Friday, January 21, 2005
WHIPPED CREAM
I can't think of a creative way to open this one but since I saw this article, I'll just mention that judging from my normal tendencies, I should really hate the America's Cup with a passion. But the last time it aired, I thought it was a pleasant surprise. It's competitive, but there's this odd calm about it. It's definitely calming, and scenic. I'll also never have money to even think about buying a chunk off of one of those boats. Everything they do is expensive, and it's not just the hulls themselves.
On TV tonight -- Timberwolves at SuperSonics (7:30p, FSNNW)
Okay, I've already lost my mind with the intro, so let's see how crazy the rest of the post is...
MARINERS
With the Mariners signing Richie Sexson and Adrian Beltre in the offseason to man the corners, it gives Scott Spiezio a lot more time to play poker against the Mariner Moose. Or the Mariners could eat his salary (ouch) or try and put him on the block if he has any semblance of a spring. Or they could convince the Yankees or Mets that they somehow need Spiezio. Or there's always Ken Williams. Wherever he ends up, Spiezio wants some playing time, and he's built a workout room and spent more time there than with Sandfrog. That's probably a better use of the time.
Also, the Everett AquaSox are now owned by the Carfagnas, as approval of the new ownership has been granted from the majors and the minors. The A-Sox (is there a catchy name for this team that I'm forgetting right now?) will also be with the Mariners through at least 2006 and at Everett Memorial Stadium to 2010. If the new owners' surname is indeed Italian (it reads like it), and if my very limited knowledge of Italian linguistics is correct, I believe that surname would be pronounced cahr-FAHN-ya. If one were to call the AquaSox the A-Sox, I'm trying to think of a joke involving the A-Sox, holes in socks, and the inevitable profanity that would come from mixing the two. It's just not happening for me right now though.
SEAHAWKS
The Seahawks did not use Inauguration Day to pick a president (or vice-president of football operations) of their own.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
The Tar Heels are home against Miami on Saturday.
Huskies
The point guard off the 1975-76 Husky team thinks his team would beat the current Huskies, "[n]o question." It's a long read, but it'll at least make you believe that the old team would have given the current Huskies a pretty good run. This sounds like a job for WhatIfSports.com or something, or maybe somebody that could put together a sim-game of Huskies versus Huskies.
The Huskies are home against Washington State on Sunday (FSNNW).
Bulldogs
Well, we knew that the West Coast Conference was going to be tougher for Gonzaga to steamroll through this year. Now they've got their second conference loss, this time against San Francisco by a score of 73-70 after a very slow and sluggish first half for the Zags. There's a reason why the WCC is the 7th-ranked conference in the RPI. Erroll Knight was out with a left foot sprain, and P-Mac started in his place. Altidor-Cespedes didn't score in 21 minutes of play and two shots from the field.
The Zags are at San Diego tomorrow (4p, KONG 6/16 Seattle, Q6 NBC Spokane).
Sonics
I'd have to agree that the Sonics are coming off their worst loss of the season. I think that's only the second time this year where afterward I thought they should have had the game. The only other time was the Phoenix game, but at least that team was good. The Nuggets were anything but good coming into the game, and they had some significant guys injured. I guess the Sonics have to hope that the other four Timberwolves on the court rock back on their heels and watch whenever Kevin Garnett is moving in the post with the ball. Hey, it worked against Shaq.
The Sonics face a .500 team tonight. Of course, it's Minnesota, a team within the division over whom they have a sizable lead. But like the P-I column said, the Sonics don't want to be the ones that give Minnesota a jump-start victory that gets them on a 14-game winning streak or something. After the Denver game, I'm afraid those guys are going to reel off a streak, though they're further back in the division.
The fact that Reggie Evans imitated the Doug Christie hand gesture makes this column. "Doug Christie? That's a weird dude," said the rebounder. You know, I've been really ticked off whenever Doug Christie made a key shot against the Sonics while a member of the Kings, mostly because he was a Sonic draftee. But if he'd stayed here, I can't imagine having to deal with his wife and the hand gestures (we also might not have been able to see the Sam Perkins Era in Seattle). Kobe had to buy back Vanessa with some top-dollar jewelry after his incident in Colorado, but what would Doug Christie have to buy Jackie if he somehow succumbed to the ways of a witchy woman and Jackie found out about it? Would Doug make it out alive? I more than likely won't watch this show because I simply don't care (though I'd definitely watch a post-Doug cheating reality show). I'll be a billion times more likely to see the Anna Benson reality show, if/when that comes out.
Also, if you read that Kelley article, you'll notice the new Doug Christie jersey bears the Orlando name and a big fat number 1. This is only hilarious because his official website is entitled DC One Three. We'll see if Doug/Jackie hash(es) out the number flap.
Upcoming...
