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Woooooo!!!! Playoff time, bitches. The NHL Playoffs begin tonight, and Carrie Underwood will likely be in Anaheim watching her husband, Mike I can't decide if this post from Abel to Yzerman pumps me up or severely confuses me. It probably does a both, but a little heavy on the confusion. Either way, the Wings open up tonight at 7 against the Coyotes. It's the second consecutive year these two teams have met in the playoffs. The difference between this year's series and last year's is that A. The Wings are better than they were last year; B. They have home-ice advantage. Don't worry too much, folks. At least not until about 10 p.m., when the Coyotes score an overtime goal and all of Hockeytown starts screaming for Chris Osgood to come back. (Abel to Yzerman)
Quick prediction time ...
Vancouver over Chicago in 7
San Jose over L.A. in 5
Wings over Coyotes in 5
Predators over Ducks in 7
Capitals over Rangers in 7
Sabres over Flyers in 6
Bruins over Canadiens in 7
Lightning over Penguins in 6
I'd like to point out that five Western Conference teams could win the Cup. I see one Eastern Conference team that could do it (Washington). There are better teams in the West, which will make for incredibly entertaining second and third rounds. There are more vulnerable teams in the East, which will make for a more entertaining first round, and probably a snoozer in the ECF and possibly even the Cup Finals.
Scheduling an FCS opponent is a direct result of the current BCS system, where going undefeated is paramount to playing tough competition. So we get games like these, and dozens more featuring teams you will be seeing in BCS bowls in January. In defense of Washington State, however, I'd like to point out that it is essentially an FCS school nowadays. (Rivals)
Miguel Cabrera hit a walk-off single Tuesday afternoon to give the Tigers a 5-4 win against the Texas Rangers. Brad Penny was respectable, which is a far cry from despicable, which he was in his first two starts. Not mentioned in this piece -- and probably the most important bit of news to come out of the MLB yesterday -- is the Josh Hamilton slid into home and injured his arm, so he'll miss 6-8 weeks. But hey, better to get that last lame-tastic line in there, right? (Freep)
Norm Macdonald's "Sports Show" premiered last night, and while I don't expect it to be the next "The Daily Show" it was definitely entertaining. It's essentially Weekend Update but all about sports, with the occasional sketch thrown in. It's definitely a better product than "Sports Dome" which relied on the exaggeration of the anchors and the absurdity of the news to be funny. But like with "The Daily Show" we're finding out that making fun of the truth is always more funny than fiction. (EW)
So, remember how much fun it was listening to reporting on the NFL lockout -- this is still a ton of fun, actually -- well get ready to hear the same with the NBA. Although you should expect David Stern to sound 1,000,000-times more pompous than Roger Goodell throughout the whole process. Seriously, only David Stern could make that possible. (CBS Sports)
Barack Obama's favorable/unfavorable numbers are likely good enough to give him a good shot at winning re-election in 2012. But the real reason he's going to get re-elected is because Republicans might not be able to nominate anyone that can beat him. For instance, Mitt Romney might be the candidate that can best appeal to the center, but there are a lot of people on the far right who won't vote for him because he's a Mormon and he says common sense things like, "The President was born here." Read the comments, they're priceless. (Weasel Zippers)
The far right might be enough to sink Romney's campaign -- that and the healthcare law that he passed in Massachusetts -- because of people eat up the shit that Michele Bachmann says. Seriously. (Wonkette)
How's this for awesome? Super slo-mo Tim Lincecum pitch:
