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Why Rafael Nadal Is the Most Admirable Person in All of Sports
The hardrooting staff has written often about Rafael Nadal, one of our all-time favorite athletes along with New York Yankees icon Mickey Mantle (our youthful crush) and Mantle’s New York Rangers doppelgänger Rod Gilbert. But Rafa is even more special. … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Australian Open, Big Three, Christopher Clarey, Daniil Medvedev, ESPN, John McEnroe, Liz Clarke, Matteo Berritini, Mickey Mantle, New York Rangers, New York Times, New York Yankees, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Rod Gilbert, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Washington Post
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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Conclude! (Pigs Crash Edition)
As you splendid readers might recall, about a week ago I hitched my hockey wagon to the Montreal Canadiens after decades of despising Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (you can review the sad surrender here). Since then, the Canadiens have been thoroughly outplayed, … Continue reading
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Tagged #TeamCanadiens, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Le Blue-Blanc-Rouge, Les Habitant, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, New York Rangers, NHL, Original Six, Stanley Cup, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, Winnipeg Jets
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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin! (Pigs Fly Edition)
I grew up loving the New York Rangers. For most of the 1960s, Jimmy Schnell, his cousin Andy, and I would regularly take the subway to the old Madison Square Garden, buy $2 seats in the second balcony, and settle … Continue reading
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Tagged #TeamCanadiens, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Le Blue-Blanc-Rouge, Les Habitant, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, New York Rangers, NHL, Original Six, Stanley Cup, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, Winnipeg Jets
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Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (Tim Horton Edition)
The media coverage of the Burger King/Tim Hortons merger rumpus has generally been devoid of one thing: Who the hell is Tim Horton? Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal helpfully provided the answer, compliments of Gerald Eskenazi. The Real Tim Horton Amid the … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (DeadBlogging Game 5)
First off the hardwatching staff wants to nominate hockey as the real beautiful game (sorry, fútbol), especially during the Stanley Cup Finals. There’s almost never a bad finals game, and last night’s double-overtime tilt between the Los Angeles Kings and … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Rangers Win 1! Edition)
For once, Los Angeles was not the Comeback Kings. The Hockey Squad from Hollyweird are past masters at coming from behind, but in last night’s Stanley Cup Finals Game 4, the Kings got crowned by the New York Rangers. Highlight … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Rangers Weak on the Puck Edition)
First, full disclosure: As we might have mentioned previously, the hardwatching staff has been a New York Rangers fan for over half a century. But we’ve also grown to like the Los Angeles Kings a lot over this Stanley Cup … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (LA = Let’s Advance Edition)
In the runup to Friday night’s Chicago Blackhawks-Los Angeles Kings Western Conference Finals Game 6, the redoubtable Drew Doughty of the Kings said this: “We know how good a team they are. We know they know how to win. We also … Continue reading
Why We Love the Stanley Cup Bakeoffs (Martin St. Louis Edition)
First, disclosure: The hardwatching staff really likes the Boston Bruins, but we’ve been a New York Rangers fan since the age of 10. In the early ’60s we’d venture weekly to the old Madison Square Garden and plunk down $2 … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Bruins, Curse of the Burned Mortgage, Dustin Todarski, Eastern Conference semifinals, Emile Francis, Gump Worsley, Habs, Henrik Lundqvist, Martin St. Louis, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, old Madison Square Garden, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ranger/Hessian, Stanley Cup playoffs
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The Rangers Finally Show Up For The Cup
The hardwatching staff has been torn throughout the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers – partly because we really like the Bruins, partly because the Original Six Rangers were our boyhood team. We would … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940 curse, Boston Bruins, Brad Park, Bruins Kiddie Korps, Carol Vadnais, Dougie Hamilton, Eastern Conference semifinals, Eddie Giacomin, GAG line, Jean Ratelle, New York Rangers, old Madison Square Garden, Phil Esposito, Rod Gilbert, Schulte Sports, Stanley Cup, Tuukka Rask, Vic Hatfield
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