Tonight vs. Minnesota
Sunday vs. Utah
Tuesday at Lakers
Wednesday at Utah
HOCKEY
Basically the two days of NHL talks brought dialogue, but no real progress. Apparently the two sides are promising to meet again, though no new talks have been scheduled.
An email popped up in my inbox today from the Canucks saying that they are ready to stick to their guns in the suit filed against them by hotel magnate Tom Gagliardi and construction mogul Ryan Beedie in relation to the 50% stake in Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment (i.e., the Canucks) that real-estate developer Francesco Aquilini purchased back in November. Basically they're charging a business partnership going really bad, and that Aquilini pulled out of the partnership and used some of the information (confidential) that he'd had from the negotiations the then-partnership had in trying to buy that stake in the Canucks to in turn strike a deal on the side with John McCaw. Time will tell on how this shakes out. I guess I have to listen to more Vancouver sports radio to get more of a feel for this.
To the games...
Prince George shut out Seattle 1-0. The Cougars are about a .500 team. When the Thunderbirds manage to put up 35 shots on such a team, one would probably expect them to win, especially considering how good Seattle has been this year. The only goal in this one was on an odd-man rush finished off by Kris Deines. Seattle badly outshot the Cougars 35-23, but Scott Bowles stopped all 35 for Prince George. Bryan Bridges stopped 22 for Seattle.
Manitoba beat Wilkes-Barre Scranton 3-2 in a shootout. The Moose got behind by giving up two goals in the second period. They got them both back in the third period, held tight through overtime, and won on a sudden-death shootout goal. In a bizarre note, the two goalies that were to start the game were both injured in their pre-game skate. The Penguins put up a flurry of shots early in the first period, but didn't cash in until the second, with two goals within 21 seconds with just under nine minutes remaining in the period. The Moose were able to answer back early in the third period. Alexandre Burrows off a one-timer on a two-on one cut the deficit in half and Tomas Mojzis from the point tied the game up 56 seconds later. Penguins top draft pick Marc-Andre Fleury made some crazy saves to end the overtime, but it was the third puck he let by (Josh Green) in the shootout that got the Moose the win. Wilkes-Barre Scranton outshot the Moose 34-28. Alex Auld stopped 32 for Manitoba.
Upcoming...
Tonight: Portland at Kelowna, Everett at Spokane, Vancouver at Tri-City, Manitoba at Edmonton
Tomorrow: Portland at Seattle, Everett at Kootenay
Sunday: Vancouver at Portland, Manitoba at Edmonton
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Have a great day, and if you don't usually read us on the weekend, then have a great weekend. If you do read us on weekends, we still do stuff, so we'll have something here.
On TV tonight -- Timberwolves at SuperSonics (7:30p, FSNNW)
Okay, I've already lost my mind with the intro, so let's see how crazy the rest of the post is...
MARINERS
With the Mariners signing Richie Sexson and Adrian Beltre in the offseason to man the corners, it gives Scott Spiezio a lot more time to play poker against the Mariner Moose. Or the Mariners could eat his salary (ouch) or try and put him on the block if he has any semblance of a spring. Or they could convince the Yankees or Mets that they somehow need Spiezio. Or there's always Ken Williams. Wherever he ends up, Spiezio wants some playing time, and he's built a workout room and spent more time there than with Sandfrog. That's probably a better use of the time.
Also, the Everett AquaSox are now owned by the Carfagnas, as approval of the new ownership has been granted from the majors and the minors. The A-Sox (is there a catchy name for this team that I'm forgetting right now?) will also be with the Mariners through at least 2006 and at Everett Memorial Stadium to 2010. If the new owners' surname is indeed Italian (it reads like it), and if my very limited knowledge of Italian linguistics is correct, I believe that surname would be pronounced cahr-FAHN-ya. If one were to call the AquaSox the A-Sox, I'm trying to think of a joke involving the A-Sox, holes in socks, and the inevitable profanity that would come from mixing the two. It's just not happening for me right now though.
SEAHAWKS
The Seahawks did not use Inauguration Day to pick a president (or vice-president of football operations) of their own.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
The Tar Heels are home against Miami on Saturday.
Huskies
The point guard off the 1975-76 Husky team thinks his team would beat the current Huskies, "[n]o question." It's a long read, but it'll at least make you believe that the old team would have given the current Huskies a pretty good run. This sounds like a job for WhatIfSports.com or something, or maybe somebody that could put together a sim-game of Huskies versus Huskies.
The Huskies are home against Washington State on Sunday (FSNNW).
Bulldogs
Well, we knew that the West Coast Conference was going to be tougher for Gonzaga to steamroll through this year. Now they've got their second conference loss, this time against San Francisco by a score of 73-70 after a very slow and sluggish first half for the Zags. There's a reason why the WCC is the 7th-ranked conference in the RPI. Erroll Knight was out with a left foot sprain, and P-Mac started in his place. Altidor-Cespedes didn't score in 21 minutes of play and two shots from the field.
