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Ovechkin’s Status is Week-to-Week

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin suffered an upper-body strain in Sunday evening’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and his status is week-to-week, the team determined Monday. The Washington Capitals just issued the following ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Capitals,  Columbus Blue Jackets,  Bruce Boudreau

Is the Washington Post’s Sports Coverage Vulnerable?

Most newspapers place the sports section at the end of the caboose, forcing you to page your way to the baseball and football news. To command Washington eyeballs, Brady will turn that convention inside out by putting the sports "section" on the site' ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Washington Post Company

Crime Imitates Failed Television Show Art

A couple of years back, I caught a few episodes of an ABC television sitcom dubbed the Knights of Prosperity.  The premise was simple: a bunch of folks down on their luck conspired to rob celebrities like Mick Jagger and Ray Romano.   David Letterman ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mick Jagger,  Ray Romano,  David Letterman,  Donal Logue

Is This a Great Time or What?

Monthly subscription to satellite television service: $100. Listening to an online radio feed of the Caps and Flyers after spending all of that money in order to ensure that you can watch any hockey game you want: Senseless. There are some things money ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  27 Oct 2009

Are They Listening at Redskins Park?

David Donovan, the Redskins' chief operating officer, disputed Powell's analysis, saying that team records show a 12 percent dip in merchandise sales, which he said was understandable in a down economy. Donovan also said that the team hasn't detected a ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Washington Post Company,  White House

Theo Fleury on ESPN’s E:60 Tonight at 7:00 p.m.

When he slid in jubilation after scoring an overtime goal in the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs, Fleury produced an iconic image. Off the ice however, the hockey player careened out of control as he slid deeper into addictions of alcohol, cocaine, gambling ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: ESPN,  Stanley Cup,  Jeremy Schaap

On Rob Scuderi and Jason Chimera: Can Anybody Spell Clipping?

Now, take another look at the video clip.  If what happened there isn't clipping, I don't really know why the rule is in the book at all. So how did clipping wind up in the rule book in the first place? You need to go back to the 2002 Stanley Cup ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jason Chimera,  Stanley Cup,  Darcy Tucker,  Michael Peca,  New York Islanders

Willie Mitchell’s Clean, but Devastating Hit, on Jonathan Toews

Here's the moment everyone in the NHL is going to be talking about in the morning: Willie Mitchell's clean, but devastating hit on Jonathan Toews in Chicago on Wednesday night as the Blackhawks hosted the Canucks. The hit, which came with the Canucks ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Willie Mitchell,  Patrick Kane,  Henrik Sedin

Hockey Relationship Advice

Via Twitter, Andy Sorensen of Minnesota passed along the following question in the early morning hours: "Am I a bad bf for sitting the gf down on our anniversary Sat night and having her watch her 1st hockey game (Canucks/Leafs on HNIC)?" Introducing ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Odds to Win the Stanley Cup

After only a few weeks, one has to wonder why anyone would think the Maple Leafs were as legitimate a contender for the Cup as the Carolina Hurricanes, a recent champ that advanced as far as the conference finals just a few months ago.  Even after last ...

From ERIC MCERLAIN, Off Wing Opinion,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Stanley Cup,  Carolina Hurricanes

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