Tuesday, June 3, 2008
IF YOU ARE NOT A HOCKEY FAN, TOO BAD
I know that the NHL has done a crapload to get people to become totally disinterested in the sport of hockey. So if you're a former fan who has been disillusioned, I can at least understand, and if you have never liked it, well, you're probably not Canadian, so I guess I'll give you a pass there too. But anyone who watched the three-overtime Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals last night (and this morning, for East Coasters) knows that those who didn't watch it missed a hell of a game.
Detroit Red Wings fans were almost delirious as the final minute began to tick down, their team closing in on a 3-2 victory and a Stanley Cup championship. But Maxime Talbot kept the Pittsburgh Penguins alive by scoring with 35 seconds left to force overtime. Well, three overtimes, actually, as it turned out. Pittsburgh's Petr Sykora put an end to the thrilling proceedings well after midnight local time by scoring a goal that forced a Game 6 against Detroit, and not long after telling NBC sideline reporter Pierre McGuire that he would indeed score the overtime winner. Now, I'm not too big on predictions like that ("We're gonna win Game 6" -- oh, yeah? Well, someone has to win, and probably players from both sides said that...that kind of thing) but the fact that he came through made it pretty cool. It was made even cooler by the fact that McGuire had relayed Sykora's aside to the viewing audience before the goal.
Also, how tough are hockey players? The Penguins' Ryan Malone, who already had a broken nose, was pummeled by a Hal Gill slapshot right on said beak, and he left the game leaving a trail of blood on the ice. And then he came back to play some more. Who does that? Hockey players. Toughest guys ever.
Worst photograph ever: Oh. My. God.
This is a photograph of some drugged-up piece of shit crashing his car into a group of bicyclists out for a family event on a Mexico City road. I mean, holy hell. At least one of the cyclists was killed.
I'm against the death penalty, but if you're for it after seeing this picture, I understand. This is a gruesome but remarkable photograph, and one that does the accident justice, for lack of better word. When we hear about accidents like this -- if we can call it an "accident" -- usually all we see is a body under a blanket and some bicycle parts strewn about the road. I suppose I am posting it not to sicken anyone but just to show how devastating this incident really was.
Detroit Red Wings fans were almost delirious as the final minute began to tick down, their team closing in on a 3-2 victory and a Stanley Cup championship. But Maxime Talbot kept the Pittsburgh Penguins alive by scoring with 35 seconds left to force overtime. Well, three overtimes, actually, as it turned out. Pittsburgh's Petr Sykora put an end to the thrilling proceedings well after midnight local time by scoring a goal that forced a Game 6 against Detroit, and not long after telling NBC sideline reporter Pierre McGuire that he would indeed score the overtime winner. Now, I'm not too big on predictions like that ("We're gonna win Game 6" -- oh, yeah? Well, someone has to win, and probably players from both sides said that...that kind of thing) but the fact that he came through made it pretty cool. It was made even cooler by the fact that McGuire had relayed Sykora's aside to the viewing audience before the goal.
Also, how tough are hockey players? The Penguins' Ryan Malone, who already had a broken nose, was pummeled by a Hal Gill slapshot right on said beak, and he left the game leaving a trail of blood on the ice. And then he came back to play some more. Who does that? Hockey players. Toughest guys ever.
Worst photograph ever: Oh. My. God.This is a photograph of some drugged-up piece of shit crashing his car into a group of bicyclists out for a family event on a Mexico City road. I mean, holy hell. At least one of the cyclists was killed.
I'm against the death penalty, but if you're for it after seeing this picture, I understand. This is a gruesome but remarkable photograph, and one that does the accident justice, for lack of better word. When we hear about accidents like this -- if we can call it an "accident" -- usually all we see is a body under a blanket and some bicycle parts strewn about the road. I suppose I am posting it not to sicken anyone but just to show how devastating this incident really was.
