Ooh, ok. I get it now. Not a racial slur — it's "Da Goat" in his screen name. Sorry, my Ditka is a little rusty... haven't spoken it since my semester abroad.

I have to hand it to ESPN. They put up these comments and I never know why. — isthataracialslurinthatcomment...?

@Sh!tShow: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SHUT UP?!

@futuremrsrickankiel: Calder Trophy, dummy.

I thought MYFO's pull of ESPN fucking up on the year Ovie and The Next One were Norris Trophy finalists was an even better indictment of how deliberately, bafflingly unaware of hockey Bristol chooses to remain. It's like... I know it, I expect it, and yet it STILL shocks me every time I see it. Sigh. Do we think a…

How do we think the 20-20 rule and the principle of "home cooking" apply to the Wizards now? Their next game's at home again... do they win again, but only by a point because they're all tired? Does the effect of "home cooking" wind up snowballing so they win by like 70 points next time and then manage to somehow get…

Wow. I haven't seen self-flagellation like this since The DaVinci Code.

@supermike5alive: Uh, not only that, but it's not like the fans this year only showed up for the playoffs. Ideally, the way the relationship between a fanbase and a franchise SHOULD work is that the front office makes shit happen, and the fans reward those moves by showing up. The notion of calling fans "bandwagon"…

Wait no. I get it. The experience of reading through this is supposed to recreate what it's like sitting through 22 consecutive innings of NL West baseball!

Tavares is a Django of the Banjoes

At least, she called me "Sir."

@Secret Identity: Nah, she got pinned down at the party pit.

@Gourmet Spud: Was she golden with barlight and beer?

She looks like she'd be a pretty cool kisser, maybe not all that strict of a Christian, and a damn good dancer... but not all that great of a girlfriend.

@futuremrsrickankiel: Gimme your lunch money, nerd!

I'm just tripping off the fact that the name almost anagrams to Gunshy Queen.

I'm not sure what's worse about that Red Sox link: the picture, or the god-awful headlines.

@sharknut: Think the Original 6 team from Detroit was actually called the Cougars, although I think it stayed the same franchise...

Marc Savard's baby blues > Marty Biron's

Liked it a lot.