1) If there actually is any truth to this conspiracy of Bettman using this weekend’s hockey OT bait and switch to put shootouts in the playoffs, I will stop watching hockey. [Out of Left Field]
2) I bet Joe Buck’s a sub. Maybe Pam Oliver’s his dom. [Awful Announcing]
3) Closer music that needs to happen. [WBRS Sports Blog]
4) Chronicling just whom gets the MVP in the NBA in the 90s. [The Starting Five]
5) MJD schools us on why hating the Spurs is silly. [AOL FanHouse]
6) A premise that would actually get someone to notice the Charlotte Bobcats. [Sports Gone South]
7) Donovan McNabb’s insecurities may be sending him right out of Philly. [Run Up The Score]
8) The Rookie Card Playoffs — Nomar looked so SKINNY. Barry always had that intense look on his face, even as a rook. [Babes Love Baseball]
9) So that’s Osama bin Laden’s infiltration strategy. Someone check the Reds and Orioles’ bullpens — they have a habit of making opposing offenses explode. [You Been Blinded]
10) Extrapolater gets interviewed. [Pyle of List]
And finally, another video from the superfan who repurposed Barry Manilow, Gloria Gaynor, and Kenny Rogers to fit Randy Moss, Brett Favre, and Tom Brady — now, Ozzy Osbourne re-worked for Adam Jones:
Filed under: cheap shots
As it was, I was already glad I missed the Sabres bowing out of the playoffs in the game this weekend. They really had my hopes up this season. I guess now I’m extra glad I couldn’t catch the game. I would have blown a gasket had I been watching and they cut away to pre-Preakness coverage.
Kaz, they didn’t make it very clear that the game was on Versus — run a crawl or something on the network feed. It can be done.