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War Without End

The Buffalo Sabres didn’t make the playoffs.  They traded their captain away.  Ryan Miller is selling his townhouse.  We’re booing too much.  It’s a tough life, being a Buffalo sports fan, and I’m not even going into the hand-wringing over what the Bills are doing in the draft.  It seems like forever since we [...]

A Response to GeekDad’s Open Letter to the NHL

My worlds, they have collided.  I read GeekDad (via Wired) fairly often, as there’s often great gaming and science content there, and that’s of interest to me and my son/daughters.  I was quite surprised to see an article there about hockey, combining my two blog-lives in one place.  Unfortunately, it’s not a positive thing [...]

So Who IS Tougher, the Average Hockey Player or Football Player?

The Twitter discussion yesterday between Thurman Thomas and Matthew Barnaby (with Mike Commodore’s 2 cents) got me thinking on this:  who really IS tougher, an average hockey player or football player?  Let’s think.

Activity Level:  Both have ’60 minute’ games.  Football players take half of the game off, though, with the offense sitting down [...]

Homefield Advantages

A joking comment at work about the Vikings getting to wear actual horned helmets on the field has led to this post – if your team could have a true homefield advantage, what would it be?  Here’s what I came up with:

Minnesota Vikings – Wearing actual horned helmets. Detroit Lions – In the [...]