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Bure, Sakic, Sundin and Oates elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
By mitchelldyck at June 26, 2012 | 3:47 pm | 0 Comment
How good of a day is Adam Oates having? So good that his thinning hair might have grown back a tiny little bit. No, that's too much, but he's on fire. This morning he was named the Capitals new head coach, and just moments ago it was reported by every media outlet on the freakin' planet that he would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Oates played 22 seasons more...
Adam Oates named head coach of the Washington Capitals
By mitchelldyck at June 26, 2012 | 2:53 pm | 0 Comment
Washington has finally settled on their new bench boss. It's none other than former Bruin (and Red Wing, Blue, Capital, Flyer, Mighty Duck and Oiler) Adam Oates. The 49-year-old spent the last two seasons as the assistant coach of the New Jersey Devils. Prior to that, Oates was an assistant for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Last season the Capitals struggled under Bruce more...
Reality Fighting: Moreno vs. Gagliardi – Live Play by Play
By Scott Stankus at February 25, 2012 | 12:07 pm | 0 Comment
Shockblastmedia will be live at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT for Reality Fighting. Aisha Coston and I will be reporting live play-by-play and results of tonight’s action starting approximately at 8 PM. The night will feature two championship fights. Middleweight Champion Team Link’s Alexandre "Vaca" Moreno (12-2, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt) makes his first more...
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John Cena the Worst WWE Champion of All Time.
By Danny Dangerously at February 1, 2012 | 10:16 am | 1 Comments
Since 1963, the WWE Championship has had its share of great champions and its share of bad ones. Some would say that Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, Bruno Sammartino, Bret Hart and The Rock were arguably the greatest. Some guys were mediocre as champion and some were under achieving to down right bad. John Cena, financially has been great, but creatively and work wise maybe more...
Montreal Calling
By mitchelldyck at January 13, 2012 | 11:57 am | 0 Comment
Good Morning everyone, I trust you're all well. Sorry for the lack of posts lately, god knows I've missed out on a lot and that there's been a fair bit of news worthy items. However, I think that it was covered and is still being covered quite well, or at least as well as you can beat a dead horse over and over. I'm going to post part 3 of my $0.99 rental bin blog more...
Quick Hits – January 5th 2011
By mitchelldyck at January 5, 2012 | 12:46 pm | 0 Comment
Hey everyone, Just a few things before I head out for the weekend. Yes today is my Friday. Suck on that. Anyways, here we go. Rats! Rats! Rats! To no ones surprise (except maybe my own), Colton Orr cleared waivers and will be assigned to the Toronto Marlies of the AHL. It's a damn shame that a guy with as much character and toughness as Orr has no place in more...
Pecyna Gives Back
By Aisha Coston at January 2, 2012 | 9:50 pm | 0 Comment
MMA Fighter, Johnny Pecyna, gives back to his community. Let me start off by saying Happy New Year to all! For many, the New Year signals a time for change, a fresh start to make this year better than the last. Unfortunately for the food banks, the New Year doesn’t eliminate old more...
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Quick Hits – 12/30
By mitchelldyck at December 30, 2011 | 2:05 pm | 0 Comment
Hey everyone, Just a quick hit here before the week is out and we ring in 2012 the same way we did 2011, drunk and with bellies full of jelly. Anyways, let's get to it. Larry Brooks of the New York Post is reporting today that Sean Avery has been put on waivers (for the second time this season) and in all likelihood will not be coming back to the Rangers this more...
UFC App Hits XBox Live, Offers UFC 141: Lesnar Vs. Overeem Free!
By Jason Joseph at December 21, 2011 | 11:55 am | 1 Comments
So as part of the new XBox Live Metro Dashboard update, the folks at Microsoft have been teaming up with a number of companies to continue offering new forms of entertainment for the folks who spend money on XBox Live every year, and they hit a home run with the new UFC App. Packed with countless videos that will give fans of the UFC tons of extra insight and background more...
I don’t know, Lloyd, the French are assholes.
By mitchelldyck at December 20, 2011 | 2:02 pm | 0 Comment
Ok, so maybe that’s not the best way to start a blog off, but it made me laugh and probably made the person with a French grandmother angry and they shouted Tabernacle! Ok, enough is enough. But as ridiculous as all this sounds, there’s something even more ridiculous happening in the Province of Quebec. The Montreal Canadiens (13-14-7) who have lost three straight more...
Report: Peter Forsberg says Sweden tanked a game at the 2006 Olympics
By mitchelldyck at December 20, 2011 | 11:27 am | 0 Comment
In an upcoming documentary on the life and career, Former NHL star Peter Forsberg has suggested that during the 2006 Olympics, Sweden threw a game against the Slovakian team to set up an easier match up later on in the tournament. A loss to the Slovakians meant a match up with the Swiss and avoided matches between both Canada and Russia. Sweden went on to win gold at the more...
Team Link’s Ricardo Funch Returns to the UFC
By Nathaniel Pratt at December 17, 2011 | 1:26 pm | 0 Comment
Team Link’s head trainer Marco Alvan made a second big announcement in two days. Yesterday, Alvan announced that Gabriel Napão Gonzaga was returning to the Octagon to face Ednaldo Oliveira, and today Alvan is happy to announce another Team Link fighter making his return to the UFC! Today, Ricardo “Golden Boy” Funch (8-2-0) signed a 4 fight more...
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Gabriel Napão Gonzaga Set to Return at UFC 142
By Nathaniel Pratt at December 16, 2011 | 3:15 pm | 0 Comment
Gabriel Napão Gonzaga Set to Return at UFC 142 Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga is set to make his return to the UFC at UFC 142: Aldo vs Mendes in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. It was announced today by Team Link’s head trainer and Gonzaga's manager, Marco Alvan, on their website(www.linkbjj.com) that Napão is set to make his Octagon where he will face more...
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Former Bruin Mike Milbury Charged with Assaulting 12 Year Old Boy
By mitchelldyck at December 16, 2011 | 1:26 pm | 1 Comments
Morning everyone, or again, afternoon depending on where you are. It's morning here in Vancouver and I'm eating a nice 10 am lunch. As I'm eating my lunch my twitter feed blows up with stories of former Bruin and current NHL analyst Mike Milbury being charged with assault....on a 12 year old boy. No, not a joke blog entry, this is actually happening. Here's a snippet more...
Strikeforce: Melendez vs Masvidal
By Aisha Coston at December 14, 2011 | 10:17 pm | 0 Comment
Strikeforce: Melendez vs Masvidal will be held Saturday, December 17th at Valley View Casino in San Diego, California. The fights will be broadcasted per usual on Showtime at 10pm. For this card, schedule permitting, I will be updating this prediction article with the actual results as they happen. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back frequently Saturday more...
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