My mascot story. I got to dress up as a mascot during an NHL game about 10 years ago to take part in mascot hockey. There were about 9 of us and then the actual NHL mascot. I managed to be one of the non-lame mascots. Some poor bastard had to dress up as the Hardee’s star. Anyway, the NHL mascot couldn’t have been any…

Yeah that’s very true, but your whole point was based on the premise of “The Capitals have done it before (winning at MSG)” My argument is that “No they have never done THIS (Winning a Round 2 Series, overcoming playoff adversity, handling Game 7s on the road vs better teams) before”.

To me, the most telling thing is the phrase “We’re going to come back....”

This team is 40 years old. They have made it to the conference finals exactly 1 time in their entire history, and that was 18 years ago. Only 1 forward on the entire roster has ever advanced to Round 3. They were up 3 games to 1, and had 2 shots to clinch at home. They got close (2 minutes away) in Game 5 but lost. In…

“We’re going to go in and win Game 6,” Messier said. “That was the focus this morning and it’s the way we feel right now. We’ve done that all year, we’ve won all the games we’ve had to win.

Ovechkin guaranteed a game 7 capitals win. Bet everything you own and will ever own on the rangers. Immediately.

Ovi could say almost anything and frighten me as a Rangers fan, but this isn’t one of them. I see much more desperation than confidence.

Sorry, but if the Caps couldn’t close the deal at home, they sure as hell aren’t going to be able to do it at MSG. Which is to be expected, seeing as how they can’t seem to finish anything when put up against actual adversity, and that includes Ovechkin.

I hate when coaches get too cute for their own good (see: Seahawks final play). Much like a pitcher with his top pitch, live and die by your best player in crunch time. He’s the best for a reason.

If Blatt really had Lebron doing the inbounds pass, then he is a dumbass and deserved to be overruled.

So basically... we know it’s harmless and not really endorsing domestic violence at all... but let’s put up this post so we can a) get hits and b) make ourselves feel good by folding our arms about how this is “questionable.”

It’s like the goddamn religious right protesting MTV all over again, only from the other side…

It’s a parody of Dirty Dancing. A parody where he’s rejecting her because she’s a Bulls fan and he’s a Cavs fan. It’s lighthearted. Would you be similarly outraged if a female Cavs fan berated and then struck a male Bulls fan over the head with a frying pan? Or would you laugh? That’s also domestic violence, so if…

How about we worry about actual domestic violence... as opposed to videos that don’t depict domestic violence but which you could twist in order to get offended? That sound good?

When I was in fourth grade we moved to a new town and my Dad guilted himself into coaching my youth soccer team. He started me every game in midfield, when I clearly had questionable skills. It must be nice to have your dad coach your professional basketball team.

Thats not in the Bill of Rights, neither is employment.

Professional sports ≠ legal system.

May I ask why a person being white automatically makes people think they are privileged and sheltered? I’ve seen many white people who are able to handle situations like this better, but also many non-white people who react in the way that’s in the video. Yet I notice that it’s only when someone is white and reacts…

This is wrong on so many levels from a legal standpoint my head hurts even trying to explain it to you.

I don't think you know how slander works.

It’s not fair to call anything he did Jeter-esque, as none of those balls went into the outfield past Arenado diving to his left.