Comments on: Hogging II: Son of hogging

By: matt

matt — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:02:28 +0000

“…the rarely used ‘defensive clear off your own pipe in overtime.’ ”

Well put. And a stunning use of it it was!

I had time to ponder it during the “I think he kicked it, well I don’t think he kicked it, is that how you kick a football, we’re not playing football” on-air debate.

By: JP Stormcrow

JP Stormcrow — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:58:14 +0000

And you can now thank us for Game 3

I thought after the Sabres got away with the rarely used “defensive clear off your own pipe in overtime” that they were fated to win, but …

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:27:56 +0000

Thanks, y’all, for Game 2. And you can now thank us for Game 3 because the Sabres were a no-show until the third. Luckily, Miller and the officials were working hard to keep Buffalo in or it would have ended in regulation, huh?

GO SABRES

By: Michael Bérubé

Michael Bérubé — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:48:46 +0000

Does Stephen Pinker ever explain sports?

Not exactly, but I hear he’s working on a refutation of the knee-jerk social constructionist belief that every game begins with a “blank slate.”

“Where’s your messiah now?”

Um, we’re paging him, Catherine. He should be here any minute. In the meantime, about that game we gave away to you last night? You might say thank you.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:04:20 +0000

Sorry, I forgot to add…GO SABRES

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:03:46 +0000

“Where’s your messiah now?”

By: Gilbert Perrault

Gilbert Perrault — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:35:18 +0000

Infallible Scott says Rangers in seven.

I see. I guess that 2-0 hole they’re in is just to make the 4-1 series closing run look good.

By: Ozma

Ozma — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:39:17 +0000

You totally had me going, I just goggled at the photo and thought—“Bourdieu? Looked THAT GOOD with his shirt off? no wonder he agreed to do the bit part!”

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:27:39 +0000

I’m going with the Sabres in 6 and the Devils in 7 (although my husband, Kevin, says they’ll do it in 6). While all four of my first-round picks in the East were correct, I was off on how far each series would go (Sabres in 5, the Devils in 6, the Rangers in 7, and the Sens in 6).

And now for the obligatory GO SABRES!

By: JP Stormcrow

JP Stormcrow — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:03:41 +0000

Folks on this thread might be interested in this CommonCensus NHL fan map, which shows a map of the loyalties 14801 self-identified fans (clicking on the map to get the “magnifying glass” recommended.) Unfortunately, it does not include Canada, would be interested in how Winnipeg and the various Maritime provinces breakdown.

(And their navigation seems to be broken, but if you replace the “4” in “sport=4” in the url with 1,2,3 or 5 you get NFL, MLB, NBA or College football.)

By: The Constructivist

The Constructivist — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:20:57 +0000

Jeez, I forgot my Go Sabres!! sign-off this time. Sorry.

By: fardels bear

fardels bear — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:16:25 +0000

The line that Jagr was the “fifth most altruistic player in the NHL” made me hope for an evolutionary psychologist posting on the NHL playoffs. Does Stephen Pinker ever explain sports?

By: The Constructivist

The Constructivist — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:15:39 +0000

Having thoroughly LPGA-concern-trolled Pandagon, I now (belatedly) bring you the following Public Service Announcement.

By: Ritch

Ritch — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:32 +0000

Great post.

I actually knew Pierre Bourdieu. He took me out to one of his favorite bars, “The Palm Isle.”

I heard him critique one of his own works there once. He was sitting at the end of the bar, took deep swallow of beer, lowered his sunglasses and said, That Contre-feux is no good.”

By: nnyhav

nnyhav — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:43:14 +0000

(FX: swsssh-clunk-thump) “Well, hockey fans, there you have it! At 4:15 in the third period, Guy Joubert guillotined for high sticking. Let’s see that again in slow motion …”—National Lampoon Radio Hour, circa ‘74