The Zags are at San Diego tomorrow (4p, KONG 6/16 Seattle, Q6 NBC Spokane).
Sonics
I'd have to agree that the Sonics are coming off their worst loss of the season. I think that's only the second time this year where afterward I thought they should have had the game. The only other time was the Phoenix game, but at least that team was good. The Nuggets were anything but good coming into the game, and they had some significant guys injured. I guess the Sonics have to hope that the other four Timberwolves on the court rock back on their heels and watch whenever Kevin Garnett is moving in the post with the ball. Hey, it worked against Shaq.
The Sonics face a .500 team tonight. Of course, it's Minnesota, a team within the division over whom they have a sizable lead. But like the P-I column said, the Sonics don't want to be the ones that give Minnesota a jump-start victory that gets them on a 14-game winning streak or something. After the Denver game, I'm afraid those guys are going to reel off a streak, though they're further back in the division.
The fact that Reggie Evans imitated the Doug Christie hand gesture makes this column. "Doug Christie? That's a weird dude," said the rebounder. You know, I've been really ticked off whenever Doug Christie made a key shot against the Sonics while a member of the Kings, mostly because he was a Sonic draftee. But if he'd stayed here, I can't imagine having to deal with his wife and the hand gestures (we also might not have been able to see the Sam Perkins Era in Seattle). Kobe had to buy back Vanessa with some top-dollar jewelry after his incident in Colorado, but what would Doug Christie have to buy Jackie if he somehow succumbed to the ways of a witchy woman and Jackie found out about it? Would Doug make it out alive? I more than likely won't watch this show because I simply don't care (though I'd definitely watch a post-Doug cheating reality show). I'll be a billion times more likely to see the Anna Benson reality show, if/when that comes out.
Also, if you read that Kelley article, you'll notice the new Doug Christie jersey bears the Orlando name and a big fat number 1. This is only hilarious because his official website is entitled DC One Three. We'll see if Doug/Jackie hash(es) out the number flap.
Upcoming...
Tonight vs. Minnesota
Sunday vs. Utah
Tuesday at Lakers
Wednesday at Utah
HOCKEY
Basically the two days of NHL talks brought dialogue, but no real progress. Apparently the two sides are promising to meet again, though no new talks have been scheduled.
An email popped up in my inbox today from the Canucks saying that they are ready to stick to their guns in the suit filed against them by hotel magnate Tom Gagliardi and construction mogul Ryan Beedie in relation to the 50% stake in Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment (i.e., the Canucks) that real-estate developer Francesco Aquilini purchased back in November. Basically they're charging a business partnership going really bad, and that Aquilini pulled out of the partnership and used some of the information (confidential) that he'd had from the negotiations the then-partnership had in trying to buy that stake in the Canucks to in turn strike a deal on the side with John McCaw. Time will tell on how this shakes out. I guess I have to listen to more Vancouver sports radio to get more of a feel for this.
To the games...
Prince George shut out Seattle 1-0. The Cougars are about a .500 team. When the Thunderbirds manage to put up 35 shots on such a team, one would probably expect them to win, especially considering how good Seattle has been this year. The only goal in this one was on an odd-man rush finished off by Kris Deines. Seattle badly outshot the Cougars 35-23, but Scott Bowles stopped all 35 for Prince George. Bryan Bridges stopped 22 for Seattle.
Manitoba beat Wilkes-Barre Scranton 3-2 in a shootout. The Moose got behind by giving up two goals in the second period. They got them both back in the third period, held tight through overtime, and won on a sudden-death shootout goal. In a bizarre note, the two goalies that were to start the game were both injured in their pre-game skate. The Penguins put up a flurry of shots early in the first period, but didn't cash in until the second, with two goals within 21 seconds with just under nine minutes remaining in the period. The Moose were able to answer back early in the third period. Alexandre Burrows off a one-timer on a two-on one cut the deficit in half and Tomas Mojzis from the point tied the game up 56 seconds later. Penguins top draft pick Marc-Andre Fleury made some crazy saves to end the overtime, but it was the third puck he let by (Josh Green) in the shootout that got the Moose the win. Wilkes-Barre Scranton outshot the Moose 34-28. Alex Auld stopped 32 for Manitoba.
Upcoming...
Tonight: Portland at Kelowna, Everett at Spokane, Vancouver at Tri-City, Manitoba at Edmonton
Tomorrow: Portland at Seattle, Everett at Kootenay
Sunday: Vancouver at Portland, Manitoba at Edmonton
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Have a great day, and if you don't usually read us on the weekend, then have a great weekend. If you do read us on weekends, we still do stuff, so we'll have something here.
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