Did you watch the Rockies/Cardinals game last night? The Rockies were down 9-3 going into the 9th inning, and pulled off an incredible come-from-behind win. Lefty Seth Smith’s 3-run home run in the bottom of the 9th capped an incredible and unexpected win. In his post-game interview, Seth (Eli Manning’s backup QB at Ole Miss, [...]

photo from flickr user Nedster Sports. One of the major problems with most of them is that fallible humans called referees, linesmen, umpires and the rest of the officiating crews can greatly influence the outcome of the sporting event. Obviously the reason I’m writing this is because of the botched call at first base in [...]

The PR shitstorm that has come from Tiger Woods’ marital transgressions is pretty unavoidable, in my estimation (I liked the New York Times’ take on it). You can’t possibly fuck up that bad while having been perennially in the media’s spotlight for more than 10 years and get away scot-free (unless your name happens to [...]

Ovechkin and Crosby – New Best Friends Forever by clydeorama, on Flickr Are you watching the NHL Playoffs this year? Because you should be, especially the Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins series. Last night’s game was epic, with Alex Ovechkin picking up the Caps and carrying them past the Sidney Crosby and the Pens for [...]

Go the distance. Yes, that was ripped off of Field of Dreams (as was the title). But it’s an important thing in the world of Customer Service. Take today, where an expected bad customer service experience has turned into a really nice customer service experience. I am a hockey nut. I love hockey. Anything to [...]

If Pittsburgh’s Head Coach Mike Tomlin (pictured above, and not to be confused with baseball pitcher Mike Timlin) didn’t go for those two 2-point conversions in the playoff game tonight, there was a much better chance that the Steelers could have taken the game into overtime. I was talking to my dad about how I [...]

[URGENT UPDATE! I've moved my blog address to http://www.bankgothicoverload.com - you'll need to update this link in your bookmarks - there is also a new RSS feed there to subscribe to. Thanks!] Facing protests from animal-rights groups, Nike announced it was suspending [Michael] Vick’s endorsement deal without pay, as well as halting sales of Vick-related [...]

Adrian Dater reports that the Avalanche are close to signing longtime Avalanche-killer Ryan Smyth. Let’s hope he doesn’t continue to kill us by being non-impactful as one of us. That is, if he does sign… Update – They did sign Smyth, as well as Scott Hannan. Looking forward to maybe a less crappy team this [...]

I can’t decide which is most boring in the sports events on tonight, a Colorado Rapids game, the NBA draft or the Rockies at Astros. All are in High Def, none are remotely interesting. Only 3 days until NHL Free Agency, though.

Here’s a really cool look at NHL Salary Cap, laid out smartly for the first time I’ve seen anywhere.