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Unless that jackass Gary Bettman's already laid down the law, look for some fireworks in tonight's Bruins-Rangers rematch. There were 4 fights in yesterday's matinee, including an uppercut by Lindros that sent Thornton to the hospital. The reports around here vary from severe lacerations to broken orbital bone. He could be out anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. (one report actually has stated "permanent eye damage" but I think that if that were true it'd have been known by more sources by now) Two Bruins got game misconducts for illegal hits, although I truthfully think both calls were bullshit and were just made to keep the fighting down. Either way, look for Bruins to make runs at both Lindros and Anson Carter, and the Rangers to go after Dougie Doull and Dan McGillis. I'd love to see an old-time hockey brawl, with all players on the ice dropping the gloves. Hopefully it's Potvin in net if that happens, I don't want to see Raycroft trying to fight Dunham.

First of all, if Carolina moves anywhere it better be back to Hartford. When the Garden was sold out, you could always still get tickets to the Mall and watch the Bruins beat the heall out of the the Whalers. Second of all, I'd love it if the Canadian cities that had teams stolen from them by Bettman got teams back. Send a team to Winnipeg (Anaheim) and a team to Quebec City (Pittsburgh or Atlanta) and I'd be a happy hockey fan.

The only problem with this comparison is that New England has NOTHING in common with the Rams of 2001. They're not a pretty-boy team with a flashy nickname and a fear of getting hit. The main reason that the Patriots beat the Rams is because Martz was too stupid and proud to win with Faulk (he'd rather lose with his "greatest show on turf" mentaility) and because the Pats D absolutely hammered the Rams WRs. How many times did you see a WR drop to the turf and get tagged down rather than try to evade a hit and get the huge gains that their offense needed to score points? The problem for Carolina is going to be the fact that 99% of their offense is based off of the run, and New England had the 4th ranked rushing defense. With Ted Washington clogging the middle, the Pats fast LBs maintaining an edge on the outside, and Belichik and Crennel having two weeks to devise a defensive scheme to match up with Davis & Foster, it'll boil down to Jake Delhomme winning the Super Bowl. And I really don't see that happening.

they canceled that buddy. Why? All my hopes and dreams, shot to shit yet again. That's it, I'm ordering two escorts to come over and do a lesbian show. It'll cost me more money, but will be infinitely more entertaining than the crap that will be shown in the official halftime spectacle. All kidding aside, when and why did they cancel the Lingerie Bowl?

Unless they come to Boston, I'm not going to get too excited about this reunion. Them being back together is good ... them playing in front of me in Boston is great.

I agree, I doubt that Draper asked McCarty to fight for him, but I'd have told McCarty "thanks, but this is my battle. Let me kick his ass." It's not like it was a big guy that hit Draper, it was one of the biggest p*ssies in the league. If it had been an actual enforcer, I'd have no issue with McCarty taking the battle unto himself. And count me among the people that mourn the death of the hockey fight. I can understand why they discouraged the bench-clearing brawls - they were getting pretty commonplace for a while there. Hell, I even understand why they discourage the every-guy-on-the-ice donnybrook. But if two guys want to drop the gloves and change the momentum of a game, or get retribution for a cheap hit, let them go at it. The instigator penalty is bad for hockey.

That's a great read, thanks for posting it, Starvenger. I miss the old days - I'm old enough to remember the big bad Bruins of the mid-to-late 80s, before the league got so paranoid about it's image. In '87-'88, Lyndon Byers and Jay "Killer" Miller combined for almost 550 minutes. They'd have had even more, if LB was in the lineup for more than 53 games. That was when you felt the players really played for the love of the game, and the camraderie of playing. They'd kill for a teammate. Now, it's all about the money.

I still think that the fat piece of crap (Parcells) didn't want to win that game. He already knew that he was leaving to go to the Jets anyways, so him getting there was enough. If he's a Super Bowl winning coach, his stock goes up and the cost to the Jets increases. Thus, he gets his team there, and then stops caring. Why else would you kick directly to Desmond fucking Howard?!?

Actually, making them hide their pot smoking makes it seem more realistic. Most people who get high do have to hide it, so if MTV wanted to make it seem really "real" they'd allow the kids to smoke up, but make them do it really secretly. That, to me, is realistic. (of course, I chose a screen name after a strain of pot, so maybe being stealth isn't my strong point. But you get my drift.)

I'm going to be watching the game at a friends house, and am thinking of ordering the Lingerie Bowl there without telling him that it's a PPV. I get to watch the show, he doesn't find out that he paid for it until the end of the month. Win/win.

The old Bunkhouse Stampede's were cage battle royals, where the object was to throw your opponents out or over the cage. I've never actually seen one, so I have no idea how they work, but it's what my otherwise iffy memories are.

First paragraph: have you seen the Chappelle Show parody of the Real World, where it's 6 African Americans and one nerdy white dude, and they make life miserable for the white guy? It's frigging hilarious. Second paragraph: there was a Native American on the first Road Rules, I don't remember her name, but she was one of the three girls on that first season. And Mik brought up fat Darnell from the last Road Rules ... that guy sucked. He kept on saying that he "represented for fat people" but kept on failing missions because he was too fat to accomplish the physcial task. All he did was make fat people look incompetent. Darnell was easily the worst Masshole to make it onto an MTV show, and there's been a pretty pitiful group of Massachusetts folks on those series. (funny Darnell story: my brother in law is a cop, and they arrested Darnell for an old warrant, and he said that they should let him go because he was on Road Rules ... like he's some celebrity or some shit)

Will Aerosmith just go the fuck away already? How do they get the invite to do a song at every fucking "major" football game? The Super Bowl last year (or was that 2 years ago), the season premier of this year's NFL season (the Washington-NYJ game) and now this. It's amazing how they collected a group of artists to surround the biggest game of the year, yet couldn't find one that I don't really, really dislike. But then again, I'm a football fan so they don't need to 'wow' me to get me to watch. I'll watch in spite of the shit that they surround the game with, not because of it.

