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With the Spurs up 3-2 on the Heat in what has been a back-and-forth NBA Finals, it feels like it will stretch itself to a seven-game series. That’s kind of odd, though, considering the way each team has dismantled the other in some lopsided wins. So could this truly go down as a classic seven-game series despite a string of blowouts? Perhaps. Although Game 1 was really the only close game, a seven-game series is a living thing that evolves over the course of two weeks. Punch, counterpunch, UPPERCUT! The series as a whole may be more than the sum of its parts. If not, the Blackhawks-Bruins series in the Stanley Cup ...
Ask anyone who knows their Staals from their Stolls who the best NHL play-by-play man is, and you will undoubtedly hear the same name: Mike "Doc" Emrick. After years of calling the action for the New Jersey Devils, Doc was snapped up by NBCSports and will be the man in the booth for every game of the Stanley Cup Final. Emrick's enthusiasm for the game is unmatched ... but so is his vocabulary. He's known for his unique turns of phrase - so to make sure hockey noobs know what the hell he's talking about, we offer this handy phrasebook. "Swaggered on in" - When a forward carrying the puck tries to beat the opposing team's defenseman with speed. See also: "finessed." "Freight-trained" - When ...
Even long after his career-ending concussion, the hits just keep on coming for retired NHL player and ex-ESPN analyst, Matthew Barnaby. Barnaby is currently suing the former Miss Buffalo in order to get back a $50,000 engagement ring and a Cadillac Escalade he gave her when they dated last year. The two apparently dated from January through September of 2012 and Barnaby proposed during the summer. Well, what a difference a breakup makes. Now that the two are no longer together, Barnaby wants his possessions back. His ex-girlfriend, 25-year-old Amber Lindke, however, thinks she has the right to keep the items since they were given to her as "gifts." The case has yet to be decided, but ...
Contrary to popular belief, the NHL season did not start as usual back in October, but instead has been embroiled in a bitter lockout for a whopping 113 days (if you study Canadian math, that's Jacques Plante + Mats Sundin amount of days). Rather than lose an entire season (like they did in 2005), the league and the players came to an agreement and will now play half a season (like they did in 1995), and hope they won't have to go through this again (like they will in 2021). Now that the asterisk-laden semi-season is set to begin, here's what you can expect... 10. CHAOS Rather than slogging through a lengthy season that usually sees teams like the Columbus Blue Jackets, Toronto Maple ...
After they are won, most sports trophies get locked away in a case and are never touched again. The Stanley Cup is a little different. Once a team has secured hockey’s greatest honor, the Cup travels with that team for the year. It exchanges hands many times, and let’s just say that it gets into some misadventures. Click ahead to read 15 of the best stories we’ve ever heard about the journey of the Stanley Cup. ...
