Monthly Archives: October 2013

Season Preview : Jets’ True Colours

MADRID – There is nothing quite like a relaxing cup of café con leche in your sala de estar at 4am to jumpstart not only your day, but also your favourite team’s third season back in the NHL! Indeed, October … Continue reading

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Profiles in Orange: Who Are We?

You exit an old native pass referred to as ‘the Meadowbrook’ and pull in to a scarcely paved lot across from the Marriott. In that lot, scorns of people are tailgating, regaling each other with their HONK HONK HONK-HONK-HONK greeting … Continue reading

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Season Preview: Tampa Bay

Editor’s note: We meant to get this posted Wednesday night ahead of the Bolts first game against Boston. But the dog ate our homework. Like all of Eric’s writing, this too, is timeless. Eric, like the other good boys who … Continue reading

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Season Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins kick off the 2013-14 season tonight…and honestly, nobody in Pittbsburgh is paying attention. October doesn’t start in the Steel City until #Buctober ends. Apparently, Tomas Vokoun and Kris Letang are injured? And the Pens have some massive salary … Continue reading

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A Team Grows in Brooklyn

Q&A with Chris Botta, SportsBusiness Journal I interviewed former Isles PR Man, current NYT and Sports Business Journal contributor, Chris Botta. Chris served as Isles PR point man for 2 decades, and became a household name in Long Island’s hockey-sphere for his … Continue reading

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Season Preview: Colorado Avalanche

Hopefully everyone’s offseason has been enjoyable, mine unfortunately has been a ton of blah. After spending most of the summer neglecting my duties as Avs writer here, I’m back at work. So it appears to be that time of the year once … Continue reading

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Of Cup Champs and Bubble Butts

Tonight, the Chicago Blackhawks will raise four banners to the rafters and your team will not. Unless your team is the Capitals, of course, who upon returning home will raise one for their Southeastern Division Championship, Alex Ovechkin’s Hart, Rocket … Continue reading

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