Yeah, Kermit got screwed. It's not like he was trying to end Rudy T's career, he just spun around and threw his punch at the exact perfect time. And it's not like it was an unprovoked attack, it was in the middle of a brawl. Kermit should be the new coach of the Knicks.

McCarty was the enforcer by default, Detroit just didn't (and still doesn't) have anyone else to serve in that role. This year the Wings only have 22 fighting majors, tied for 26th in the league. (To compare, Calgary leads the league, with 44.) And of those 22, McCarty only has 3. He's not a fighter along the lines of Worrel, or Shelley, or Oliwa. THOSE are the kind of players that I can understand taking a battle like this onto themselves, it's their only reason to be in the league. Not so with DMac - he's a grinder that is tough enough to fight if/when he needs to. I can understand why he would have to regulate as soon as it happened, but then it became HIS war with Claude, not Draper's. And that's crap, it's not like he was fighting a fighter - he was fighting Lemieux. To me, Draper looked weak because he sent his bigger, tougher friend to fight a battle that he should have been fighting himself.

Yeah, I was going to mention that one, too. Also, anytime 2 goalies fight it out is entertaining, so I'm going to mention Felix Potvin vs. Ron Hextall from a few years ago, since I don't think that one's been singled out yet. Tie Domi vs. the fan in Philly was awesome, too. If you dig fighting goalies, keep your eyes on Emery from Binghampton ... I think he's had one game with the Sens this year, but he's better known for his fisticuffs than he is for his netminding. The guy just straight up likes to fight, and looks for any excuse to do so. The folks at the hockeyfights boards love him.

I was living in Colorado, with 2 Wings fans, when this feud began. I agree with the Wings, and their fans, except for two things ... first, the hit by Lemieux wasn't meant to be as dirty as it ended up being. If memory serves, Draper spun at the last second and that's why he got his face rearranged. And I HATE Lemieux with a passion. My second complaint with the whole deal is why it became McCarty's fight with Claude, rather than Draper. Lemieux is feeble, Draper could have kicked his ass, but instead sent his bigger stronger buddy to do it. I can understand in the immediate aftermath, when his face was all busted up, but the next year, it should have been Draper that fought Lemiuex, not Darren. Just my two cents.

Don't go overboard with too many protagonists or subplots, even with the greatest of writers it gets confusing. I'd limit it to 2 or 3, and have them all tie together at the end. Potential characters to focus on: 1) upstart, green rookie just breaking into the fed 2) old, on-his-way-out-the-door veteran who has one more chance to achieve immortality 3) guy who just got bumped off the top, was "the man" but is now realizing that he's peaked and he's on his way down, too 4) guy that is living life the wrong way (drugs, women, booze, etc) and it's inevitable that he's going to hit bottom

My choice is a new one: Binghampton vs Philly in an AHL game. This is the one that made it to Sportscenter because the goalie did the flying leap over the pile of players. There were twenty two fighting majors handed out (yes, that's 22), 14 guys got game misconducts, there were a total of 379 minutes in penalties handed out. Just a never ending stream of brawls at the end of the game. Check out the number of penalties in the 3rd period: http://www.phantomshockey.com/numbers/boxS...BoxScoreID=2368

I actually like the idea of wrestlers sliding out of the ring. Not necessarily for an hour (e.g. Austin & Vince) but in a situatin where a heel in a huge feud slides out of the ring to avoid a face that's hellbent on kicking his ass. (e.g. Roberts & Savage from 1992)

I can understand why people would complain if a match was short and not given enough time, but who cares if the match is on Heat compared to the actual PPV? It's not like it automatically makes it a lesser match just because it's on cable compared to being on PPV. Hell, it might actually get a few more minutes because it's not competing for PPV time.

So, losing Rosie Colvin for the year wasn't bad luck, or misfortune? Or the fact that Ty Law, Mike Vrabel, Ted Johnson, Ted Washington, 40% of their O-line, and their top 3 receivers all suffered injuries severe enough to cause them to miss games? Not the mention the injuries that should have forced players to miss games, but instead left them playing at much less than 100%? If anything, I think the Pats had more bad luck than good, with the only real good luck that springs to mind is the fact that Brady wasn't hurt when Milloy hit his leg in the season finale.

I'm going to laugh my ass off when Philly loses in the postseason again due to shoddy goaltending. Hackett and Esche are NOT a Cup-caliber tandem, and that makes Philly, for all their imported talent, as unlikely to win the Cup as teams like the Bruins or Thrashers. You need a goalie that can get hot enough to carry you through the playoffs, and I can't see Hackett/Esche doing that.

It's probably too old-school of an idea, but I'd like to see a section devoted to the random feuds & matches that Flair had while in the NWA ... e.g. Nikita Koloff, Ricky Morton, Magnum TA, etc. Just showing his ability to carry a scrub or half-talent to a really entertaining feud and match, the proverbial broomstick to a 5* match.

And what's wrong with that? And to reiterate an argument that we've had a dozen times ... the player doesn't get to choose, so who fucking cares what Clemens wants to wear into the Hall?