Las Vegas: Day 1
I’m heading to Las Vegas for the next three days with some old college friends. None of us have been there before so this should be a fun trip!
Archive of posts tagged hockey
Gotta love October: sports, politics, and more
Today is my birthday and while it’s not as cool as past ones, there is a ton of stuff going on today. the US government decided to celebrate my birthday by shutting down Florida’s texting-while-driving ban goes into effect the 2013-2014 hockey season starts (Go Bolts!) But the best gift is post-season baseball, and this …
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Lightning strikes!!
After going down 3 games to 1 to Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup playoffs quarterfinals, the Tampa Bay Lightning have won 7 straight games and just completed a sweep of the #1 seeded (Southeast Division champions) Washington Capitals. Incredible! The Bolts now await the outcome of the Boston/Philadelphia series (Boston currently leads 3-0). I had …
Ah, the promise of spring sports
At the beginning of this month I posted about how the Lightning had clinched a spot in the playoffs and it was the first day of baseball. Now, as April ends and May begins: Yep, my Cleveland Indians are in first place in the AL Central and the American League overall (2 games ahead of …
A weekend in the Windy City
This past weekend I flew up to Chicago to see my little sister and go to the Lightning/Blackhawks hockey game at the United Center.
No foolin’ – it’s a promising sports day
It’s April Fools Day (which means there’s the typical slew of tech-related gag news stories) but it’s no joke that today is opening day for my Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Rays … a fresh start and a new season baseball. Ever better, the Tampa Bay Lightning secured a spot in the NHL playoffs with …
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Sports depression
It’s early October, that wonderful time of year when temperatures (supposedly) get cooler and we have that wonderful confluence of the baseball, football, basketball, and hockey seasons. Well, it’s usually wonderful, except: even with the franchise’s second best season, the Rays missed out on the post-season the Indians’ season (and the Eric Wedge era) is …
Champs!
YEAH LIGHTNING! 2004 Stanley Cup Champions!