17th consecutive playoffs (best streak in pro sports) and one win away from their fourth trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 11 years ...
Triathalon Cheaters
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Posted in Sporting | 1 Comment »My mother-in-law and sister-in-law competed in a triathalon this weekend. What they probably didn't know is that apparently winning is all about finding the worst competition so you can beat them. How stupid is this? There's a trend of wannabe winners ...
NASCAR Napping is Back
Sunday, February 25th, 2007 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »The 10-month long NASCAR season started up again last week with the Daytona 500 and once again I can spend my Sunday afternoon sabaths in the horizontal position on the couch, zoning out to the drone of stock cars. I ...
The Baseball Card Collection in the Basement
Saturday, August 12th, 2006 Posted in Sporting | 3 Comments »Like many guys my age I have boxes and boxes of baseball cards stashed in a corner of the basement. Thanks to an exploding market that everyone my age dove into, plus the stories every dad told of grandma throwing ...
Youth Group Hockey
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »Ah, the video dorkiness continues. This time around it's a quick 10-second video of youth group floor hockey from a few weeks back when one of the leaders managed to bean a student in the head. And we caught it ...
Hidden Falls Picnic Shelter Skate Ramp
Monday, August 15th, 2005 Posted in Sporting | 1 Comment »The other day I was driving around St. Paul taking notes for a trail guide project I'm working on. When I pulled into Hidden Falls Park I about stopped the car when I saw a teenager fly off the roof ...
The Return of the Detroit Red Wings
Thursday, August 4th, 2005 Posted in Sporting | No Comments »After a long silence, hockey is back. I've missed you, old friend. Let's hope pro sports can learn a thing or two and stop arguing over millions. Now let's get on with the game. Steve Yzerman is back. In a 2004 ...
6 out of 20 Formula One Cars Race
Monday, June 20th, 2005 Posted in Sporting | 1 Comment »Formula One is supposed to be the world's most popular racing series. But when the elite worldwide series came to Indianapolis Motor Speedway they weren't so popular. 14 cars pulled out of the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday, leaving a ...
