I don’t get the “he had his head down” defense. Sure, it’s a good way to end up hurt, but if the mandate is to minimize or eliminate head hits, it isn’t the guy with his head down that has to be policed. This is why hockey is so frustrating: progressive enough to know they need to do something, run by crusty old shits…

Again, folks can't decide if Billy Donovan is a good coach, a lucky coach, or a hack. Was this line up discovered or deployed? Does Donovan get credit for sitting Kanter or simply the beneficiary of his depth players figuring shit out? Did the figure it out in their own? I'm seriously asking because last week Donovan…

It’s a little jarring how the conventional wisdom shifted in the conference finals. Some of that is just the manic swinging of take-analysis/journalism and some is because the NBA was supposed to be the most stable league for conference powers (so stable that a 1-2 matchup in the East was considered a Cavs cakewalk…

I'll make my pun later. I've got to Go for Gin first.

Came to say ospreys, now just confirming that this is correct.

I’m kinda baffled by the ways we talk about the Sharks compared to the Blues. Both come to the WCF with a history of postseason disappointment but the Sharks get lauded as this unstoppable force and the Blues are always the scuffling team. They scuffled to beat the defending champions. The scuffled to beat the…

Roenick can’t catch a break. His regular target the Sharks have worked hard enough to make the western finals. The Crosby picks a corner on a one timer (!) as if he doesn’t even have to work hard to be great.

Pretty entertaining to see “basic operations of capital” translated by Iranian Intelligence as “willful conspiracy between tech company and fashionable person.”

That’s a great Maple Leafs joke if not for this damn Raptors.

“Mark Cuban? Let me tell you something about Mark Cuban. He’s, ya know, his last name is Cuban. I might eat his sandwiches, but he’s gotta go. Been terrible for the NBA. Nobody likes him. I know. Also. You know who makes the best Cuban sandwiches? Trump Tower. Great stuff. There’s a pickle in there. It’s a big pickle.…

Meanwhile, Marc Andre Fleury is wondering if this opens up the Lightning for an off-season trade.

Yeah. It's super out of date. Under the last manager they shelved their pitchers in the playoffs because of innings caps. Baker shows up and a guy throws 150 pitches in one game. Pure coincidence.

Welcome to the Dusty Baker school of pitcher management.

There’s all sorts of spectacle coming in the off-season as teams radically over-react to their playoff misfortunes. The Ducks fired Boudreau only to interview a coach who was fired by Boudreau’s new team. The Penguins will have to figure out what to do with Fleury as Murray rises. The Blues are poised to clean house…

Finally, a consensus-answer to the question “Why do terrorists hate America?”

Bryce Harper takes and takes and takes and takes and takes and takes. Team still loses.

Can we also dispense with the idea that walking Harper made the game “boring to watch”? That’s utter nonsense. Just because Harper wants to make baseball fun, it doesn’t mean the inverse (Harper is having a sad) must be boring. Harper was on base 7 times yesterday. The game went to 13 innings and had a walk-off home…

Drops three rounds and has to play for the Raiders? If Laremy Tunsil can sue his former advisor for dropping 10 picks, I’m looking forward to see the damages when Connor Cook goes after his dad.

Riddle me this, Bobby: did you come across this nugget because you’re a Rita Wilson fan or because you have to monitor Us Weekly as part of the gig? If it’s the former, you are a fine person who likes Rita Wilson and supports her career (a distinction you share with maybe three other humans not in the Hanks-Wilson…