The LA Kings and Chicago Blackhawks head back to Chicago for game five with the Blackhawks up three games to one. One captain helped lead his team in game four. The other? Still looking for him. Dustin Brown is doing what he does best against Chicago. Hitting, grinding, and being useless on offense. Looking at his stats, Brown is generally reliable. At least 20 goals a … [Read more...] about LA Kings Dustin Brown: worst captain in the NHL
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Jurgen Klopp Calls United-Liverpool “Mother of All Games”
Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp is pretty psyched for the Reds matchup against arch-rival Manchester United tomorrow night. When two rivals like this meet, emotions will be very high on both sides. "Everybody needs to be in the best shape and the crowd is involved. I believe in the influence of the crowd," the Liverpool boss said at his pre-match press conference. … [Read more...] about Jurgen Klopp Calls United-Liverpool “Mother of All Games”
The Sports Bank: Five Greatest Hits Collection
The Sports Bank turns eight years old today. Time to look back on our eight "greatest hits." These aren't the most viewed articles of all time. For that list, with links to all those stories, go here. That list is an exact science of boolean values, while this one is more subjective. Of all the stories that I broke first during the course of my career, these eight had the … [Read more...] about The Sports Bank: Five Greatest Hits Collection
Jeremy Roenick taking his candor to new podcast
Chicago Blackhawks legend and NBC Analyst Jeremy Roenick is launching a new podcast with NHL Network broadcaster Billy Jaffe. The new weekly podcast, entitled “Roenick Life Podcast with JR and Jaffe,” will debut on December 16th. … [Read more...] about Jeremy Roenick taking his candor to new podcast
Playing Patrick Kane is a bad look for the Blackhawks
The Patrick Kane criminal investigation overshadows everything Chicago Blackhawks related right now. Any and all Stanley Cup feel-good puff pieces need to be postponed because as of right now they're completely irrelevant. (I made this same mistake myself just yesterday) Even the nitty gritty hockey stuff, preseason training camp position battles and such are inconsequential in … [Read more...] about Playing Patrick Kane is a bad look for the Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks made impression at Notre Dame
Tonight the Chicago Blackhawks host the Detroit Red Wings to begin the preseason. They opened training camp this past weekend at Notre Dame's Compton Ice Arena in South Bend. Camp opened with a dumpster fire of a press conference that featured Patrick Kane, John McDonough and ND grad Stan Bowman. We've already covered what a huge mistake it was for Patrick Kane to do … [Read more...] about Chicago Blackhawks made impression at Notre Dame
John McDonough failed the Blackhawks community today; miserably
John McDonough, the so-called genius of message control and marketing, defined today's Patrick Kane and Chicago Blackhawks press conference with two soundbites. "I can assure you I am anything but tone deaf," he said in response to a reporter who asked the best question of the day. McDonough actually didn't have any response to this journalist, who showed strong reporting by … [Read more...] about John McDonough failed the Blackhawks community today; miserably
Patrick Kane, Blackhawks press conference in Tweets
The Chicago Blackhawks and Patrick Kane are in an extremely tough spot. Whether they had stayed silent instead of holding the worthless and pointless press conference that they did this afternoon, it's a no-win situation. And it's a no win situation for anybody involved. Make no mistake though, Patrick Kane, and the Blackhawks brass in charge of this thing are not sympathetic … [Read more...] about Patrick Kane, Blackhawks press conference in Tweets