The members of the baseball writers of America usually screw up this particular portion of their work.  Each member is allowed to vote for ten names in the annual hall of fame voting, but inevitably the members barely put half that number on their vote.  They also use this opportunity at retribution for players who [...]

Spinning shootout goals have become incredibly overrated. They’re no longer uncommon, but each time a player pulls one off, jaws across the country drop. It’s nearing cliche territory, as spinning in the shootout seems like a surefire way to make someone gush, even if it has nothing to do with your eventual shot. Suffice it [...]

Having gone 16-1-2 in their last nineteen games (or, 13-1-2 since Head Poke Kid), the Canucks are riding a wave of positivity so grand it makes unbiased reporting impossible. How can the Vancouver media, typically blessed to cover a team so consistently mediocre, remain neutral when the play of the Canucks is awe-inspiring? Nitpick, that’s [...]

It was only just yesterday that we reported the sad news that Kyle Wellwood’s contract with the KHL’s Atlant Moscow Oblant had been terminated. Word was that the club was unhappy with his performance and they had therefore decided to end the relationship. But it turns out that’s not all to the story, as Wellwood [...]